2007-03-23 03:46:30 · 10 answers · asked by gloria w 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because Bush is not for smaller govt., less intrusion in your personal life and greater freedoms.
Those are all tenets of classic conservatives which Bush is not
2007-03-23 03:50:15 · answer #1 · answered by Rick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There used to be a large wing of the GOP that was the country club elite, who saw big government as a philanthropic body much like their charity organizations - - but funded of course by everyone, not just them. Most of these people were old money - very old - which is why they were sometimes called "Rockefeller Republicans."
This phrase "not your daddy's Republican" is getting old though - I'm a daddy and when I was growing up the standardbearer was Ronald Reagan, who was not a Rockefeller Republican and in fact was leading the revolution against that wing of the party. Nixon was neither a Reaganite nor old money - or any money, for that matter, his father owned a small grocery store - and before that the standard-bearer was Goldwater. So, it's really "not your granddaddy's Republican."
2007-03-23 04:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spectacular element, this is unusual, related to the Republicans... They get a genuine patriot... somebody this is truthfully taken section, or did their section, in the protection tension, & they call him a wimp.... fairly some them, are not in any respect happy campers, with McCain ... yet they weren't all that astonishing, to Senator John Kerry, while he ran against Bush, in 2004.... seems they like the draft dodgers, maximum suitable.... Makes me ask your self why they hated Clinton, lots....
2016-12-15 07:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way back when, Republicans were more conservative. Now you have Straussian neo-cons.
Even my sister-in-law says that the GOP has shifted to the left the last couple of decades.
2007-03-23 03:51:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They probably mean that the Republican party isn't what it used to be.
2007-03-23 03:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by Groovy 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That truly would apply to Clinton and today's Dems.
They are out to screw America. FDR served America well.
Very sad.
2007-03-23 03:49:54 · answer #6 · answered by junglejoe 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
that he is not a real conservitve in his thinking although they are the ones who elected him all the crackers and rednecks you all.
2007-03-23 04:09:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He ain't Reagan. He's not nearly as conservative as Reagan was.
2007-03-23 03:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he spends money like a drunken sailor.
2007-03-23 03:51:01 · answer #9 · answered by Gus K 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because he is not like Reagan. he is liberal in his actions and not conservative conservative (if you can understand that)
2007-03-23 03:54:56 · answer #10 · answered by Jahpson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋