[SpyGuy]

Bush did for Israel what he did because he belives it is the right thing to do. There is a difference between a man of conviction, and a man who will say anything for votes.

Like Bush's amnesty program for illegals and his refusal to close our borders, his "Ted Kennedy" education bill, his increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, his promise to renew the assault weapons ban, etc?

I support Bush's war on terror, including his decision to liberate Iraq. But he is far from being a man of conservative convictions. I'll vote for him again, since the alternative is unbearable. But I'll not sing false praise for him.

[ChevyZ28]

Like Bush's amnesty program for illegals and his refusal to close our borders, his "Ted Kennedy" education bill, his increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, his promise to renew the assault weapons ban, etc?

I support Bush's war on terror, including his decision to liberate Iraq. But he is far from being a man of conservative convictions. I'll vote for him again, since the alternative is unbearable. But I'll not sing false praise for him.

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I thought I was the only one who thought like this.

[McGavin999]

Actually, I support him on all of those things. The education bill is making the teachers union prove that they are doing what they are paid to do. The immigration bill is a start at a real problem and is only the very public part of what is actually being done. Since I live in Arizona I can see a lot of things that are going on under the radar to clean up the immigration mess. As to the NEA, all he was doing is trying to turn the ship from the direction it is going into something a little more useful.

I can't understand why you would think he could just wave a magic wand and suddenly we'd be back to 1790. It doesn't work like that. You have to take steps to eliminate the problems before you do away with something. Even Reagan didn't do away with the NEA, or the Dept of Education, and if I recall correctly, gave out one of the biggest amnisty programs in history.

[justshutupandtakeit]

While there is plenty of praise to be sung for Bush you cannot escape the FACT that he is the President of the whole nation and must govern them all. The last few weeks of RATmedia manipulation shows how delicate a balance he must pursue in order to keep his enemies at bay. This includes taking actions which are politically expedient.

Regretable thing this republic since such actions are a price of governing it. At best 40% consider themselves conservatives and sometimes the other 60% must be accomodated. But that is the history of the country. So far it has worked pretty well.