tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post3179580753390197983..comments2023-10-03T09:00:22.747-04:00Comments on INSIGHT on Freedom: Nominations From the Floor of the GOP Convention?Longstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-42855886154442155922008-01-15T10:50:00.000-05:002008-01-15T10:50:00.000-05:00I repeat: George Bush is not a conservative. He i...I repeat: George Bush is not a conservative. He is, however, what the party is trying to redefine conservatism as. (Pardon the grammar) <BR/><BR/>Ronald Reagan was a conservative. I'm a conservative. Mr. Bush is not, and neither was his father.<BR/><BR/>The following is from Wikipedia:<BR/><BR/>"It is hotly debated whether the successive Republican Administrations of Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush are truly conservative. George W. Bush campaigned in 2000 as a "compassionate conservative," but only adopted part of the conservative agenda. He has cut taxes and is strongly pro-business. He is seen as a strong supporter of God and country. On the other hand, he has greatly increased the size, power, and spending of the federal government, and the size of the national debt, both of which are against general conservatism. Peggy Noonan, in the Wall Street Journal, wrote, "For this we fought the Reagan revolution? A year into his second term, President Bush is redefining what it means to be a Republican and a conservative."<BR/>(See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_conservatism)<BR/><BR/>Best regards!<BR/><BR/>LongstreetLongstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-76307581828617850992008-01-15T10:30:00.000-05:002008-01-15T10:30:00.000-05:00What do you mean W is not conservative? As foolish...What do you mean W is not conservative? As foolish as he is I wouldn't claim him either, but,<BR/>1.) He is pro super wealthy<BR/>2.) anti middle class<BR/>3.) He showed us just how incompetant government can be.<BR/>4.) He ran on the backs of the religious "fuddy duddies".<BR/>5.) he is pro big business and anti labor and small business.<BR/>6.) he is anti choice<BR/>7.) he is pro privitization of everything, even stuff that the government does better than the private sect.<BR/>8.) he is anti peace.<BR/>9.) he is pro polie state, and i have seen Conservatives all over focus on police powers and state powers to save us from evil doers among us.<BR/>10.) if you attack him well then you just must be anti american, that is the biggest trait i see in conservatives, no matter how wrong they are, how evil they are, attack one of them and the G.O.P. cries out that you must be a commie, or in todays world anti- U.S.<BR/>11.) he is everything our founding fathers were not!<BR/>So sir please explain to me how is not conservative, maybe your not and your just dooped into beleiving you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-39690670110453974822008-01-15T06:24:00.000-05:002008-01-15T06:24:00.000-05:00Fred, you bet I am angry! Also frustrated. I saw...Fred, you bet I am angry! Also frustrated. I saw this coming as far back as the nomination of GW Bush. The party palmed him off as a conservative. He was/is not! I knew it then. I tried to warn conservatives this was coming, but it seems nobody wanted to deal with it. Well, it’s here. The big wigs in the party are re-defining conservatives right out of the GOP. They don’t want us now. We were a means to an end back when they courted us. But now they have used us and thrown us away. I feel like a prostitute! <BR/><BR/>Best regards, my friend!<BR/><BR/>LongstreetLongstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-66612680668562573822008-01-15T05:05:00.000-05:002008-01-15T05:05:00.000-05:00I see that you are as angry as I am... We have bee...I see that you are as angry as I am... <BR/><BR/>We have been left behind by the Repubs much as my ancestors were left behind by the REAL Dems many years ago, before Dem meant LIBBER..TexasFredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06412925337032937983noreply@blogger.com