I never supported nor voted for another Republican (much less Democratic) candidate for President until Ronald Reagan. His words and deeds form an enduring political gospel that is very different from the beliefs of the pseudo- conservatives in today’s Republican Party, who wrap themselves in Ronald Reagan while undermining everything Reagan believed:

• Our goal ought to be the greatest degree of individual freedom consistent with an orderly society.
• Government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem.

George W. Bush and his Republican Party are far more akin to Richard Nixon than Ronald Reagan.  Like Richard Nixon, George W. Bush has apparently never seen a government power or program he doesn’t like—at least as long as he runs the government.

His actions demonstrate that he and his Republicans believe in:

*  Unlimited presidential government unfettered by the constitution;

*  State capitalism in which government promotes its favorites and regulates or indicts opponents out of existence;

*  Using national defense as an excuse for unlimited power;

*  Narrowly defined values invoked to buy political support at the expense of freedom (and I am Not talking about abortion, I am pro-life, but the Framers of the Constitution tried to ensure that all social issues were State and not Federal matters—read the 10th Amendment: if we forgot anything, the Federal Government can’t do that either.).

George Bush and his Republicans are called conservative simply because they are to the RIGHT of the democrats, not because they support conservative principles.

Even Theodore Roosevelt, who was known for his expansionist views of presidential power thought it had some limits and said, "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."