I tend to look at spending as part of GDP.
There are no instances of Republican Presidents cutting spending.
Bush actually did work hard to control spending far more than any known political alternative.
Home security and war were major justifiable spending increases.
His statements on Freedom, support for soldiers, the value of Human Life, justices dedicated to the Constitution, tax cuts, vetos of pork spending all suggested to me rather strongly that he is a conservative.
In contrast, your post strikes me as a FAUX conservative. You are someone who likes to rant like you care but in reality you have little grasp on politics.
You trot out your microscope and think others will give you approval for what you found.
Take a look at the bigger picture and you will see something important:
Youre Wrong
The only place President Bush is hated more than the DNC is FR, although they are usually the same people.
Pray for W and Our Troops
His statements on Freedom, support for soldiers, the value of Human Life, justices dedicated to the Constitution, tax cuts, vetos of pork spending all suggested to me rather strongly that he is a conservative.
I'm for supporting our soldiers (i.e. increasing funding to vets and such as he proposed doing). I'm for the value of human life (notice I didn't speak negatively about that part of his speech). I'm also for strict Constitutionalist judges (in one of my posts in this thread I actually applaud that as one of the actual good things Bush has done).
But I recognize as phony any talk of tax cuts and cutting of pork barrel when they are coupled with spending hikes which are in essence a built-in future tax hike to be paid for later on when he's no longer in office. THAT and his own abysmal record on bloated spending (see his boondoggle spending increases in the Medicare entitlement and in the Dept. of Education) are what make me call him a phony conservative and a liar. It's double talk to talk about cutting spending while proposing spending hikes at the same time.
I'm not a FAUX conservative. I'm an ACTUAL one. I don't give passes to big government politicians no matter who they are.