President Bush Is Less Conservative Than Clinton

[drfemoe]

**written by "someone who voted for B***"**
(and he doesn't seem to like Democrats much either .. worth a read)

Orange County Register

I am writing this column to one particular sort of reader. I want as many people as possible to read my column, of course, but this week's essay is geared toward those who insist that President George W. Bush - a man I supported and voted for - is advancing the cause of freedom.

Don't be influenced in your thinking about the president by the odd gyrations of America's leftists, who are consumed by Bush-spite. They despise him and embrace kooky ideas about him. It's almost enough to make one rally to the president's defense, but we shouldn't.
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Orange County Register

I am writing this column to one particular sort of reader. I want as many people as possible to read my column, of course, but this week's essay is geared toward those who insist that President George W. Bush - a man I supported and voted for - is advancing the cause of freedom.

Don't be influenced in your thinking about the president by the odd gyrations of America's leftists, who are consumed by Bush-spite. They despise him and embrace kooky ideas about him. It's almost enough to make one rally to the president's defense, but we shouldn't.
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Government must be limited. Growth in government is not good, because government is based on coercion. Individuals do a better job spending their own hard- earned money than government, which lavishes its ill-gotten gains on special interest groups and constituencies that whine the loudest. Government should protect the national defense and do some basic, clearly delineated tasks, but defense means defense, not offense. American civil liberties must not be endangered by never-ending wars with constantly shifting endposts.

Compared to this ideal, President Bush is a disaster. Even compared to other modern conservative politicians, he has been a huge disappointment. In fairness, the president has been good on tax cuts, has appointed some decent people to judicial posts and has resisted some of the worst proposals from the left, such as the Kyoto global warming treaty.

But mostly it has been one sellout after another.
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/120803lessconservative.html

[drfemoe]

1. oops . flubbed the c/p

:silly: :spank:

[Commendatori]

2. Good news for us

The neocons I know say the same stuff, and a lot of them are voting third party. Apparently Bush has pissed off his base so badly that he's lost a lot of their support, and he certainly doesn't have ours. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Kerry wins, fairly easily.

[drfemoe]

4. we certainly hope so

.. gw whoosh is starting to scare thinking conservatives almost as much as he scares us. I don't see how we could lose this one . . .

[swinney]

3. Clinton true Conservative--read this

Comparing Democrat’s hero-CLINTON—versus Republican’s hero--REAGAN
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1.JOBS—grew by 43% more under Clinton.
2.GDP---grew by 57% more under Clinton.
3.DOW—grew by 700% more under Clinton..
4.NASDAQ-grew by 18 times as much under Clinton.
4.SPENDING--grew by 28% under Clinton---80% under Reagan.
5.DEBT—grew by 43% under Clinton—187% under Reagan.
6. DEFICITS—Clinton got a large surplus--grew by 112% under Reagan.
7.NATIONAL INCOME—grew by100% more under Clinton.
8.PERSONAL INCOME—Grew by 110% more under Clinton.
SOURCES—Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.BLS.Gov)--Economic Policy Institute (EPI.org)—Global & World Almanacs from 1980 to 2003 (annual issues)
www.the-hamster.com (chart taken from NY Times)
National Archives History on Presidents. www.nara.gov

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[drfemoe]

5. Thanks for the stats

THIS is the STORY. 365 prayer breakfasts a year aren't going to put bacon on the table . . .
hopin and wishin and prayin just doesn't get the job done ..

[Democat]

6. You should make your data into graphs and put up a website!

Make it every easy for people to link to and easy for simple people to understand - it would be another tool for the left to use when fighting with the right on the web.