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To: tejek who wrote (185929)	4/5/2004 1:53:57 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1576148

" Most of the increase in spending during those years went to programs that where started by FDR or Johnson. Until recently Republican presidents hadn't push for such big new entitlements but Bush changed that. That's what I mean by "he learnt from the Democrats". " If that's true, why did debt as a percent of GDP go down steadily during the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy/LBJ/Nixon, and Carter years. You say "if that's true..." as if one thing had a strong connection to the other. The programs where started mostly under Democratic administrations that doesn't mean they can't or won't greatly increase in cost during Republican administrations. Spending for these social programs exploded under Republican administrations all while Republicans where being attacked by Democrats for their "harsh" and "mean spirited" "cuts" in social spending. Also Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford where Republicans. Tenet said that a separate group [from the CIA] was set up and Bush followed their conclusions as opposed to the CIA. Tenet just recently testified to this arrangement and its a matter of public record. The CIA was also saying there where WMD in Iraq. What I did say is that when someone like yourself says Bush never suggested that Saddam's WMD threatened this country, then I have to assume the person is being partisan. I never said that. I said that TP's statement that Bush said that American cities would be blown up within a matter of months by Iraqi WMD was false. Earlier I said the claim that Bush said that the US faced imminent attack from Iraqi WMD was false. I never said that Bush didn't suggest that Iraqi WMD where a serious potential danger to the US. If you are going to defend Bush and his policies, then be sure its on solid ground; otherwise, it looks partisan. If you are going to attack Bush and his policies then make sure you are on solid ground; otherwise, it looks partisan. I defended Bush against inaccurate charges. I was and still am on very solid ground with these defenses. If I made some of the statements that I have been accused of making or defended some of the things that I supposedly (according to posters here) defended then I would not be on solid ground but I did not. Instead I frequently get accused of posting something different then what I really posted and when I point out the difference I get attacked for "playing word games". Tim

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