Hey, didn't Obama end up supporting wiretaps?

Skewed tax laws? You are right on the married part. And it also subsidizes having children, which I think is wrong too. But our current system also steals from one population to hand out to other in exchange for votes?

I think Obama changed his tax refund policy to exclude non-working individuals ONLY after some pressure.

Suicidal?

John Adams was completely correct. Can we say warrantless wiretaps? Can you say skewed tax laws for only "married" individuals? Can you say banned adoptions?

Freedom to live an unobstructed and productive life...so long as you live it within these defined parameters. That's liberty alright.

I believe it was Obama that asked for the luncheon...not W. W just happened to be able to host it and I would have been very surprised had he said anything but what he did. To have done anything less would have been suicidal.

On a separate note, 5 former Presidents got together to support Obama during these trying times. Current President Bush stated, "All of us who have served in this office understand that the office transcends the individual. And we wish you all the very best. And so does the country." Looks like Bush has class and humility and puts the country first, but the angry left, here the RT, doesn't.

Huhhhh?

"He has been a prime example of the hypocracy of a person."

Whaaaat?

Those are stinging rebukes Will.

"yet we can't give liberties to many of our own here in this country."

You mean like the right to own firearms for defense of home? Or maybe the right to decide whether or not to buy health insurance? Or maybe the right to pursue your own lives rather than join or be spied upon by a national civilian security force? Can you say KGB? Or how about crade-to-grave government programs that forcibly tell you what to do at each stage of your and your families lives? How about oppressive taxes to fund increasing entitlements?

I believe it was John Adams who said, "once liberty is lost it is gone forever".

At least Clinton tried. W didn't.

Did Clinton give those liberties to them?

I'm glad you'll miss W because I for one won't. I've voted Republican over the years having voted for RR but W has got to have been the worst leader the free world has ever encountered.

We talk about fighting for liberties of the downtrodden in foreign lands and yet we can't give liberties to many of our own here in this country. He has been a prime example of the hypocracy of a person.

He'll have a legacy all right...but not one that many would like to have hanging around their necks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/bs_nm/us_usa_budget_8

The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009 as the global recession saps the economy, congressional forecasters said on Wednesday, presenting a daunting challenge to President-elect Barack Obama who has said tough choices will be necessary.

The Congressional Budget Office also forecast the deficit will likely fall to $703 billion in the 2010 fiscal year which begins October 1, 2009, as the U.S. recession begins to ease in the second half of this year.