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To: JohnHuang2; Burkeman1
Just how far has President Bush strayed from the conservative mainstream? Last September in the National Review, Ramesh Ponnuru counted the ways:

"Bush has increased the federal role in education, imposed tariffs on steel and lumber, increased farm subsidies, OK'd federal regulations on campaign finance and corporate accounting and expanded the national-service program President Clinton began. Since Sept. 11, he has also raised defense spending, given new powers to law enforcement, federalized airport security and created a new Cabinet department for homeland security. No federal programs have been eliminated, nor has Bush sought any such thing. More people are working for the federal government than at any point since the end of the Cold War."

Well Burkeman, we may have to pick up a copy of NR. Mind you it's just one drop of wisdom in a sea of Frummisms but heck it's a start ;) Although it's going to take more than just a few drops of wisdom to turn that mag back around...

95 posted on 02/13/2004 3:26:38 PM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice.)
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To: billbears
National Review still has a spark of life from time to time. But just the mere fact that they employ a man as an associate editor with the hubris to title his book "An end to Evil" is not a good sign.
101 posted on 02/13/2004 5:49:43 PM PST by Burkeman1 ("If you see ten troubles comin down the road, nine will run into the ditch before they reach you")
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