Well, apparently so. I guess it all depends on what the meaning of "ripping" is...
At the risk of turning into Joe Lieberman here, I am very troubled by some of the moves Bush is making. They just seem to me to be senseless abdications of conservative views he always proported previously.
I am not about to join in with the cacaphony that sees no difference between Bush and Gore or who can't see all of the good which Bush has accomplished. I can't and won't ignore that the government is recognizing for the first time in 60 odd years that the 2nd amendment actually says what it says regarding the right of individuals to keep and bear arms. I won't forget that he got through a tax cut. I like the judges he has nominated, and I am thrilled that he nixed Kyoto, rejected the UN small arms conference, and has at several turns thwarted the advancement of abortion via UN auspices.
At the same time, I can't ignore the capitulation on campaign finance, I won't ignore that he abandoned the good portions of his education proposals and accepted the crap portions that Kennedy was pushing for, and I can't pretend that he didn't just have the government tell the UN that everything we have rejected about global warming actually has credence, despite the total lack of anything but junk science backing it.
For me, Bush is going to have to have some stars come into alignment and make some changes or I am going to become a very harsh and vocal critic. We better have a tremendous showing in November, hold the House and reclaim the Senate, and then follow it with Bush taking a strong turn to the right afterwards.
If that doesn't happen, it is going to be very hard for me to say that his presidency has been a successful one for conservatives.