well, these 2 paragraphs are OK:
"With opposition also rising to his free-trade policy, Bush reverted to the same tactic: Caricature and castigate critics of his own failed policies. "Protectionists," said Bush, pretend "we can keep our high standards of living, while walling off our economy."
But it was protectionists from Lincoln to Coolidge who gave us the highest standard of living on earth. And the record of Bush's merry band of free-traders? The largest trade deficits in history, a $200 billion trade surplus for Beijing at our expense in 2005, and 3 million lost manufacturing jobs since Bush first took the oath."
The standard of living, in America, from Lincoln through dear old Silent Cal, was not only NOT the highest in the world, it wasn't anywhere near as good, as it is today! Facts matter and Pat stated none.
Pat is looking more and more like the cranky old guy who hangs around the K of C who nobody listens to, but who you can't kick out because he paid for life membership years ago.