Conservatives believe in balancing the budget. Bush's tax-cut and needless war combination has created huge deficits for the foreseeable future.
Conservatives believe in individual rights. Now we are told not to criticize the (alleged) Commander in Chief (Bush) in a time of war (the war on terror, which will never end.) So free speech is gone. This is a conservative position?
Conservatives believe in prudent planning and not engaging in war unnecessarily. Ike--"no land war in Asia" Conservatives were so overly concerned about avoiding war that they tried to stop FDR from helping the beleagured British before Pearl Harbor. Bush rushed into war in Iraq with the sketchiest of alliances, against the explicit wishes of most of the world, as expressed in the UN, and disregarding his own conservative military advisors who warned of complications (e.g. General Shineski)
Conservatives believe in conservation of resources----does Bush? Advocating pillaging the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil, opposing the conservation of wetlands (by changing the definition)----these are just a few of Bush's anti-conservation stances.
Conservatives believe in accountability. Accountability? Bush? The ultimate oxymoron.
This man has never made a mistake in 4 years of office---just ask him---- (except picking a few appointees who later, realizing what a disaster he was, spoke up.)
He is the quintessential "The buck stops...................anywhere else."