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To: hmaly who wrote (184669)	3/14/2004 2:25:31 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572551

Ted.. Re..When are one of you GOP geniuses is going to explain to me why the national debt as a percent of GDP keeps going up dramatically under GOP administrations? Talk about ponzi schemes! Because after the last three democratic presidencies, Johnson, Carter, and Billy boy, the country was left in a recession, caused by overtaxation, and high rates of gov. deficit spending. Deficit spending in times of war, and recession are normal, in peacetime, without a recession, they shouldn't be normal. The problem isn't deficit spending per se, it is never paying the loans back, once the recession is over, during peace times. You are bonkers. You should be embarrassed to post such an weakass explanation for the spendthrift ways of the GOP. You are so partisan, you make Ted Kennedy look neutral.

To: hmaly who wrote (184669)	3/14/2004 2:46:48 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572551

ree: Because after the last three democratic presidencies, Johnson, Carter, and Billy boy, the country was left in a recession, caused by overtaxation, and high rates of gov. deficit spending. Deficit spending in times of war, and recession are normal, in peacetime, without a recession, they shouldn't be normal. The problem isn't deficit spending per se, it is never paying the loans back, once the recession is over, during peace times. Can I get some of those drugs you're taking? John

To: hmaly who wrote (184669)	3/14/2004 5:41:26 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572551

Let this be just the beginning........... ************************************************************ Opposition Socialists win Spanish election 15.03.2004 11.19am MADRID - Opposition Socialists won Spain's general election on Sunday when voters swept the government from power, blaming its Iraq policy for last week's suspected al Qaeda attack in Madrid. The ruling Popular Party (PP) conceded defeat to Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who will take over from outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, a staunch supporter of the US-led war in Iraq that most Spaniards opposed. "It's a victory. The Spanish Socialist Working Party is ready to take charge of government in Spain," a senior Socialist official Jose Blanco told cheering supporters. Voters, many wearing the black ribbon symbols of national grief since Thursday's attack that killed 200 people, turned out in large numbers amid an angry debate over who was behind the train bombings -- al Qaeda or Basque separatists. Analysts had warned the PP could be hit if voters believed a purported fresh al Qaeda claim that the group had mounted its first attack in Europe and in reprisal for Spain's support for the Iraq war. "If the al Qaeda network is behind these attacks, then you can certainly say that al Qaeda is responsible for removing Aznar and the PP (Popular Party) from government, said Charles Powell, assistant professor at San Pablo-Ceu University. Official results showed the Socialists leading the ruling centre-right Popular Party by 42.7 per cent to 37.7 per cent with 96 per cent of votes counted. This would give the Socialists 164 seats in parliament compared with the PP's 148, but short of an absolute majority of 176. Some Spaniards were vitriolic in accusing Aznar of "manipulating" public opinion by spending three days blaming the bombings of four packed commuter trains on the Basque separatist group ETA, despite its denials. Aznar, retiring as prime minister and hailing a solid economy and greater clout for a country restored to the international mainstream three decades after Franco's dictatorship ended, had taken a tough line against ETA. Protesters shouted "Liar" and "Get our troops out of Iraq" at the PP's leading candidate Mariano Rajoy when he voted. The Socialists have pledged to withdraw Spain's 1,300 troops from Iraq if the UN does not take control by June 30 when Washington plans to hand power back to Iraqis. Opinion polls showed as many as 90 per cent of Spaniards opposed the Iraq war. In a high turnout, voters said they wanted to display unity for democracy after the worst guerilla attack in Europe since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of a US airliner killed 270 people. Just hours before polling began, officials said a purported al Qaeda video had been found in a waste bin on the outskirts of Madrid and that three Moroccans and two Indians had been arrested in connection with the attack. nzherald.co.nz