Quote: Animalman said: Yeah, but Dave Barry wasn't making a statement about the kind of government that was most preferable. He was saying that the government is generally corrupt and not trustworthy.
He didn't say anything of the sort. He said that the nature of big and complicated government is what's "untrustworthy." Since the more liberal outlook of the use of government is "Do for the people what they can't for themselves," rather than, "Gives empowerment to the individual citizen (the more conservative outlook)," this situation is more prevalent of a conservative lean.
Your assumption that he's talking about government more literally (i.e. specifically talking about Bush), is totally opposite of Dave's comment. His satirical claim is stated in too broad a fashion for your argument to be true.
If he said something along the lines of "Government Administration" that would give your argument more warrant. "Federal Government," however, is much different.
