Was George W. Bush A Conservative ?

[beautress]

Bush was a conservative, and he eliminated brownsfields that were killing American avians at such an alarming rate that Bush was awarded a conservation honor by an important Duck association that noticed threatened ducks were making a spectacular comeback on account of President George W. Bush.

I was very proud of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. A Wyoming resident for 35 years, it was a special joy to me to watch the formal festivities of Vice President Cheney being formally announced as Dubya's running mate way back when, at my children's school, Natrona County High School. Everybody in Wyoming, especially Casperites cheered. It was one of my happiest days ever politically. We were all cheering and dancing in the gymnasium. They had to put everyone in the 3 largest rooms at NCHS. Such a wonderful day the smallest populated states furnished such a great and beloved son to high office in far away D.C.

 

[Jets]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

 

[beautress]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

Congress controls spending, not the President, doll.

 

[Jets]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

Congress controls spending, not the President, doll.

Correct, but spending bills still require his signature.

 

[eagle7-31]

I am curious to know what people think.

I will add my opinion a little later.

Thanks for your thoughtful answers, thoughts, and opinions.

No he was not. On a few issues yes. But overall no.

 

[beautress]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

Congress controls spending, not the President, doll.

Correct, but spending bills still require his signature.

The presidency is unique in America. And President Bush took his task of making decisions that reflected what was best for the most. He did what he could to meet people halfway, including those who peppered him with ridicule based on fiction, not facts. He did plenty for those of every walk of life with respect and a lot more decency and compassion than his clatterhorn critiques. His cleanup of brownfields did more than provide an increase in the good health and population increase of game birds, it saved a lot of human beings from industrial poisoning, illness, and cancer deaths. Environmental betterment and benefits of this blessed America very well. Those of us who are born in Texas or adopt Texas as their state share a lot of grief from out of staters who believe southern accents and colloquialisms of the Lone Star State reflect low iqs and look down their noses at slow walking, laconic people that we often are, and some even compared Dubya to a Mad Magazine cover boy and scraped their Florscheim shoes on our booted Texas Vietnam vets who fought to save the human rights and welfare of people from countries around the world as did heros from all American states and territories.

Bush did all he could to unite people, and he often turned the other cheek to some members of the press hoodlums who did not respect the truth nor the multiple good things he did. There's something wrong with the press divisively finding fault in the good and praise for the bad. They shame themselves, not bright, articulate people of good character in fairness and wise planning.

 

[Rigby5]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

Congress controls spending, not the President, doll.

That is the way it is supposed to be, but Bush demanded continual emergency funding bills that he forced Congress to pass by declaring it an emergency.
But deserves all the blame for the $6 trillion he added to the national debt.
Congress only gets blame for letting him start the war in Iraq, because once it was started, there is no way congress could refuse constant additional funds or they would look like they were undercutting the troops.

 

[Rigby5]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

Congress controls spending, not the President, doll.

Correct, but spending bills still require his signature.

The presidency is unique in America. And President Bush took his task of making decisions that reflected what was best for the most. He did what he could to meet people halfway, including those who peppered him with ridicule based on fiction, not facts. He did plenty for those of every walk of life with respect and a lot more decency and compassion than his clatterhorn critiques. His cleanup of brownfields did more than provide an increase in the good health and population increase of game birds, it saved a lot of human beings from industrial poisoning, illness, and cancer deaths. Environmental betterment and benefits of this blessed America very well. Those of us who are born in Texas or adopt Texas as their state share a lot of grief from out of staters who believe southern accents and colloquialisms of the Lone Star State reflect low iqs and look down their noses at slow walking, laconic people that we often are, and some even compared Dubya to a Mad Magazine cover boy and scraped their Florscheim shoes on our booted Texas Vietnam vets who fought to save the human rights and welfare of people from countries around the world as did heros from all American states and territories.

Bush did all he could to unite people, and he often turned the other cheek to some members of the press hoodlums who did not respect the truth nor the multiple good things he did. There's something wrong with the press divisively finding fault in the good and praise for the bad. They shame themselves, not bright, articulate people of good character in fairness and wise planning.

Are you kidding?
He lied about Iraqi WMD, murdered half a million innocent people, and put us over $6 trillion in debt, causing a great recession that went on for about 10 years.
He will go down in history as the single worst president ever, and nothing remotely conservative about him.
He even pushed illegal firearm confiscation during Katrina.

 

[Desperado]

Both Bushes were neocon globalists. Definitely not conservatives

What does Neocon stand for?

Very Informative Video

 

[Rigby5]

Both Bushes were neocon globalists. Definitely not conservatives

What does Neocon stand for?

Very Informative Video

I agree with the video, but by definition, neocons are not conservatives.
They borrow too much, want to impose US policies on other nations by force, and believe in a fascist sort of secret cabal to impose their order in the US and on the whole rest of the world.
A conservative follows strict limits on the federal government, does not over spend, and waste US money on unnecessary military ventures that are not defensive.

 

[basquebromance]

from George W Bush's memoir, talking about his dad's presidency:

"Operation Desert Storm was a stunning success"

2 sentences later:

"149 Americans were killed"

he was an idiot, that's how best to describe him

 

[Rigby5]

from George W Bush's memoir, talking about his dad's presidency:

"Operation Desert Storm was a stunning success"

2 sentences later:

"149 Americans were killed"

he was an idiot, that's how best to describe him

I agree that both Bushes were wrong and even evil.
Desert Storm was about returning the emir to power in Kuwait, even though he is not democratic or legitimate, and was responsible for stealing Iraqi oil.

 

[22lcidw]

No. The last Conservative POTUS was Andrew Jackson.

The first of the modern Democrats! Ironic.

He fought off the then politicians from outside influences in establishing a National Bank based on Fiat Currency. Woody Wilson was a modern Democrat who gave us the Federal Reserve Fiat Currency, the Federal Income Tax and the 17th Amendment in 1913. Promises of not going to war and well you know how that is. It seems we may flaming out now with all the debt accrued in the Biden era of political influence.

 

[bendog]

It's interesting to note the Bush era neocons put their support behind Biden in 2020.

The Bush, Clinton and Obama families are all one big happy now.

Speaks volumes.

Neither Slick nor Obama were in favor of the invasion when W actually ordered it. But I see your point that all three more or less accepted the same views of who were and weren't allies, and how the economy worked.

Biden too, but Biden is trying to enact the first real progressive tax and spending policy since LBJ ... or maybe Nixon/Ford

 

[22lcidw]

GW Bush is not easy to label. He does not fit a conservative per se. He was no fiscal conservative. He expanded the federal bureaucracy. He supported globalism and an imperial presence in the world.

9/11 pushed his agendas faster. He was not conservative as Repub establishment will have people spoil other people in primaries to get their candidate or candidates of preference for the general election. Maybe they believe that a Right wing conservative would be skewered by what we know now is Prog controlled media and entertainment complex. Trump was a more moderated populist and was skewered endlessly.

 

[Rigby5]

The best thing I can say about Bush 41 is that at least he realized Saddam was necessary in Iraq, and a useful ally.
Bush 43 totally screwed up by invading Iraq.
He not only put the Shiites in power, but gave Iraq to Iran essentially.
Not to mention adding $5 trillion to the national debt.

 

[marvin martian]

I am curious to know what people think.

I will add my opinion a little later.

Thanks for your thoughtful answers, thoughts, and opinions.

GWB's and Clinton's policies were virtually indistinguishable.

 

[blackhawk]

He started off conservative but over time he became conservative light more of a Mitt Romney conservative.

 

[Rambunctious]

His entire family is wedded to the government...from grampa on down...one government spook after another....and government sycophant's can never be a true conservatives ie McConnell...plus he and his entire family come from Maine....not Texas....

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

It's interesting to note the Bush era neocons put their support behind Biden in 2020.

The Bush, Clinton and Obama families are all one big happy now.

Speaks volumes.

Neither Slick nor Obama were in favor of the invasion when W actually ordered it. But I see your point that all three more or less accepted the same views of who were and weren't allies, and how the economy worked.

Biden too, but Biden is trying to enact the first real progressive tax and spending policy since LBJ ... or maybe Nixon/Ford