Bush, Impostor - Q for Bush Supporters

hankdane · #1 (**permalink**) 03-04-2006, 09:25 PM

What do Bush supporters think about Barlett's book, "Impostor?"

Check out a good overview here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5227215

Bartlett:

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I write as a Reaganite, by which I mean someone who believes in the historical conservative philosophy of small government, federalism, free trade, and the Constitution as originally understood by the Founding Fathers. On that basis, Bush clearly is not a Reaganite or "small c" conservative. Philosophically, he has more in common with liberals, who see no limits to state power as long as it is used to advance what they think is right. In the same way, Bush has used government to pursue a "conservative" agenda as he sees it. But that is something that runs totally contrary to the restraints and limits to power inherent in the very nature of traditional conservatism. It is inconceivable to traditional conservatives that there could ever be such a thing as "big government conservatism," a term often used to describe Bush's philosophy.

Jellyfish · #2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 07:07 AM

I wonder if the Bush haters’ quest to vilify Bush will end once his term is over.

Zoe · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 08:45 AM

Don't you get it? True conservatives can't stand the guy either.

apotropoxy · #4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellyfish";p=&quot

I wonder if the Bush haters’ quest to vilify Bush will end once his term is over.

Bush the Lame's vilification (villainy) is entirely of his own doing. The realists just point out his atrocities. Closure will come when he and his iniquitous cabal are brought before a war crimes tribunal at the Hague.

ForceoftheTruth · #5 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 09:09 AM

Well, I'd be glad to send Alberto Gonzales and possibly Donald Rumsfeld to international court, but I don't think that Bush or Cheney have done anything to merit such an action.

Jellyfish · #6 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoe";p=&quot

Don't you get it? True conservatives can't stand the guy either.

Which is why it on an NPR website.
You guys are still reading the tea leaves.

Jellyfish · #7 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by apotropoxy";p=&quot

Bush the Lame's vilification (villainy) is entirely of his own doing. The realists just point out his atrocities. Closure will come when he and his iniquitous cabal are brought before a war crimes tribunal at the Hague.

More wishful thinking. The Hague’s incompetence is what keeps the SOB Milosevic alive.
Keep the Phenobarbital flowing.

ForceoftheTruth · #8 (**permalink**) 03-05-2006, 09:44 AM

The person who started this thread is right of Bush. Paleoconservatives are outraged with the current administration's policies. I don't agree with paleoconservatism or neoconservatism, but without question, I prefer the former to the latter.

hankdane · #9 (**permalink**) 03-07-2006, 11:31 PM

I can't help noticing that nobody has given any comments in response to Bartlett.

Is it fair to assume, then, that the consensus of the board is that Bush is just an aggressive chump with an agenda?

stekim · #10 (**permalink**) 03-08-2006, 06:00 AM

Bartlett is dead on accurate. But that's been known for awhile. Bush, IMO, is the worst of all worlds. He's a big government fiscal liberal, a big government social conservative and has a short sighted and dangerous foreign policy that in the long run does nothing to keep Americans safe. But besides that he' been a great President.

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Philosophically, he has more in common with liberals, who see no limits to state power as long as it is used to advance what they think is right.

Pretty much.

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