tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post7865595825573770233..comments2024-03-28T12:34:14.649-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: A conservative admits the G W Bush administration was a disasterVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-67006174980730388162015-10-16T15:33:17.164-07:002015-10-16T15:33:17.164-07:00When I was growing up during the Cold War, right-w...<i>When I was growing up during the Cold War, right-wingers were hawks, since the enemy was communism. But historically, the Right has actually been isolationist. Is Ron Paul to the right of the Republican party as a whole, or to the left of it? </i><br /><br />Isolationism doesn't mean being the peace party. Buchanan is a classic 'isolationist' in the sense you mean, but he was all on board with fighting wars, real and proxy, against communists. I don't think you'll find inconsistency there, since communism was a case where being an isolationist didn't mean you'd be left alone.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-1337630254003822132015-10-15T11:12:21.604-07:002015-10-15T11:12:21.604-07:00I don't think "right" and "left...I don't think "right" and "left" are well-defined terms. When I was growing up during the Cold War, right-wingers were hawks, since the enemy was communism. But historically, the Right has actually been isolationist. Is Ron Paul to the right of the Republican party as a whole, or to the left of it? <br /><br />Conservatives are for small government, except when they aren't. Ditto for liberals. Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-62539455786622624492015-10-15T10:42:45.293-07:002015-10-15T10:42:45.293-07:00He seems to be saying that GWB wasn't conserva...He seems to be saying that GWB wasn't conservative enough, that he was a disaster because he was too far to the left. Maybe I'm misreading it though.Jim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15538540873375357030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-8305285573487925632015-10-14T21:31:24.921-07:002015-10-14T21:31:24.921-07:00This isn't new. People were saying this since ...This isn't new. People were saying this since Pat Buchanan. It just wasn't mainstream conservatives.<br /><br />Real headlines will be this coming election, with 'Liberals saying a vote for the Iraq war was the right idea at the time', for obvious reasons.Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.com