GW Bush.......a true Conservative???
I found this interesting, courtesy of
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on President Bush, and if I could still justify my vote for him. Clearly Bush is not a conservative on economics, take a look at the picture above - take a long good look at the picture above - he has spent more than Lyndon Johnson and the ‘great society’ (much more!)!!! I ask, on conservative economic grounds, how could anyone continue to support Bush?
Yes, okay, I know, we have to look at long term issues, the President picks judges, judges have much more affect on the economy and society than short term spending, and atleast on judges, Bush has continued to come through….so goes the argument. But has he? Has Bush really delivered on judges? Here was an opportunity for Bush to really make his mark on the court and he gave us Roberts and Miers. Miers!!! Conservatives, remember, are supposed to be against politicizing the court, we are supposed to believe in meritocracy, we are supposed to believe the court should be independent of politics, yet can any conservative say, with a straight face, that Miers was nominated because of anything else but cronyism? After the nomination of Miers, can we, as conservatives, continue to say we believe in a meritocratic society? After the nomination of Miers, can we, as conservatives, continue to say we are against politicizing the courts? After the nomination of Miers, can we, as conservatives, continue to say we believe the courts should be independent of politics? In short, after the nomination of Miers, can we, as conservatives, say we believe in anything else but blind allegiance to President Bush?
These are tough questions, and questions that require answers. I’ll tell you my answer, if Miers makes it to the Supreme Court my support for Bush is over.
More on the Cato Institute report here.
2 Comments:
For a conservative, I have to give you credit for posting this on your blog Mr. Gringo, thanks for bringing this to attention.
you are comparing apples to oranges. Bush has spent alot, agreed, but look at the rebuilding of our economy time and time again. You are having trouble seeing the forest from the trees. He has spent to appease some dem's, but his presidency has had unusual circumstances. History will be kind to his efforts.
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