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President Bush and his White House buddies passed the USA Patriot Act after the Sept. 11 attacks. This has got to be one of the most freedom-grabbing bills for some time and specifically goes against the conservative principle of smaller government. Bush pushed for, agreed with and signed the farm legislation this past summer. This bill, which is in the stack alongside other unconstitutional legislation, takes money from one person's hand and gives it to someone else – a legalized theft operation that the Constitution does not allow. Again, this bill also goes against the conservative principle of smaller government. Campaign finance reform is another one of them. Yes, this is the same bill that Mr. Bush vowed not to support and to veto during the campaign. Still, with all his political capital, he signed the legislation. This legislation destroyed a key element of basic freedom – something real conservatives usually like to keep. Another issue in the pile is the Homeland Security legislation. While Congress has yet to pass this, the White House has practically authored it, demanding certain components and financial plans. Although security is a must in the post 9-11 world, the proposed Homeland Security Department will amazingly increase government, the power it has, and will suck up billions of dollars from the budget. Lastly, you have the Sept. 11 charity program, which gave millions of dollars to each victim of the terrorist attacks. While this may sound fine, it goes back to the concerns of Davey Crocket that a precedent such as this will open the spigot of the federal budget and allow for any victim to receive some sort of severance pay – such an ability is economically unfeasible. Our president has done many things for conservatism, such as opposing the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Treaty, as well as being the leader we need in the war on terror. But on core, constitutional issues he let us down, and he continues to let us down.

And lets not forget the wildly popular conservative idea, amnesty for illegals.