Obama finds Bush's pitch 'offensive'

I had been wondering when the new wunderkind would step up on Social Security. He may be late to the party, but manomanoman, did he deliver. He said the things you would expect him to say about Bush's shameful bit about Social Security being a bad deal for blacks because of their lower life expectancy. The super double-good extra was his inspired, easy-to-grasp reductio ad absurdum:

Said Obama, "This is as if the president is arguing for privatization of fire protection because our houses aren't worth as much as houses in rich neighborhoods. Or maybe we could privatize police protection because if we get robbed, our stuff is not as nice. It defies logic.''

Wow.