Not close and no cigar -- Bush as Churchill

[Shallah Kali]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040831/COSIMP31/National/Idx

Four years ago, when they nominated George W. Bush in Philadelphia, Republicans were the party of small government and something called "compassionate conservatism."

Both proved to be hoaxes. Nobody talks about "compassionate conservatism" any more, in large part because nobody could figure out what it meant, then or now. And as for small government, spending under Mr. Bush has risen faster than in the Clinton years (and not just for security and defence), taxes have fallen (mostly for the rich), and the deficit has soared.

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There remain, barely, inside the Republican tent a few gays, ethnic leaders and old-style balanced-budgeters, but they have been at the party's margin for some time

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Evangelicals and other "faith-based" organizations haven't been offered prominent speaking slots, in case their presence would remind independent voters what scares them about Republicans.

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1. i'm amused

churchill has no real resonance with the average american...FDR does.