[sinkspur]

The second task is trickier: how do we stop the big government plans of Republicans like President Bush?

I have to laugh. You guys point to Reagan, yet, when he walked out of the White House in 1988, government was TWICE as big as when he entered.

Hell, Pat Buchanan never advocated smaller government; he just wanted to use big government for his causes.

The only true voice for "small government" are the pipsqueaks in the Libertarian Party, and they're hanging onto the toilet bowl rim by their fingernails.

[AAABEST]

Damn sink, is it me or have you been gone a while?

Good to see you!

[Sabertooth]

I have to laugh. You guys point to Reagan, yet, when he walked out of the White House in 1988, government was TWICE as big as when he entered.

It's unwise to pretend that Reagan had no flaws or made no mistakes. It's also unwise to ignore the fact that Reagan never had a GOP House of Representives.

If the GOP had controlled both houses of Congress in the '80s, do you believe that government have been larger, or smaller than it actually was when Reagan left office in '89?

The only true voice for "small government" are the pipsqueaks in the Libertarian Party, and they're hanging onto the toilet bowl rim by their fingernails.

There are many times more "small government" voices in the GOP than there are registered voters in the LP. These voices are votes that the GOP requires to be a majority party.

This fact is inadvertently confirmed by every poster who blames them for abandoning Bush 41 in 1992 and enabling Clinton's victory.