“Am I the only one who lived for the next issue of National Review, American Spectator, and (pre-internet) the Conservative Chronicle back in the day?”
Back before 1990 maybe. I found NR had become worthless around that time, and TAS as well.
“Fortunately for America, Bush did most of the right things on national security in response to 9/11.”
That’s true only if you leave out his glaring indifference to the border and his constant attempt to amnesty illegals. There’s no way of knowing how many terrorists have taken advantage of Bush’s terrible immigration policies to establish themselves here for the long haul.
So what did you read? Because I loved the Clinton articles in TAS (Troopergate, etc.) and Warren Brookes in the Chronicle - awesome. And NR was still Buckley-influenced back then.
That’s true only if you leave out his glaring indifference to the border and his constant attempt to amnesty illegals
Well, I did say "most of the right things," didn't I? Unfortunately, a Ronald Reagan is a once in a century kind of President. Bush was awful and I warned all who would listen in 2000 that he would wreck the party. Even so, a Gore or Kerry would have been far worse (obviously.) We always choose the lesser of two evils, no?