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Someone actually told the truth to shame the Devil. Jim Moran, D-VA, you're my new favorite person.

On Social Security:
Raw Story: If Social Security is solvent, then what do you think President Bush is trying to accomplish?

Moran: He wants to dismantle a program that defines what the Democrats are proudest of. That’s what this is about. The Republicans—almost all of them—opposed Social Security when it was proposed by Franklin Roosevelt. Almost all of them opposed Medicaid. They voted against Medicare in 1965. So these are programs that provide a safety net for the poor and I think the Republicans basically resent the poor and they figure if we can get the poor investing in the stock market, maybe they’ll start thinking like Republicans. God help us.

On Sycophants:
Raw Story: President Bush is holding an event to promote his Social Security plan in Falls Church today, in your district.

Moran: He’s having one of these rallies. Everybody has been pre-selected. Only Republican cheerleaders.

Raw Story: Do you really think the president is sheltered from those he’s pitching his plan to?

Moran: The only actual news that he reads is the sports section. All the national news, all the opinions that he gets have been filtered, and it goes to his daily briefing that has already been pre-screened to give him what he wants to read. He doesn’t read any books, and he doesn’t talk with people that don’t already agree with him. He’s surrounded himself with ideological sycophants. And the biggest ass-kisser of all is Dick Cheney.