Ike Was Prophetic

And no, I'm not talking about the warning about the evils of the military industrial complex, although that was sage as well.

No, I'm referring to this quote David Sirota dug up:

"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are [a] few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54

Notably, an article in the WSJ today cites some concern (delight?) that Rick "Man on Dog sex" Santorum (GOP, Putz, Senate) may be a casualty of Mr. Bush's Social Security "reform". Really, it couldn't happen to a bigger creep.