To: Mad_Tom_Rackham; PhiKapMom
Regardless of what you think of government funding of the arts, this cannot be interpreted as anything but a slap in the face, a direct insult to Bush's own base. The NEA is to conservatives as pigs are to Jews.
What's baffling is that Bush has nothing to gain politically and everything to lose by proposing this. He's going to blow the election.
To: The Old Hoosier
You know some one already pointed out that agencies like the NEA and NPR employ the wives and girl friends of the Washington elite. So all W is doing is scratching the back of a few "good ole boys" giving the gals something to do. But he sure pick the wrong agency. Conservative hate, loath the NEA. The NEA is a symbol everything conservative find wrong with government. To increase funding is bad, to do it in a major way, with a press conference is like telling conservative to go pound sand. And this conservative got the message loud and clear.
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01/28/2004 9:52:45 PM PST by
jpsb
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