Wednesday, May 17, 2006

When Did Bush Lose the Conservatives?

Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: Deserting Bush:

". . .At CATO, when Bruce Bartlett and I let rip on Bush's betrayal of anything faintly resembling the conservatism we knew from the recent past, I noticed the absence of real dissent in a roomful of right-wingers. Fear and loyalty kept up the pretense for a while; and a hatred of the president's enemies. When all else failed, some resorted to glib avoidance. But in the end, reality does indeed undermine even the most rigid of ideologies. And when reality wins, real conservatives cheer."

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