Only if a demorat spends it...repubs get a free pass to bankrupt the nation. Its so much better to get screwed by your "friends" than your enemies, no?
I've had it with Bush. Glad this is his last few years. Although at the rate he is going, more damage can be done, in particular regarding immigration law. He's a big spending RINO, in reality. My basic instincts to defend him are gone. Even his nominees to the Supreme Court were actually against what he would have really wished to do. He wanted his friend Gonzales on the SC, as well as Harriet Meiers. If it would have been possible to do so politically, he would have.
I've lost my faith in Bush on most issues. Social Security, health, education, immigration, deficit spending, campaign finance reform, paying to rebuild Iraq using our money rather than Iraq's oil profits, the Dubai ports deal, etc. etc. etc. The only thing he really has done conservatively is appoint more conservative judges to the bench, and be anti-abortion (without really doing anything). That's not enough for me to offset all of the other negative aspects of his administration. Plus he never has used his veto, except for his threat now to use it to support Dubai's attempt to manage our ports. Homeland security, my tailbone. He had so many big issues he could have used his veto pen on, and this is the issue he draws his line in the sand with?
What a disappointment Bush has become. May we do better with a good really conservative candidate next time around, that's if the Dems don't somehow manage to pull off a win, and unlike some others, I believe, given the right circumstances, they could. There were only a few electoral votes between a Bush presidency and a Kerry one this last time around. People should remember that. Popular vote doesn't count, as we found out the first time around in 2000. Electoral votes do. It's what gave Bush the Presidency both times. The first time by one state's electoral votes (FL), even though allegedly Bush lost the popular vote. The second time around the roles reversed. Bush had the popular vote, but only beat Kerry by a few electoral states. One can never be too secure about political outcomes.