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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: laura_bush who wrote (3010)	2/18/2004 11:39:56 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 81568

How's Austin bonnuss? LOL!! Message 19332663

To: laura_bush who wrote (3010)	2/18/2004 12:14:31 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 81568

A recent Josh Marshall memo on how 'Bush is in trouble'... (February 16, 2004 -- 06:07 PM EDT // link // print) talkingpointsmemo.com I came home this afternoon and saw this headline on the front page of the CNN website: "Bush says Democrats would threaten fiscal health." The article said Bush told a crowd in Florida that "Democrats would endanger America's fiscal health by raising taxes." This is one of many reasons why President Bush is in trouble. On fiscal policy, he has not simply lost all credibility. With claims like these, he is right on his way to becoming the butt of jokes. And laughter and derision are in many ways the deadliest bogies in politics. When the president came into office the budget surplus was over $200 billion. Now the deficit is over $500 billion. Even my frail grasp of mathematics tells me that's a deterioration in the nation's fiscal health of roughly three-quarters of a trillion dollars in the three years he's been in office. And for almost all of that time the president's party controlled both houses of congress. And he says the Democrats are a danger to the nation's fiscal health? This is the arsonist in your house telling you that stranger outside with the hose can't be trusted. -- Josh Marshall