Declared war on the world? CheckBW23 wrote:Yeah, Bush really did what the right wanted.
Made massive increases in defense spending? Check
Stripped away civil liberties? Check
Made extreme tax cuts? Check
Nominated conservative judges for the SCOTUS? Check
That's about as deep as the neo-con agenda gets, so yes, I'd say he did a pretty good job of doing what the right wanted. His approval ratings with Republicans is still good. Conclusion? Bush is a Republican success.
OK, but most Americans (the majority) voted for Algore and may have even voted for John Kerry, but we'll never know. Even greater majorities voted for Clinton. While Reagan was a superstar, it's likely that H.W. Bush won -- not because he was seen as a good choice -- but because of things like Willie Horton, Reagan and Michael Dukakis. And it's likely that W didn't win because he was seen as a good choice, but because his campaign had an unholy smear campaign against his opponent. It didn't take but one month into his second term for his fav/unfav to reach -3. Food for thought.Yes, what people on the right believe and what most Americans believe are two different things. Yet, there's only been 8 years of a Democratic presidency in the last 28. This is the first time in that time they've thrown out a guy this close to the middle. I don't know any conservatives, true conservatives anyway, that were happy with this selection.
You said yourself that this country has had 20 of 28 years of Republican presidencies which obviously means we are a nation of neo-cons. If this were truly the case, then it seems like the smartest people to ever live (Republicans) would've nominated Romney or Thompson or whatever plucky Reagan-esque candidate was left to reflect those conservative values.And those are really his only supporters. And it's mostly because of the fear of an Obama presidency. They picked a guy close to the middle, and the middle didn't work. It was stupid from the start.
Republicans did not nominate McCain because they feared an Obama presidency -- he was practically the nominee after Super Tuesday. Romney dropped out three days later. It took Obama until the middle of March before it became clear that he was going to be the nominee. So, if Republicans across the country were counting on Obama winning the nomination by Super Tuesday, that would mean they are clairvoyant.
