Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: eskimospy
Originally posted by: JS80
Bush isn't unpopular because he's too conservative...he's unpopular because he's too liberal and big government.
You must have had a sip of whatever Mitt Romney is drinking.
I love how you people view conservatism. Conservatism never fails, it is only failed. Every time a conservative politician, in Bush's case an EXTREMELY conservative politician screws something up, it's always because he just wasn't quite conservative enough to make it work.
Sure it is.
Which of Bush's policies are considered "conservative"? I were born yesterday I would have guessed a big government liberal was running the show the last 8 years.
His policy on abortion.
His policy on police powers.
His policy on taxes.
His policy on business regulation.
His policy on the environment.
His policy on the military.
His policy on social security.
His policy on education.
... need I go on? "BUT BUT MEDICARE" does not make up for him being ultra right wing on nearly every other issue. Face it, Bush is a conservative, and with him conservatism failed... horribly.
Abortion - what has he done to affect the status quo on abortion? He has no power.
Police powers - you are kidding yourself if you think Gore would have done anything less after 9/11
Taxes - JFK cut taxes, Clinton cut taxes
Business regulation - examples?
Environment - you mean like how he kept Clinton policy of rejecting Kyoto?
Military - Clinton used the same rhetoric against saddam etc he only switched after Bush became president.
SS - he tried to fix SS but dems killed it, so he kept the dem status quo
Education - NCLB was written by Ted Kennedy
Now, if he were successful in having Roe v Wade overturned, he'd be a conservative.
If he cut corporate taxes to at least european levels, he'd be a conservative.
If he imperialized the middle east and made the oil US property, then he'd be a conservative.
If he made SS into private accounts, he'd be a conservative.
If he cut federal funding of education and handed it completely to local governments, he'd be a conservative.