[alessandrofiaschi]

Cato Institute along with many other conservative think-tanks, simply certify the truth: Bush is not a fiscal conservative. Useless to say taht the last conservative for President was Ronald Reagan, a Goldwater Republican.

[hosepipe]

[ Cato Institute along with many other conservative think-tanks, simply certify the truth: Bush is not a fiscal conservative. ]

Not to speak of the fact that Bush strongly resembles Alfred E. Nueman(Madd Mag.)

I get a feeling "somebody", "somewhere" is/are laughing at american conservatives from a dark smoky room..
Shuush, quite CAN YOU HEAR IT TOO...

[gondramB]

"Cato Institute along with many other conservative think-tanks, simply certify the truth: Bush is not a fiscal conservative. Useless to say that the last conservative for President was Ronald Reagan, a Goldwater Republican."

Wow, when you look at the numbers, Reagan is third.

Clinton has the best total numbers, and Bush41 is second. Clinton's numbers are much better than Bush41, though, because he had less domestic spending while President Bush cut the military more than President Clinton.

The only defense I have to point out about President Bush41 is that Clinton had a better congress to work with.

[Kaslin]

In case you missed it along with the cato institute, who should know better. Teh president can not spend tax payers money. Only Congress can and does. Read the constitution

[Theodore R.]

Remember though that crusty old Goldwater was a firm Ford-Rockefeller man. He gave up on fiscal conservatism long before he left the Senate.

[Iris7]

"Useless to say taht the last conservative for President was Ronald Reagan, a Goldwater Republican."

If you examine the record the last President who might be called a fiscal and cultural conservative was Calvin Coolidge. Reagan himself said he was a Rooseveltian liberal. Examine Goldwater's history and you will find he was not conservative either.

I think Coolidge was too much of the "you can't stop progress" school and therefor disqualified as a conservative. Perhaps John Adams was a conservative, though.