[Valentine_W]

"The purists and the RATS hate the bill...so what else is new? I am proud of President Bush for keeping the promise he made when he was campaigning for the presidency. Promise made, promise kept. Everyone knew in 2000 that he would fight for this and he did."

So is the Heritage Foundation purist or RAT? I am not sure I understand where you are coming from here. Heritage owns Townhall.com, of which Freerepublic is a member of, so is FR in your group of purist/RAT also?

[Valentine_W]

And also for your information, if the Heritage Foundation was a totally "purist" organization, they wouldn't get as much accomplished every year as they consistently do.