[raybbr]

"Bush's compassionate conservatism has morphed into big government conservatism, and that isn't what the base is looking for," said David Keene, chairman of the American Conservative Union.

Amen!

Moving to stanch the damage, Bush called last week for Congress to grant him a line-item veto to prevent members from redirecting money in spending bills to their pet projects, a practice known as earmarking that has achieved notoriety under the GOP.

Six years too late!

[DustyMoment]

Moving to stanch the damage, Bush called last week for Congress to grant him a line-item veto to prevent members from redirecting money in spending bills to their pet projects, a practice known as earmarking that has achieved notoriety under the GOP.

Six years too late!

Not to mention the huge waste of time and money. Why give Bush a line-item veto when he has yet to veto anything - line or otherwise??

[Holden Magroin]

"Compassionate conservatism" means self-hatred. Real conservatives don't give a damn if others see them as "uncompassionate." The Bush years are a warning to those conservativevs who would trust a mushy moderate in the Oval Office. Moderates inevitably become liberals because they are timid, wishy-washy, vainglorious brown-nosers who run for the hills at the thought of not being loved by all. I've never heard of anyone who was a moderate out of conviction. To all you conservatives who think Bush is a real conservative, let me remind you that he tried to sneak a liberal, Harriet Myers, onto the Supreme Court, then had his wife call you a sexist for not supporting her nomination. Bush is a tool of liberal Republicans like Andy Card and Arlen Sphincter.