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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (611881)8/27/2004 12:18:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
"I assume that ideology matters."

That's just the point. It doesn't seem to matter much what politicians PROFESS to BELIEVE in, once they get control over the spending levers they start shoveling out pork and special favors to their supporters.

Our founders came up with the idea of NOT COUNTING ON THE GOODNESS OF LEADERS, but rather designing the structure of government so that power was divided, in an effort to have triparte power centers counter-balance each other.

It was a fine idea then (a WONDERFUL IDEA, I'd argue), and it's still a fine idea now.
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