Comments on: REPUBLICAN DIVERSITY ENCOMPASSES BUSH CRITICS http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/16/republican-diversity-encompasses-bush-critics/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Sat, 02 May 2026 10:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: robert108 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/16/republican-diversity-encompasses-bush-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-148434 robert108 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:46:22 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/16/republican-diversity-encompasses-bush-critics/#comment-148434 Mr Moran: Read your piece on American Thinker, and found it interesting. I have always considered that what differentiates conservatives from everyone else is that we tend to be individualistic and motivated by principles rather than ideology. As such, we are quite a bit less likely to march in lockstep. For instance, I disagree with you on the estate tax, considering it double taxation at best, but agree with you on other matters. I don't consider the President to be a conservative, in an overall sense, but do admire his leadership in time of war. My main point here is to contextualize him. The previous President took the country so far to the left, IMO, that simply being any sort of Republican is a boon in the present President. In other words, my expectations of him, before 9/11, were quite low, and he hasn't disappointed me. In fact, I am gratified by his leadership in national defense and in the prosecution of the war, with which I agree. I wish he had been even more aggressive, but as I say, I had low expectations of him. I do think Presidents in general should be judged in respect to their times, for the most part. He stinks on spending, border enforcement and the expansion of the public sector. He has done the minimum on tax cuts, but it's better than nothing. I like your site, btw. Mr Moran: Read your piece on American Thinker, and found it interesting. I have always considered that what differentiates conservatives from everyone else is that we tend to be individualistic and motivated by principles rather than ideology. As such, we are quite a bit less likely to march in lockstep. For instance, I disagree with you on the estate tax, considering it double taxation at best, but agree with you on other matters. I don’t consider the President to be a conservative, in an overall sense, but do admire his leadership in time of war. My main point here is to contextualize him. The previous President took the country so far to the left, IMO, that simply being any sort of Republican is a boon in the present President. In other words, my expectations of him, before 9/11, were quite low, and he hasn’t disappointed me. In fact, I am gratified by his leadership in national defense and in the prosecution of the war, with which I agree. I wish he had been even more aggressive, but as I say, I had low expectations of him. I do think Presidents in general should be judged in respect to their times, for the most part. He stinks on spending, border enforcement and the expansion of the public sector. He has done the minimum on tax cuts, but it’s better than nothing.
I like your site, btw.

]]> By: Cowboy http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/16/republican-diversity-encompasses-bush-critics/comment-page-1/#comment-148418 Cowboy Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:07:14 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/02/16/republican-diversity-encompasses-bush-critics/#comment-148418 As a conservative who has come under considerable fire for criticizing Bush myself, I regretfully have to say that there are a substantial number of "Bush bots" on the 'net. For these people any criticism of Bush at all labels the critic with the dreaded "l" word. I disagree with your assessment of Chuck Hagel. I do not see him as being "from the left" at all. In my opinion, Hagel is far more conservative than George W. Bush. He's more fiscally conservative. He's more socially conservative. While I disagree with Hagel on the Iraq War, I respect his opinion. I support the war, but don't see Hagel's principled opposition to it as being liberal at all. Cowboy As a conservative who has come under considerable fire for criticizing Bush myself, I regretfully have to say that there are a substantial number of “Bush bots” on the ‘net. For these people any criticism of Bush at all labels the critic with the dreaded “l” word.

I disagree with your assessment of Chuck Hagel. I do not see him as being “from the left” at all. In my opinion, Hagel is far more conservative than George W. Bush. He’s more fiscally conservative. He’s more socially conservative. While I disagree with Hagel on the Iraq War, I respect his opinion. I support the war, but don’t see Hagel’s principled opposition to it as being liberal at all.

Cowboy

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