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Two groups want Obama fiscal commission co-chairman former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) off the panel because of a candid e-mail he sent to the one of their leaders. 

Simpson sent a message this week to National Older Women's League (OWL) Excutive Director Ashley Carson, criticizing a column she wrote on Social Security, while comparing the entitlement program to "a milk cow with 310 million tits!"

{mosads}"We’ve reached a point now where it’s like a milk cow with 310 million tits! Call when you get honest work!" he wrote.

Carson penned an April column on the Huffington Post, defending Social Security and targeting Simpson for wanting to make cuts to the program.

Now, OWL and the group Social Security Works is circul! ating a petition calling on President Obama to fire Simpson or demand his resignation. 

"The facts speak for themselves, but Mr. Simpson suggests that anyone supporting people who most need help and who deserve the benefits they paid for must be dishonest or stupid. (Greedy Geezers, Pink Panthers, People not caring a whit about their grandchildren, the lesser people) Such open contempt goes beyond the pale and cannot be tolerated from someone in such a position of authority," the petition reads.

The groups call on the president, saying "It is time for you to stand up for the millions of American workers who have paid into Social Security on the promise of a secure retirement, and put them ahead of political sportsmanship. Mr. Simpson must be removed from this commission, either by his own will, or by y! ours. Show American workers you mean what you say about protec! ting Soc ial Security. This is your chance."

Simpson has frequently criticized Social Security, saying it adds to the nation's debt and provides an outlet for fraud.

Obama's fiscal commission is expected to make its recommendations to Congress in December. 

Simpson's full e-mail is included after the jump.

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