[Lancey Howard]

The demise of the liberal rag won't be too soon as far as I'm concerned.

Agreed.
Their editors once wrote an editorial blasting Republicans for "pandering to taxpayers" because they wouldn't raise taxes.. I kid you not.

[Milhous]

Their editors once wrote an editorial blasting Republicans for "pandering to taxpayers" because they wouldn't raise taxes.. I kid you not.

Classic. An Inet search found this article from The Oregonian.

Running the country by MasterCard

...But instead of setting the nation on a more prudent fiscal course, the Bush administration and Republican-led Congress have squandered what many saw as their historic opportunity. Leaders who once posed as America's responsible grown-ups have behaved instead like kids with Dad's credit card, running up monstrous deficits while pandering to taxpayers with popular give-backs.