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Conservative intelligensia quitting Bush.....
FINALLY! Some conservative thinkers with the power of analysis and insight are quitting the Bush camp of failed neo-con policies. Realize that they are not quitting because they have all become tree-hugging liberals like me, but because they realize that Bush betrayed traditional conservative values (small gov't, personal freedom, fiscal responsiblity, avoiding foreign entanglements/alliances).
Examples:
Francis Fukuyama: "Neoconservativism, as both a political symbol and a body of thought," he went on, "has evolved into something I can no longer support."
Bruce Bartlett, economist who served in the Reagan administration: "I Know Conservatives, and George W. Bush Is No Conservative"
Republican Congressman Pete King, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said: "I will fight harder than ever for this legislation, and if it is vetoed I will fight as hard as I can to override it." (commenting on potential legislation to stop a company owned by the United Arab Emirates from running several U.S. ports)
Bush's own party has finally realized that not only is big goverment conservatism with a heaping dose of authoritarianism cause a potential disaster at the polls by alienating citizens, it also is a colossal policy failure.
Examples:
Francis Fukuyama: "Neoconservativism, as both a political symbol and a body of thought," he went on, "has evolved into something I can no longer support."
Bruce Bartlett, economist who served in the Reagan administration: "I Know Conservatives, and George W. Bush Is No Conservative"
Republican Congressman Pete King, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said: "I will fight harder than ever for this legislation, and if it is vetoed I will fight as hard as I can to override it." (commenting on potential legislation to stop a company owned by the United Arab Emirates from running several U.S. ports)
Bush's own party has finally realized that not only is big goverment conservatism with a heaping dose of authoritarianism cause a potential disaster at the polls by alienating citizens, it also is a colossal policy failure.
