He fibbed when he said he was, and he did not give proper consideration to conservative policy or individuals in appointments.
Like his father, he believed in big government solving problems, big spending, and the "new world order".
His failure to expose and prosecute Marxist and Islamic subversion and treason is his largest failure in life.
Too bad folks lime you and I will not be writing the history books. I cannot disagree.
he was quite conservative on some things, but not on all things. It would be hard to find examples on the social issues where he was anything but strongly conservative. Economics was was mixed bag. He believed in lower taxes and defended the free market, but did not do well on monetary issues, and certainly not spending. He had conservative principles on foreign policy and military, but there were exceptions.
He was not a small government conservative, that can be said for certain.