[softwarecreator]

uh ... could a LOT of that be because Bush has the kahunas to take down the regimes in 2 terrorist nations?

Let's see what Clinton did in 8 years, well, uh ... Monica was a freebie, so I guess he saved the taxpayers a bit on that.

[Phantom Lord]

uh ... could a LOT of that be because Bush has the kahunas to take down the regimes in 2 terrorist nations?

In a simple word, NO!

When defense and homeland security spending increases are removed, Bush's increases in spending dwarf Clinton's. And infact, there is only 1 president who had a faster rate of growth in discretionary spending. LBJ and his Great Society.

Bush is spending beyond drunken salior status.