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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:17 PM
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Can someone, ANYONE, yet prove to me that George W. Bush is conservative?
I've been waiting five and a half years for the explanation.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:18 PM
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1. He's certainly conserved his brain. You know, by not using it.
He's conserved his heart as well.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:19 PM
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2. Is it possible to conserve somethine that one never had
in the first place?
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:21 PM
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3. Depends on the definition of "conservative".
By the current American usage, he's a complete conservative. Anti-gay, tax cuts, no limit to military spending, anti-choice, "religious", etc.
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eallen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:25 PM
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5. Bush was pivotal in changing the meaning of "conservative"....
He has pretty much turned on its head the old-fashioned notion of a conservative as someone who hews to small government and financial prudence. Intead, he has put together a coalition of the religious right, those who want to project American might into the Middle East, and ... well, the religious right. And given how he has handled the Iraq war, only the last group is sticking by him.
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BillZBubb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:33 PM
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6. Disagree--Bush is merely a poor copy of Reagan.
Reagan is the one who started this crap. Bush just attached himself to it because the sheeple bought Reagan's bullshit. Reagan pandered to the religious right, ran up huge deficits, started illegal wars, etc.
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:25 PM
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4. does conserving the obscene profits and wealth of his "base" count?
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:37 PM
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7. In the words of John Stuart Mill,
"...stupid people are generally Conservative."

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRmill.htm
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:46 PM
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10. It was estimated JSM had the highest IQ in history
Not that he ever took a test, but judged on his writings he was a genius.

And a liberal. Funny how the two go together.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:43 PM
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8. Now let's see
Smaller, less intrusive Government? Nope.

Reducing runaway spending? Nope.

Getting government out of people's personal lives? Nope.

Cutting taxes? Well, for the top 10%, yes. Everyone else, suck it up.

Less interference in foreign matters and no more "nation building"? Nope.

Saving American jobs? Nope.

Keeping illegal immigrants under control? Nope.

Those are the top priorities of conservatives as I've heard them for years and years and years.

And Bunnypants fails in every category.

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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-01-06 10:44 PM
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9. Geez, I'd settle for proof that he's even HUMAN! n/t
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KyuzoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:58 PM
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11. kick nt
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-02-06 09:59 PM
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12. I'm still waiting for proof he isn't reptilian, and not of this earth. :D
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