Why not look at the total picture from 2001? Wasn't Bush in power since 2001? I will claim he is a fiscal conservative when he returns spending to at least the Bill Clinton's level. You contradict yourself in sentence one and three based on your ignorance as stated in sentence two.
2001 was Clinton's discretionary budget. His non-DOD and non Homeland Defense type spending went up 16%. Bush as I noted earlier went up 5%. Yet you want Bush to return to Clinton type increases.
I never said that. You are losing your argument and putting words in my mouth. I want Bush to return to Bill Clinton's level of spending. Get it?