Bush may be a pseudo fiscal conservative (huge deficits and the formation of a new branch of government are not typical conservative virtues), but he definitely believes in more government interference in social issues, a la abortion, drug issues, more police, more restrictions on personal liberty, greater surveillance of the public, less right-to-know for the public and a host of other issues that strain his identity as a traditional "conservative." I could have named quite a few more, but I hope that my point has been made.
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