"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"DSK" wrote in message
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Maybe, after careful study & deliberation, their decisions are wiser than
you give them credit for. Many people criticise Justice O'Connor for her
unwillingness to overturn 'Roe vs Wade.'

Sounds to me like she trusts MOST people to make the right decisions for
themselves, with the least amount of government "help". Wait...that sounds
familiar. Isn't that a pillar of conservative thinking?


You have put your finger on an important point. Most of today's
"conservatives" are not really conservative. Traditional conservative values
include

- Fiscal responsibility.
- Reluctance to send troops overseas unless really justified.
- Competence.
- Honesty.
- Individual responsibility.
- Individual freedoms and rights.

How do the Bush administration and supporters fare on these measures?

Fiscal responsibility: Rather than "tax and spend" they borrow and spend,
driving deficits and national debt to record levels while providing billions
is tax breaks to the super-wealthy and corporations..

Reluctance to send troops overseas unless really justified: Start an
unjustified and illegal war in Iraq based on a tissue of lies and bad
intelligence. 1700+ American troops dead, untold thousands maimed, more
terrorists now than ever before.

Competence: An astounding degree of incompetence in planning and executing
the "war on terror". Incompetents such as Rice, Wolfowitz promoted.

Honesty: An endless stream of distortions, misrepresentations, and outright
lies on everything from the war, terrorism. the prescription benefit,
climate change - the list goes on and on.

Individual responsibility: Thinks government should be able to tell people
how to run their private lives when it comes to reproduction, medical
marijuana, choosing a spouse, etc.

Individual freedoms and rights: Thinks it's fine to torture people. Thinks
it's fine to arrest American citizens and deny them all constitutional
protections.

Score? 0%. As left-of-center moderate I am ****ed enough at the Bush cabal.
If I were a conservative I would be livid.


Peter Aitken