Are the Bush Administration policies conservative? - Page 3

**leejo** · 06-12-2006, 02:46 PM

Methinks it's not that simple.

AMosely · 06-12-2006, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by leejo

President Bush has been fighting a way for 5 years. That will blow a lot of plans out of the water. Domestic policies are often the first casualties of war.

The easy death of domestic policies and an easy 2004 re-election pitch (don't change horses in the middle of a race) were tremendous incentives for taking the country to war in Iraq. Add in the economy and 60% of the country pushing for a fight, and you don't even need WMD's.

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Originally Posted by leejo

I don't know if Bush is conservative "enough" and I don't agree with all of his policies or positions, but I believe he's honest and decent and that history will hold him in rather high esteem.

I believe that he's a non-leader, deceived by his own advisors, and that history is already holding him in rather low esteem - at least if you believe that historical record is judged by historians, of which 81% of 415 polled indicated that so far his presidency would be judged as a failure - second only to the Nixon presidency (17%) or second to none (15%).

I can name several failed and/or abandoned domestic Bush policies - no child left behind, privatizing social security, Medicare plan-D, DHS/FEMA and Katrina, ongoing immigration floundering and renewed tax cuts in the face of a deficit currently projected to hit $477 billion. Oh, and the latest defense of marriage 'act.'

Should all of this be written off as casualties of war, or are there an outnumbering amount of successes that I have left out?

**CingularDuality** · 06-14-2006, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Steeler

When he's up in the polls, that shows that he knows what real Americans want and has the vision to pursue it. When he's down in the polls, it's because he's being a real leader and not kowtowing to fickle public opinion.

When a Democrat is up in the polls, that shows that he bends in the wind to please people without doing any good. When he's down in the polls, that shows how out of touch he is with real Americans.

Methinks the hardware store is running low on shovels.

And methinks your correlation between leadership and polls is frightening. They are actually almost completely unrelated.

Steeler · 06-14-2006, 02:38 PM

I am being critical of partisan pundits and apologists with that statement.

Beatnik · 06-14-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CingularDuality

He may not be a textbook definition of a conservative, and he may not be popular right now, but that's because he's actually being a leader and not just a puppet. If he wanted, he could follow the polls and change his stance based on public opinion. He's not doing that... He's leading.

And leading requires lots of decisions. That's why he's... The Decider.

**CingularDuality** · 06-15-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Beatnik

And leading requires lots of decisions. That's why he's... The Decider.

That is classic!

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