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I posted a description of Bush in 1999, when he arrived in my small NH town to campaign for the January 2000 primary (in which he was crushed, BTW). I wish I could retrieve it now, but search doesn't go back that far. It ended with "he is OUR Clinton".

He came on a hot day in July. I took my kids down to the town park to see him (we saw all the candidates).

He arrived at the dock in a caravan of antique wooden motorboats, having been occupied on an island in Lake Winnipesaukee with family friends. His honor guard wore straw boaters and blue blazers.

Although the population of the town is around 6000, the "local leaders" were pretty much unknown (except for the real estate brokers).

He gave a vague and rambling talk about his "American heroes", starting with "single moms". He pushed some Evangelical buttons.

What George W. Bush was and is has been perfectly obvious for a decade. I voted for him twice, because he was better than the horror of Gore the nut or Kerry the fake warrior and dilettante.

But a conservative? Don't be absurd!