[Mudboy Slim]

"...this is nothing more than an election ploy to shore up conservative support."

Well, we oughtta support it then, if we hope to see more fiscal discipline in the future. If not, we will be surrendering to the RINOs who want to outbid the RATS on every spending bill. If we're gonna continue to disparage Dubyuh fer outta-control spending, we better be prepared to support him when he does the right thing.

FReegards...MUD

[Grampa Dave]

You are right on target with this assessment:

Well, we oughtta support it then, if we hope to see more fiscal discipline in the future. If not, we will be surrendering to the RINOs who want to outbid the RATS on every spending bill. If we're gonna continue to disparage Dubyuh fer outta-control spending, we better be prepared to support him when he does the right thing.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Sure, if Dubya does right, I'll praise him. Heck, I even praised Clinton when he signed welfare reform though, of course, I never "supported" him in a broader sense

. The point here is that all of this is a drop in the pocket compared to the budget-busting Medicare Bill. Let's keep things in perspective here: we are talking about the comparison of pennies versus dollars/