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Bush and Conservative Movement Headed for Divorce
Human Events ^ | 18 October 2005 | Bruce Bartlett

Posted on 10/18/2005 1:28:01 PM PDT by 45Auto

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1 posted on 10/18/2005 1:28:01 PM PDT by 45Auto
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To: 45Auto

So who did Bartlett vote for?


2 posted on 10/18/2005 1:29:56 PM PDT by Huck (Miers Miers Miers Miers Miers--I'm mired in Miers.)
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To: 45Auto
I have been saying it for years and will continue to do so...

GEORGE BUSH IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE!

3 posted on 10/18/2005 1:31:24 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: 45Auto

The Miers nomination looks dead, mainly because the left desires to defeat Bush at anything, and secondly, the right seems to be obsessed about slapping down Bush over Miers for past wrongs suffered.


4 posted on 10/18/2005 1:31:55 PM PDT by My2Cents (Dead people voting is the closest thing the Democrats come to believing in eternal life.)
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To: 45Auto

IMO the divorce is between the social and religious Conservatives and the "neo-cons"
George W. Bush is not running for re-election. Before they destry the GOP they should keep that in mind.


5 posted on 10/18/2005 1:32:33 PM PDT by Cincinna (HILLARY and her HINO want to take over your country. STOP THEM NOW!)
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To: 45Auto

Spot on observations that most Bush-Bots would dispute with their last dying breath and 8x11 glossy of Dubya tucked close to their heart.


6 posted on 10/18/2005 1:32:54 PM PDT by F16Fighter
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To: 45Auto

Well alot of it is quite factual. And from the date he turned over the writing of the education reform to ** TEDDY KENNEDY **, I knew we were in trouble relative to conservatism in government. The whole pitch about "a new tone in Washington" was quite true, although we did not really know what it really meant, until 2004.


7 posted on 10/18/2005 1:34:16 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: 45Auto

For many, the hope of finally turning around the judiciary was worth putting up with all the big government stuff. Thus Bush’s pick of a patently unqualified crony for a critical position on the Supreme Court was the final straw.




B-I-N-G-O


8 posted on 10/18/2005 1:35:04 PM PDT by trubluolyguy (Well, why did you pull a gun on me if you didn't want to have sex?)
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To: My2Cents
The Miers nomination looks dead

I doubt it unless something is uncovered about her. There are very few conservative Senators when it comes down to it.

9 posted on 10/18/2005 1:35:17 PM PDT by bkepley
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To: Cincinna

No, the neo-cons also are aghast at Miers nomination. Look at Frum and Kristol.


10 posted on 10/18/2005 1:35:20 PM PDT by annalex
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To: Huck

Bartlett has been a Bush supporter. But what he says is right on target. I for one am relieved that conservatives are starting to stand up and fight for their principles. It's about darn time. In the big picture, this is really great! The left pushes Bush around and the right lets him walk all over them. Well no more. As long as we stay focused, this can be a really good development.


11 posted on 10/18/2005 1:36:22 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Ps. 14:34)
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To: 45Auto

For those Conservatives who care about the safety and security of Israel- or even just hate the hypocrisy of fighting terror one place while supporting it against Israel- Bush's policies are today entirely pro- "Palestinian".


12 posted on 10/18/2005 1:37:09 PM PDT by Sabramerican (Islam is to Peace as Rape is to Love)
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To: Phantom Lord

I concur.


13 posted on 10/18/2005 1:37:16 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Socialist Dems, the MSM and Islamic murderers, ALL threats to the Republic!)
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To: Phantom Lord

He is a lot more conservative than John Kerry.


14 posted on 10/18/2005 1:37:16 PM PDT by A.Hun (Flagellum Dei)
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To: 45Auto
The anti-Miers crowd is desperate for the Miers nomination to be pulled for two reasons...

1) So that her presentation at the hearings does not reveal how badly they over-reacted and cause a loss of esteem among reasonable conservatives,

and 2) so it is not shown which Senators their efforts align with on the final vote.

15 posted on 10/18/2005 1:37:33 PM PDT by ez
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"I could go on, but the point is that George W. Bush has never demonstrated any interest in shrinking the size of government..."

Same goes for the Hastert and Frist led Congress.

Public financing of PBS and the NEA stand as the poster children of out of control wasteful spending. Both are alive and well in a GOP dominated Executive and Legislative branch.

16 posted on 10/18/2005 1:38:02 PM PDT by lormand (Dead people vote DemocRAT)
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To: A.Hun

Not based on his spending bills he is not.


17 posted on 10/18/2005 1:38:13 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Socialist Dems, the MSM and Islamic murderers, ALL threats to the Republic!)
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To: Phantom Lord

I stand beside President George W. Bush for 13 years.. and still standing!

Love ya W ~


18 posted on 10/18/2005 1:38:21 PM PDT by JFC (Your either with us ... or against us. George W. Bush)
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To: 45Auto

Nails it. I agree with everything, except for the "Sarbanes-Oxley bill", but only because I know nothing about it. President Bush has never been a "conservative", and he's been proving it for almost 5 years.


19 posted on 10/18/2005 1:38:21 PM PDT by manwiththehands
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To: Cincinna

IMO the divorce is between the social and religious Conservatives and the "neo-cons"



I'm a libertarian conservative, and am along side the social and religious conservatives, also divorcing from the neo-cons.

George Bush is basically an excellent "conservative Democrat" President.


20 posted on 10/18/2005 1:38:37 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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