[Austin Willard Wright]

My apologies for misreading your claim about military spending. I also admit that your right that it was Nixon who fully funded Johnson's destructive Great Society (though unlike Dubya or Johnson he did not do it via establishmenb of new programs). I wonder, however, if you think that Nixon's sins somehow justify or mitigate Dubya actions. Do you?

I also don't get what you mean by the following: In other words, Ron Paul believes that the best policy is to give the Democrats as many excuses as they need to enact fully socialized medicine. Bravo.

By this, do you imply that Dubya's massive expansion of Medicare/Medicaid via the prescription drugs program is a good thin? I just want to make this clear.

[wideawake]

By this, do you imply that Dubya's massive expansion of Medicare/Medicaid via the prescription drugs program is a good thin?

No, it is a bad thing.

The real question is: was it necessary to avoid something even worse?

That's a question honest people can debate.

Or one can simply ignore the debate and carp, like Ron Paul.