On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:10:05 -0400, Dave Hall
wrote in :

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That fact does not negate that a great majority of final marriages
last.


Who said anything about "final" marriages? I didn't. Bad spin, Dave.


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You mean things like the right to vote?

Name me a state, anywhere in this country, where the right to vote is
lawfully denied to anyone.


There -is- no right to vote that can be denied, Dave. That's the
point.


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A few years without war?

With the exception of the current war, and the Gulf War, who was
president when the last several wars broke out, and which party where
they a part of?


No exceptions allowed, Dave. And maybe you forgot about Panama and
Grenada. If you count military expeditions then you have a whole
different ball of ear wax.


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In case you didn't notice, Newt was the lone Republican proponent of a
balanced budget amendment, which is why he was publically trounced and
bounced from Congress.

You need to get your history in order. Newt was "bounced" from
congress after a democratic led smear campaign over an alleged ethics
issue. In fact, it's pretty much common speculation that this event is
what prompted a retaliation against Clinton, with the Monica Lewinsky
scandal.


The Lewinsky scandal and resulting impeachment was the culmination of
several years (and millions of dollars) of 'investigation' into the
Whitewater mess by the Republican attack-dog Ken Starr.


If you go back and look at the votes, most of
the Republicans voted -against- the balanced budget during the Clinton
years.

Yea, Clinton's budget. But they backed their own version, which
included better cuts.


Gee, I never saw a copy of that bill. Is it online somewhere?


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It's a fact that the democratically controlled congress raised taxes.
Bush Sr. was coerced into signing it, under threat on not having any
of his bills passed through.


Coerced? LOL! Contrary to your warped spin, the president pretty much
controls the budget -regardless- of who has a majority in Congress
unless that majority can override a presidential veto, which hasn't
happened in decades. The historical trends of the budget follow the
leadership in the White House, not the Congress. Your insinuation that
Congress has more control over the budget than the president is
nothing but a slick way for Republicans to take credit for Democrat
achievements and blame the Democrats for Republican failures.


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Daddy Bush lost re-election because he got stuck
with the bill.

Yes, plus the involvement of Ross Perot, syphoned away many would-be
republican votes.


It's always someone else's fault, isn't it Dave?


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Is that enough proof for you?

What proof? I saw no reference source given.


What? You mean that after all the time you spend on the internet
looking for the "facts" you don't know where or how to find Federal
budget information? Do I have to do -everything- for you? Well, I
won't. You look it up for yourself since you are so adept at finding
out the "truth". And when you do, post the link -- the info there is
more damaging to your position than what little I pulled from it. But
I -will- give you a hint: the URL for the homepage ends with ".gov".


Do you still think the Republicans are
cutting the budget like they claim? Or are you going to wallow in your
ignorance and try to spin the cold, hard facts?

Right now no. There's a war to fight and that typically costs a lot of
money. But they are cutting funding to other programs.


During the Vietnam years the Federal debt increased by only $42.2B and
the deficit never exceeded $27.7B. In fact, at the height of the war
in 1969 it hit a low of $0.5B that wasn't bettered until Clinton
pulled a surplus out of his cigar box. That's data from the same
source as before. Find it. In fact, I -dare- you to find it!






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