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To: miraje who wrote (8576)	5/27/2009 5:21:56 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	2 Recommendations Respond to of 86356

Jo Mama could have been President in the 90's and would have enjoyed the "fiscal conservative" label. ROTF.. I gotta say I pretty well agree.. mostly politicians in NA (well north of the Rio Grande at least) get lucky or not .. then either get the credit or the blame ... typically the benefits and pension make it worthwhile either way :O) TBS

To: miraje who wrote (8576)	5/28/2009 8:55:50 AM
From: RetiredNow	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

First of all, you are lying and I noticed your friends gave you a recommendation without even checking your facts. Reagan had a Republican Senate for 6 years of his Presidency. Bush Jr had a GOP majority in BOTH houses for 6 of his 8 years. So Congress could not pass anything either of them didn't want and in fact both of them got pretty damn close to the budgets they asked Congress for in the years they were President and it resulted in massive new debt. Why do you lie so brazenly when the facts are so clear? infoplease.com Not only that but you are ignoring the fact that the President can veto any bill that Congress passes. Clinton shut the government down one time in order to force the GOP to give him a balanced budget. Did you conveniently forget that fact? I have never heard of a GOP President doing something like that. The only fiscally conservative thing a GOP President has ever done was when Bush Sr increased taxes. He may have been the best President we've ever had to only get elected 1 term. You really are amazing. You have an incredible blindness that allows you to deflect blame from the GOP despite all the evidence of their profligacy. It is a myth that the GOP are fiscally conservative. Open your eyes. They never have been and they never will be.