I may be the only registered Republican who is a regular at this Cafe, and about the only policies of Bush’s that I’ve defended were income tax rate cuts, and on the necessity of combating Islamo-fascism. Other than those two policies, GW Bush was much more in line with Lyndon Johnson than with Ronald Reagan.

Yasafi only sees party affiliation. Yasafi sees the president as a King. Had Joe Lieberman been president for the past eight years, we’d have had virtually the same domestic and foreign policy, and Yasafi would be blaming the current recession on GHW Bush.

I know this is going to blow your mind… but a lot of the business community recognizes that deficit spending is necessary for macroeconomic stabilization right now. The business community isn’t Austrian and it isn’t libertarian.

I’m curious how you got to that 2% figure. It’s surprisingly precise for such an abstract concern.

*And a note to anyone that wants to make that statement black and white or absolutist – OF COURSE I know there are some skeptics of the stimulus plan and the administration in the business community. I usually don’t append that because IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.

And I should say to you, muirgeo, that talking as if Republicans are economic poison is ridiculous as well. Just something to keep in mind. Some Republicans can be just like some Democrats can be, but there’s nothing about the party that is inherently dangerous for the economy.