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Sometimes I have to wonder at those who pine for the days of Clinton and "gridlock". I have to wonder, is Free Republic really a success, when there are conservatives who think the country might be better off under an extreme leftist socialist like Kerry or Edwards?

Oh they say that the deficit would be reduced if you put a Clinton in the White House with a Republican Congress. They assume the Republican lead is strong enough. They assume there will even be a Republican lead after November 2004. After all, if the Democrats are able to muster up enough power and influence to retake the Presidency, why wouldn't the Democrats retake Congress? And they also forget that it was because of Bush that the Republicans have the majority they currently enjoy. It is as if 2002 never happened. I wonder what would become of the Republican majority in 2006, without any leadership to stump for them. Especially after the crippling defeat that they would have suffered by losing the Presidency.

Oh for the days of Democrats in power. Remember what happened to the judiciary under Clinton? More federal judges appointed than under any other one president. Environazi regulations and laws that nearly crippled industry in the United States. Remember what happened to the Justice Department? Waco, Ruby Ridge, Elian Gonzalez. They even found a way to cause a scandal in the Travel Office. And foreign affairs? War in Kosovo. But a blind eye to Osama Bin Laden. Oh for the glory days of Democrats saying, "No, we don't need to capture Bin Laden. This is something for the Police. Call in the FBI, Interpol, somebody. But we dare not oppose the terrorist states. The UN will take care of it." Yes, that sounds like excellent policy.

Who yearns for the days of tax increases? Well if you do, happy days will soon be here again when Kerry is President and "gridlock" is achieved. Who looks at the 9th Circuit and thinks, "that's a fine group of Constitutional scholars, wish the Supreme Court looked like that"? The Democrats feel your pain. Can't wait for "patriot" to be a dirty word again? Then cast your vote for Kerry.

The Democrats want nothing more than to be back in power. Who thinks that is a good idea?

I don't yearn for any such thing, and I have no delusions about the idiocy of Kerry and/or Edwards, which is why I will vote for Bush. However, it is an indisputable fact that spending growth is higher now then it was under either Clinton or Carter. I beleieve that after national security, that the overall size of government is THE most important issues, as the more people who live off the government, the harder and harder it becomes to fight further government intrustions into our lives. The fact is that with W as president, the Republican congress has been completley AWOL. Completley. Even they know it as evidienced by the comments at the recent Republican retreat.

Therefore, myself and others speculate that if a Democrat was President, spending would not be as bad. Notice none of us has actually called for Kerry to beat Bush, we have just specualted. If you all want to hide your head in the sand and pretend that there is no problem with a Republican president being a worse spender than Clinton and Carter, go ahead. It's not doing the country any favors though.

EXCELLENT POST ... A Vote for Kerry/Edwards/Any Dem is a Vote against the furture of Our Country

This needs to be repeated to Remind Some of what they have forgotten

Oh for the days of Democrats in power. Remember what happened to the judiciary under Clinton? More federal judges appointed than under any other one president. Environazi regulations and laws that nearly crippled industry in the United States. Remember what happened to the Justice Department? Waco, Ruby Ridge, Elian Gonzalez. They even found a way to cause a scandal in the Travel Office. And foreign affairs? War in Kosovo. But a blind eye to Osama Bin Laden. Oh for the glory days of Democrats saying, "No, we don't need to capture Bin Laden. This is something for the Police. Call in the FBI, Interpol, somebody. But we dare not oppose the terrorist states. The UN will take care of it." Yes, that sounds like excellent policy.

Who yearns for the days of tax increases? Well if you do, happy days will soon be here again when Kerry is President and "gridlock" is achieved. Who looks at the 9th Circuit and thinks, "that's a fine group of Constitutional scholars, wish the Supreme Court looked like that"? The Democrats feel your pain. Can't wait for "patriot" to be a dirty word again? Then cast your vote for Kerry.