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I always vote for the liar: he promises more! ;^)

"If in the opinion of the People, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way in which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for through this, in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. " Washington's Farewell Address 9-19-1796

Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Good thing they don't teach history anymore

Exceptionally good editorial.

The scary part is that people who live and work in Washington can actually believe such nonsense.
No, the scary part is that the electorate seems to actually believe such nonsense.

Who stated the following:

"Government ought to have a policy that helps people with a downpayment."

A. - OR - B.

Answer

You are not hallucinating, he really wants to have the government provide downpayments.

What Has Bush Done For Conservatives Lately?

How Conservative Is President Bush?

Regulatory Spending Escalation

Darkness By Design

Bush has been increasing real federal domestic expenditures by 8.7 percent per year, a faster rate of growth than under any previous president since John F. Kennedy.(2) Since 1989 Bush has also run up bigger deficits, both in dollars and as a percentage of GDP, than any other post-World War II president. If massive growth of government and multi-billion-dollar deficits were the solution to America's eco-nomic problems, the nation would be basking in unprecedented prosperity, and Bush would be widely acclaimed as an economic miracle worker.

Despite the fact that the Republicans control the White House, the House of Representatives, and 30 governorships, the nation is now in the midst of the biggest government spending spree since LBJ. Incredibly, the domestic social welfare budget has expanded more in just two years ($96 billion) under George W. Bush than in Bill Clinton's first six years in office ($51 billion).

What is Free Republic's Mission?

The Humor Section:

The War On Pork - "Who will join President Bush in his fight for fiscal sanity?

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

The election is coming

There's No Place Like Home,

There's No Place Like Home
There's No Place Like Home

This is exactly why I think the tax cut "issue" is so stupid.

If the sheeple demand spending increases of 8%/year (and if Congress is stupid enough to do an Rx benefit, it'll be a lot more than 8%), then taxes have to go up-fast.

Anyone who campaigns for "tax cuts" because you "deserve it", while also campaigning for more and bigger government programs is both a fool and a liar.

In other words, the main unifying and vote-getting issue of the GOP, which brought it out of the wilderness, elected Ronald Reagan, captured the Congress in 1994-is over.

Excellent article, Thanks for the post.

Somehow we never seem to wonder why, after years of electing candidates sworn to “limited government,” the government keeps growing in size and cost.

I wondered for many years and then the answer came to me about ten years ago. Republicans "buy" votes too.

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Thanks for the post, links. The business at hand is to get the Democratic Crime Syndicate out of all offices. Next is to hold conservative/constitutional/Republicans feet to the fire by propelling Freepers to run for government office if necessary. President Bush and the current administration have gone after more enemies...foreign and domestic than any in my lifetime...and because these are the biggest threats to freedom, I have to give them the highest marks for their efforts. Having said that I thank you for your links Uncle Bill. They are very powerful.

We are off budget kind of due to a slight attack and war I think, right?

A ball when rolling forward can only be stopped with equal and opposite force. Voteing don't seem have the inertia required, sad to say. Let's see, when the Gov't(of all stripes) employees reach 51% of the population we'll have Big Gov't forever. Why!, because thats what WE want.

On the other hand if we have a shadow Gov't then the guys, behind the gals, behind the gays, behind the guys will continue giving us Doles, Bush's x 2, and (lol) Gore's to vote for.

I can hear them laughing as I write this. Maybe Ron Popille can invent a rebellion thats not so bloody and gory. That is if you can find someone willing to stop watching Opreh long enough to fight the good fight, whatever that is.

If there were a rebellion "we'd/They'd" propably kill the wrong people anyway and the whole thing would start all over again. Because one thing is for certain, to me. The movie "Matrix" was right on. Reality, maybe is not it's all up to be.

"The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense' -Tom Clancy

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