All I know is that W has taken America further and faster down the road to socialism than clinton ever did (see my tagline). He just saddled future generations with the biggest "entitlement" program since LBJ.
He has essentially nationalized the airline industry in America.
He has ignored his oath of office just as much or more than clinton did. The CFR bill he signed trampled the First Amendment, and the (misnamed) Patriot Act is busy trampling the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth.
But hey, look at the bright side. So far, anyway, we're safe from the threat of quartering soldiers in private homes.
You spoke of security. The security of America comes from the preparedness of it's informed, armed and vigilant citizens, not from an army of unionized drones at airports in a make-work program like the TSA.
The security of America comes from a vibrant economy - one with people who know how to acually design and build things, not just shuffle papers and manipulate symbols on a computer screen.
The masthead here at FR says "We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America."
Are we?
I'd say that selling oneself as a conservative then acting like a socialist when elected to office qualifies as fraud, wouldn't you? Why aren't we trying to root it out?
And notwithstanding his tax cut which is only temporary, please name one part of government largesse that has been "rolled back" under Bush. Why are we not outraged?
And please tell me how selling out the conservative base in America is "futhering the cause of conservatism"? I'm having a lot of difficulty understanding that one.
No, we have the lip-synching fraud, George Herbert Walker Bush to thank for that mess.