call me crazy but the "no child left behind"program seemed a bit socialist to me. I also wasn't crazy about this "guest worker program"he proposed, and why hasn't he scrapped some f the more usless social programs?
2006-11-04 03:15:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Kudos to this question. You are correct, not crazy. I bet you knew that though. Moreso, his miserable failure to secure our border. Reagan said "A nation without borders is not a nation."
Also that he caved on his social security plan, which is capitulation to the left, if not just plain leftist. Making gov't the sole arbiter of that desicion is NOT the act of a conservative.
Republicans will lose seats this election and sadly they have no one but themselves to blame. They were given government on a silver platter. The House, the Senate, the executive, and the SJC. What a mandate! And how abyssmally blown.
He's no Reagan, that's for sure.
2006-11-04 03:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, he doesn't seem a "true" republican at all. Don't forget his huge Medicare prescription drug program, the fact that he hasn't vetoed any pork spending bills and massive US govt debt and trade deficit. States Rights used to be important to Republicans but this has been usurped by much larger Federal government which spends a lot of time rendering state laws useless. It also seems strange that this administration spends a lot of effort concentrating on what people do in their bedrooms or private homes when the "old" party tended to support personal privacy rights. It seems the only "fiscal conservatism" he demonstrates is tax cuts. I really don't know whether Republicans today have scrapped the old values or don't notice the change.
2006-11-04 05:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
At the moment Bush is the best thing to happen to liberal Democrats since Richard Nixon. He's a liability to any Republican that he endorses. His ratings are pitiful. If he were a true Republican he would have been listening to the more moderate wing of the party. I wish he'd get out and stump for more conservatives so they'll lose on Tuesday.
2006-11-04 03:27:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The president's job includes trying to represent all Americans, including the Left (however distasteful that may be). Those "socialist" programs were put in place at least in part due to pressures from the Left, and he hasn't scrapped them because they're somewhat effective and he's trying to do what he can, within reason, to please the Dems.
2006-11-04 03:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't forget about his strong support of the environment (increased the size of US protected marine wildlife sanctuary by 600%).
2006-11-04 03:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes he is a republican just not a conservative.Republicans love their children too and we don't even want illegals to starve we just want them to go home and us to enforce the laws we have.
2006-11-04 03:56:38 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In many ways he is Too True. Conservatives have their utmost champion, but the result is not so wonderful as they would have liked. But people remain conservative themselves, so it is largely an attack on Bush that we see now, not an ideological attack on conservative values.
2006-11-04 03:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by voltaire 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seriously, who cares, we need some decent changes around here, and all i want to see Bush do is more progress
2006-11-04 03:17:34 · answer #8 · answered by See ya later aligator 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, a republican wouldn't run up the defecit like him.
2006-11-04 03:18:25 · answer #9 · answered by geselski 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure. Republican and Conservative are two different things. He's definitely not a fiscal conservative.
2006-11-04 03:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by fat_american 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋