[ClaireSolt]

I lived through the LBJ period in my teenage years, and it's deja vu all over again.

Did you think that through before you wrote it? LBJ did not run for reelection because he could not successfully prosecute the Vietnam war. No comparison.

[AntiGovernment]

I think he was talking about the growth of the government.

[Publius]

The comparison is quite valid. Bush, like Johnson, is spending heavily on both "guns" and "butter".

In time of war, you have to decide on your priorities. Like Johnson, Bush is trying to fight a limited war, or a series of limited wars, and trying to have new entitlements and fully funded social programs, too. This is why spending is out of control.

I saw this happen back in the Sixties, and it appears that the Republicans are making the same mistakes the Democrats made 40 years ago.