Well stated. I agree 100%.
I'm very disappointed with Bush on the domestic front. He did good with the tax cut, but could have easily gotten a bigger one. He did not follow through on his promise to implement vouchers, and instead signed a bloated Education Bill authored by Teddy Kennedy. Federal spending is going up, big time; and social programs (welfare and Americorps) are being expanded. ANWR is still not open for drilling.
His talk now about "being against tax increases" is silly. All tax bills originate in the House, which is not considering a tax increase (quite the contrary, they have been far more aggressive than Bush on tax cuts). The cheerleaders here will say Bush's current tax strategy is a good way to help the GOP during the midterm elections. That might fly, except for the fact that Bush isn't naming names about the "tax increasers". It's just very vague talk, the only purpose for which is to distract us from pushing for real tax reform.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...