budget deficit hawks that bob ruben was, right or wrong. >> right, that's right. >> charlie: do it at the last minute, the republicans are arguing that, the republicans will argue now, they'll come in here and argue that yes they presented a surplus but the yes they presented an economy that was losing steam. and all of a sudden, you know -- >> in 2001. >> charlie: yes, in 2001. that's what they argued. >> we have the internet. >> charlie: your friend the president argues that. he does. come on. he sought your council, president bush. >> he is a good honest man. >> charlie: you know that better than i do. the republicans made the argument when presented with the argument of surplus yes, there was a surplus, yes, we had a war, choice and they argued, on the other hand they argued the economy as presented had the seeds of its own decline on it. you reject that. >> i do reject that. >> charlie: any republican said they inherited an economy it was not all they made how the to be, you say they're flat wrong. >> there was the weakness in this internet asset bubble. but as it turned out, tha