[papertyger]

Of course he wanted us to think he was conservative, but he never was - just seemed so after Clinton.

Are you saying he didn't intentionally posture as a conservative?

If he did, why all the lilly guilding now about how we should know he's not?

If he ran as a duck, by God, he better continue to "quack."

[RFEngineer]

"Are you saying he didn't intentionally posture as a conservative?"

Oh, sure he did try to posture as a conservative. But this duck always quacked left. Conservatives were, for the most part, fooled. They won't be fooled again.

That this is so is the surprise.

Bush Republicans could not have done more damage to this country if they were democrats - especially when measured in terms of government growth. When you can't tell the difference, Republicans shouldn't be surprised they might have a problem at the polls.