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How Big Is Bush's Big Government?
Ludwig von Mises Institute ^ | April 18, 2006 | Mark Brandly

Posted on 04/26/2006 2:14:17 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan

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To: Gordongekko909
Yeah, but when the alternative is Gore or Kerry...

NO! There are 3rd parties. Go vote but show these fakes that you are not sheeple & can vote against this "Two-Party Cartel".

41 posted on 04/26/2006 4:28:56 PM PDT by Digger
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To: PeterFinn
At least with Gore or Kerry in the White House I wouldn't feel conflicted for feeling that my President is a traitor.

You aren't alone with these thoughts.

42 posted on 04/26/2006 4:30:56 PM PDT by Digger
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To: pgyanke

You have to keep in mind that this article came from a "Libertarian" think tank.


43 posted on 04/26/2006 4:31:33 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: plain talk
Well Clinton-lite is better than Clinton-max. And you got two conservative judges instead of two more Ginsbergs. Kind of hard to put a smiley face on this stench but politics is, after all, always about the lesser of evils.

This still is a liberal court & I guarantee you it will be that when GW leaves. This country is run by liberals & will continue. GW thought he could blow Harriet Meirs by us sheeple. Unless death none of those phoney justices will retire & it appears that the dems will take the next election due to GW's debacles of late & stack the court.

44 posted on 04/26/2006 4:46:48 PM PDT by Digger
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To: Digger

However, it would have been more of a liberal court had Kerry gotten in there. One conservative SCJ and a moderate SCJ would have been replaced by 2 Ginsberg liberals.

The next election is a ways away. It all depends on the choices. If our side gets a nominee who can speak and persuade and is likable he will win. The first two elements - speak and persuade - are critical because it's always 2 to 1: Dems + Media against us. We need another Reagan who can reach the public over the heads of the media.

Dubya does it masterfully in one on one interviews but is weak in public speaking. We have few in Congress that can speak well either. It's our achilles heel.


45 posted on 04/26/2006 4:54:26 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk
What amazes me about President Bush is that he is totally different when he's not on a podium and/or not reading a speech.

When he's just talking "with folks" he comes across totally different.

46 posted on 04/26/2006 4:56:49 PM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson

My first impression of Dubya was a one on one interview. I was blown away. I believe this was before he had announced for President but not sure. Right then I knew he would be President. It was one of those moments where the light bulb goes on. He was loose and funny and connecting. But you put him behind a lecturn and he's self-conscious and lost. It's sad. We need Republicans that can do what Dubya does one-on-one but do it in a public speaking setting like Reagan could.


47 posted on 04/26/2006 5:17:40 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Digger
'fraid not. Any vote that goes from me (a Bush voter) to a third party that won't win is simply one less vote for Bush, bringing the Dems one vote closer to the White House than they otherwise would be.

I understand the principle, but that's an awfully expensive principle to maintain.

48 posted on 04/26/2006 5:19:03 PM PDT by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: Conservative Coulter Fan
The test results are in...we've seen test scores decline...it didn't address the left wing PC curriculum...it didn't address the leftist NEA and its squeeze on schools...WHY do you think the Southern Baptist Convention is working toward removing their children from government schools?

This comment shows you know little of this topic. Quit while you're behind.

49 posted on 04/26/2006 6:08:00 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: OldFriend
We got a president who knows the future of America lies in it's children being educated.

Errr...that's "its children".

50 posted on 04/26/2006 6:16:47 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: Conservative Coulter Fan

Bush's 45% versus Clinton's 32%????? Clinton did not have 9/11, the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, nor Katrina/Rita. What do you estimate Clinton's spending % would be under those circumstances?


51 posted on 04/26/2006 8:29:36 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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To: MrTruth

BTTT


52 posted on 04/26/2006 8:51:53 PM PDT by RonPaulLives (Never trust anything ending in "u." For example, "DU," "EU," "I love you")
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To: CWOJackson
You have to keep in mind that this article came from a "Libertarian" think tank.

Welcome back, Chief. Has mainstream conservatism gone so far left that it is conservative to support big government and libertarian to oppose it? If it is, we are in big trouble.

53 posted on 04/27/2006 10:15:55 AM PDT by jmc813 (The best mathematical equation I have ever seen: 1 cross + 3 nails= 4 given.)
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To: daybreakcoming

I don't know....maybe the $200 billion Farm Bill, the pork ridden Highway Bill with Alska's famous bridge to nowhere, myabe the $600 billion prescription drug entitlement...I supported the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, but I don't believe that fighting Islamic Fascists means we have to make American taxpayers pay for their governments and drag them from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century.


54 posted on 04/27/2006 2:14:41 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan (I am defiantly proud of being part of the Religious Right in America.)
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To: Conservative Coulter Fan
Highway Bill, Farm Bill, etc. Well now you are talking about Congress instead of the "Bush REGIME" vs. the "Clinton YEARS" as you call it, aren't you? But there are those, along with DU, who really do believe everything is all "Bush's fault". So really no point to further discussion.
55 posted on 04/27/2006 3:04:36 PM PDT by daybreakcoming (If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. A. Lincoln)
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To: daybreakcoming

The Heritage Foundation pleaded with Bush to veto the Farm Bill...they pleaded with him on the Highway Bill, but it fell on deaf ears. I don't believe everything is Bush's fault...I'm no crazy left winger that believes everything from the weather to the stock market is directly related to Bush, but I'm no apologist that demands less than I should from the President of the United States and remains indifferent to the aggressive march of Big Government simply because the guy in the White House has an 'R' beside his name.


56 posted on 04/27/2006 3:10:34 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan (I am defiantly proud of being part of the Religious Right in America.)
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