Excuse me! Bush didn't "dupe" anybody. He was more conservative as governor than he has been as president but I truly believe he might have been more conservative as pres. had he won the popular vote.
Another thing, can you remember when a president has had a worse first year dealing with things that were not of his making?
3) Most conservatives believed the polls (big mistake), and were convinced that Bush was the only candidate who could defeat Gore. Rather than voting "for" someone, they were voting "against" someone, and in so doing they selected the guy with the highest poll numbers.
And who do you think conservatives should have voted for? I was for Bush from the "get-go" because I think he was a good governor.
I am proud to say I have been very active in three Bush campaigns!
No doubt about it, but others had it pretty rough also, especially during our Founding.
And who do you think conservatives should have voted for?
I supported Quayle primarily because of his 30% across the board tax cut. If I had it to do over, I probably would have supported Alan Keyes.