I completely agree. GWB is not a true conservative.. Still, I got a tax cut and the little National Security thing. He's still better than Gore or Kerry.. that was my choice.
the Harriet Miers thing.. you all make very good points. I'm very interested to see how this all turns out. Unfortunately it will take 1 to 5 years to really know if you all are right or wrong about her.
Bush is more conservative than the alternatives have been by a long shot. I would place him between a strong conservative on all levels, and a moderate-conservative. He's far more conservative than any moderate Republican, and more conservative overall than McCain is. And really, we will know if Miers is a strict constructionist conservative Justice in a few months not years. There are very important cases coming up this term which just started, and if she finds along with Roberts and Scalia and Thomas even just 3 out of 4 times, she will easily be much more conservative than o'conner ever was, and that will be a HUGE win for conservativism.