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I have a very good memory; however, I do seem to have some sort of a " black hole ", where it concerns candidate Bush claiming that he was going to " make government smaller ". Can you help me out here ?

Sure no problem. Maybe this will help your foggy memory.

"The surest way to bust this economy is to increase the role and the size of the federal government."
George W. Bush - Source: Presidential debate, Boston MA Oct 3, 2000.
"I am a conservative because I believe government should be limited and efficient, that it should do a few things and do them well."
George W. Bush - Book: A Charge to Keep, William Morrow, 1999.

Of course there are more, but I sure you do not wish to hear them. They might stick in your "selective memory".

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh ... good quotes ; however, NOT what I asked for, at all. Nowhere, in those quoted remarks, did candidate Bush claim that he was actually going to do anything about making government smaller . He did say, and get passed, a tax cut.

No, I don't have a " selective memory ". Neither do I take as gospel, something which is only inferred. :-)

Regarding the first Bush quote: If Bush declared that he was going to shrink government, he would have "Mondaled" himself and lost in a landslide.

Regarding the second quote: If the new Homeland Security Agency actually consolidates all those existing related agencies as he wants to do, then that could be the start of something small.