He disagrees with the president and most Republican politicians about the GOP's current hero: "I am not a Theodore Roosevelt man. In the end, he was very weak on private property, had a strong collectivist bent and saw government as an engine for good in a way that was fashionable."
I got into a debate about all this on Thanksgiving with my uncle from TN. He hates the Homeland Security bill. To tell you the truth, I still don't even know much about it.