Perhaps people are missing the strategy here. < -snip- > Now there is a subtle difference in the "big-government" spending plans that are put forth by the Republican majority and those that are put forth in years past by Democrat majorities. The Republican program is designed to actually engage and mitigate the problem it is supposed to address, while the Democrat programs only built constituencies amd propagated the problem into eternity. If you can't stop the locomotive, at least switch it onto the tracks you want it to follow.
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But you gotta realize that the CFR and the SC decision wasn't among conservative promises. It was just all Bush apologists (bushbots, if you will) making up an excuse for Bush's actions.
I have a hard time trying to pin down exactly what 'conservative promises' have actually been made (and kept) by this administration. I'm sure someone will point out some, but I'm still kept wondering for the most part.