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To: spycatcher
You guys are pretty funny. Bush is who he is and who he always was---a "compassionate conservative." I don't know how many times the man has to tell you what he believes in. He believes in MANY conservative principles, but he also believes in many (what I would call) liberal principles. It is just idiotic to claim that he is "moving" in any direction, though. Obviously, you didn't listen to him during the campaign, because he hasn't changed.

I find him stunningly like Reagan on many big-picture issues. He has done more for pro-life, more for national defense and security, and more for bringing blacks and minorities to true conservatism than anyone. But I also find him annoyingly like Teddy Roosevelt at times---willing to use government for purposes that are (in my view) completely unconstitutional. But the key phrase is "in my view." He certainly doesn't see it that way, nor does the Congress, nor do the courts. The one thing that TR, Reagan, and Bush all have in common was their honesty and love of America, and that, in the long run, is worth almost any transitory policy you can come up with, because policies change.

115 posted on 02/16/2002 9:10:12 AM PST by LS
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To: LS
bump for the First Amendment.
116 posted on 02/16/2002 9:14:28 AM PST by JeepInMazar
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