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"Many of my sharpest critics have decided to take a position of ignoring me - because they feel that by attacking me, they would draw attention to my book and give me more publicity and help me sell more books. So I think that they decided that the best thing for them to do is to say nothing. Also, I think that some of my critics simply can't refute my argument - and so it's easier for them to ignore it as well, so that they're not forced to confront the logical contradiction in their own position." Bruce Bartlett
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"The Republican Party needs to start a dialogue that will get it back on track as the party of small government before it loses what is left of its principles, reputation and heritage." Bruce Bartlett
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"This individual needs to spend a little time in state prison." Bruce Bartlett
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"The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer gave them the benefit of the doubt and started seeing the glass as half-empty." Bruce Bartlett
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"And no other think-tank has shown any interest in hiring me - for a variety of reasons. I think they're afraid of the White House. They're afraid of losing access. I think they're afraid of losing contributions. And some simply disagree with some aspects of my argument." Bruce Bartlett
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"He was the safe choice, somebody with unquestioned qualifications. They needed somebody that everybody, including the financial markets, would react positively to." Bruce Bartlett
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"So I think we shouldn't be overly concerned about the decline in personal saving at this particular moment and time, but it's something we certainly need to keep an eye on." Bruce Bartlett
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"Realistically, it's going to be very, very hard to extend existing tax cuts under current circumstances" Bruce Bartlett
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"A lot of conservatives have had reservations about him for a long time, but have been afraid to speak out for fear that it would help liberals and the Democrats." Bruce Bartlett
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"The problem we have had on the budget all along is a lack of adult supervision on the part of the White House. You can't blame members of Congress for looking out for their parochial interests. It is the president's responsibility to look out for the national interest." Bruce Bartlett
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"There's bound to be a recovery in [capital spending] sometime soon. We have had basically no capital investment for about year. At some point, machinery wears out, and you've got to replace it." Bruce Bartlett
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"He got every bit of what he deserved, ... Quite frankly, if he hadn't been a juvenile, we would have been pursuing the death penalty." Bruce Bartlett
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"With all due respect to Speaker Hastert, trying to eliminate the IRS by adopting a national retail sales tax is a very dumb idea." Bruce Bartlett
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"When your team is on a losing streak, you schedule a game with a cream-puff opponent. Then you go with the hot hand." Bruce Bartlett
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"Philosophically, he has more in common with liberals, who see no limits to state power as long as it is used to advance what they think is right. In the same way, Bush has used government to pursue a 'conservative' agenda as he sees fit. But that is something that runs totally contrary to the restraints and limits of power inherent in the very nature of traditional conservatism. It is inconceivable to traditional conservatives that there could ever be such a thing as 'big government conservatism,' a term often used to describe Bush's philosophy." Bruce Bartlett
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"He failed to comply with the conditions and was perpetrating a fraud on the court. How can people think that is the right thing to do?" Bruce Bartlett
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"We lost the hose, the note, quite a bit of evidence there. It was just one thing after another." Bruce Bartlett
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"I believe any decline would lock in a Fed increase with some certainty." Bruce Bartlett
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"It's pretty obvious Social Security is on its last legs," Bruce Bartlett
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"It looked like a very solid case. You had a woman who tried to commit suicide with her kids. There was really no issue with the circumstances there." Bruce Bartlett
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"You're starting to see the beginnings of a shift in the center of gravity away from Bush and his agenda toward the next agenda and the next leader of the party." Bruce Bartlett
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