Speaking of parallel universes:
‘The era of big government is over’ - Bill Clinton January 27, 1996
Hillary Clinton says deficit sends message of weakness
Wed Sep 8, 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68748720100908
“It poses a national security threat in two ways: it undermines our capacity to act in our own interest, and it does constrain us where constraint may be undesirable,” Clinton said in response to a question after her address to the Council on Foreign Relations think tank.