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This is blatant and shameless vote-pandering.

Rove and Bush calculate that an expansion of Medicare--to include a prescription drug benefit for seniors--will provide the worthwhile benefit of winning over a significant portion of AARP voting block, at the expense of compromising the "limited government" principles of the conservative minority.

So much for principles. It's all about the votes. Same thing with the "I will sign an extension of the '94 Crime Bill, if it comes to my desk", and the sickening courtship with illegal aliens, and a host of other cases where the President has abdicated his responsibility to defend and protect the Constitution.

Phooey. I'm pulling my hair out over this. If it weren't for the brilliant foreign policy and the trust that President Bush has earned in that area, I CERTAINLY would not be voting for him in the primaries or in the general election.

[Conservative til I die]

ANd the best part is Bush won't gain any votes for this vote-buying. Just like he won't gain votes for granting amnesty to illegal alien criminals.

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"Rove and Bush calculate that an expansion of Medicare--to include a prescription drug benefit for seniors--will provide the worthwhile benefit of winning over a significant portion of AARP voting block, at the expense of compromising the "limited government" principles of the conservative minority."

I'm one senior that will vote against Bush if he signs it!