[skip2myloo]

Well, let's not give too much credit to Xlinton.

Let's remember Newt's '94 Contract With America and that Xlinton's spending was largely controlled by a Republican House (where spending bills originate) and they were following the contract.

Remember the impasse that led to shutting down the government in December of '95 ??

[Luis Gonzalez]

I remember the base closings, the lost regiments, the fact that we spent ordnance bombing aspirin factories but failed to replace one damned bit of it. I remember being embarrassed, watching the "leader of the free world" trying to spin away from the fact that he'd received a blow job in the Oval Office, while discussing matters of national security on the telephone.

I remember FReepers promoting the idea that integrity mattered, and now, I am embarrassed that all that has been forgotten over what amounts to a 1.3% increase in government spending as a percentage of the GDP.