Are you a conservative?

Question

Do you still feel at home in the Republican Party?

Did you feel happy about the Bush presidency at first and change your mind?

Has George Bush's Presidency been more conservative than Clinton's?

Lillian- I know military spending is a matter of opinion. But Clinton inherited the Cold War military. That was a military that was built up and ready on the dime for a World War with another super power. What's wrong with peace time? Do we have to constantly build up our military even when WW3 doesn't look like it's going to happen tomorrow? The 90's were peace time and Clinton had other priorities besides building up an already vastly superior armed forces.

Answer 1

Absolutely not.

No.

Absolutely not.

Too. And absolutely bad.

Answer 2

Yes, still a conservative, yes still feel at home in the republican party, no, I'm not happy about everything in the Bush presidency (spending, the failed immigration bill, allowing Sen Kennedy to write the education bill, and allowing all the Clinton holdovers to stay after he took office).
Yes, I believe that Bush's presidency has been more conservative than Clinton's.
Why did I vote for Bush twice? Can you imagine the US with a President Gore or President Kerry.

EDIT:
You are right, military spending is a matter of opinion. Conservatives believe that keeping a large, well trained, well equiped military discourages acts against us. True, Clinton inherited the "Cold War" military. I was in the military just prior to Mr Clinton being elected (I got out in '88). We were prepared and trained to fight 2 separate wars at the same time. I understand the "Peace Dividend" argument, but, I keep hearing some from the left saying "we don't have enough troops, we need the draft re-instated". Isn't it strange, that the very people that say we need to re-instate the draft are the ones that "spent the peacetime dividend" and reduced the size of the military. I'm not saying that reducing the size of the military was wrong at that time, but there were signs that something was going to happen in the mid 90's and re-building the military, and the CIA didn't happen for whatever reason. Remember in '91 when we went into Iraq the first time and we had 500,000 pairs of boots involved? After the size of the military was reduced, we simply didn't have that many for Iraq this time around. I hold Bush responsible also for not building up the military earlier in his frist term, but realize there wasn't a whole lot that could be done in a year. Rumsfeld's idea for a smaller, more mobile military is a good idea in theory, but as one of the mottos in the Air Force years ago (SAC in particular) states, "Peace through superior firepower". Bring back the 600 ship navy and the ability to put a half million pairs of boots on the ground anywhere in the world.

Answer 3

There's a big difference between 'conservatives' and the 'neo' or 'new' conservatives represented by the Bush Junta. Even Barry Goldwater disowned this bunch of incompetent, head-up-their-@ss goofballs. The 'old' conservatives may have been a backward looking stoogy bunch of round bellied, old white guys, but at least they didn't start wars, borrow money by the ton, spend it like drunken sailors with zero results except to enrich certain corporate dons. In fact, they tended to stabilize change by objecting to radical ideas...annoying, but probably a good thing. Personally, I still like Ike, but this post Reagan bunch of yahoos have proven that they have no idea which end is up...even some of the right wing radio nitwits are beginning to have their doubts..you know something is wrong when the paid propagandists turn on the guys paying their salaries!

Answer 4

Yes I am a conservative. Yes I still feel at home in the Republican party. I felt good at first and still feel good about it. You can't compare, since George Bush has had to address many more issues in his time in office, and Clinton addressed nothing except stripping the military to dangerous levels.

Answer 5

I'm a conservative (moderate), and feel somewhat at home in the Republican party (more at home in the Libertarian, theoreticaly, but it's now sort of loaded with nuts).

I knew Bush wasn't a true conservative in 2000, but felt (and still do) he was a better choice than Gore and Kerry.

Yes, he's been more conservative than Hillary, but not by a lot.

Answer 6

I am conservative not republican. I voted for bush twice but i'm not happy with him. I still think he was the better choice. I think he is more conservative than Clinton. I love the idea of America, but america is run by people. I am a person and I am flawed. I think that anything run by people will eventually fail. Still I would die for the idea of America. I just don't think that it is now what the founding fathers envisioned

Answer 7

yes I'm conservative yes i feel s home in the the republican party yes I'm happy about Bush and yes Bush is better than Clinton

Answer 8

Yes I am a Conservative

I still support the Republicans but some loyalty and changes are needed.

Yes, He has been lax in his second term, but still better than Kerry could have ever been

Yes, it has.

Answer 9

I am not only a Conservative but I am a loyal Conservative! While I am not totally happy with every decision Mr. Bush has made, I would vote for him all over again!

Answer 10

1.) Moderate Conservative

2.) Yes

3.) Yes

Answer 11

You've got four questions. I am pretty intelligent and self reliant, so being a liberal would have been out of the question. Bush is doing just fine, and there has been no reason to change my mind.