[CaptainKeyword]

dear f**king moron:

learn the meaning of the phrase, "it takes money to make money."

cheers.

[HitmanLV]

We as a culture really have to stop using words like 'socialist,' 'communist,' 'fascist,' etc. so cavalierly. Because of overuse and misuse, the meanings of these concepts are being diluted.

[Uncle Joe Cannon]

Sullivan is making some pretty good points - but he's also lying. The only reason Sullivan turned on Bush was because of gay marriage.

[claudiustg]

Roses are red
Bush is bad
That's all I have to say
Isn't it sad

[alessandrofiaschi]

This analysis is not so wrong... I'm thinking to President Hoover, which was Republican, but also an extreme interventionist in economy. For this reason, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with a free market platform..., won the 1932 presidential election in a landslide. We all know what he did later. I hope that this story isn't going to happen again.

[Mr. Mojo]

The Republican party in general has abandoned any pretense of being the party of small gov't anymore. .....with few exceptions. They figure the overwhelming majority of Americans want big "compassionate" gov't and they're aimin' to please.

[Brilliant]

Bush is spending like a socialist, and his successor will be a socialist. Our country is going downhill fast.

[varyouga]

Reminds me of a convo I had with my ultra-rightwing uncle. This guy makes me look like Mike Moore. He left the USSR in the 70s and is as anti-commie as they come.

He was telling me how W is a communist because of the ridiculous spending. I told him Kerry was the commie. And he just says, "No, Kerry was the idiot. He couldn't cover-up that he was a commie so he lost."

[msnimje]

Soon there should be a follow up story titled, "Is Andrew Sullivan a Kindergartner? He is writing like one."

[sourcery]

Not Yours To Give

[G.Mason]

Dear Mr. Sullivan:

Re: "Is (President, remember?) Bush a socialist?"

As with any compasionate drug rehabilitation program, President Bush wouldn't want the users to suffer immediate and painful withdrawl symptoms.

However, he is suppressing his homosexuality very well. Don't you think?

Signed,

Will U. Bemine

[gondramB]

I'm not happy with current spending.

And I'm not happy with the size of the government and I'm upset about the deficit...

But we are often too quick to use words like "socialist."
Not only is it unfair and innacurate but it lessens the impact when the word is finally used appropriately.

[garyhope]

I stopped reading Sullivan a long time ago. Any reason to read him now?

[cubreporter]

This moron must have Bush and the dem/lib party mixed up,.

[skeptical_con]

"President Bush has pledged to do whatever it takes to rebuild the lives and communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This pledge comes with a price tag. To deliver this kind of aid, Congress and the President must set priorities and make sacrifices and trade-offs to pay for it. Offsetting the cost of rebuilding is all the more important because the rebuilding effort follows a 33 percent expansion of the federal government since 2001, a period that saw:

* The 2001 No Child Behind Act, the most expensive education bill in American history, which led to a 100 percent increase in education spending;
* The 2002 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, the most expensive farm bill in American history;
* The 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, the most expensive Great Society expansion in history;
* A war in and the rebuilding of Iraq that, while justified, could cost between $300 and $600 billion, in total;
* International spending leap 94 percent;
* Housing and Commerce spending surge 86 percent;
* Community and regional development spending jump 71 percent;
* Health research spending increase 61 percent;
* Veterans’ spending increase 51 percent; and
* The number of annual pork projects leap from 6,000 to 14,000.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm844.cfm

Please note - the heritage foundation is not in favor of gay marriage either.

[Cyber Liberty]

Andrew Sullivan: 'Nuff said.

[claudiustg]

---This was one reason I found myself forced to endorse John Kerry last November. He was easily the more fiscally conservative candidate. ---

How can anyone take seriously anything this person writes?

[facedown]

Sorry Andrew, you're still inconsequential.

[MNJohnnie]

Oh please spare us the fake "conservative" posturing Andrew. We know dang well you could care less. Bush could spend it all as long as he endorsed your pet Gay Marriage agenda. You blew your cover last year when you endorsed Kerry. For you to offer advice to the "Conservatives" now is both absurd and incredibly arrogant.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

I'll have to agree with many of Sullivan's points here. Bush and the GOP congress are spending money like drunken sailors.