Questions about Bush's conservative principles
(By Byron York, Washington Examiner) - How many times during the last eight years did you hear that George W. Bush was a dangerous right-wing extremist? Probably too many to count.
What you heard less often were expressions of the deep reservations some conservatives felt about Bush's governing philosophy.
Conservatives greatly admired Bush for his steadfastness in the War on Terror -- to use that outlawed phrase -- and they were delighted by his choices of John Roberts and Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court. But when it came to a fundamental conservative principle like fiscal discipline, many conservatives felt the president just wasn't with them.
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What you heard less often were expressions of the deep reservations some conservatives felt about Bush's governing philosophy.
Conservatives greatly admired Bush for his steadfastness in the War on Terror -- to use that outlawed phrase -- and they were delighted by his choices of John Roberts and Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court. But when it came to a fundamental conservative principle like fiscal discipline, many conservatives felt the president just wasn't with them.
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From 'National Review Online':
'I whupped Gary Bauer's a—.'
So last week at the "death of conservatism" panel at AEI, Sam Tanenhaus closed by recommending that the conservative movement cease to think of itself as a movement. Turns out there is one right-leaning Republican who apparently agrees with Tanenhaus: George W. Bush!...
As Byron recounts Latimer's tale, when reviewing a speech draft for an appearance at CPAC, Bush demanded that all references to the conservative "movement" be stricken because, among other reasons, "I whupped Gary Bauer's a— in 2000. . . . There is no movement." Now I know Bauer is diminutive in stature, but who's the little man here?
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