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Old 11-06-2007, 02:12 PM
 
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Bush has spent more on domestic social programs than Clinton did.
Hand outs for people with 20 million dollars or more isnt a real social program
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:05 AM
 
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Thus explaining why conservatives are disapointed in him to say the least, & why the libs should be loving him, were talking LBJ people!!
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Old 11-10-2007, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Journey's End
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As I recall LBJ was a conservative, a Texan, and a man who stepped down rather than run again. Perhaps his fellow Texas might have taken a lesson from him.


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Thus explaining why conservatives are disapointed in him to say the least, & why the libs should be loving him, were talking LBJ people!!
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Old 11-10-2007, 09:46 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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As I recall LBJ was a conservative, a Texan, and a man who stepped down rather than run again. Perhaps his fellow Texas might have taken a lesson from him.
LBJ a conservative? Surely you recall The Great Society, don't you? A pricey update of the New Deal, as I recall...
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Old 11-10-2007, 09:50 PM
 
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An inheritance not a choice, as I recall.

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LBJ a conservative? Surely you recall The Great Society, don't you? A pricey update of the New Deal, as I recall...
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Old 11-10-2007, 10:17 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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An inheritance not a choice, as I recall.
No, that was the New Frontier.

(Makes us sound old, doesn't it?)
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Old 11-10-2007, 10:31 PM
 
Location: USA
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Bush is the creation of a group of powerful business leaders who promoted and bankrolled him to be President so he could promote their agenda and create conditions in which government money would flow into their businesses. High government spending is just part of the arrangement.

Absolutely. People talk about him being dumb, but he is only a front man.
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Old 11-11-2007, 09:59 AM
 
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As I recall LBJ was a conservative, a Texan, and a man who stepped down rather than run again. Perhaps his fellow Texas might have taken a lesson from him.
HUH? LBJ? A conservative?
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Mesa, Az
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Pork, while often outrageous, takes but a tiny percentage of our national budget. It's not the reason spending increased so significantly during Bush's reign. However, it did go up signicantly during his reign as well, something he made no attempt to reduce until Democrats controlled Congress.
[sarcasm]Are you inferring that the 'Bleeding Heart' Democrats are more fiscally responsible than the alleged 'Conservative' Republicans?[/sarcasm]

In all seriousness though; I catch your drift
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Mesa, Az
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I think you can see this under the giant pile of WMD's on the White House lawn.
Giant pile of something there......uh, cow patties.
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