Fred Thompson calls for bigger government

[LastoftheMohicans]

Fred Thompson calls for increased military spending. That's what conservatives call it when they want to increase government. Liberals tend to call it "investment'.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_el_pr/thompson_iowa

[Kregener]

Statist calls for bigger government, more taxpayer extortion...

Film at eleven.

[angelatc]

Meeting later with reporters, Thompson said the U.S. had initially misjudged the war.

"We clearly did not anticipate what we were confronting there, and I don't think we went into this with enough troops and I don't think we had all the equipment we needed," he said.

He blamed some of that on reductions in military spending that accompanied the end of the Cold War.

"We cut back on those things and a lot of those chickens are coming home to roost," said Thompson. "Our military is stretched thin and we've got a lot of worn out equipment."


Draft.

[BW4Paul]

Does anyone see a problem here?

First 2 paragraphs:

FORT DODGE, Iowa - GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson argued Tuesday for increased military spending and said soldiers fighting in Iraq need better equipment and effective leaders.

"We're going to have to spend more money for the kind of threats, the old kind and the new kind," Thompson said. "We're going to have to have a larger military, we're going to have to work closer with our allies."

Now the last paragraph:

On the children's health care issue, Thompson said the plan passed by Congress goes too far.

"It's a classic case of a program that started out, it's a good program and served a good purpose," he said. "Why not write a check to everybody in the country. We can't do that. We are on an unsustainable spending path in this country, and no one seems to be willing to put the brakes on."
Doh!!!! :mad:

[Pete]

Keep talkin', big old lovable CFRed. :D

[Chester Copperpot]

BUZZ!... Fred that was the wrong answer.. IM sorry.. You lose

-Mitt Romney Host of Price is Right.