When Monkeys Attack

Well, I see the media simply won't give Bush the Dean treatment.

His voice rising to a shout, President Bush lashed out at Democratic rivals who want to roll back his tax cuts as he defended his economic priorities Monday in a presidential primary state where his record has been harshly criticized.

See, I thought standard protocol for a candidate when they shouted was to make it the biggest news story of the year until Janet Jackson shows us her new nipple ring. But I guess shouting is only negative when a Democratic candidate does it.

The article goes on...

In his speech, Bush sought to confront criticism that his tax cuts have widened the budget deficit. The liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that making all Bush's tax cuts permanent would increase federal budget deficits by about $2 trillion between 2005 and 2014.

"Let me tell you what's going to happen when they raise them," Bush said. "They're going to say, 'Oh, we got to raise it so we can pay down the deficit. Uh-uh. They're going to raise the taxes and increase the size of the federal government, which would be bad for the United States economy."

Uhm, what? Bush isn't even making sense anymore. Besides, he's gone leaps and bounds beyond Clinton as far as increasing the size of the federal government is concerned.