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Of course it's changed. Where have you been?


When he was in office, Gerald Ford actually vetoed a tax cut bill because he thought it was fiscally irresponsible! That would never happen today! The fiscally responsible moderates in the GOP are almost all retired or dead. They are not allowed in the party today. Tax cutting has become a religion. Haven't all the GOP candidates signed a pledge not to raise taxes for any reason while in the White House?


My parents used to be Republicans. Dan Evans was an extremely popular governor for Washington State, relected a number of times. He was honest, responsible, reasonable, moderate. And a Republican. Republicans like him are no longer allowed in the party.

Okay, that's a little extreme, but I'm making a point. One of the reasons that people are saying that Huckabee doesn't stand a chance is because he's seen by the GOP establishment as being to moderate on economic issues. He dared to raise taxes as governor in order to balance his state's budget, for example. That cannot be allowed!!!


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