[Bushbacker]

tired of the GOP talking like purveyors of limited government while doing the exact opposite right after the oath has been sworn in.

___"Limited government" is a political loser. The public doesn't want it. Remember how
Xlinton cleaned Gingrich's clock over the government shutdown?

The people want government services, but these services and benefits should empower the people not make them dependent. That's the difference between Bush and the Democrats.

[rollo tomasi]

You just proved my point. Republicans wimped out of that fight and instead of doing their Constitutional duty, read polls and played the centrist, everybody lets get along routine with the democrats.

Look what happened in 1996, I was sure as heck, and many of my friends were not going to vote for Dole. Why, instead of following the constitution they followed meaningless polls.

"The final irony was that the poll numbers (all the Administration seems to care about) were beginning to turn against Clinton in both shutdowns just as the Republicans called it quits; the GOP got all of the pain and none of the gain."-- Rich Lowery

Thanks again Bushbaker for proving my point.