Most conservative Republican President...

[nclib]

I'd say W., with Reagan a close second.

[A18]

In some ways, Bush is more conservative than Reagan. In others, he's Nixon 2.0.

[nini2287]

Reagan - economics; Bush II - socially.

I vote Reagan.

[Blue Rectangle]

Reagan - economics; Bush II - socially.

I vote Reagan.

Exactly what I was going to post.

[Virginian87]

Reagan - economics; Bush II - socially.

I vote Reagan.

Agreed, but I vote George W. Bush.

[Hatman 🍁]

I'd say W., with Reagan a close second.

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[Sam Spade]

Reagan - economics; Bush II - socially.

I vote Reagan.

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I would give Reagan the clear edge towards conservativeness in foreign policy (Bush II is much like Wilson in this regard), so Reagan wins clearly.

[Jake]

Reagan's pretty much the only recent President with an intelligent foreign policy. Maybe since Kennedy.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Reagan.  Saying W is the most conservative Republican President is a lot like how we used to claim that Clinton was the most liberal Democrat humanly possible.

[GOP = Terrorists]

Reagan.  Saying W is the most conservative Republican President is a lot like how we used to claim that Clinton was the most liberal Democrat humanly possible.

Depends.

Clinton was a moderate.  Bush is not in any way a moderate.  He just fails to uphold the best parts of what it used to mean to be a conservative.

[Jake]

Bush's foreign policy is based in liberal ideas. Bush's major domestic legislation has all involved spending increases in typical left-wing areas of concern (healthcare and education). His cultural legislation has been a mix of anti-abortion legislation and the Gay Marriage Amendment. Bush is far from conservative on economics or social legislation or foreign policy, only on cultural issues.

[minionofmidas]

Bush is far from a conservative on civil rights issues ... far to the right of any mere conservative.

That said ... there are actually a couple more possible answers than Reagan and Bush to this question, including one that noone's given yet. The most typical conservative politico, traditional meaning of the word, on that list is clearly Bush's father.

[opebo]

The current one, obviously, though I suppose we'll never know if Reagan would have been this bad with the current congress.

[Frodo]

Economically?  Ronald Reagan

Socially?  George W. Bush

[Filuwaúrdjan]

With the exception of certain social issues Bush II isn't really a conservative... economically he's all over the place, but overall quite centrist (afterall one of the reasons why the 2004 map looks the way it does is because you couldn't put much more than a few sheets of paper inbetween the economic *platforms* of Bush and Kerry).

[MasterJedi]

Reagan - economics; Bush II - socially.

I vote Reagan.

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[7,052,770]

Economically?  Ronald Reagan

Socially?  George W. Bush

I'd say W., with Reagan a close second.

[Redefeatbush04]

By today's standards......problly Reagan.

[MaC]

Reagan.  W.Bush is too hard to identify, HW Bush is more moderate, Ford and Nixon were both "liberal" Republicans (by today's standards)

[Gustaf]

Lol, how could anyone call Bush a conservative? He's just rich and religious, which really isn't the same thing.

[opebo]

Lol, how could anyone call Bush a conservative? He's just rich and religious, which really isn't the same thing.

It isn't?  That is what I have always considered a conservative - either a rich or a religous, or both. 

[phk]

He's just trying throw red meat to every base of the GOP, so we don't know where he truly lies.

- RR
- Corporate America
- Neo-cons

[opebo]

Lol, how could anyone call Bush a conservative? He's just rich and religious, which really isn't the same thing.

It isn't?  That is what I have always considered a conservative - either a rich or a religous, or both. 

Not me!

Well, why the hell are you voting for them then?  Because they're implementing the agenda of the rich and the religious.