[4Freedom]

"Compassionate conservative = big spender from Texas."

Here we are 6-years-later and look where compassionate Conservatism has got us.

This Magoo threw money around like a drunken sailor and has left future generations with the bill.

[George W. Bush]

This Magoo threw money around like a drunken sailor and has left future generations with the bill.

Politically, he's left our claim to be the grownups on fiscal conservatism to be laughable. We can claim it. The voter only has to point at the debt. And we didn't spend that much on Iraq.

So much of it was pointless spending: got us no votes, didn't help the economy much, corrupted our party, made the observant voters cynical about us. Heck, I'm cynical about us on spending now.