I love how you tried to nip that in the bud. About people voting for Bush because he'll make abortion illegal...I think he says he'll make it illegal, which is a different thing (and he may even try). I think a lot of his religious stances are just lip service. When Time magazine asked him if he ever prayed for Saddam, his answer was a flat 'no'. When they tried to explain the whole 'praying for your enemy' thing, he said, "Well, I don't know. Maybe I'll pray for him now," or something. Whatever.
About trickle down ecconomics, this is what I've used for 20 years to throw in the face of Republicans as an example of how little effort their leaders put in to hiding their true motivation, which is to help the wealthy, white male, at the expense of everyone else. It was a completely ridiculous idea, even at first glance. As Xavier pointed out, the rich socked away the money instead of spending it...that's what they do...that's why they're rich in the first place. If you want to funnel money into the ecconomy, give it to the idiots who can't hang on to a dime and have 5 maxed out credit cards. They'll spend whatever you give them. Anyhow, Trickle Down Economics was proven beyond any doubt not to work in the slightest. If nothing else, I got to hand it to Bush...he's got nuts trying to bring this up again.
