[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The whole story sounds made up. Who would talk like that about tax cuts?

"Haven't we already given money to rich people," Suskind says the president uttered, according to a nearly verbatim transcript of an Economic Team meeting he says he obtained from someone at the meeting, "Shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?"

You're right. Complete and utter BS.

[browardchad]

"Haven't we already given money to rich people," Suskind says the president uttered, according to a nearly verbatim transcript of an Economic Team meeting he says he obtained from someone at the meeting, "Shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?"

This quote may be fairly accurate, but doesn't have the implication O'Neill or Suskind suggests. From what I've read, it's Bush's management style -- ask the tough questions (that will surely come from critics) about policy ahead of time, and make your staff come up with answers.

Much ado about nothing, but rather something for the liberal media and a bitter old man to exercise their venom while playing right into the "stupid" image that winds up biting them on the posterior every time.

[Joe_October]

...Shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?...

Who gets the money from his book? I though O'Neill was rich so it can't be him.