[Reaganghost]

The problem bert, is not what they say, but what they do. Bush said Campaign Finance Reform was unconstitutional, but he signed it, and it became law. The Court upheld it, but Bush was right. It is unconstitutional, and if he had vetoed it, it would not matter that we have a Supreme Court that doesn't give a whit about the Constitution.

Bush claims he is conservative. But he was more interested in getting re-elected than in doing what was right, so he passed Medicare Prescription Drugs, the largest expansion of socialism since LBJ.

Newt claims to be conservative, but he wants to be President, so he plays smacky mouth with Hillary on healthcare. Conservatives know, or should know, that government cannot fix anything. The reason health care is futzzed up is because government got involved. Anything that government does, including anything that "conservatives" would do apart from getting government completely out of the equation, will only make things worse.

Bottom line bert, it's not what any politician says that matters. It's what they do that matters. Maybe Bush and Newt share a common characteristic, maybe they are more interested in getting themselves elected to power than they are in doing the right thing. In terms of definition, does being conservative have anything at all to do with doing the "right" thing? At the risk of being wrong, I thought conservatives accused Democrats of being willing to do anything to get elected, including using the public treasury to buy their own re-elections.

[bert]

.....It's what they do that matters.....

Which is why both W and Newt will be remembered as greats.

Losing over principle won't let you get anything done.

W is President, he is not SCOTUS.

[bert]

.....It's what they do that matters.....

Which is why both W and Newt will be remembered as greats.

Losing over principle won't let you get anything done.

W is President, he is not SCOTUS.

[Crush T Velour]

hmmm...it seems to me that Reaganghost doesn't so much have a problem with Miers or the way Bush selects judicial appointments as he does with a bunch of other things.