Budget Deficit Forecast cut by 100 Billion

Correct me if I'm wrong, but up till Bush got in the White House a "conservative viewpoint" was that deficits were bad, and less of a deficit is still a deficit?Call me when the 400 billion projected deficit gets closer to 1 billion, or let's say -1 million. Then we can talk about what "conservative" is.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

So when a plane crash involving your entire family is projected to yield no survivors, and it turns out one member has managed to pull through as a quadraplegic near vegetable, you think: "good news"? In this recent post on the Rove-Wilson affair I refrained from almost complete sarcasm (I think complete but I'm not sure). This second post has a little bit of sarcasm, but certainly not too much.I am giving a little plug for my total and complete public depantsing of Monk. I didn't even have to use witty rejoinders, just documented proof of his errancy using a source he pretended to be knowledgable of, in order to smear an innocent man. The first post is more serious and necessary to read than the second, if you must choose between the two.This message has been edited by holmes, 07-14-2005 04:56 AM

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

Why do you keep mentioning this when talking to me? I admit I liked her a while back, but once she fully entered the political arena, and certainly moe recently I have not liked her much at all. I am actually not wanting to see her run in 2008 (I am sick of families dominating govt positions anyway), and the reps could field someone I'd like more than her.By the way, there has been good news. I was happy that we knocked the Taliban out of power, and still hope something can be made out of the mess that is Iraq.But I'm not about to view lesser bad news as tantamount to good news. Okay, it's a big plug. This actually doesn't have to do with my insecurity though. I am sort of proud of what I did, and I would like to make sure people know it is there and so increase the likelihood of people seeing it. Sometimes I get noticed for stuff I wasn't really excited by myself, while things I liked get no notice.And this also was an attempt to cover my bases to make sure you would see it and respond. Honestly there is simply no way around the mistake you made, and I am hoping to see you finally admit an error, and more importantly than that address what the truth of the situation means regarding Rove and Bush.Go ahead and plug your counter posts. I really don't mind at all. More importantly though, plug your original post as well as my response (#77) and let people decide who came off better.

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holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)