You're quibbling over small potatos brainstem. A few million dollars to the NEA or AIDS prevention/treatment in Africa is nothing compared to the billions in cuts to discretionary spending that are on the table. Think of those the way a business thinks of advertising, money spent for PR purposes. It has very little to do with the size of government.
The "Bushbots" got exactly what they wanted and appear to be extremely satisfied. By my definiton of "Bushbot", most if not the vast overwhelmingly majority are NOT Conservatives nor Constitutionalists.
It's all in the primaries where you put in the lead the person who shares your values not someone who will appeal to a broader range of people. It is that trap, the one of compromise, that gets you a president who stabs you in the back. We must show strong support for a real conservative in the primaries and not waver in that support.