How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy
George romances the nanny state
Intellectual Conservative
by Bernard Chapin
10/18/06
Interview with Bruce Bartlett, author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy: "While the Republican Party is the more conservative of the two major parties, its interests are not at all the same as those of the conservative movement. Republicans, ultimately, are only interested in getting elected and wielding power. Conservatives see elections not as ends, but means. They are a way of implementing a conservative agenda. But politicians by their nature are risk averse and always fearful of arousing the ire of the electorate. This means that they will always end up disappointing ideologues...
http://tinyurl.com/ue749
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Intellectual Conservative
by Bernard Chapin
10/18/06
Interview with Bruce Bartlett, author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy: "While the Republican Party is the more conservative of the two major parties, its interests are not at all the same as those of the conservative movement. Republicans, ultimately, are only interested in getting elected and wielding power. Conservatives see elections not as ends, but means. They are a way of implementing a conservative agenda. But politicians by their nature are risk averse and always fearful of arousing the ire of the electorate. This means that they will always end up disappointing ideologues...
http://tinyurl.com/ue749
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 19. Okt, 15:13
