[RatRipper]

The irony is that one of the things that greatly strengthened the ability of the LSM to make their lie stick was Dubya’s general and falling unpopularity — which was based primarily on conservatives deserting him over various issues.

I agree. He ticked me off on prescription drugs and illegal immigration, but I never waivered on WMDs in Iraq. I remember the satellite convoy pictures, reports of movng them to the Bekaa Valley and evidence left on the scene in storage facilities. It was pretty clear to me all along what the MSM was doing.

[fightinJAG]

I have to admit, for a bunch of reasons, I didn’t pay much attention to the prescription drug thing while it was going on. In Bush’s book, he explains it and it actually brought some market reforms and pricing into Medicare.

And, of course, had anyone in the GOP (and perhaps even the rank and file) actually supported Bush in his tireless, but ultimately, vain effort to begin the process of reforming Social Security, the process toward one of conservatives’ most necessary goals would have already been underway.