In Reply to: Military power posted by clarkjohnsen on August 7, 2001 at 08:09:22:
There is absolutely NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE between liberals (Dems) and conservatives (Reps). Both want larger more powerful governments. Their only goals are to ATTAIN and RETAIN power. There has not been a president, or national political leader from either side who has actually downsized the Federal governmentduring my lifetime. From Kennedy to Clinton, the federal budget has been LARGER when the administration changed hands than it was when the Prez took office. This was especially true after Reagans 8 years. And don't blame the liberals. Reagan got essentially the budget $ he asked for each year.And no one likes over seas military action more than conservatives (Reps). Let's not forget Grenada, Gulf War, Panama, Somolia (George I actually sent the troops in!!), and of course all of those "covert" actions in Central America during the Reagan years.
Conservatives. Indeed!!!
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Follow Ups
- Re: You've got to be kidding... - Libertarian 10:00:12 08/07/01 (14)
- Liberals like to bomb aspirin factories! And occupy Bosnia! Haiti! - clarkjohnsen 13:59:23 08/07/01 (12)
- Re: Liberals like to bomb aspirin factories! And occupy Bosnia! Haiti! - Rich S. 07:52:27 08/08/01 (4)
- I'm with you Rich..hey...Iceland has had it too easy !!!!(nt) - john dem 12:58:30 08/08/01 (3)
- Re: I'm with you Rich..hey...Iceland has had it too easy !!!!(nt) - Rich S. 13:33:12 08/08/01 (2)
- We could invade....but no one would notice. (nt) - john dem 14:15:20 08/08/01 (1)
- Re: We could invade....but no one would notice. (nt) - Thatch_Ear 21:05:29 08/15/01 (0)
- If it weren't for hard-line Conservatives we wouldn't NEED aspirin factories! ;^) NT - Audiophilander 15:34:27 08/07/01 (6)
- of course, the hard-line Liberals would've mandated that prozac would be in the water <nt> - Mart 23:12:48 08/07/01 (5)
- So, my friend, is your glass half full or half empty? - Audiophilander 07:46:47 08/08/01 (4)
- I'm an engineer, which means ... - Mart 09:01:17 08/08/01 (3)
- You must be an extrovert engineer, which means ... - Thatch_Ear 21:12:13 08/15/01 (1)
- I started with art as well ... - Mart 04:20:24 08/16/01 (0)
- Mart, I didn't ask if you deigned Mark Wahlburg's prosthetic for Boogie Nights! ;^) NT - Audiophilander 10:23:58 08/08/01 (0)
- Re: You've got to be kidding... - Rich S. 10:47:01 08/07/01 (0)