Dem 9: Anyone making the moral, patriotic argument re: tax cuts and war?

[darkstar]

Aside from criticizing these twinned Bush policies and Bush himself for pursuing them, has anyone yet presented the argument to the public at large?

It's long been my contention w/ family that citizens who say "We support our troops" and "Where's my tax cut" are talking out of two sides of some orifice or another.

Has any candidate gone beyond a critique of Bush per se and asked Americans to contemplate this? It fits with a whole range of positions on the war, and seems any of the Dem 9 could do it.

Again, I'm aware of the critiques aimed at Bush. I want to know if anyone of them has yet asked American citizens for some serious personal introspection.

I understand it's the primaries and perhaps no need to yet. Hence, NOT a slag if they haven't. But if not, do you expect to see it in the general? If so, how to frame it more tactfully than I have above? Or is it too easily spun as a bitter--gasp, even angry--accusation of citizens' hypocrisy?