[Celtman]

His big problem is that he doesn't seem to mind expanding government.

      Gee ... would this not be one of the basic, fundamental, defining marks of a liberal?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

His big problem is that he doesn't seem to mind expanding government.
Gee ... would this not be one of the basic, fundamental, defining marks of a liberal?

Of course it is, and if that were Bush's default position I couldn't see him in any other light. But it isn't his default position. Like the little kid in the story, he's not masturbating until he goes blind; just until he needs glasses.