Quote from Pa(b)st Prime:
What makes one a conservative?
Right off the bat is taxes. A government that excessively taxes will shit on any other liberties you have left. Sure they'll throw you the occasional bone, as long as that "bone" is homo sex rather than pot, but by and large when a guy cuts taxes every which way but loose he's a conservative. Conservatives believe your earnings are sacrosanct.
Secondly a conservative believes strongly in Second Amendment rights. The Left hates gun rights. Funny because Blacks are 99% of the gun "problem" and the Left normally loves blacks because they're so exploitable. the reason the left cringes at guns is because of the intent behind the 2nd Amendment. The Left knows that if they get out of line a bunch of rightwingers will start killing them. Bush is pro-gun. Score 1 for conservatives.
Everyone knows the Supreme Court is as important as Congress in the art of lawmaking. The pre-Bush court was atrocious. Assaulting states rights in abortion, assaulting property owners rights in eminent domain, assaulting....well assault gun owners in other anti 2nd amendment rulings. Bush's most important, longest lasting legacy will be this Court. Score it conservative.
Way Down The List of Importance is Iraq.
As a fiscal conservative/isolationist I loathe the war for it's expense of needed revenue and the loss of young American lives. Because of Bush's hawkishness during the 2000 primary's I was wary of Bush. In fact I was elected as an alternate-Delegate to Forbes. Needless to say my ass wasn't at the GOP convention that year.
Conservatives don't start wars. Except for the Bush's Republican's don't either. WWl- Wilson, WWll-FDR, Korea-Truman, Vietnam- JFK/LBJ
A motley crew of liberal, socialists who felt the divine right of intervention. Iraq certainly is certainly smaller in scope than the wars previous but it's the kind of stupid war a Democrat fights. Alas I see the Middle east EXPLODING after a Dem is elected in 2008. Iraq=Not conservative.
Medicaid Give away= Liberal, greedy and on the government dole America isn't even grateful.
Aids in Africa and other BS=Liberal
Social Security Reform though equals conservative.
So on the most important issues he's been fine for conservatives.
