They were right about him being the 'more conservative' choice and frankly, with what we faced with, for most of his tenure, he was conservative where it mattered. As William F Buckley put it, he is conservative but he isn't A Conservative. (in other words, he is on balance more conservative on the scale but he isn't a Conservative champion).
George W Bush was not a strong conservative. You get what you vote for and support. That’s my point. GW gave speeches before he was even president talking about “the new world order” but in 1999 you couldn’t say that here on Free Republic without being attacked or kicked off the board.
We need to be smarter about our next candidate for President. MUCH smarter. We can’t be like the liberals and make our decisions on emotions, but put our thinking caps on and look at our candidates squarely and honestly.