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Ever since the beginning of the Iraq War, all those who have criticized it have been called traitors by conservatives. Anyone who said a bad word about our great commander-in-chief, was fiercely criticized. Then, most of the critics were liberals, so it was OK to bash and trash them. Now that Iraq is not in such good shape and the commander-in-chief is in even worse shape, coservatives are finding fault with their dear leader. They are even criticizing the war effort. Holy cow! Are conservatives traitors too?
The latest criticism comes from Richard A. Viguerie, Mister Conservative himself. I almost fell out of my chair when I read this statement of his:
"The main cause of conservatives' anger with Bush is this: He talked like a conservative to win our votes but never governed like a conservative."
Here I have been thinking all this time that Bush talks like a liberal to win votes and then he governs like a conservative to please his true constituents: the rich. How can both liberals and conservatives be right about this? Evidently Bush is a much bigger con man than any of us believed.
Then again, maybe conservatives now are overstating their case. For 5 and a half years they stuck by their president, loved everything he did and threw bouquets and hosannas at him. They agreed with everything he did when Bush's popularity was at 90%. Now that it is down in the 30s the bouquets are turning to brickbats.
Did Viguerie and other "movement" conservatives think that Bush was acting as a conservative all this time?
What is conservative about building the greatest budget deficit in American history?
What is conservative about awarding subsidies to oil companies?
What is conservative about a Patriot Act that reduces liberties of citizens?
What is conservative about torturing detainees?
What is conservative about going to war against a country - Iraq - in order to do regime change?
I have not heard it before, but now Viguerie complains about the Iraq War:
"We've been rewarded with a war in Iraq that drags on because of the failure to provide adequate resources at the beginning, and with exactly the sort of 'nation-building' that Candidate Bush said he opposed."
Here we are with Viguerie, a conservative if there ever was one, criticizing the commander-in-chief in the middle of a war. He is not the only conservative doing so. There are many. Shall we call Viguerie a traitor? Shall we say that all the conservatives complaining about Bush's handling of the war are wimps who do not want to fight the "war on terror"? They want to "cut and run"?
No, I as a liberal, would not say this. These conservatives were happy Republicans were in control so they went along with a lot they did not agree with. But this is an excuse, not something to cheer about.
Conservatives and liberals see things differently. Neither are traitors. No one deserves to be called such names to gain political advantage.
The latest criticism comes from Richard A. Viguerie, Mister Conservative himself. I almost fell out of my chair when I read this statement of his:
"The main cause of conservatives' anger with Bush is this: He talked like a conservative to win our votes but never governed like a conservative."
Here I have been thinking all this time that Bush talks like a liberal to win votes and then he governs like a conservative to please his true constituents: the rich. How can both liberals and conservatives be right about this? Evidently Bush is a much bigger con man than any of us believed.
Then again, maybe conservatives now are overstating their case. For 5 and a half years they stuck by their president, loved everything he did and threw bouquets and hosannas at him. They agreed with everything he did when Bush's popularity was at 90%. Now that it is down in the 30s the bouquets are turning to brickbats.
Did Viguerie and other "movement" conservatives think that Bush was acting as a conservative all this time?
What is conservative about building the greatest budget deficit in American history?
What is conservative about awarding subsidies to oil companies?
What is conservative about a Patriot Act that reduces liberties of citizens?
What is conservative about torturing detainees?
What is conservative about going to war against a country - Iraq - in order to do regime change?
I have not heard it before, but now Viguerie complains about the Iraq War:
"We've been rewarded with a war in Iraq that drags on because of the failure to provide adequate resources at the beginning, and with exactly the sort of 'nation-building' that Candidate Bush said he opposed."
Here we are with Viguerie, a conservative if there ever was one, criticizing the commander-in-chief in the middle of a war. He is not the only conservative doing so. There are many. Shall we call Viguerie a traitor? Shall we say that all the conservatives complaining about Bush's handling of the war are wimps who do not want to fight the "war on terror"? They want to "cut and run"?
No, I as a liberal, would not say this. These conservatives were happy Republicans were in control so they went along with a lot they did not agree with. But this is an excuse, not something to cheer about.
Conservatives and liberals see things differently. Neither are traitors. No one deserves to be called such names to gain political advantage.
I found this to be to funny not to share with you guys.
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