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Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
On an intellectual level, a very difficult thing for the right to come to terms with is that this is a President who has expanded government employment by over 800,000 jobs, abandoned Gramm-Rudman, embraced deficit spending, and generally followed economic policies at odds with what the right has stood for over the last thirty years. In the post-Clinton age, Democrats now own fiscal responsibility as an issue, and "big government liberal" no longer rings true.
I expect this is going to be a topic conservatives get to debate in depth and openly after the election, whoever wins. Until then, I know you've got to keep the game face on.
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I will concede this last point and happily agree with you.
There is going to be a day of reckoning down the road when the Republicans will square off amongst ourselves and fight - the party of small government is getting fat, lazy and content now that we're in power and don't seem to be losing it (the Congress) any time soon*
However - IMHO - this is secondary right now. Foreign affairs are and should be the primary issue these days.
Secondly, as bad as the GOP has been on the domestic spending front - and they have been abhorrent - for you to claim that the Dems now "own" fiscal responsibility is not only misleading, but laughable. Kerry tonight claims to be FOR a tax cut AND the expansion of tens of government programs. Please tell me how he and the Dems are for reducing spending?
* My buddy Less - more conservative than he ever puts out here - has always argued the virtues of gridlock.
