Hey, remember the bad ol' days when we had a Democrat in the White House and our only recourse to the madness this spawned was to tell jokes about him? Well, in honor of John Kerry's big "comeback" in the Hawkeye Caucii, here's my update of an old Hillary joke sent to me yesterday by a good friend:
John Kerry beats the odds and gets elected President and is spending his first night in the White House. As he's drifting off to sleep the ghost of George Washington appears before him. Realizing his incredible opportunity, Kerry asks, "How can I best serve my country?" Washington replies, "Never tell a lie." Ouch, thinks Kerry, I don't like the sound of that.
The next night the ghost of Thomas Jefferson appears. Kerry asks, "How can I best serve my country?" Jefferson says, "Listen to the people." Hmmm, thinks Kerry, I don't really like that either.
On the third night the ghost of Abe Lincoln appears. "How can I best serve my country?" asks Kerry. Lincoln says, "Go to the theater."
Posted by JohnGalt at January 20, 2004 11:27 PMI'll send George W. some tickets.
Posted by: Silence Dogood at January 21, 2004 08:33 AMGood idea. We sure wouldn't want him to follow through on his plan to make tax cuts permanent and halve the deficit in five years while STILL allowing government spending to increase at twice the rate of inflation. Horrors!
Posted by: johngalt at January 22, 2004 10:58 AMTax cuts should be permanent or not at all, this business of phasing them in and out to reduce the projected cost over 10 years is just playing with numbers. Speaking of which, any projection of the deficit farther out than about 3 months is bogus as well. The economy of this country is too big and too complicated to make any of these predictions accurate. Raise your hand if you saw the surplus of a few years back coming, and raise it again if you saw it melt away in 2 years.
Posted by: Silence Dogood at January 22, 2004 03:40 PMI completely disagree. The practice of time-limited legislation is a refreshing alternative to the time-tested alternative of permanent programs that are allowed to continue indefinitely even when everyone knows they were a bad idea. The sunset dates provide an opportunity for then current legislators to revisit the decision and the worst thing that happens is the original provision dies. This is the fate I expect for the ill-named "Assault Weapons Ban."
Posted by: johngalt at January 27, 2004 09:33 AM