[weikel]

those who excessively bash our president

Do you think Bush is a conservative he is spending like a drunken sailor and it seems like the Saudis run his foreign policy?

[OWK]

Do you think Bush is a conservative he is spending like a drunken sailor and it seems like the Saudis run his foreign policy?

Ssshhhhhh...

[anniegetyourgun]

I think W is a center-right guy, that Congress is spending like a drunken sailor, and that the Saudis do not drive our foreign policy.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Do you think Bush is a conservative he is spending like a drunken sailor and it seems like the Saudis run his foreign policy?

Well he's a socialist. I mean how can one want to federalize education and NOT be? If it quacks like a duck it's a duck. But he's our socialist damn it! :-)

[Timesink]

Do you think Bush is a conservative he is spending like a drunken sailor and it seems like the Saudis run his foreign policy?

Yes. I understand and accept that it is a physical impossibility for any president to achieve 100% party (or ideology) platform perfection, especially when their party is not in total control of Congress. Sometimes you have to give a little, sometimes you have to think strategically months ahead of time and play tactically on-the-fly. (Example: I don't care about the steel tariff thing if it ends up helping us win races in certain states that give us control of the Senate. The ends justify the means.)

And yes, believe it or not, sometimes two intelligent people can disagree about whether a particular policy conforms to conservative principles.