[Dahoser]

My comments are the same ones I've been saying over and over: the GOPe hates conservatives far more than they dislike Democrats and have never forgiven conservatives, especially Ronaldus Magnus, for ruining their good times as a permanent minority with safe seats and all the pork and hookers they could want.

To further reinforce the point, note how W did not conduct a similar purge of RATS when he took office. In fact, he went out of his way to keep many Clintonistas, most notably that swine Richard Clarke, in the name of continuity, and, of course, he set about romancing the Cape Cod Orca. What, his father forgot to tell him to clean house? Not bloody likely.

[section9]

They hate Reagan, and always have, because his landslide victories remind the Establishment how weak they are.

The Bushies lost the popular vote to a Cigar Store Indian and beat Kerry by 100,000 votes in Ohio to win.

Reagan never had that problem. Ever.

[gleeaikin]

So are you saying that conservatives appreciated the major run up of the national debt engineered by President Reagan?