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Obama the Big Spender: Who Knew?
outsidethebeltway.com - 3/3/2009
Obama the Big Spender: Who Knew?
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Christopher Buckley, who announced to great fanfare last October that he was voting for Obama, took to the same forum yesterday to announce his misgivings about Obama’s spending. Government is getting bigger and will stay bigger. Just remember the apothegm that a government that is big ...
business.timesonline.co.uk - 3/2/2009
Big spender Obama sets the red ink flowing
— business.timesonline.co.uk — Hey big spender, spend a little time with me. It is not certain that Cy Coleman s... and Dorothy Fields lyrics from Sweet Charity were used by Barack Obama when he invited Gordon Brown to visit him later this week, but it is possible. After all, both ... (more) Big spender Obama sets the red ink flowing

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pajamasmedia.com - 3/2/2009
LONDON TIMES: Big spender Obama sets the red ink flowing….
— pajamasmedia.com — LONDON TIMES: Big spender Obama sets the red ink flowing.... (more) LONDON TIMES: Big spender Obama sets the red ink flowing….

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PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts:  Buyers’ Remorse on Obama? (Sullivan and Buckley Edition)

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Buyers’ Remorse on Obama? (Sullivan and Buckley Edition)
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — James Joyner notes that both Christopher Buckley and Andrew Sullivan aren’t happy with the direction of fiscal policy under the Obama administration. As James notes, both men were vocal supporters of Obama despite their conservative/Republican bona fides. This synergy of facts leads James to ask: These are two highly intelligent people who make an excellent living writing about politics. Did they really not see this coming? I am sure they saw it coming. I saw it coming, to one degree or another, even if McCain won. ...

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