"mr.b" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:28:34 -0600, KLC Lewis wrote:

In short, this country has NEVER (for all intents and purposes) had a
fiscally-responsible Federal government, regardless WHO is holding the
purse strings.

therefore... is this the appeal to common practice?

Not at all. But Democrats, Republicans, Whigs, Bull Mooses, or what-have-you
are all equally scoundrels who love to spend too much money, which they
don't have and have no intention of collecting, and then point fingers at
each other.