Iraq and Budget Cuts Forever!

I got the latest RNC email today, from none other than George W. Bush himself. He can't stress enough how important it is that Republicans retain control of the White House and retake the House and Senate. Why? Because Democrats will pull us out of Iraq and return us to the "days of tax and spend."

Now, it's pretty obvious that being an Iraq dead-ender isn't the route to electoral success in 2008. And given Bush's transmogrification of surpluses into deficits with the help of a pork-loving Republican Congress, does anyone really believe the rhetoric about the GOP being the party of fiscal responsibility anymore? I didn't think so.

If this is all the GOP has to run on, that's fine with me. But what's really interesting is what Bush doesn't give as a reason to vote Republican: anything having to do with "family values." I doubt that homophobia and forced pregnancy are being abandoned as election issues, but I wonder why you wouldn't include a shout-out to them in a fundraising email to the base?