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I can recall Trump on TV, just a few years ago (2007) bashing George W. Bush as "the worst president, ever"

TARP. Amnesty. Open borders. 1 million new *legal* Muslim immigrants under his watch *after* 9/11. Port security to a middle eastern country. Expanding the federal government's financing of planned parenthood beyond any of his predecessors. Expanding the federal government's financing of the national endowment for the arts beyond any of his predecessors. An unecessary war and nation building project in Iraq while Iran burned. I know that many people around here reflexively defended Bush while he was in office, but given the clarity of time perhaps we should realize that while "worst ever" was an exaggeration, Trump's criticism of the man has much validity to it.

TARP. Amnesty. Open borders. 1 million new *legal* Muslim immigrants under his watch *after* 9/11. Port security to a middle eastern country. Expanding the federal government's financing of planned parenthood beyond any of his predecessors. Expanding the federal government's financing of the national endowment for the arts beyond any of his predecessors. An unnecessary war and nation building project in Iraq while Iran burned. I know that many people around here reflexively defended Bush while he was in office, but given the clarity of time perhaps we should realize that while "worst ever" was an exaggeration, Trump's criticism of the man has much validity to it.

Perhaps, in some aspects, it did. However, Trump made this over-the-top statement - G.W. Bush was "the worst president in the history of the United States" - on CNN and was lamenting the fact that John Kerry, "a good friend', lost the 2004 election to Bush. Trump was against the war in Iraq and this seemed to be the basis for his dislike of Bush. However, he sounded exactly like any leftist spewing out anti-Bush rhetoric to a receptive interviewer that shared his view of Bush. Now, he's a conservative? I doubt it. That Christian evangelicals may be 'interested' in Donald Trump simply demonstrates the paucity of solid conservatives being considered as potential candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. I'm a Christian evangelical and I admit that Trump is fun to watch, to a point, but I'm not really interested in Donald Trump becoming the GOP presidential candidate in 2012 - and I do not believe he shares my political or cultural values. Sarah Palin does - and if she runs for the GOP presidential nomination, she'll have my vote.