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April 25, 2005
Dubya's Not a Conservative? You're Kidding!
Writes Alan Caruba at CNSNews.com:
A lot of thoughtful conservatives are having serious second thoughts about George W. Bush. His failure to act upon core values of fiscal conservatism and sovereignty is a growing concern.
Really? Well, who woulda thunk it? It's nice of you to point this out now, Alan, but where were you before the election?
Caruba points to numerous un-conservative policies of the Bush administration, including:
- The "high budget deficit," connected with Bush's failure to veto any bills and his signing of the Medicare prescription-drug entitlement.
- The "illegal immigrants flowing across our southern border."
- This caveat about Bush's supposed successes in Iraq and Afghanistan: "What rankles was the way the war was sold as an eminent (sic) threat of weapons of mass destruction. I cannot think of a time this nation went to war on such poor intelligence. One gets the feeling, however, that the Bush administration has little faith in the intelligence of the American people."
- "The 'Leave No Child Behind' (sic) program."
- The "fear that homeland security is an excuse for circumscribing fundamental constitutional protections." Caruba actually believes the PATRIOT Act "needs revision"!
- The federal government's continued takeover of private land.
Caruba concludes:
Does any of this sound like conservative policy to you? Does it worry you that the threat of terrorism is the sole reason given for almost any policy put forth by the White House since 9-11? If the Democrats ever get their act together, you and I are going to be talking about President Clinton, but referring to Hillary.
How much you wanna bet Caruba will be stumping for the next GOP presidential candidate as if none of this had happened? He's clearly more afraid of a liberal Democrat than of a liberal Republican.
Posted by Mike Tennant at April 25, 2005 10:57 AM
Comments
Whatever else Bush is (or isn't) he most certainly is a Big Government-style Statist and that alone should tell one everything they need to know about him.
Posted by: Ali_Massoud
at April 26, 2005 10:23 AM
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