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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (16919)	11/20/2003 6:47:56 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793688

Angry and wet, AARP members try to burn cards You can bet you sweet ass that these are Democrats being pushed by the party to do it for Political purposes. However, if the pressure gets too bad, they will reverse their position. That is what the Dems are trying to make them do.

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (16919)	11/20/2003 6:58:17 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793688

McCain can talk like this because Arizona doesn't produce any oil or grow corn. Sullivan: QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm not saying that this bill won't generate some energy. It will certainly fuel the coffers of big oil and gas corporations. It will propel the wealthy special interests. And it will boost the deficit into the stratosphere. Indeed, this legislation can be fairly called the Leave no Lobbyist Behind Act of 2003. There are also four proposals known as 'green bonds' for construction of commercial buildings that will cost taxpayers $227 million to finance approximately $2 billion in private bonds. One of my favorite green bond proposals is a $150 million riverfront area in Shreveport, Louisiana. This river walk has about 50 stores, a movie theater and a bowling alley. One of the new tenants in this Louisiana Riverwalk is a Hooters restaurant. Yes my friends. Here we have an energy bill subsidizing both hooters and polluters." - Senator John McCain, on the monstrosity otherwise known as the Energy Bill. How any principled, small-government, free-market Republican could vote for this vast waste of public money is beyond me. But we're beginning to realize that GOP has nothing to do with small government or fiscal sobriety. It's a vehicle for massive debt and catering to the worst forms of corporate welfare. Thank God for McCain. Bush should veto this bill, until it is de-porked. He won't, of course. He has yet to veto a single big-spending bill. He doesn't seem to give a damn about what is happening to the fiscal health of this country. If Dean is at all smart, he will make this a center-piece of his election strategy, and tempt fiscal conservatives like me to support him. ON THE OTHER HAND: Dean makes it impossible for believers in the free market to support him by backing a return to the failed regulatory policies of the past. So we have to pick between a budget-busting, free-spending, entitlement-expanding Republican and a Democrat opposed to many critical aspects of a free and dynamic economy. We're stuck between a reckless liberal and a regulatory liberal. It's the 1970s all over again - and too depressing for words. andrewsullivan.com