Not to be a stick in the mud- but since we have are indeed the majority how is it that Bush has expanded Federal power more than Clinton? Let's not salute Bush too much. There is much to criticize. Let's get him re-elected and hope he appoints judges that are solidly law reading interpreters and not left wing inserters. That is the only reason to vote for Bush (that and the Dems are children who can't be trusted with power.) Bush has hardly been a "conservative" President. Let's keep our eyes and minds open when it comes to Bush.
The education bill and the Medicare reform are all about giving people choices and demanding accountability. It's a different way to look at conservatism.
I don't know that I necessarily agree, but it does make one understand where Bush is coming from.
Like many here on FR, with each post you reveal your ignorance and contempt for the concept of a representative republic. You want Bush to govern according to some list of principles to which you subscribe. You demand a principled leader who does not listen to the voters but does what you deem to be right. In other words you long for a dictatorship.
Bush is the perfect public servant. He will do what his bosses want done. If they want medicare to include prescription drugs, he will do his best to give it to them. All of the left, all of the center and even a bit of the right want prescription drugs included in Medicare. So Bush worked to enact it and got it done. That goes against every principle you believe in . But principles are not worth a warm pitcher of spit in a Representative Republic. Principles are only good in nations where there are rulers who rule by the dictates pf their conscience. The United States has no principled rulers. Its form of government does not allow them to succeed. This Free Republic only allows public servants who do the peoples will.
Try taking a clue!!! This Nation is and will remain a Representative Republic. Lincoln said it well 168 years ago.
Fools on the right have for all my lifetime been crying for a leader to do their will. It will never happen until they convince a majority to support their agenda. The only way to get an agenda enacted is to convince over half the voters to accept that agenda.
We are a nation whose government is run by public servants. They are not rulers. They serve at the pleasure of their bosses. You might ask Gray Davis how that works. And the real political bosses are and always have been a majority of the voters. No president will do what you want until you convince a majority of the voters to support your agenda.
There's no doubt that he has. But the real question is his motive. I'm worried because his early economic speeches were horrible.
Reagan spent a fortune to defeat the Soviets, but it paid off handsomely. The question is whether GWB is spending a fortune to defeat the communists within our borders. Like I said there is good reason to have doubts. OTOH, the Rats hate him. That's a good sign.