Nation

By Toby Ward
TheSequitur.com Contributor
Feb. 8, 2006

ASHLAND, Ky. -- Democrats hate George W. Bush for many reasons, mainly because the man is absolutely insane.  So I can see why Democrats might dislike him, although I cannot understand why he enjoys Republican support.
 
Why? I don’t think the president can call himself a Republican.  The GOP has two core principles: fiscal conservation and limited federal government. This president follows neither.

Under this administration, government has become larger than ever.  Through measures that include the Patriot Act and the controversial NSA eavesdropping program, the government has also become extremely intrusive.  

This president has taken the role of a king because he feels that since we are at war, he gets to do whatever he wants.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate the administration would be open to working with the secret FISA court to iron out a legal way to run this program but also suggested that, no matter what Congress or the courts say, the administration will do what it pleases.

I appreciate that this administration is open to dealing with the court; but that really is not the point.  The point is that when you want to spy on Americans, you have to get a warrant.  The FISA court has granted all but a small handful warrants in its history and they are retroactively available.  There is no apparent reason to bypass the secret court, other than a belief that the president is above the law.

Bush is also far from being a fiscal conservative. He came into office with a budget surplus and has turned it into the largest deficit in history -- and the man still has the audacity to keep giving tax cuts.

No president has ever cut taxes during war time for a reason: War costs money. Would you ask your boss for a pay cut then buy a new car? No, of course not; that’s insane. Essentially that is what this administration is doing, spending astronomical amounts of money while cutting off critical funds.

Does this sound ridiculous to any one else? How about you fiscally conservative Republicans? Has the GOP strayed so far to the right that their principles have taken a back seat to social issues that appeal only to the religious right?

This president has turned his back on both Republicans and Democrats.  Both parties should unite to challenge this administration, which has turned its back on America, and start enacting legislation and formulating policies that benefit the American people.