Novak misrepresents Dean
Syndicated columnist and CNN host Robert Novak misquoted Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean in order to suggest that Dean supports the Bush administration's message that Social Security is in crisis.
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rom the February 26 edition of CNN's The Capital Gang:
NOVAK: The Democratic line that this isn't a problem -- Howard Dean gave a speech at Cornell on Thursday of this week in which he said that 80 percent -- over the years, 80 percent of the Social Security benefits will be lost. There is a problem. So, Howard sometimes tells the truth. He doesn't get the exact line.
Dean did not say "80 percent of the Social Security benefits will be lost," he said "if Social Security were left alone for 30 years, benefits would be reduced to 80 percent of what it is now," as reported by The Cornell Daily Sun. That article makes it explicitly clear Dean would not endorse privatization.
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