[The_Reader_David]

There are lots of kinds of conservatives, depending on what they want to conserve.

Some conservatives want to conserve the legacy of the 1950's (always forgetting that the 50's produced the 60's), others want to conserve all of the history of Western civilization up to but not including the 'Enlightenment', most thoughtful American conservatives
want to conserve all of the history of Western civilization up to and including the Scottish and English 'Enlightenments' but not the Continental 'Englightenment'.

Some just want to conserve the status quo (and thing good government is just a matter of careful management). I suspect GWB is one of this kind.

[Mark Felton]

It's time to stop conserving and start liberating.