Bush is nowhere near being a conservative. He ran being associated with that guise, but his voting record has proven that he has made Government ever bigger while he has been in office. Take for example the Dept. of Homeland Security. It’s an additional layer of bureaucracy on an already ineffective security design that has been ruined in the 90s and not improved upon since 9/11. The greatest failure of our intelligence gathering was due to Clinton era politically correct policies that put an end to relationships with assets in other countries due to their “nefarious nature.” As a result, that human intelligence factor became practically useless. In addition, the almost sole reliance on technological means for intelligence gathering is another cause for the failures that led to 9/11. So what you have here, to start, is a start of screwing up our intelligence services.
9/11 occurred, 5 years after that horrible event the Bush administration has trampled on civil liberties with the Patriot Act. What in the world is going on where you use your right to peacefully protest while stuck in a free speech zone? Other aspects of the Patriot Act also violate the 4th Amendment by warrantless sneak searches for suspected terrorists. On the surface, that is not bad. We need to get those people who commit such crimes, and are intent on doing harm to American citizens. The thing that concerns me about the Patriot Act is the terminology and definition of “terrorist” is not defined, and could also be applied to American citizens. Sneaky wire taps and bloated Government spending is not the action of a conservative. At no time have we seen “limited government” being applied by this administration. Why? Because they are not conservatives.
One good aspect of the Libs getting the House and Senate is the fact that there will be more tied up in Government, meaning no new laws, and that can constitute limited government due to the gridlock causing nothing to happen. That’s the only real hope that I have. Believe me; I have no love at all for libs. Who knows what kind of San Franciscancrat policies Pelosi is going to run through legislation. All I can do is wait and see.
The thing that concerns me the most is things Bush has been quietly working on like the North American Union, and the fact that those few Republicans that pushed for some sort of positive illegal immigration issues fought Bush’s amnesty plan will be out of a job. I read stories that in light of everything, Bush’s push for Amnesty might actually become fact because the libs also have the same idea. It’s going to get much worse in that aspect. The thing that really cracks me up is amnesty was provided to 3 million illegal aliens under Reagan, with the notion that it would resolve the problem. 20 years later, it obviously has not.
I voted solely on the how politician’s records reflected on the immigration issue. Unfortunately, Allen did not win VA. As a guy that sits in the middle, it’s kind of good to see some of these idiot neocons loose some power, but at the same time libs in control of 2 branches of government are not that great of a thing. We’ll have to wait and see. I just hope that we see a true reflection of the checks and balances, and not these globalist morons screwing America more and more.
