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Originally Posted by transjen
Ah yes lets start the great old BS myth the that US is always better off with an good old conservertive in the white house after all look at the wonderful job W did with his 8 yrs a true president zero  Jennifer |
Strawman argument. Bush isn't a true conservative. Neither are many of the GOP unfortunately. That's why there's the discontent with the GOP right now.
Conservatism represents moderation, practicality, prudence, and cautious consideration of action based on known facts.
Current day politicians who call themselves "conservative" typically act based on immediate feelings rather than temperance and reasoning from good evidence to action. The Bush administration allowed the market to run free yet undermined freedom of privacy, and religion. The Bush administration has restricted the 4th Amendment right against warrantless searches, opened medical records, fostered the funding of religions in the name of "faith based initiatives," and ordered intrusive background checks on government employees in non-sensitive positions.
He also had no problem in changing the constitution, and has called it just a piece of paper. He was a failure at securing the borders.
Then there's the wall street bailout. That is not something conservatives do, although you could say that the financial situation needed to be rescued because of liberal tampering (i.e. the Community Reinvestment Act).
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Originally Posted by person123
mr barack could be working for the illuminati. his actions will speak louder than words
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Illuminati? I always think 'Crackpot' when I hear that word.