[CaptIsaacDavis]

Great! Now that we can trade commentaries without a wise remark, my comment is that I share Reagan's desire (from the 1970s) not to see the Bush family's socialist internationalism, China pandering (profiteering for Prescott and Neil), and pseudo-conservatism dominate POLICY. There is a radical difference between supporting anti-conservative policies that will destroy the GOP (they, not I, are walking away from the party base, much like the McGovernites drifted away from the Democratic Party base of the '60s). That last point is a critical insight, because what we are witnessing now is a move by GOP party elites to shift the fundamental base of the party. I doubt it will work. However, my commentary rests on a forecast of what will happen over the next 2-3 presidential election cycles as a result. BUSH will destroy the GOP as a result.

I can vote FOR Bush because on some very important issues he has let Cheney and real conservatives in the DoD run policy -- like opposition to the ICC. That does not preclude me from raising hell that the neo-cons and triangulators in the Administration are destroying the country and the GOP with socialism, police-state power grabs, and open borders.

[Texasforever]

That does not preclude me from raising hell that the neo-cons and triangulators in the Administration are destroying the country and the GOP with socialism, police-state power grabs, and open borders.

Then I apologize for lumping you in with the unappeasables. You mentioned Reagan and he is my FDR and the greatest president of the 20th century but I see the same words used against Bush that I saw used against Reagan from the far-right during his terms. No president can ever be the far-right conservative many demand he be because first he could never be elected and secondly he would have to assume dictatorial powers to impose the far-right agenda on the country. I don't want that from any president right or left.