| President Bush's signing of an atrocious transportation bill he had said he would veto leaves no doubt where he stands on federal spending. He's for it. Whatever claims Republicans might have had to being financially responsible have been shattered under the weight of the spending bills they have passed and President Bush has signed.
"You know what we need in this country," Dean asked on Wednesday? "Individual liberty and personal responsibility. The Republicans used to be the party of individual liberty and personal responsibility." Thanks to President Bush and his overspending buddies in Congress, Dean can admit his party's reckless past and suffer no political consequences. While Republicans are laying claim to Lyndon Johnson's legacy, Howard Dean is squirming out from under it. To be sure, the Democrats still want to load the federal government with new social programs and additional spending. But now that Republicans do too, Democrats can claim with a straight face that they will do it more responsibly. "It looks as if the Union Leader really is conservative they'll have to endorse the Democrats," Dean joked, before adding that he is not sure he would want our endorsement. Well, governor, you don't have to worry about getting our endorsement. Some Republicans, however, do. |
By the time Dean is done with our party, we will be the ones seen as best able to protect individual liberties, end corruption in DC, and impose fiscal responsibility on the government. That the UL is already talking about it - albeit in a mostly negative way - should be seen as big, big news.
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