Kathryn, I have to say that I find that John Podhoretz piece quite astonishing. Perhaps John would like to point out exactly when it was in 2000 that Bush “advocated” crackpot immigration schemes, anti-First Amendment campaign “reform,” and the abandonment of all budgetary discipline. Maybe he said all these things in a secret speech that I missed, the one where he argued for a massive expansion in the NEA budget.