We're All in the Same Bloat

Wall Street Journal ^ | 20 SEP 05 | BRENDAN MINITER

[dts32041]

"After 11 years of Republican majority, we pared it down pretty good. I am ready to declare ongoing victory. It is still a process."--House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the federal budget

In the presidential campaign last year, Democrats were said to be counting on some misfortune--terrorists attacking on American soil, the Iraq War taking a turn for the worse, the economy going south--to help them beat George W. Bush. That didn't happen, of course. But now disaster has struck, and it's becoming increasingly clear that Democrats are better off for it. In ripping through the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Katrina has peeled back the lid on Republican rule and many Americans aren't happy with what they see.

...what has the GOP done lately? In many cases Republicans have ramped up spending and then bragged about it.

What we're seeing in the wake of Katrina is that despite all the winks and assurances to the contrary as they passed the energy and transportation bills, Republicans in Congress don't know how to control spending and are at a loss as to why they even should. That's one way to govern. But if Republicans no longer believe in smaller government, why not put the Democrats back in charge?

[jveritas]

Ultra left wing liberals hate President Bush no matter what he does so yes they are the largest part of this 27% of the nay sayers. The remaining portion of the 27% is also made of hate Bush crowd but they are on the end of the spectrum, you guys are among them.

Axis of Hate and Defeat: Ultra left wing liberals and Absolute conservatives.

[George Smiley]

Brendan Miniter is far from a leftist.

Grab a copy of his book "Shadow Wars".

Written pre-election, it related the aspects of the War on Terror that we weren't reading about in the MSM, and it made the case that Bush "got it" and Kerry "didn't".

[inquest]

Ultra left wing liberals hate President Bush no matter what he does so yes they are the largest part of this 27% of the nay sayers.

In this case, they hate him for not spending $400 billion instead of $200 billion. They, like you, don't condemn him for spending too much.

[votelife]

Go here, this is a Katrina video tearjerker, very well done!

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/bommer/Praise%20you%20in%20this%20storm.wmv