He keeps us secure
He went to give us tax cuts and will do it again
He repealed his father's tax increases
He is going after the rate of growth on entitlements
He went to the mat for John Bolton
He also went for everything he campaigned on.
If Bartlett told himself that W was a traditional conservative then you're right, it's not true.
But there is nothing conventional about this President. And he did tell us what he would do, some folk just didn't want to pay much mind to it.
Yes, Bush did clearly label himself a "compassionate conservative" which many traditional conservatives were suspicious of from the start.
I love Reagan, but people conveniently forget that government didn't exactly shrink under him, either. Not to mention the tax policy in the second term, abandoning Lebanon and accepting our troops being "guarded" with blanks, etc. Bush is far more open in his anti-abortion position, and is giving us a sane SCOTUS--Reagan gave us who, exactly on the court, lemme think...
We've not had a pure conservative in the White House. Bush deserves criticism on policy, no question. But this book sounds like nonstop slamming, and the writer pouts about why Bush fans don't like him?
I see Scott McClellan posts on here.