The high-flown generalizations are never the problem, Larry. Like any politician he can mouth rhetorical plum-like sounds as well as anyone, once someone has written them for him.

Doing the math, however, has always been his weak point. He didn't gauge the cost of his war-mongering correctly, he didn't plan it correctly, and he didn't do the math correctly on his education initiative. He hasn't done it correctly on the SS issue either.


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