Quartus
Some of you folks crack me up. Bush has NEVER pretended to be a conservative! Look at his campaign! I'm not the least disappointed in him - he's doing what I expected him to do. He's been perfectly consistent.
If anything, he's better than I hoped he would be.
No, I'm not saying he's GOOD. But he's consistent. If you thought we were getting a principled conservative, pray tell me what ever gave you that idea?
Even though he isn't one, Bush certainly tried hard to give the impression of being a conservative during the campaign. He campaigned on:
Tax cuts for income and capital gains
Tort reform including the lawsuit pre-emption bill
School vouchers
Government Assistance through faith-based organizations
Constructionist judicial nominees
Pro-life legislation including a partial birth abortion ban
Refunding the DOD to a level adequate to support 2 major/1 minor conflict
Restraint on Federal Entitlements
etc.
So far he has delivered on tax cuts and a partial birth abortion ban. Both of which are thanks more to Tom Delay than GWB.
And now he is apparently beginning to go down the path of sucking up to the Kennedys and the left wing newspapers out of a desire to be "liked" a la John McCain and Orrin Hatch.
Like his father, I voted for him once and won't make that mistake again.
On domestic issues he is a consistent invertebrate, I'll grant you that.