Well I'm in Texas too and I know all about the illegals taking over but if you voted for Bush 4 times knowing he wasn't all that Conservative, just right of center, then what's the beef?
And just because I voted for him doesn't mean that I automatically MUST approve of the job he is doing...as if my previous vote somehow is tied to his performance rating now. I did not vote for him in the primaries because he was not conservative enough...but did in the generals because he was better than the alternative.
So I also don't need any lectures about throwing away a vote for a third party...although I think that if the GOP was to go out of power for a little while...MAYBE...just MAYBE they might listen to their base a little more than they do.
But I am also a realist...and I understand that the nation as a whole is more towards the center than I. By and large the masses want their cake (low taxes...limited government) but they want to eat it too (they want their government programs). You can't have both.
""Well I'm in Texas too and I know all about the illegals taking over but if you voted for Bush 4 times knowing he wasn't all that Conservative, just right of center, then"
I am convinced that what conservatives really want is a conservativer version of Clinton. It was clear back in 1999, that Bush wasnt conservative.
he oppossed anti-illegals legislation like CA's back when he was gov.
he ran on medicare prescription drugs and no child left behind.
he said it was wrong to balance the budget on the backs of the poor.
yet conservatives didnt listen. All they could see was a guy who got 70% of the vote in his 1998 re-election.
Bush hasnt lied, or broken any promises (unlike his father). Conservatives have no one to blame but themselves