Have done no such thing - Calling others out for holding R. Reagan to one standard while GWB to another is not being intellectually dishonest in the least. It is pointing out the hypocrisy within a segment of our base.
Yes, the immigration issue was at a much more manageable level during R. Reagan's years. He should have addressed it via a comprehensive approach....Not simply given amnesty and pushed the problem down the road. He should have addressed the border, addressed the terribly flawed visa programs, etc, etc. He did not.
Ditto that for Soc Sec. He should not have raised FICA taxes on all American's (thus burdening yet another generation to the biggest wealth stealing scheme ever created).
But that he did such things doesn't mean he isn't a "true conservative".....Like some want to suggest about GWB over a number of issues.
Again, R. Reagan increased FICA taxes and gave full amnesty while being in charge of the Senate by large numbers.
"Hey he tried to kill my Dad" I knew we were screwed from that moment.
BS. We aren't screwed at all. Again, what we have accomplished to date is utterly amazing by any and all reasonable measures. We have removed two brutal regimes (with very low casualty figures...compared to what all the wargammers were suggesting. WAY LOWER). We have helped create the atmosphere for the values of freedom and self-worth (our two biggest allies long-term).
We have helped create the atmosphere (with time) that will likely see a self-deporation away from radical Islam (and perhaps Islam itself - Where freedom comes the truth will follow ).
We have killed or captured over 3/4 of AQ's original leadership, ditto that percentage of their less effective replacements.....We are on the offensive throughout the ME, SE Asia and the Horn of Africa....
No, we are far from screwed....We are winning and systematically leaving our enemies worse off (and don't give me any BS about some "intelligence" report...You don't know d*ck if you don't know what that is all about).
I didn't say that it was Governments job to rescue people from their own sins. But when Government sets itself up as the deliverer then they need to be effective at it. FEMA is a complete disaster.
Yes W should of managed major moves by all Departments in HIS Administration - that is called leadership. Gonzales, Chertoff, Casey, Rummy, Brown, Fleischer, Meirs - a world class set of clowns. When you pick managers their faults are your faults. He continues to ignore his one Constitutional duty in this mess and that is to secure the borders. In addition, he is actively giving away our sovereignty to the NAU.
You may not realize it yet but we are screwed. The WOT will go on for years with lawyers running it to only small results. Name me one solid example of where winning hearts and minds has been successful. For the most part Muslims and Arabs only respond to power. It is no sin to lie to an infidel they do it daily - everywhere. Our strategic approach, run by Bush, in Iraq is painful evidence that he doesn't understand that. His alcoholic Christan guilt controls his actions more than anything.
One last word on Reagan. He never insulted or fractured the base - even when he was a Democrat.