[putupon]

Actually, the administration is eager to approve the largest expansion of the welfare state since the Great Society 40 years ago.

Great Society:
Newspeak Translation=
"Compassionate Conservatism"
Maybe it's a Texas thing; bigger this, bigger that, bigger handouts.

[DoctorMichael]

Maybe it's a Texas thing; bigger this, bigger that, bigger handouts.

Wow! Good insight and analogy!

I never saw the connection. Still, do you think it's something in the water down there? ;-)

[austinTparty]

Maybe it's a Texas thing; bigger this, bigger that, bigger handouts.

Them's fightin' words.

This administration has been responsible for a huge expansion in the size of government. True conservatives ought to be more than seriously concerned about that. Never give your own president any powers that you don't want the opposition to have... Government exists to secure our rights, not to fund pork barrel studies, hand out free pills, give you warm fuzzies or pat you on the head when you're good or wag its finger at you when you're bad. Sheesh.