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Originally Posted by Rekna
I thought the worst statement of the night, which was said by a couple people, was the attempts to paint GWB as a liberal. They said things such as he ran as a conservative but lead as a liberal. Now if that isn't horribly dishonest spin I don't know what is. Is this the rights new strategy say Bush was a liberal all along?
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Traditional conservatism is libertarianism -- a very limited government with importance placed on individual liberties, and an anti-war stance to the point of being branded isolationists.
Bush, clearly, is not a traditional conservative, or conservative in any sense of the word. Is he liberal? He certainly isn't conservative. What is "liberal?" If it is being literally liberal with the money of others by means of taxation to fund unnecessary wars, and literally liberally violating the individual rights of citizens then Bush is definitely a liberal.