So you think George W. Bush is not a conservative?

SOTU transcript ^ | 1/22/04

[BlackbirdSST]

Very well stated and wanted to see it in print one more time. Now can those one issue folks figure it out?

Telling the same tired lie over and over doesn't make it true. One issue voters my big behind! Blackbird.

[deport]

He needs to appoint the other two and do it now.

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And what if they don't want the recess appointment? You going to force them?

[Keith]

...winning World War IV...

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I simply don't see enough of a difference to care. They will all take us down the same road.

[Bikers4Bush]

You know there are a lot more of us than my "small band of buddies" otherwise you wouldn't be so scared.

[LaGrone]

My first statement is that Bush will always get my vote instead of the ultra libs that comprise the Democrat party.

However, being a lifelone Texan, and watching Bush as Governor and now President; I have come to the conclusion that Bush is not a Conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan. I say this because first as Governor and now President he does not speak to smaller government as past Conservatives have. Instead he is promoting programs that push government into our lives more, not less.

Also, his immigration program is an amnesty program, and it undermines the rule of law; ie the immigration laws currently on the books, which is wrong.

[Wolfstar]

May I borrow it?

By all means. There are many people who REFUSE to see the forest for the trees. They are unreachable. This post is for people who at least have open minds.

[Keith]

two words...Thomas Pickering...

[RiflemanSharpe]

I simply don't see enough of a difference to care. They will all take us down the same road.


I see it the same way. What is the difference between liberalism from the rep and liberalism from the dem.

[woodyinscc]

President Clinton was in office through 16 U.N. resolutions, against SH. He spoke the words, but they still ring hollow.!!!

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I notice no matter how big a list one presents, it all gets dismissed as one issue malcontentism.

[looscnnn]

Again, how can you equate complaining about Bush's amnesty program, education bill, not protecting the Constitution, signing the campaign finance bill, prescription bill, etc. with egos? These are issues that pertain to and affect the country or do you fail to comprehend that? Bush is supposed to be doing what is best for the nation, these are not doing it.

"Bush is the only one running who qualifies."

We do not know who all the candidates are yet, so how can you make that statement?

[carton253]

Actually you are half-right...

What is being offered are temporary work permits that will be able to renewed twice... (6 years).

There are heavy penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers and refuses to pay them minimum wages.

To apply for citizenship, the immigrant has to return back to the country of origin and apply for citizenship legally.

Are we rounding them up and shipping them out? No. Should we since they broke the law? Yes. Is what is being offered amnesty... Yes because they are getting a free pass from breaking the law and coming and working illegally. Are they being rewarded with "automatic citizenship." No.

I would like your thoughts on how you would handle the illegal immigration crisis. And keep your answer within the realm of reality. Remember all the obstructions that you face in our current PC culture.

[steve50]

Where were you when he signed the Partial Birth Abortion Ban

Where were you when he put us back into UNESCO, which is a major abortion promoting and One World Government teaching tool for for the UN? Even paid some of the back dues after Reagan dropped the funding, iirc.

[Bikers4Bush]

Show me where.

[PhiKapMom]

Bush acts like a conservative most of the time.

Thanks for posting that! That is exactly what we have been trying to get across on Free Republic. There are a few proposals that are not conservative to a lot of us just like when President Reagan was in office but when you look at the big picture, President Reagan was and President Bush is Conservative. Compared to the candidates running for the Democrat nomination -- Pres Bush is very conservative. Never thought I would see the Democrats go so far left but we are!

[George W. Bush]

To reiterate, the title is President of the United States, not president of any particular political party or ideology.

You seem to think this is actually an argument in your favor. It's not.

The same thing was used by the Klintoon Krowd to tell their Left and minority voters why Klinton was going to shaft them. Which he mostly did for the last six years he was in office, after we elected the GOP congress of '94.

Call it the fringe if you want. But after you do that, don't expect to guilt-trip them into the polls. You can't have it both ways, regardless of your rhetoric.

Oh, and they do own their own votes. Not the GOP or the Dims. Staying home or voting third party is a perfectly legitimate way to say none-of-the-above to both parties.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

It's simply a matter of the speed at which it moves down the road to total socialism, is all.

[kevao]

Many Repubs on this site fail/refuse to hold Bush to the ideals we held Clinton to.

The worst offenders are the Republicans in Congress. They had no problem denying much of the spending increases Clinton wanted. Their fiscal conservativism even put the government into surplus.

But put a Republican in the White House, and suddenly congressional Republicans have never met a spending bill they didn't like. Go figure.

[new cruelty]

We do not know who all the candidates are yet, so how can you make that statement?

Who else do you expect to join the race at this point?