What is your opinion of this quote...

[nickshepDEM]

This quote came up during a discussion regarding the medicare prescription drug plan a couple months ago...

The Republican Party is in control of the government and you are trying to pin these big spending programs on democrats? How long has your party controlled the House of Reps where spending bills originate? Admit it- the Republicans talk the talk of cutting entitlement programs but DO NOT HAVE THE BALLS to cut off a potential voter even if the rank and file is clamoring to cut off these kids. And instead of raising taxes on millionaires to pay for a "moral war on oppressive regimes", we annually provide hundreds of billions in interest to oppressive nations like Saudi Arabia (where they grow terrorists) and totalitarian communist China. How much interest do we pay each year to these nations due to borrowing by Republican presidents? And few Republicans complain. So, through bond issuance, we finance Saudi princes and help China get out of poverty by injecting billions upon billions into their economy (which they see as helping them get closer to true communism- the ability to provide for all at an equitable level), and barely a peep- no Republicans are too busy whining about food stamps and free lunch for elementary school kids in their own country. What was it Bush said today- culture of life?

''I urge all those who honor Terri Schiavo to continue to work to build a culture of life where all Americans are welcomed and valued and protected"

Yeah, but cut off their food and shelter (which is mostly what entitlements provide). What a joke!

The problem many Dems have with Bush's plan is that it is a corporate give away. He committed to spend half a trillion dollars without any concern for the cost of these drugs. He did not or did not plan to NEGOTIATE the prices of these drugs. He promised the drug companies govt money and they donated to his campaign coffers. That's exactly the real deal there.
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Value life...until it costs money.

Wage war...but don't pay for it now.

Oppose govt funding in speeches to your base...and support it on appropriations day.

That's what you get with the Republican Party for the last ten years.

[killerbush]

1. nickshepDEM, a question

Have you always been a DLC guy, or did you just pick out that avitar??

[nickshepDEM]

4. Well, Im a firm supporter of all Democrats. I recently added the DLC

avatar as a sign of standing up for members of the DLC who take a beating here at DU. People like Warner, Bayh, Clinton, Biden, etc... I have no porblem with any of these people or their style of politics. Some of my favorite politicians including Bill Clinton and Mark Warner are DLC.

[neoblues]

2. That's what we get with the decider in charge.

"cut off their food and shelter" and education while keeping their wages below the federal minimum survival value...

"value life...until it" gets born...

"wage war..."and maybe get some free oil while running up the debt (starvin the beast to help git rid of that lib'ral social secur'ty; and put the middle class "in it's place: below the poverty line!").

[BohemianJordy]

3. Besides the hypocrisy of the statement...

which I think pretty much goes without saying, I think it bothers me that he wants a culture of life were only Americans are welcomed valued and protected...why not a culture of life where humans worldwide are welcomed, valued, and protected?

[GOPBasher]

5. It's an awesome quote, IMO. Best of all,

it really doesn't sound like it comes from a liberal Dem. It sounds like it comes from a reasonable moderate person.

[nickshepDEM]

6. He could be described as a center-left democrat.

A high school teacher from Tennessee.