[GmbyMan]

I don't buy it. Bush is a corportist. I am not happy about it but that is what he is. Corportism unduly *helps* big corportaions (thus picking winners and losers, something government should do). I, like you, am not happy about this but he is no socialist. I wish he were more of a capitalist but I'm not sure such a person could be elected President today. I do think that corportism is the next best thing to capitalism.

You want a socialist? Go look at the Democrats. Their stance on health care, alone, would move us far closer to socialism than all the things Bush has done times 100!

[JohnGalt]

Bush increased consolidation in just about every industry and the D's are foolishly 20 years behind and are still trying to get further to the Left rather than sneak back around the Right. Worse his debt financing and radical expansion of the welfare state strengthens socialist economics in the political arena.

Yes, the best we can hope for in these times is a decent man, but the end result is the citizens will have lost more choice in the marketplace under 4 years of Bush than 8 of the Ozark Caligula.

[wingster]

"I wish he were more of a capitalist but I'm not sure such a person could be elected President today. I do think that corportism is the next best thing to capitalism."

I own a small upstart and soon to be burgeoning business and I'm not at all unhappy with anything that Bush has done. Quite the contrary in fact!

The thought of Gore having won or Dean or any one of the other dem wooden-headed stiffs running scared the bejebus out of me!