RNC: America needs a principled conservative leader-like George W. Bush

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There is so much wrong with this, its funny. 

A). The idea that Bush was a 'principled conservative'.
B). Promising that they'll be just like Bush when they win the Senate, like its a positive thing.
C). Expecting leadership, or anything other than deadlock, from the Senate.

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There is so much wrong with this, its funny. 

A). The idea that Bush was a 'principled conservative'.
B). Promising that they'll be just like Bush when they win the Senate, like its a positive thing.
C). Expecting leadership, or anything other than deadlock, from the Senate.

The idea that Bush wasn't conservative is something political geeks can entertain based on various inane criteria (such as: you are not a conservative if you increase debt or create any new public programs (even if they are based on conservative values), but by common standards he was a conservative.
Atlas posters claiming that politician like Reagan and Bush 43 wasn't really conservative just shows how detached from common discourse this forum is.

Obviously Bush was conservative, but being a principled conservative implies that he never strayed from conservative principles, which is simply not true. (Medicare Part D and No Child Left Behind come to mind).