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To: RMF who wrote (292871)	6/30/2006 5:20:14 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1573377

"I think their original idea was to cut taxes and that would somehow starve the government into lower expenditures." Your ice cream analogy applies to some. But there are others who never bought into the starving the government meme. They signed on because the Republicans have been pushing the idea that all Democrats are the same and that all of them subscribed to a handful of beliefs. So, if that is the case, then the Republicans needed the same. They then picked a set of beliefs that cast the Democrats in the worst light, and then picked a set for themselves to counter those the most effectively. And with the right talking heads repeating those talking points and the Republicans echoing them, they got a lot of people to believe it to be the case. Just look at Shorty for a good example of someone who has drunk deep of that Kool Aid. The reality, though is that there are both Democrats and Republicans who are all over the map on the issues. And not all of the Republicans are really believers of starving the government. Tom DeLay is a good example. For him, the government is a tool to reward friends and punish enemies. If it is small and weak, then it can't be used to do that. Just like Murtha is against abortion, despite it supposedly being a core Democratic belief, there are Republicans who are more than satisfied with big government.

To: RMF who wrote (292871)	7/4/2006 9:23:34 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1573377

7 trillion in new Bushie deficits. Do the math. That'll cost every average American family about $75,000 to pay off. Problem is, the average families didn't get the benefits of the deficit spending and tax cuts. They got shafted. Same with the war. Who wins this war? Halliburton, defense contractors, oil companies -- who else? Seems to me everyone else loses. And what makes anyone think Saddam won't start to seem nostalgic. Does anyone know what Al Sadr would do as the new leader of Iraq? He's the most popular leader.