[snopercod]

Bush is a terrific politician. He's positioning himself for his next Presidential run

Translation: Bush cares more about getting re-elected than about property rights or the environment.

[snopercod]

...and one more thing, I am sick and tired of so-called conservatives selling us out. And I am also sick and tired of people excusing sellout after sellout as "good politics":

What is the moral stature of those who are afraid to proclaim that they are the champions of freedom? What is the integrity of those who outdo their enemies in smearing, misrepresenting, spitting at, and apologizing for their own ideal? What is the rationality of those who expect to trick people into freedom , cheat them into justice, fool them into progress, con them into preserving their rights, and while indoctrinating them with statism, put one over on them and let them wake up in a perfect capitalist society some morning?

--Ayn Rand, Conservatism, an Obituary