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"You know what we need in this country," Dean asked on Wednesday? "Individual liberty and personal responsibility."

Are you holding your breath waiting for that to happen?

1 posted on 08/14/2005 9:18:13 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes
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what is amazing is the author quotes that with out any skepticism at all...problem is Bush is probably the weakest Domestic president Ive ever seen


2 posted on 08/14/2005 9:20:48 AM PDT by atlanta67
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I'm all for a smaller government, less spending and no new taxes but I (and the country) are not insane enough to think that Dean would deliver any of that.


3 posted on 08/14/2005 9:21:10 AM PDT by gondramB
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"You know what we need in this country," Dean asked on Wednesday? "Individual liberty and personal responsibility."

Dean, of course, knows nothing of these things...if he did, he'd switch parties and not be such a clown.


4 posted on 08/14/2005 9:21:57 AM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Soylent Green is People!")
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"President Bush has presided over the largest overall increase in inflation-adjusted federal spending since Lyndon B. Johnson,"

This wouldn't have anything to do with the Department of Homeland Security would it? Maybe the Feds shouldn't have taken over airport security, but if you want to say President Bush has increased government spending and the size of government, at least admit where those increases are.

5 posted on 08/14/2005 9:22:43 AM PDT by DuckFan4ever (Proud Bushiite.)
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Despite the influence the White House holds over Congress, the real blame attaches to our GOP legislators.

Bush may twist arms but he has no votes. So citizens need to bring more pressure to bear on Congress for their wild-spending.

We need to insist they say no to their colleagues at the public trough. And to Bush as well.
9 posted on 08/14/2005 9:30:57 AM PDT by George W. Bush
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You guys gotta give Dean some credit here. He's going right at the GOP's gut here, restraining government spending, an issue that usually causes Dems problems.

We all know that Dean is a whackjob, of course. However, there's no denying that Bush hasn't vetoed a single bill. Even excluding Homeland Security and military spending, he's still allowed the biggest increase in federal spending since fellow Texan LBJ.

Dean is trying to demoralize rank-and-file conservatives, hoping that they'll stay home in 2006.

16 posted on 08/14/2005 9:44:52 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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-"You know what we need in this country," Dean asked on Wednesday?-

#1, did they really put a question mark there, and #2, what we need is fewer politicians.


18 posted on 08/14/2005 9:47:56 AM PDT by AmericanChef
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-"You know what we need in this country," Dean asked on Wednesday?-

#1, did they really put a question mark there, and #2, what we need is fewer politicians.


19 posted on 08/14/2005 9:50:10 AM PDT by AmericanChef
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Between the House and Senate, the transportation bill received only 12 "no" votes.

So...Howard Dean is ripping Bush for signing a bill that had overwhelming Congressional support? Then he would rip Bush for not "listening to the elected representatives of the people".

I agree the bill is loaded with pork. ALL transportation bills have been loaded with pork since the days of Eisenhower.

Howard the Duck Dean is a blooming idiot for blasting the President over this bill, imho.

33 posted on 08/14/2005 10:26:04 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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Have yet yet to hear from a no spending conscious State to reject acceptance of this Highway bill's monies.
The Dean appears willing to go would be to stipulate allocation by individual States of these "savings" towards reducing national debt.
Will Dr. Howard Dean live up to his oratory and make reducing debt instead building Highways his official priority when visiting blue States?


36 posted on 08/14/2005 11:04:33 AM PDT by hermgem
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Between the House and Senate, the transportation bill received only 12 "no" votes.

And Bush should have seen his veto overturned, Why?


45 posted on 08/14/2005 11:27:00 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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"You know what we need in this country," Dean asked on Wednesday? "Individual liberty and personal responsibility."

Are you holding your breath waiting for that to happen?

Heh-heh. The only reason Dean can get away with this is because he happily doubts that either will be a serious campaign issue. It's a free shot.

Persoanlly I'd rather spend billions on infrastructure than rat-hole it on the Great Society. The difference between Bush and Johnson is the difference betweeen a construction engineer and a social worker. We don't need any more social workers.

47 posted on 08/14/2005 11:45:47 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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One thing about LBJ, he had b@lls.

Something Republicans could use.


52 posted on 08/14/2005 2:57:35 PM PDT by porkchops 4 mahound (Bill Clinton is a TRAITOR. He is the reason Communist China can point nukes at the US Left coast)
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