[Spok]

I don't know how many votes GWB thought this would buy him but I'm getting very disenchanted with my president. He's either taking the conservative vote for granted or decided he doesn't need it.

[NutCrackerBoy]

I don't know how many votes GWB thought this would buy him but I'm getting very disenchanted with my president. He's either taking the conservative vote for granted or decided he doesn't need it.

I'm a major BushBot, but I acknowledge that your sentiment is inescapable. True conservative principles should continue to be voiced, developed, argued over, studied; the more the better. I can only say that this NEA thing is entirely analogous to Faith Based Initiative, which I support whole-heartedly. It is even more so from a PR point-of-view.

Based on this move, I think there is good reason to expect that NEA is safe from a takeover by arch-liberals in the forseeable future. What do you expect would happen if W moved to abolish the NEA?

[Gerasimov]

Exactly right... This crap will turn conservatives away, for sure. If he thinks some liberal hand wringing artist POS is going to say "Oh, I thought Bush was evil for his war on terror, but since threw a few bucks to my artist friends, I'll vote for him..." he's getting some terrible advice.