Gallagher couldn't be more wrong.
Conservatives got tired of defending Bush and then having the White House not join the defense OR come out against his own defenders.
And then there are policy difference with McCain-Feingold and Illegal Amnesty. Those are huge disagreements with his base, and he's chosen to fight them over it, and they fought back.
Abandon the President? He's not abandoned. He's supported on points of agreement and not supported on points of disagreement.
Conservatives got tired of defending Bush and then having the White House not join the defense OR come out against his own defenders.
And then there are policy difference with McCain-Feingold and Illegal Amnesty. Those are huge disagreements with his base, and he's chosen to fight them over it, and they fought back.
Abandon the President? He's not abandoned. He's supported on points of agreement and not supported on points of disagreement.
Dittos.
Gallegher is so wrong on this; FIRST of all, Byron York did not say conservatives should throw Bush under a bus. All York said was the same things here: That Bush has abandoned the GOP base on many things and has failed to act like a conservative, so therefore, conservatives are naturally going to look elsewhere.
Hear here! Well said!
When the president acts in accordance with the law, as any president should, he is supported. When he fails to "...take care that the laws be faithfully executed..." (Article II Section 3 United States Constitution) or signs legislation into law that he believes to be, at least partially, unconstitutional - a gross violation of his oath of office - he is NOT supported nor should he be.
I couldn’t be more disappointed in your self-serving analysis . . . I also don’t know how you maintained a straight face when you typed that “. . . (At FR) the President is supported on points of agreement” . . . Did you happen to read most of the posts on this thread.
REALITY CHECK:
OVER 70% OF REPUBLICANS SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH (even the new, just released today, AP/IPSOS REID PRO-DEMOCRAT poll verifies this level of support) which makes the position of the majority posting on this thread the EXCEPTION rather than the rule!