I do not believe that a true conservative republican could have remained loyal to Bush. In no way did he represent what they stand for and if they supported him at all it was because the alternative was even worse.

However, I think passing off the arguments against big government and big deficits because many did not howl about it when Bush was in office is missing the point.

The issue is big government and big government deficits. Do you believe they will be good for this country. If being wrong about W discounts anything said currently about what is going on means that there will be very few people able to give an opinion. W was very popular for a time and while it is hard to believe now, his war even in Iraq was very popular to more people than not.

Now if a Rep says look at how good W was at being fiscally conservative and how Obama is destroying his fine record, well those people are delusional. W destroyed all the good things that Clinton did and was more loose with the purse strings than Clinton the democrat. I know the congress has a lot to do with what is spent so it is not all one persons fault but W was a disaster and now many Obama supporters use his idiocy to justify their own.

Bush spent carelessly so why should you question Obama when he spends carelessly. When is someone going to shout out the old bridge saying that every mother on earth must have said hundreds of times.

We need to do what is right and not do things with the justification that W did it too. As a nation we really are acting like little children and if I recall Lord of the Pigs well, letting children run things will not end well.