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Neal Boortz said it best on Friday,

Vote for Bush and you get runaway government spending, but you also get a strong defense and an aggressive war against the Islamic terrorists who want to kill as many Americans as they can, on our own soil if possible, and to destroy the American way of life. Vote for a Democrat and you get the same runaway government spending, but as an added bonus you get the appeasement of our enemy, instead of its destruction. Vote for Bush and you get some appeals court judges who actually have an appreciation of our Constitution .. plus runaway spending. Vote for a Democrat and you get activists judges who will use judicial fiat to enact the leftist agenda ... plus runaway spending.

I understand the strong impulse to punish Bush for his free spending ways by withholding your support in November. The price for sitting on hands could be huge. It could be another terrorist attack on American soil, this time with tens of thousands dead. It could be higher spending, a bigger deficit, and a slowed economy brought on by higher taxes. It could be the end of a dream of Social Security reform ... and the list goes on.

And then ... there's always the hope that in a second Bush term he could actually start dancing with who brung him.

The support for Bush and his war on terror must remain in place, but a surge in votes for Libertarian candidates at the local level will send the clear message that a movement for freedom, economic liberty and limited government is underway.

Boortz's argument is weak.

And it's ignorant.

Bush does not spend. Congress spends.

It's not about Bush, who can only propose a budget and possibly veto budget bills (like that would ever happen!).

It's the GOP Congress who is writing the hot checks, not Bush.

It is Rove's tactic to focus all of this on Bush so that he takes the 'heat' and the GOP Congress slips by us and writes more hot checks.

Unfortunately for Rove, we aren't that dumb. We know the Constitution and we know who signs the checks: Congress!

Bush's re-election is completely irrelevant to the entire matter. Doesn't matter a fig either way. It's about the wild spending of the GOP Congress.

So support Bush for re-election by all means. But don't think the GOP Congress isn't the one writing the checks.

Ya know, he isn't Stalin with dictatorial control over the entire party apparatus. And in America, your vote for your congressman actually does mean something. You need to put the fear of the voter back into your congresscritter.