If you look at recent history, you might note that Democrats only can get elected by hiding their true philosophy and motivations. No one is going to vote for a socialist, so they start walking around with their Moderate Suits on and lie like a rug. Until they win.

Here's a few examples. I use Clinton not because he's the only one who does this, but the references were easier to find:

--"Vote for me and we'll produce more natural gas in Texas." - "Dallas Morning News" January 11, 1992

--"I will streamline the federal government and change the way it works, cut 100,000 bureaucrats and put 100,000 new police officers on your streets of American cities." - New York City, July 16, 1992

--"I want a leaner bureaucracy and more investment." - "Time" July 20, 1992

--"My plan offers $50 billion in new investments over the next four years -- new incentives for the private sector, and investment tax credit, urban enterprise zones, new business tax incentives, research and development incentives, and others." - "Arizona Republic" June 28, 1992

--"We can give you a country again where we are pro-growth and pro-environment. Where we are pro-business and pro-labor, where we are pro-civil rights and pro-civil order, where we are pro-family and pro-choice." - "Portland Oregonian" July 26, 1992

Now THAT's a Democrat talking!

--"A Clinton-Gore Administration will not permit American firms again to sell key technologies to outlaw states like Iraq." - (AP) August 14, 1992

HA! Didn't say anything about China, did he?

--"You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values." - "Portland Oregonian", July 26, 1992

--"With the dwindling Soviet threat, we can cut defense spending over a third by 1997." - Georgetown University, November 20, 1991

Okay, THAT one he did. We're still recovering.

--"Middle-class taxpayers will have a choice between a children's tax credit or a significant reduction in their income tax rate." - "Putting People First"

--"I will not raise taxes on the middle class to pay for these programs." - East Lansing, MI, October 19, 1992

And my personal favorite:

"The Era of Big Government is Over!"