I don't like the education bill. I have tried to look at it from the point that it has accountability, but I still don't like it and I think it's too expensive.
However, I am willing to overlook that when I think about how ANY democrat would have handled Kyoto, judicial appointments, and most importantly, the war on terror.
The thing is that OWK is quite correct in one thing... the GOP is not holding the line on spending. There are not as many GOP'ers that are fiscally conservative as you might think. Some are socially conservative, but fiscally liberal, and vice-versa. But, the solution is not clear. Sending a libertarian or any other party to power will be just as bad. It's easy to stand on principle until you have the power.. the power to stay in office. And all parties will exercise that power (by bribing their constituents with goodies) because it is human nature to do so. The solution is to scrap the whole system, which was designed to help grow a small group of colonies into one nation. No way the Founding Fathers had any inkling of the monster their creation would ultimately become. Corruption pollutes every form of government, because man is tempted by evil and most often succumbs to it. No man, no matter how principled he claims to be, can forever defray that temptation. The budget deficit this year is a clear warning that political party means very little. Liberalism must be stopped, I agree... but this system will not allow that to happen. It's easy for us on the outside to whine about this and that, but would we be any different if we were part of that system (government) and have the wiles of power, money, and influence? Look at what happened to Clinton, how drunk with the power he was... Hollywood on their knees for him, the press on their knees, and interns on their knees... George W may be a principled man, and I support him, but he has his failings, and appeasement of things liberal is one of them. This is no time for Machiavelli. The time is ever approaching.... time for another 1776.