[zook]

Great post. These phony conservatives won't admit that by the standards they're applying to Bush, they'd have had to have voted against Reagan.

[Texasforever]

, they'd have had to have voted against Reagan.

They did. The Far right hated the Gipper just as vehemently as it hates GWB. That is why they put forward the MYTH of Reagan to use against Bush instead of the reality of Reagan. Bush has followed the Reagan model more closely and more effectively that Reagan himself.