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One thing that many "radical conservatives" (as Reagan called them) ignore is that Bush is not omnipotent. He is doing what's possible, and work on priorities. He can't wave a magic wand to suddenly enact 100% of the conservative agenda.

The "radical conservatives" are the "all or nothing types", they rather have Dean, than to have a great deal, but not all of the conservative agenda enacted all at once.

They also fail to realize, that politics is the art of deals, Bush needs to make deals with the Dems in some areas, to get his way in important other areas, such as the War on Terror, taxcuts, and so on, for which theses so-called conservatives also don't give him credit.

And let me repost yet again Reagan's own words:

""When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn't like it.

"Compromise" was a dirty word to them and they wouldn't face the fact that we couldn't get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don't get it all, some said, don't take anything.

"I'd learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: 'I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.'

"If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that's what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it."

And let me repost yet again Reagan's own words:

They won't see it , hear it ,listen to it.They'd rather call us bots, swear Bush is a RINO or in Vincente Fox's pocket or whatever ignorant balderdash they prefer that day.It is not even fun anymore to deal with these know nothing hysterics.They are as bad as the left pulling out precise stats, jus tlike their soulmates on DU.

But, you're right,RR did state this very plainly,and I do recall some of the principled whing about him,too, back in the 80s .Guess Reagan is a RINO sellout, too.