Conservatives didn't abandon Bush, he abandoned us.
Bush governed Texas as a moderate. He campaigned in 2000 as a moderate. He was elected as a moderate. He has governed as a moderate. You're dis-satisfied because he didn't lurch to the right.
The far right has no claim on Bush because they didn't elect him. They didn't turn out very well in 2000.
Bush won Florida by 700 votes. Nader syphoned off 90,000 votes from Gore.
Even after Florida, Bush would not have been elected were it not for Democrats in West Virginia giving him their handful of electoral votes that put him over the top.
The reality is that the far right doesn't have enough votes to elect a president. Your only claim to political power is that you can prevent someone from being elected.
I'm amazed it took 12 posts to have someone state the obvious!
"Conservatives didn't abandon Bush, he abandoned us"
To be fair, Bush never was a conservative. Whenever the dreaded "C" word was uttered, it was qualified.
Of course he wanted us to think he was conservative, but he never was - just seemed so after Clinton.
I would like to add to your comment but can't. You said it all in a few short words. A nice day's work done all ready and it's still morning.
I wish "W" read FR. He might find how out of touch he is.
That is exactly how I feel.
Your 13. He took a hard left and abandoned us.