'Green tackles tough issues' -- Not!

This priceless and clueless commentary from George Bush at Milwaukee's Hilton last night:

This is a little off subject here, but the biggest problem we got in the long term is dealing with these entitlement programs that we can't pay for, that's Medicare and Social Security and Medicaid. If you're an older person you're in good shape. If you're a younger person who is just working, you're in lousy shape. And I can't wait to work with Congress to solve the Social Security and Medicare issue.

One reason I ran for office is to solve problems and not pass them on to other presidents and other members of Congress. It's time for the United States Congress to stop playing politics with Social Security and Medicare so a young generation of Americans can look at these entitlement programs and say I'm not putting my money into a black hole. And it's hard work. (Applause.)

It's hard work, but I'm confident we can get it done. I'm going to keep working it. That's what the people expect us to do. And I appreciate Congressman Ryan. He's not afraid to take on the tough issues. That's the kind of person you want in Washington, D.C. -- and neither is Mark Green. You see, you've got to have somebody in the governor's chair who sees a tough issue and says, I'm going to take it on, that's why I ran. You've got too many people in politics who say, well, it might affect my poll numbers and therefore, I'm going to duck it. I just can't imagine people running for office and saying I'm going the duck the tough issue.

What makes that hilarious is that Mark Green has spent the last year ducking the Social Security issue and refusing to take a stand.

In April 2005, Green said he supported allowing people to opt out of Social Security and create their own accounts, but insisted that was not privatization. Since then, however -- and since Bush began pushing his Social Security changes -- Green has figured out he is on the wrong side of a volatile issue, and has clammed up.

Do you think George Bush had any idea who Mark Green really is when he said all of those nice things about him?