[brawlins]

Speeder -

As you know, Bush took over in January of 2001. No way that he could have made the necessary infrastructure changes from the previous eight years of Clintonism in time to prevent 9/11. But I really don't blame Clinton either. I'm not sure anyone could have really imagined the evil that could do such a thing as on 9/11. But Bush dealt with it decisively, and people do not have that same degree of confidence in any of the Democratrs.

Lastly, the characterization of Republicans as insensitive to the underprivileged is simply not true. Certainly there are some that way. I know many Republicans who give to the poor and to charity. Most Democrats I know give little, if any. I would say that the difference between the Republican and Democratic positions is that Republicans think the way out of poverty is through hard work. The Democrats think the way out of poverty is to keep giving away cash. 30 years of an ineffectual welfare system proved that does not work. I have to give Clinton credit for one thing - He signed most of the bills that Gingrich and the Republican Congress passed from 1994 on - including welfare reform.

- Bill