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/p> p> FAST TIMES br> Re: Jeffrey Lord's Vanity Wares : /p>

As I read the last line in Jeffrey Lord's essay, my reaction was the same as tennis great John McEnroe when confronted with a questionable call: "You can't be serious!"

For what is President Bush well on his way to greatness? Iraq, Katrina, cleaning up corruption in Washington, fiscal responsibility, greater transparency in government, addressing the social security issue, figuring out what to do about health care, taking care of our troops, uniting us?

It appears that his one real accomplishment is cutting taxes primarily for the most affluent in America. Sure the stimulus worked in the short term -- it always does. But, now we are staring at ballooning deficits and a huge national debt, much of which is owned by people who don't necessarily have our best interests at heart. Does anyone really believe as the Vice President does that they "don't matter?"

Oh, I forgot. It's all Bill Clinton's fault. Sorry. Clinton hasn't been President for a long time. And, the Democrats were the minority in both houses of Congress until the last election.

p>There used to be well known conservative principles. Now it appears that conservative principles are whatever the GOP is doing. br> -- Mike Roush br> North Carolina

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