That's disingenuous characterization of the criticism, which -more accurately stated - would be that GWB has indeed been jumping to an extremely 'liberal democrat' tune.
One can hardly fault conservatives - Rush Limbaugh included - for pointing this out.
I'll grant you the farm, education and campaign reform bills were correctly identified as 'liberal'. The President signed them for political reasons but the criticism from conservatives is justified on that count.
What I refer to are the claims that Bush is "Just like Gore" or, my 'favorite': "Worse than Clinton" and to some here, the embodiment of the RINO. The broad-brush ploy. "He's a traitor to the conservative base". I disagree.
The record doesn't justify that characterization and the insistance that President Bush morph into Pat Buchanan or Alan Keyes or whomever the poster favors, is tiresome. We can debate all day (I won't) the merits of the Bush domestic policy and his compromises with the opposition but to some Bush-bashers on FR, everything the man does is wrong and somehow, a betrayal and a sell-out.
That's unmitigated nonsense and - the DNC trolls wearing the 'conservative' disguise aside - this constant harping and complaining needs some balance with the reality of the Bush presidency and his handling of a myriad of difficult situations, a hostile media (the N.Y. Post BUSH KNEW! headline is a fine example of this) and an obstructionist Democrat opposition in Congress.
What's disingenuous is the mention of Rush Limbaugh. Now a darling of the anti-Bush people but this will be short-lived as they'll turn right back to calling Rush a Bush boot-licker and Republican lackey the second he stops criticizing the President but for now, they gladly throw his name around to make points for attacking Bush.
President Bush is fair game for criticism from conservatives on some issues but he is not a political traitor or the 'socialist' (and other nonsensical labels) the diehards try to pin on him. That kind of smear is what I oppose and I'll continue to do so. It's disingenuous, at best. A deliberate lie, at worst.