George Bush, in the October Presidential debate: “Under Gore’s plan, we’re talking about. adding 20,000 new bureaucrats.”

Federal civilian employment, January 2001: 2,686,835
Federal civilian employment, March 2003: 2,738,344
New Federal civilian employment under Bush: 51,509
New Cabinet departments under Bush: 1

Boy, aren't you glad we didn't get those 20,000 additional bureaucrats?