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"George Allen is George Bush Lite."

Wrong again. Allen is a true conservative, and his voting record has a 100% rating from the American Conservative Union to back that up. President George Bush is a moderate who leans ever so slightly to the right. Allen has a lot more of Ronald Reagan in him than President Bush could even dream of.

Ed Gillespie, former RNC chair, joined Allen's PAC solely on the strength of his fund-raising abilities. So he's a big tent Republican. So what? Gillespie is the PAC's money guy (Treasurer), not a consultant on life issues.

"I don't like Republicans," says Laura Nichols, Dick Gephardt's former communications director, "but I love him. Great man. Evil chairman. As a Democrat, he's everything in a chairman you don't want: Wicked smart, fierce competitor, well-spoken, great on TV, your basic nightmare."

Gillespie and Dick Armey, together with Newt Gingrich, drafted the Contract With America -- Gillespie labeled each of the 10 articles -- and the ensuing election installed Armey as House majority leader.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50602-2004Apr4?language=printer

You offer innuendo and smear tactics, I offer facts, logic and common sense. You lose.

"I don't like Republicans," says Laura Nichols, Dick Gephardt's former communications director, "but I love him. Great man. Evil chairman. As a Democrat, he's everything in a chairman you don't want: Wicked smart, fierce competitor, well-spoken, great on TV, your basic nightmare."

Gosh. Is that the best you can do? Trotting out endorsements for Ed Gillespie by Democrats?

Jack Quinn kinda likes him too, it would seem.

Wrong again. Allen is a true conservative, and his voting record has a 100% rating from the American Conservative Union to back that up.

Two bucks and and ACU rating will buy you a cup of coffee from Starbucks...but it doesn't prove a thing about a man's credentials to lead the conservative movement and the Republican coalition.

President George Bush is a moderate who leans ever so slightly to the right.

Accurate.

Allen has a lot more of Ronald Reagan in him than President Bush could even dream of.

Bah.

I've watched the conservative movement be lied to by the likes of Ed Gillespie and company for a very long time now.

Lip service just ain't going to cut it anymore.

This "leadership" has been characterized by weasel words, backed up by inaction.

Their era is coming to an end.

Whether those hacks are gravitating to McCain or Allen, their gravy train is about to come off the tracks.

President George Bush is a moderate who leans ever so slightly to the right.

I beg to differ.

On social issues, Bush has been pretty steady. He is more pro-life than George Allen.

It's the domestic policies like illegal immigration in which Bush has strayed the farthest away from the right. But on that issue, I find more similarities than differences between the two Georges.

"We need a guest worker program to fill the needs of employers. The guest workers must be checked out and have background checks, so we know they aren't terrorists or criminals. We also need to expand seasonal visas for people who come just to work and not to live here. We also need to make it easier for people who come here legally to become citizens." Who said the above? If you guessed George Bush, you would be wrong.

It was George Allen.