[sam_paine]

Would somebody tell me, besides the war on terrorism (which is getting a bit big for its britches to me), what ten things Bush has done that even resembles conservative thought?

I'll play your silly little game!

1. Bush's DOD is going into full production on the Lockheed Martin PAC-3 missile, and Boeing et al are developing other ABM systems over the shrill objections of the luddites.
2. Bush got the EP-3 crew back and then started flying reconnaissance missions again.
3. Bush nixed Kyoto.
4. Bush canceled the ABM treaty with the defunct USSR.
5. Bush did more in Afghanistan than France's popular opinion would support if Algore was in charge.
6. Bush's interior dept has backed off on the Klamath Falls farmers and is treating the sucker fish like a fish not a God.
7. Bush's USAG rejected a congressional demand directly after 9/11 to use the FBI background check database to search law-abiding citizens for possible "terrorists."
8. (You'll hate this contorsion)Bush avoided a fatal public relations defeat for gun rights by DENYING firearms to pilots!! 'Huh?' you say? Well a single injury on a plane caused by a pilot would permanently set back 2A rights for all Americans. IMHO. Besides, Richard Reid and Flt 93 proves that an unarmed passenger bay can be sufficient to deal with terrorists.
9. Bush signed every tax cut that has come out of the democrap congress.
10. Bush has made "conservatism" palatable to a liberal VOTING electorate of 75%. (How did Newt help the popularity of conservatism??)

A Democrat in the WH would get you NOTHING that you agree with, but a hollow pyhrric (sp?) victory.

Besides, what does this report give the enviro-weenies that they want??? N O T H I N G!!!! They hate Bush. Bush is an anti-environmentalist. Now he agrees with them? How is that good for their argument? And best of all, "maybe global warming exists, maybe it is partly because of human actions, we can't change it, so let's adapt."

WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THAT????

[billbears]

Sorry the tax cut we've seen so far had to paid back on this year's income tax form. As for Kyoto, I guess this flip-flop changes that. Bush is not a conservative

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Besides, what does this report give the enviro-weenies that they want???

It gives them something that they want very badly: An endless source for anti-capitalist - and anti-Republican - demagoguery.

You see, when your opposition admits that your premises are correct, you have essentially won the arguement. The implementation of that victory will come later, bit by bit, over time. The next Democrat President will have carte blanche to invoke whatever anti-business environmental provisions he/she wishes -- because the Republican President has agreed to the premise that there is global warming caused by human activity.

Because that Republican President has also chosen not to invoke Kyoto and not to implement any policy changes in response to this condition, they will also be subject to the "do nothing" charge (a mirror of the current campaign that the government knew about 9/11 dangers in advance and "did nothing" to prevent it).

When that "do nothing" demagoguery is turned to the health dangers to voter's children ("your child will die of melanoma at 25 because of greedy rich businessmen and their purchased Republican politicians"), then President Bush will have given the environmentalist left a gift that will only keep on giving, year after year after year.

[Jorge]

Great post. Here's a few more for the list;

11. One of Bush's first initiatives was to stop the public funding of overseas abortions much to the dismay of the left wing, liberal Europeans, the feminazis and their media cheerleaders.

12. Reinstated the so-called Mexico City policy, which linked anti-abortion policies and foreign aid.

13. He appointed real conservatives to his cabinet, and in the case of Ashcroft remained committed to him in the face of over 100 leftist groups who vowed up to defeat him.

14. Has consistantly pushed for drilling in ANWR to increase domestic oil production and reduce foriegn dependence.

I don't agree with everything Bush has given the Dems, but those who claim there is nothing conservative about Bush are ignoring the facts and are lacking in perspective.

[Denver Ditdat]

WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THAT????

In and of itself, nothing.

What I expect from the liberales:

< whiny joe lieberman voice >

"Well, it's about time that Bush receognized the reality of globull$hit warming. Now, will he put his money where his mouth is?"

< /whiny joe lieberman voice >

No matter what W proposes in the way of a "solution", the dims will one-up him. It's only our money, after all. No, wait, it's the money of the "evil rich". You know, W's Big Energy buddies. In a war of who is williing to spend more tax money to cure an environmental "problem", no Repoublican can ever come out a winner. At least I hope that's still the case...