“Social Security is structurally sound.”

I have a lot of problems with the current state of Presidential debates, including the fact that other parties’ legitimate candidates are effectively barred from stirring the pot.

Because let’s be honest — these events are really just a chance for the candidates to look good, repeat rehearsed sound bites, and continually redirect to their major talking points no matter what question was originally asked.

Still, I like to watch because you just never know what might be said. Take President Obama’s response to Jim Lehrer’s question on Social Security, which went like this …

“You know, I suspect that on Social Security, [Mitt Romney and I have] a somewhat similar position. Social Security is structurally sound. It’s going to have to be tweaked the way it was by Ronald Reagan and Speaker — Democratic Speaker Tip O’Neill. But it is — the basic structure is sound. 

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