I had this sent to me in FR mail as this person and I discussed the Bush trashing on here:
"I've looked at the history of a few posters and found them to be Pat Buchanan supporters, Reagan only, or staunch libertarians. That explains quite a bit"
This was my reply:
Funny, I think youre right. And libertarians and Reaganites in agreement says much for their accuracy in degrading Bush.A few things about reagan (and I do appreciate his service as Pres):
1. He was an actor and at home with talking in fornt of a camera and acting. Not that he lied; but he knew how to sell himself to the public, and that is NOT a plus IMO. It means Clinton took notes.
2. People who say "Bush is no Reagan": well DUH. And there could be many who would say "Reagan was no Lincoln" or "reagan was no washington", but Lincoln and Washington did not live in the same generation as Reagan. It does not mean that Regan=good/Bush=bad (or "not as good as Reagan" or "Bush needs to be Reagan". Thats just stupid talk).
3. Reagan did NOT have any of the societal, economic or world problems during Office that Bush has. To assume Bush should handle it like Reagan would have is assinine; no one could say how Reagan would react to 9-11, Katrina, WoT, a depression, anarchists marching regularaly in our streets...
To compare Reagan and Bush in any way is idiotic. IMO. I may not agree with Bush at every turn, I do trust him, more than I trust my opinion of him.
But I did send a second one to correct an error;
i take some of that back; i forgot reagan inherited a 10% unemployment from carter. but the economy is better now than it ever was under reagan
See how this goes? In real life there aren't people like that who are more conservative on every issue. A person who was a far-right conservative might not like Bush's position on spending or African aid, but would praise him for the tax cuts and standing up to the UN.
When I see someone who is 100% more conservative than the President on everything, I think it is someone trying to portray a disgruntled conservative on the internet. Whatever is being discussed, Bush didn't perform in a conservative enough way, period. This is a sign of a democrat troll, if you ask me. Even the Buchanan people like a few things the President did, llike the steel tarriffs, for example.
Nope...I am thinking these people are frauds and imposters.
In total agreement, RBA. Thank you for stating fact, imho.