[427sharpe]

I have problems with anyone who says one thing and does another. Remember Read my lips?
I look vainly for a time when voters remember that the gov't that governs least governs best.
As for W; I voted for him because he was the least objectionable, but he is definitely not a conservative. He is another 'tax and spend' politician, plain and simple; he just did it with deficits instead of cash.
In my eye a true conservative limits gov't. (esp. federal), balances budgets and doesn't 'bailout' (aka handout) business while shoveling $ to the guys who bankrupted them. We believe in capitalism and personal responsibility. We don't need exit strategies, because we mind our own business. And when we are forced to act in self preservation we act decisively and completely without regard to the UN or the media. I suppose these tenets seem more libertarian now, but I have never thought of myself this way. Actually, I reject all the political label nonsense. There are no narrow definitions that can be applied, so I call myself an independent. I do not vote party lines and I do not accept professional politicians.