I have heard a lot of criticism against the R party
what I don't like is that they often do not fight hard enough against really bad Dem ideas.
But they did all vote against Obamacare, so I sometimes wonder why they are overly criticized by those in their own party
Boehner is rather hard to figure out sometimes. Often he seems like a Republican, but sometimes like a RINO
I feel McCain is a rino and a few others. anyway, I am wondering what others think
Let's just take one; Bush. He did perhaps 2 or 3 things in 8 years that were somewhat "conservative." Other than that he:
1. Pushed what was, until Obama Care, the most massive NEW welfare program since the New Deal; The Prescription Drug Progam.
2. Pushed for EIGHT HUNDRED BILLION to bail out the banks/financial institutions (NOT conservative weather you think it was a "good idea" or not).
3. Pushed the MASSIVELY LIBERAL (and completely SICK) No Child Left Behind Act.
4. Republicans controlled both Houses and the Presidency for 2 years under Bush and managed to RAISE federal spending MORE than the Democrats had (14% compared to 11%).
5. Though parts of the Patriot act where necessary it was overall a massive unconstitutional overreach. Mostly, Bush DID NOTHING to reign in some of the BEYOND PATHETIC practices by the TSA and others. I'm STILL so mad I have to watch my language on it when my 90 year old mother in a wheel chair was singled out for special screening at the Airport after visiting me in Anchorage one time. WORSE was that when it came time to board the (watch it Ugly) IDIOTS forgot to check a box on the form and WE HAD TO GO BACK TO DO THE SPECIAL SCREENING ALL OVER AGAIN. It also caused me to miss an appointment on refinancing my house which wound up costing me an EXTRA TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
6. Bush appointed so many liberal and just plain SICK judges it would take a book to list them all. While governor of Texas he appointed a member of Planned Murderhood to the Superior Court.
7. Instead of supporting the South Dakota proposition which could have been the beginning of the end of abortion in this country, Bush did everything he could, including providing lawyers to the opposition, to oppose it.
8. Bush and the RINO congress did little to nothing to reign in massive abuses by an alphabet of government bureaucracies like the EPA, OSHA, NLRB and others.
9. Bush (nor any other major Republican "leader") ever made one peep much less offered legal support to defending groups like the Boy Scouts when they were being savagely attacked by the Gay-stopo. [Bush Sr. was the first president to invite fags leaders to the White House.]
10. Again, for 2 years the RINO's controlled both Houses and the Presidency but did ZERO to address the unfunded liabilities of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. It was estimated at $75 TRILLION when he entered office and is now at $125 TRILLION.
11. The Iraq war was a MASSIVE mistake and if people can't see that from what's happening now then there's just no hope.
12. One of the "conservative" things Bush did was lower taxes---WOW, a whole 3% for most. Gee, thanks George---while the National Debt almost doubled from 5.5 trillion to over 10 trillion.
I could go on and on but really the worst thing is that most actually believe Bush was a conservative and it affects how they see "right vs left" and how they will vote---probably for the rest of their lives.
