A Man for the Few

have warped his judgment, and Bush seems to be having trouble remembering the lessons of Reagan.

You mean like Reagan's amnesty of illegals?

You mean like Reagan's rocket high deficit?

You mean like Reagan's cut and run out of Libanon?

You mean like Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Conner?

You mean like Reagan's lack of meaningful support for pro-life issues?

You mean like Reagan's government that GREW while Clinton's shrunk?

Exactly what DID Reagan do but give pretty speeches about a Conservative Utopia that he couldn't achieve because he didn't have a Conservative Congress?

Doug, war is a serious business, don't you think it's time conservative absolutist put aside the Reagan story book and get back to reality?

"exactly what did Reagan do... *for the issues the absolutist are demanding from Bush...

I am aware of Reagan's accomplishment...I am not trying to take that away from him. I am trying to separate the real man from his ex-speech writer's rewrite.

If Reagan believed in his party half as much as he seemed to, I think he would cry at what his followers have done to the GOP in his name.

Reagan may have been a Conservative dreamer...but he wasn't an idiot.

That is exactly what the "absolutists" wanted Bush to do - be a "Yes" man. Didn't they listen when he was running? Everything that he did in office was part of his platform - the things that they hate, such as "no child left behind" and the "guest worker program" were discussed prior to the election.

Bush did not change when he went to Washington. As long as the majorities are slim, disfunctional Washington is the problem, not Bush.