[The_Eaglet]

To hear him talk, his fiscal conservatism only seems to come into play when it is a question of defense spending.

You have not listened.

[wideawake]

You have not listened.

Oh, I have. He prattles on and on about rolling back every bureaucracy in the government at his leisure.

That's very sweet of Ron.

But when it comes to the media and press time he is the "anti-war Republican", the "Republican who voted against Iraq", the "maverick House Republican."

He trades on his opposition to defense spending.

And everyone knows it.