Bush Republicanism: Anti-Conservatism In Action by Stephen Crockett

[jackster]

Hitting the Nail on the Head!

http://www.populistamerica.com/bush_republicanism__anti_conservatism_in_action

Bush Republicanism is not Conservative in the traditional sense but actually is radically anti-conservative. Bush Republicanism has emerged as the dominant political ideology of the leadership of the modern Republican Party. It has retained the allegiance of traditional conservatives by slowly and systematically using the media to corrupt the meaning of conservatism and obscure the radical nature of their political agenda.

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The contempt Bush Republicanism holds for American political traditions can be seen in their tactics and policies. The Tom Delay- Texas Congressional Re-Districting Scandals are great examples of the anti-conservative and corrupt nature of Bush Republicanism in action. The Bill Frist inspired so-called "nuclear option" tactic concerning the filibuster Democrats in the Senate were considering to block extremist judgeship nominations is typical of the Bush Republican contempt for American political traditions.

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It is time for traditional conservatives to abandon Bush Republicanism. Bush Republicans should be opposed by traditional conservatives in every Republican Primary in 2006 and 2008. Traditional conservatives should take another look at the Democratic Party which often has more in common with traditional conservatives than does Bush Republicanism. In some cases, traditional conservatives may want to consider supporting Third Party alternatives. Traditional conservatives need to reclaim the conservative label from the corrupt, Corporatists and Radical Right!

[Sammy Pepys]

1. The question is...

..do we want real conservatism? I'm not saying we want Bush's brand, but is traditional conservatism any better?

[RufusEarl]

3. No!

Sorry no, this country needs some good old progressive rule! If we can ever get rid of this admin, we certainly don't want a Goldwater republican in office.

Bu$h IMHO has just about destroyed this country, and if progressives started right now it would take a couple of decades to get a country we would recognize.

[MrTriumph]

2. Bunk- More Conservative blather to escape blame for failure

Were Bush's policies helping the American people do you think this would have been written? No.

Conservatives have proven spineless followers of whatever clap-trap Bush comes up with.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Excuses Excuses

hey .. the conservatives built this
frankenstein... they can own up to
responsibility for it.
And if they had any integrity at all...
they would help destroy it.