GIBSON: We started the surge early this year. You all opposed it. But there are real signs it has worked. ... But -- and I'm not here to debate -- the parliament meets, an oil law is under consideration, de-Baathification has progressed to some extent, and were it not for the surge, instead of counting votes, we'd be counting bodies in the streets. ... And all of you -- all of you wanted the troops out last year. ... Would you have seen this kind of greater security in Iraq if we had followed your recommendations to pull the troops out last year...
Bob Somerby catches him failing to correct an ABC reporter's misleading statements about Social Security:
GIBSON (1/5/08): I'm going to move on to domestic policy—how much the government is spending, how much you would spend with the programs you've proposed and the promises you've made. And some of that is entitlements. For a little background, ABC's Betsy Stark.
STARK (videotape): Every hour this new year another 400 baby boomers will turn 60, swelling the ranks of those soon eligible to collect Social Security and Medicare. The forecasts are foreboding. By 2017, the Social Security surplus runs dry and the system begins taking in less tax revenue than it pays out in benefits.
For Medicare, the problems are even more severe. By 2013, the program's hospital insurance fund is expected to fall into the red and the insurance premiums seniors pay for doctors' visits and prescription drugs are projected to keep rising.
Many young Americans simply assume there will be nothing left for them to guarantee the security of their old age. Charlie?
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