I don't read her all that regularly, but I have no truck with this particular column.
I like GW and, all circumstances being the same, I'd vote for him again. But.......overall I do not consider him a conservative. Sorry folks. I had high hopes of a Reaganesque conservative in W, but that is simply not the case.
Two major things I wanted and feel we are all owed by Bush:
1 - Agressive, proactive action against terrorism. He's done pretty well, but the will to stand up to PC by profiling and leaving old ladies and babies alone (duh?) has just not been there.
2 - Firm and aggressive policy towards appointing constitutionalist judges to the federal courts (and publicly standing up to smears by DIMS). So so. He has time to redeem himself, but I don't expect any changes from what has been done thus far. My intuition says that the best we can hope for is that we don't end up with a *more* liberal court a few years from now.
Oh, and one other thing: How about some vetos for crying out loud?
That's my only real problem with Saint George. He never seems to get tired of spending MY money.
The sickening part is that the Freepers who are so busy composing his hagiography would be indignant if Clinton increased the scope and spending of the federal government as much as Bush has.
How was Ronald Reagan conservative? Raised taxes, cut and run in Lebanon, did nothing for pro-lifers, ran up a huge deficit, and granted a huge amnesty to illegal aliens.
Other than facing down Gorbachev, I can't see where Reagan was anywhere close to Bush in terms of conservatism.