"Washington is the party of money"

The thing that amazes me is all the people who can write and talk with a straight face about how we have had a conservative president and congress with Bush and the Republican congress. Seems to me, back when Bush was first running, the big question was, was he a real conservative? The consensus was, well no, but.... I mean, whats the first thing he did? Write an education bill with T. Kennedy. The action of a conservative? Sign all sorts of spending bills written by a the supposedly conservative cangress? The only reason he enjoyed as much support as he has is because of war. Seems that Republicans and democrats, when it comes to actually governing, differ only on a few social issues to please their base, but one thing seems clear, we have not had conservative government.

Conservatives trying to wash their hands of Bush are as bad as Pilate. Conservatives worked hard to elect Bush, twice, even after it was clear that he was incompetent. Conservatives defended Bush right up until the country turned its back on him, and then declared that Bush wasn't really a conservative after all.

The pirouette looks effortless, but it's not fooling anyone. The so-called "conservative movement" got every tax cut, every deregulation, every war it wanted. Now it wishes to sneak away from the results of it's own demands. At least Krauthammer is honest in his support of Bush, the rest are weasels.

Will Harrington @ 9:57 PM writes:

"Seems that Republicans and democrats, when it comes to actually governing, differ only on a few social issues to please their base, but one thing seems clear, we have not had conservative government. "

No kidding. As I've said before, the GOP and the Democrats are, operationally speaking, two wings of the same apparatus; the American National Socialist party. Their support bases are slightly different, but any Venn diagram would reveal a great many similarities. The overlap would be in the elderly and the large corporations, since both wings go out of their way to insure funding for entitlements and corporate welfare and special projects. As far as I can see, the average American commoner has NO "natural home" anywhere in the current unrestricted-welfare/warfare State system.

Btw, this is one paleoconservative who isn't going to "wash his hands" of the GOP, at least on the presidential level. I already did; in 2000, I voted Constitutionalist and in 2004 I voted Libertarian. I have no grounds for guilt, not a bit. As far as this time around----either Barr, Nader or Mickey Mouse. The last one may well be the soundest choice, for several reasons.

Your servant,

Lord Karth

Karth,

I went for Constitutionalist in 04 also. Your analysis is right on - I have argued for years it will be the GOP, not the Dem's, who complete the socialization of medicine. Reason is they have the $financial$ clout with the public. Everyone knows the Dem's would screw it up, but enough are under the illusion the GOP would do it "right"...

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