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Shock and Awe

August 1, 2004 - 7:17 pm - by Ed Driscoll

As I said in the post below, “‘conservative’ Republicans, beginning with the Gipper in 1980, and continuing with George W. Bush became the party of dynamic change, and ‘liberal’ Democrats the keepers of the old order.

No better highlight of this is in the latest Drudge flash, which highlights Speaker of the House Denny Hastert’s new book, and his push for the elimination of IRS“.

President Bush is going to have lots of fun campaigning in the fall–and it will be equally fun watching Kerry trying to defend the IRS–or adopt a “me too” position–”I’d do it, but I’d do it this way”.

Filed under: Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal, The Future and its Enemies, The Making of the President

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1 Comments, 1 Threads

  1. 1. Outside The Beltway

    Dumping the Income Tax?

    I’m more than a bit dubious of the latest from Matt Drudge:

    A domestic centerpiece of the Bush/GOP agenda for a second Bush term is getting rid of the Internal Revenue Service, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

    The Speaker of the House will push f…

    August 2, 2004 - 6:15 am   Link to this Comment