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To: RMF who wrote (8178)	3/4/2005 10:13:13 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

"Harry Reid on Al Greenspan, I think the guys the biggest political hack in Washington." "AIN'T it the TRUTH" No it ain't. It was the unsubstantiated OPINION of Reid. How does unsubstantiated OPINION constitute "the TRUTH"?

To: RMF who wrote (8178)	3/4/2005 12:45:47 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

More "useful" rhetoric from the left The QandO Blog Posted by: McQ Harry Reid, obviously trying very hard to fill Tom Daschle's shoes, had this to say about Alan Greenspan: <<< "I'm not a big Greenspan fan -- Alan Greenspan fan," >>> Ok, point made, move on. He doesn't care for Greenspan. But no, no chance. Reid had to make it personal: <<< "I voted against him the last two times. I think he's one of the biggest political hacks we have in Washington." >>> That's useful, isn't it? It certainly will make the target of Reid's bile more open to his complaints and suggestions, won't it? And Reid's point? <<< "Why doesn't he respond to the Republicans and tell them the big problem here is the debt that this administration [has] created?" he said. "We had a $7 trillion-dollar surplus when Bush took office. Now we have a $3 or $4 trillion-dollar deficit. That's, in fact, what Greenspan should be telling people." >>> First we didn't have a $7 trillion dollar surplus. We had a projected $7 trillion dollar surplus over many years and before the 2001 recession. And secondly Mr. Reid, where were you on February 19, 2005 when Alan Greenspan said this: <<< Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said rising deficits might have to be addressed with a move he hasn't favored in the past: tax increases. Greenspan, in testimony Thursday before the House Financial Services Committee, said Congress might have to consider raising taxes to rein in a deficit that the Bush administration says will reach $427 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, topping a record $412 billion last year. "You're going to have to increase taxes or reduce spending somewhere if we're going to keep the deficit under control," Greenspan said. >>> Obviously he's not in touch with his party's leadership in the House or he'd have known his favorite "hack" had addressed the issue, one assumes, precisely as Reid wanted. I wonder if Senate Dems are yet beginning to regret placing Harry Reid in the minority leadership position. qando.net