[jgrubbs]

Personally, the energy is best spent putting Conservative members of Congress in place, to get Bush onto a more Conservative agenda.

Bush ignores the few Conservative members of Congress that are there, just ask Ron Paul. If Bush wanted a Conservative agenda he would pursue one, but he doesn't because he is not a real Conservative.

[BigSkyFreeper]

He doesn't ignore them, they're persona non grata in my opinion. Had there been ANY Conservatives in Congress, they wouldn't have let the Democrats run roughshod over Bush's judicial nominees, basically cowering in the corner every time the radically liberal Schmuck Schumer put up that chart of his that simply said "169 to 4".

[PhiKapMom]

Senator James Inhofe and Senator Don Nickles are two of the most conservative members of the Senate along with Senator Jeff Sessions of AL. President Bush has contact with these Senators and more conservative Republicans in Congress. If anyone dares call James Inhofe anything but conservative, then I don't have the foggiest idea what it means to be a conservative.

Ron Paul is a Republican only because he cannot get elected if he were anything else. He very seldom supports the President on anything including tax cuts. Why would Pres Bush rely on him for anything when he has conservatives he can rely on unless you don't consider Tom Delay a conservative either.

That's why so many of you lose your arguments -- you paint a broad brush about this President when you don't have facts to back them up.

BTW, Constitution Party, is not, never was, and never will be a part of the Republican Party.

[SoCar]

Bush ignores the few Conservative members of Congress that are there, just ask Ron Paul. If Bush wanted a Conservative agenda he would pursue one, but he doesn't because he is not a real Conservative.

George Bush, unlike members of Congress, is President of the entire U.S.A. and has a much larger and diverse constituency then Ron Paul (BTW a Libertarian, not a Conservative) or any other Congressman. If he governed as a true Conservative he would be a complete failure as most of his legislation would not get passed and he would alienate the majority of voters and assure himself a one term Presidency.

The reality is that most Americans are not true Conservatives. The numbers are simply not there for Conservative policies to be the order of the day. Due to the nature of the electorate, some compromise is necessary.

George Bush has governed as a right of center President, which is the best we can realistically accomplish right now. We need to move the country ever so slowly in our direction until the true Conservatives are the majority. We are not there yet and Bush is smart enough to see that. I believe that in his heart he is a Conservative that simply recognizes the realities of what is possible in todays political climate.

I find it ironic that here on FR he is frequently denounced for not being Conservative enough. Yet at the same time he is called an extremist by the opposition party.

I will proudly cast my vote this year to reelect George W. Bush as President. He is a good man who is advancing the Conservative agenda in the only way he can. Politics is the art of the possible and he knows that. I only wish that more people here were as savvy. His recess appointment of Judge Pickering reveals the true heart of the man to me.

If we do not support him with all we can and get a Rat like Dean, Kerry, or Edwards we put this nation in great danger. This election is too important a one at to critical a time to take a stand simply to make a point that Bush is not a "true Conservative." Please face the reality of the electorate as a whole and have realistic expectations of what can be accomplished at this time.