At 01:14 PM 1/1/01 -0800, Doug wrote:
>He campaigned as a conservative in the primaries and as a moderate in the
>general election.
A moderate? Really?
I seem to recall him campaigning on a huge tax cut, appointing justices
like Scalia and Thomas, and privitizing Social Security?
Oh I get it..... Bush is only a reactionary conservative when you're
campaigning against him - once he's in office he's suddenly supposed to be
a moderate.
> And according to many on this list, he _is_ moderate.
I think those opinions are in error, if they exist. The most I've seen is
that Bush is no Alan Keyes, but he's no Arlen Specter either.
>They are conservative appointments where they can do the most "damage".
If he
>had appointed a conservative Secretary of State, few people would object. He
>appointed moderates to positions where their moderation is of little
>consequence.
I am glad that you consider the Environmental Protection Agency, the State
Dept., and Treasury Dept.
to be of little consequence. Remind me not to vote for you.......
>Considering that roughly a third of the populace questions the legitimacy of
>his administration (myself included) I think it would have served the country
>better to make less controversial appointments. Not that I expected him to.
Yeah, two "controversial" conservatives out of fourteen, Bush is really
pushing the envelope here...... Bush made no bones during the campaign
that he was pro-life and skeptical of governmental environmental
regulation...... it seems irrational to expect him to do a 180 just because
the election was close.
JDG
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