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To: tejek who wrote (181951)	1/31/2004 6:21:03 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575431

keep your eye on the ball, ted. My comments from the outset have dealt with the issue of rhetoric. Remember? The "rich vs. poor" class rhetoric we discussed at length? In the last series of posts, I was referring to the rhetoric of the left which is to blame America first, suck up to the Europeans, and tout socialist policy. I'm not, and have not been, an apologist for the Bush administration spending policies. In fact, I've been critical. I've also been consistent in my opinion that spending cuts is where the focus should be rather than increasing taxes. The current administration has swung too far left in the spending area in an effort to steal the thunder of the Democrats much the like the way Clinton adopted/stole much of the Republican agenda during his tenure. The reality is that, in many areas, the Dems want to outspend where we are now. Kennedy wanted a prescription drug bill, which I would bet is more expensive than the one enacted. Pelosi wants to give automatic citizenship to all undocumented workers in the country and fling open the gates to more. The bottom line is that you can't trust any of these politicians from either side of the aisle. What has been my common theme here is that I object to certain tired old rhetoric like the class warfare nonsense, and the left's persistence in denigrating all things American. The underpinning is their preference for socialism, which is a system that really doesn't work. At bottom, socialist policies are aimed at buying votes and keeping the politicians in power. The most ardent advocates of these policies are those who would be relatively unaffected, like the rich Hollywood types and multi-millionaires like Kerry, Kennedy, etc. Don't let your blind hatred for Bush dazzle your thinking so much that you lose the ability to objectively evaluate. If the way you respond to my posts is any indication, it may already be too late.