Kent Conrad: “I must say, I didn't recognize the policy that was being ascribed to me. Somehow, people have taken what I have proposed…”

“I must say, I didn't recognize the policy that was being ascribed to me. Somehow, people have taken what I have proposed and twisted it and distorted it in a way that is almost unrecognizable. I want to assure Mr. Novak and anyone else who is listening, I have no interest in show trials. I do have a very serious interest in where we find ourselves after the fiscal policy that the President proposed has been adopted in the Congress because I think it has created serious problems. Mr. Daniels, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, was on one of the talk shows this weekend and said I was engaged in what he referred to as 'medieval economics.' I kind of like better the way Mr. Novak referred to me. He accused me of 'antique fiscal conservatism.'”