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To: laura_bush who wrote (35290)	1/16/2004 11:13:17 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

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To: laura_bush who wrote (35290)	1/16/2004 11:33:49 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Thoughts on the republican congres From Jimi on the Motley FOOL Republicans control Congress. True. A Republican is President. True. Republicans control Federal Spending. True. All forms of federal spending have grown rapidly on their watch. True. This has contributed to immediate deficits. True. We now face fiscal deficts as far as the eye can see. True. A Republican Congress has embraced large government programs. True. George Bush has embraced large government programs. True. He's not once vetoed a spending bill. True. For the most part, conservative Republicans have been docile & quiet while neoconservative have hijacked their party and moved it away from its conservative roots. I have been stunned that this should proceed with nary a peep from within the party--surely, out there somewhere, are fiscally responsible, prudent Republicans who understand how destructive this is for both the GOP's long term credibility on economic issues & more importantly, the future of the United States. But for well over a year, there's been a depressing and frustrating conspiracy of silence: it is as if those who long advanced the conservative philosophy of fiscal prudence and small government--well articulated and represented by the likes of the Heritage Foundation or the Cato Institute--were prepared to surrender their views in deference to a President whose war policy they accepted, or perhaps they just liked. And they seemed prepared to do so just at that moment when their ideas had victory within grasp: there is no doubt in my mind that the economic boom of the 1990s was likely the key factor for large federal surpluses. While I can grant that, I will simultaneously demand that Clinton be given his due for his courage to inform both Congress and his own party in January 1996, "The era of big government is over." That monumental ideological concession was a measure of the success the Heritage/Cato campaign had enjoyed. Never would I have guessed in a million years that a Texan Republican President would quickly move us back into the past. And without a fight-on-principle from within his own party. It is refreshing to learn this morning that quiet rumblings that I knew had to be growing beneath the surface are finally seeing the light of day: National leaders of six conservative organizations yesterday broke with the Republican majorities in the House and Senate, accusing them of spending like "drunken sailors," and had some strong words for President Bush as well. "The Republican Congress is spending at twice the rate as under Bill Clinton, and President Bush has yet to issue a single veto," Paul M. Weyrich, national chairman of Coalitions for America, said at a news briefing with the other five leaders. "I complained about profligate spending during the Clinton years but never thought I'd have to do so with a Republican in the White House and Republicans controlling the Congress." Warning of adverse consequences in the November elections, the leaders said the Senate must reject the latest House-passed omnibus spending bill or Mr. Bush should veto the measure. "The whole purpose of having a Republican president is to lead the Republican Congress," said Paul Beckner, president of Citizens for a Sound Economy, whose co-chairman is former House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas. "The Constitution gives the president the power to veto legislation, and if Congress won't act in a fiscally responsible way, the president has to step in — but he hasn't done that." "If the president doesn't take a stand on this, there's a real chance the Republicans' voter base will not be enthusiastic about turning out in November, no matter who the Democrats nominate," Mr. Beckner said. washtimes.com There are big currents on the move in American politics. President Bush and this Republican Congress are squandering--perhaps better expressed, "spending"--the generation-old political advantage of bedrock small government/fiscal prudence conservatism. This may win them both reelection in November. But at what cost? To the soul of the GOP? To the nation? Jimi