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I have a question for the board:

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I am sure Mr. Megaloman would consider me a Rino. However, I don't understand why people consider George W. Bush such a conservative. He is a little more conservative than me on the social issue. But on those he mostly just talks a lot and does nothing (e.g. not really pushing for the marriage amendment etc.). On foreign policy we see eye to eye, although I consider the whole neocon thing as following in the Wilson and Kennedy tradition. Aggresively pushing for democracy around the world is not a traditional conservative foreign policy position. Usually the conservatives only do stuff that is in the national interest. On Fiscal issues I don't think Bush is conservative at all. He has not cut domestic spending significantly - he passed a rather small tax cut - and I would be pushing for much more drastic changes to social security. I would have never pushed the Medicare drug prescription thing. So if I am not a conservative Republican, and Bush is to the left of me on many issues, why do so many people see him as this right wing fanatic?

Because they're idiots.