It’s hard to run an effective federal government when your belief system is based on the Norquistian idea that the federal government should basically exist only for military purposes.

We haven’t had a federal government like that since well before the days of FDR. Then, FDR put this country on a path of wild social spending that can not be sustained without dire economic consequences.

In essence, the democrats have been blackmailing the republicans for years to keep the government gravy train growing by leaps and bounds in exchange for approval of their own programs. The republicans bear their share of responsibility for complicity and their own forms of wasteful spending. Pragmatism and a lack of proven principles have cost our country dearly.

If the federal government scaled itself back and used the military ONLY for defense of our natural borders, we would undoubtedly be the economic superpower of this millennium.

Bush Tax Cuts, McCain and the Hottie from Alsaka = Success and a Bright Future!

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Katrina demonstrated a failure of the local government, which didn’t properly evacuate the area before the storm, and initially rejected FEMA’s assistance. Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco bungled that one.

Congress is actually the branch of government that does the spending. Though, it should be recognized, that while Republicans did abandon conservative principle by spending too much, Democrats, who promised to limit spending in 2006, have been worse.

Abandoned the Powell doctrine? another canard.

The Democratic majority has spent money, but they’ve failed to address various problems, such as drilling, or building new refineries, … but the were able to finagle a minimum wage hike, which has proven again to be bad economic policy.

It’s hard to run an effective federal government when your belief system is based on the Norquistian idea that the federal government should basically exist only for military purposes.

Bush is a bigger spender than any liberal ever was. He completely abandoned the Powell Doctrine with respect to military engagement. The list goes on and on.

Republicans usually complain that the current congress never does anything. If they haven’t done anything, how did they cause all these problems? If they haven’t done anything, isn’t that the Republican wet dream?

There’s a reason the Democratic majority has brought congressional approval to historic lows.

The Democrats failed us. That’s the simple truth.

The country was doing fine until the Democrats took control of congress.

That was a joke, right? Oh, God, please say that was a joke.

It’s that type of thinking that will never improve America.