[Charles Henrickson]

. . . his passivity about spending (he has vetoed nothing), his enlargement of the welfare state (the prescription drug entitlement), his expansion of inappropriate federal responsibilities (concerning education from kindergarten through 12th-grade, through the No Child Left Behind Act)

I agree with Will. I call the Bush administration, "No Spending Bill Left Behind."

Even so, I will still vote (albeit unenthusiastically) for President Bush. The alternative is a Kerry administration. Plus, the national security issue looms large, and I'll give credit to President Bush for being aggressive on terrorism.

Republicans today are not conservative, they are just less liberal than the Dems. And to think that ten years ago we were talking about dismantling the Department of Education and devolving more power to the States. {sigh}

But perhaps the country has deteriorated so far, the political reality is that this is the best we can hope for. I don't know if a true constitutional conservative can win these days.

BTW, whatever happened to privatizing Social Security?

Whatever happened to the Tenth Amendment?

[FITZ]

Yes -- me too --- I hope everyone enters their poll place thinking about the UN --- a vote for Kerry is a vote for the UN. Or else think about abortion. Kerry means taxpayers will be forced to pay for that.