The true conservatives here at FR call that type of thinking a "Bushbot" or "cheerleaer".
In Peggy Noonan's words, look what she wrote--it applies to your type of thinking:
They receive endless encomiums from friends and staff telling them of their brilliance, their courage, their foresight. "God sent you to lead us." And the authors of such statements aren't always or even usually sucking up. They mean it. They're excited, fervent, full of belief. All a president has to do to get a standing ovation is walk into a room. He signs his name to a placard at a rally and it's treated as a historic relic--"He touched it!"
This is why Peggy Noonan wrote this article: there are two camps of conservatives. 1] True conservatives, and 2] the words of Peggy Noonan above, or FR member words like "cheerleader".
Bush is splitting the conservative movement. The towel has been thown in by true conservatives since Bush has proved time andd time again that the label "conservative" was misplaced on George Bush. At the very best, he is a "moderate" in some areas. At worst, he has proven far, far left of leftists on fiscal matters and big government matters.
Peggy Noonan is correct. As is George Will. As is Michelle Malkin. As is Charles Krauthammer. As is tons of other nationally known true conservative commentators and true conservatves on this forum.
We all hated Bill Clinton and corruption and Marxism so much we ASSUMED George Bush would be a conservative. We ASSUMED all things George touched would turn to gold because Clinton was such a scumbag. We were wrong. Ronald Reagan was a conservative. George Herbert Walker Bush was a moderate. George W. Bush is NOT a conservative.
. . . but Peggy Noonan and George Will and Michelle Malkin and Charles Krauthammer and the hundreds of other national and regional conseervative commentators are! They are the voice of conservatism--George is no longer the voice of true American patriots who desire limited government, national sovereignty and fiscal sanity.
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You can have your "true conservative" label. I won't no part of it, nor do I want to be associated with those who use it and their tactics.
I have noticed how many elections you folks have won.