[Cacophonous]

Well, let's see...created a huge new federal bureacracy (no, a dem wouldn't do that, or woild he?); spending proposals laden with pork (no, a dem wouldn't do that, or woild he?); passed massive and intrusive sets of laws under the guise of patriotism (The "Patriot" Act) that strips away Constitutional rights (truly, a dem wouldn't do that; under a dem it would be called the "Tolerance" Act, but that would be the only distinction).

[Balding_Eagle]

I don't disagree with the points you made.

However, do you REALLY think a Dem would have taken the meaningful defensive steps Bush has in Afghanistan and Iraq?

On the domestic front we've had tax-cuts. However small, they are 10,000 times larger (or more) than Gore would have given us. A Partial Birth ban will soon be signed. All these things are light-years away from anything a Dem would have done.

[RJCogburn]

A dem would try but likely would not get away with it.