Republican malaise

townhall.com ^ | 3-4-04 | Robert Novak

[LS]

Well, I'm sort of factoring in NC, FL, and SC. Those should be a given. Even so, it's outrageous that we don't win Reid's seat, or challenge Chucky Schumer.

[Coop]

I don't take issue with your point of why Novak is a registered Dem. As an indie, I couldn't care less. But I have absolutely no difficulty recognizing his consistent anti-Bush bent in nearly all his articles.

[u-89]

I can't speak for Novak but what is shocking to many on this forum that some life long conservatives do not worship the ground Bush walks on. People like Novak and quite a few others who have long toiled for limited government see Bush's policies as shall we say unsettling. Also inside behind the scenes politics is ugly and Novak reports things that some would just rather not hear. Like when he reported on a GOP congressional meeting with Rove that got stormy. That report was not well received on this site. Why play ostrich? It's important to know what's going on.

[Torie]

While the president's aides are angered by the lawmakers' addiction to concrete, conservative lawmakers are furious that Bush's budget has preserved and actually increased federal funding for the arts.

Mr. Novak, the amount the Feds spend on the arts is about one half of one percent of what it spends on concrete. Look it up. You are spamming, and you assertion is BS. If some Pubbie Congress persons are wailing about spending on the arts, they are just going native, to appease the knuckle draggers. What a waste of time.