[FRgal4u]

You got that right - the 270 Million vs 100 Million -

Bush maybe a Republican but when it comes to spendings, he is reckless - 1 billion dollars to promote marriage, 270 Million dollars on abstinence and lord knows what else social-enginering crap he has in the budgets. I don't like the left to spend my dollars on social-enginering stuff and I sure don't like the right to do the same.

Another sign why Bush is behind the polls, voters don't care about the speeches he gives on abstinence or AIDS, voters want him to address daily problems (not AIDS and teen ager sex/steroids) and I sure want him to counter punch all the dems attacks now.

If Bush can ever give a speech like the one David Brooks' column had on Monday (immediately after the MTP event), people will rally behind this President. But for everyday he losses on "disconnected" speeches, answering his NG service stuff and not counter punch the critics on WMD/Iraq, the worse he will score in the credibility issue. and if we can't trust him, whatever he says on the campaign trail will fall onto deaf ears. It is time for the President to get serious and have his laser onto the most damaging issues for his reelection campaign, curbing teenager sex by more govn spendings will NOT be the issue that will decide his fate in Nov 2004.

[The_Eaglet]

Bush maybe a Republican but when it comes to spendings, he is reckless - 1 billion dollars to promote marriage, 270 Million dollars on abstinence and lord knows what else social-enginering crap he has in the budgets. I don't like the left to spend my dollars on social-enginering stuff and I sure don't like the right to do the same.

I agree. The left is upset with Bush about this because they see it as being "narrow-minded." The conservatives who are concerned about excessive and/or unconstitutional spending because it expands the federal government and the burden on American taxpayers. As long as deficit spending continues, programs like this also add to the burden on future American taxpayers.