Has Bush betrayed GOP values?

The Desert Sun ^

[Stew Padasso]

"The majority of Repub-licans, at the urging of the president and GOP congres-sional leaders, voted for the $7 trillion prescription drug entitlement to become the nation

[arete]

GOP values? Good one. LOL

Richard W.

[Orangedog]

Has Bush betrayed GOP values?

No, he seems to be sticking with the values of todays GOP....record pork barrel spending, suppression of free speech before elections, bigger, more intrusive government....

[Stew Padasso]

But he stuck to his campaign promises. ;)

[RckyRaCoCo]

Has Bush betrayed GOP values?

yes he has, we cannot wait for next november so as to vote for the Dean\Hitlery ticket to save us

[thoughtomator]

Now we know what it is like to be a black Democrat

[Orangedog]

Here's the difference between the two parties:

If the dems had the votes, they would vote to scrap the bill of rights, effective immediately...for the children.

The GOP would denounce this move as "extreme" and instead offer their proposal to phase out the bill of rights over the next five years....for the children.

[Orangedog]

Like we were expecting a politician to tell us the truth.

[bjcintennessee]

I am hoping that Bush's "less than conservative" policies are a result of his very narrow victory to the White House. In his efforts to keep republicans in power for at least eight years, he has reached so far across the aisle that he is indistinguishable from a moderate democrat.

A good portion of the deficit spending can be attributed to losses suffered throughout the business community after 9-11, and the resulting war on terror.

The medicare, however, is a farce, as is the excessive pork spending that he refuses to veto.

[Southack]

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 34 months

 

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses

Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

 

Pushed through THREE raises for our military.

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

 

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right

Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

 

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims

Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.

Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signs workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003. It will extend for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.

[putupon]

yes he has, we cannot wait for next november so as to vote for the Dean\Hitlery ticket to save us

I realize that you are being sarcastic, but that is exactly what Commissar Bush knows won't happen.

Our Beloved Leader is using the WOT to hold us hostage to his socialist agenda.

What choice do we have? Vote 'RAT and go socialist or get killed by terrorists (whichever comes first), or vote RepublicRAT and stand a chance a going socialist and live.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Right. There is no middle ground in Washington. It's become so fuzzy in the middle, they're all a bunch of jacka$$es.

[Orangedog]

Gee, all that for the low, low cost of the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendments....what a bargain.

[funkywbr]

If we reelect Bush and Give him a better Senate that is the only way to really find out.

Remember he really did not have a mandate and Jump Jim of course.

[Orangedog]

and yes, I'm more than a little upset about his gamble with the supreme court that blew up in all of our faces today.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Screw the other side of the aisle. They have their agenda, he has his. He got elected POTUS on his agenda, not theirs. Good Conservatives never compromise.

[Stew Padasso]

		Federal spending is up to historic levels, even discounting for national defense and the new Department of Homeland Security. Below, find the latest work Cato scholars have done on runaway federal spending. From the Tax & Budget Bulletin "On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 16, August 2003. "The Federal Government in 2040," by Chris Edwards, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 15, June 2003. "Federal Government Should Increase Firing Rate," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 10, November 2002. "Corporate Welfare Update," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 7, May 2002. "“Sunsetting” to Reform and Abolish Federal Agencies," by Chris Edwards, Director of Fiscal Policy, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 6, May 2002. "Farm Reform Reversal," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax and Budget Bulletin No. 2, March 2002. Studies "The Balanced Budget Veto: A New Mechanism to Limit Federal Spending," by Anthony W. Hawks, Policy Analysis No. 478, September 4, 2003. "Farm Subsidies at Record Levels As Congress Considers New Farm Bill ," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Cato Briefing Paper No. 70, October 18, 2001. "The Return of the Living Dead: Federal Programs That Survived the Republican Revolution ," by Stephen Moore and Stephen Slivinski, Cato Policy Analysis No. 375, July 24, 2000. Opinion and Commentary "Reformed to Death," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, Tech Central Station , August 1, 2003. "The Mother of All Big Spenders: Bush spends like Carter and panders like Clinton.," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, NRO, July 28, 2003. "Bush’s Bigger, Fatter Welfare State," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, NRO, July 18, 2003. "Drugs for the Elderly . . . and Taxes for the Children.," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, NRO, June 24, 2003. "What Fiscal Discipline?," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, June 14, 2003. "Hey, Big Spender," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, Tech Central Station, March 26, 2003. "Bush’s Achilles’ Heel: Governement Spending Is Out of Control," by Veronique de Rugy, A Cato Commentary, NRO, February 12, 2003. "Bush's Overspending Problem," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, The National Post, February 6, 2003. "Averting War Between the Generations," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, Trenton Times, November 26, 2002. "'Sunsetting' to Reform and Abolish Federal Agencies," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Daily Commentary, April 26, 2002. "Bush Budget Reads Well, Numbers Disappoint," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, Liberty Magazine, April 2002. "Save the Farms -- End the Subsidies," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, Washington Post, June 3, 2002. "The Grapes of Graft," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Commentary, New York Post, December 19, 2001. "Real Emergencies and Farm "Emergencies"," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, A Cato Daily Commentary, October 8, 2001. "How Much Reform Can Taxpayers Afford?," by Chris Edwards, A Cato Commentary, The Washington Times, September 11, 2001.

[ThinkDifferent]

Our Beloved Leader is using the WOT to hold us hostage to his socialist agenda.

That is depressingly accurate. I doubt he's doing it deliberately, but the end result is the same.

[TomServo]

Hi Todd!

[Southack]

"Gee, all that for the low, low cost of the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendments....what a bargain."

I've still got all of my rights, but then again, I'm a real, Southern, American man.

How did you lose yours, and specifically, *what* can you not do today that you *could* do before Bush was sworn in as President? I'm curious about just what specifically you think that you've somehow "lost."