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Conservatives must dead reckon from the starting point of what we know to be true about the nature of government. We know that government that governs least governs best. We know as government expands, freedom contracts. We know that government should never do for a man what he can and should do for himself. And we know that liberty also means freedom from the unbridled growth of government and its attendant burdens of debt, escalating taxes and suffocating bureaucracy.
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The conservatives will be sadly disappointed. Didn't they look at this Bush's record.
- Largest entitlement increase in 40 years.
- Largest non defense, non homeland security increases in 10 years.
- Highest deficits ever, and almost the highest ever as a % of GDP (only beaten by Reagan)
- Limitations of civil liberties with the the Patriot act
- Limitation of States rights with desire for Constitutional admendment on Gay marriage.
Besides cut taxes (Which was merely replaced by borrowing) he has done nothing on this conservative agenda.