From: Monte Davis 

John Cuccia  wrote:

>W simply isn't a conservative

As more and more conservatives, yawning and rubbing their eyes, are discovering.

Peggy Noonan's "Hey, Big Spender" in the WSJ today, all injured innocence:

"Mr. President: Did you ever hold conservative notions and assumptions
on the issue of spending? If so, did you abandon them after the trauma of
9/11? For what reasons, exactly? Did you intend to revert to conservative
thinking on spending at some point? Do you still?

"Were you always a liberal on spending? Were you, or are you, frankly
baffled that conservatives assumed you were a conservative on spending? Did
you feel they misunderstood you? Did you allow or encourage them to
misunderstand you?

"What are the implications for our country if spending levels continue
to grow at their current pace?..."

Ms. Noonan, Mr. Bartlett, fellows of the Cato Institute, et al: may I
introduce you to David Stockman? He tried to tell you about this shell game
25 years ago, but back then you blamed Democrats in Congress... never mind
that they authorized almost exactly the same amount of spending Reagan
requested.

It seems to be harder to ignore that man behind the curtain this time
around... but I'm sure the Barktopian Busheviks are up to the task.

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