That was one of my cherished political books from years past. I have no doubt that Bovard is “consistent.” Anyone thinking he’s a liberal is an idiot.
But I do think in the attempt to be “balanced,” that he, like a lot of libertarians, is harsher in degree for the sins of the right than the left. Not that Bush was much of a rightist, IMO, since LBJ or the like could have said what he did in relation to Islamic Terrorism.