[RJCogburn]

when the GOP swept the off-year elections in 1994, their Contract with America committed them to "restoring fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses."

As long as there was a Democrat in the White House, Republicans seemed to take that pledge at least semi-seriously.

Hypocrisy. A failure of leadership.

[westerfield]

It would have been one thing if the increased spending was due strickly to the war on terror and homeland security, but as this article illustrates, that isn't the case.

an indoor rain forest in Iowa, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, golf lessons for kids in Florida -- and thousands more.

Good grief, what happened to all the conservatives out there, how is all this pork getting thru at a time when we have record deficits?

[NittanyLion]

Jeff Jacoby? Don't you know he's just a liberal pretending to be a conservative so he can disrupt the Bush campaign? Who did he vote for in 2000? Buchanan? He was never a Bush supporter to begin with...

*grin* Did I get them all?

[inquest]

If this is the result of one-party government, maybe one-party government isn't a very good idea. "We can't afford any more right-wing Republicans," Howard Dean says. "They're too expensive." Put me down as one conservative who thinks he's got a point.

Wow! That's become something of a hate crime around here. Anyone who said that would instantly have legions of harpies screaming "Democrat!", "Liberal saboteur!" I'd like to see one of these paranoid hotshots say the same thing about Jeff Jacoby. That oughta be fun.

[swarthyguy]

>>If this is the result of one-party government, maybe one-party government isn't a very good idea. "We can't afford any more right-wing Republicans," Howard Dean says. "They're too expensive." Put me down as one conservative who thinks he's got a point.

Hilarious. Please allow me,

DU'er, Troll, DEAN SUPPORTER, AlQaeda SUPPORTER, TRAITOR, KERRY LOVER,

Et, Tu Jacoby?