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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: steve dietrich who wrote (580921)	6/6/2004 11:52:01 PM
From: ThirdEye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Reagan's signature act as(the compassionate conservative) governor of CA was to close the state mental hospitals. Hmmmm. More votes for Republicans?

To: steve dietrich who wrote (580921)	6/7/2004 10:50:58 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 769670

Far from functioning as loyal Reaganites, the Neocons, in their characteristically factional and manipulative fashion, constantly criticized Reagan in terms that would normally be reserved for one's bitter enemies. antiwar.com

To: steve dietrich who wrote (580921)	6/7/2004 12:47:26 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I just caught a brief interview on CNBC with Nicholas Brady .. Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury .. where he recounted his first official meeting in the Oval office .. Reagan was telling the story of an exceedingly obese individual who was so large that he was bedridden .. couldn't get out of bed without assistance and was so large that he was literally trapped in his room .. he couldn't fit thru the doorway .. this individual would typically consume 5 chickens, quarts of milk, dozens of eggs etc in a single meal .. Reagan's question ?? So who's feeding him ?? Brady realized Reagan was making an analogy to the size of the Federal government .. Dramatically cutting tax rates was his way of limiting the 'food supply' to the 'fat man' of government .. I don't blame him for the fact that Congress .. both democrats and republicans .. couldn't find a way to limit spending to what was coming in .. Triffin ..