Nicolas Soult
French Marshal
Duc de Dalmatie
1769-1851
Posted on 09/23/2005 12:59:01 PM PDT by Pessimist
President Reagan often said it’s hard to recall that you came to drain the swamp when you’re up to your armpits in alligators. Republicans like Rep. Don Young of Alaska would rather use your tax dollars to build a scenic bridge to the swamp.
Hard as it is to believe, Young is more in tune with the GOP that rules Congress today than the former president who restored the party to national power in 1980 when he won the White House and a Republican Senate.
Their differences are nowhere more evident than on limiting government and reducing federal spending. Reagan said in his first inaugural speech that “government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” Today, Young crows about the $286.4 billion transportation bill to The New York Times, saying he “stuffed it like a turkey.”
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
them nasty soults. always running away.
Please pass the soult.
soult? maybe, but there's still some pepper...
Gotta have one first to lose it.
Dunno. You'll have to tell us what a "soult" is.
Being Soult is a French name, maybe this is a good thing.
i had a soult once, but it kept sneaking outside. one day it ran out between me feet and into the path of a passing truck. poor, poor soult!
Your posting name fits you.
Now that is Soult.
This soult of makes me sad.
Nicolas Soult
French Marshal
Duc de Dalmatie
1769-1851
Salt is an excellent preventative against vampires.
I'm a soult man!
I'm a soult man!
I got Soult..and I'm superbad.
I'm half tempted to blurt:
"In before the Zoult"
But sadly, Bush is easy pickens these days.
One thing about Pork is that it -always- grows.
Nobody has *ever* cut pork. Not really.
There's gonna be some de-porking in the near future.
You better believe it.
The Soult Coat of Arms.....we can relax, now.
What doth it profiteth a man to gain the whole world and then lose his own soult?......
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.