{"id":2332,"date":"2007-12-06T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2007-12-06T18:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2007-12-06T11:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-06T18:32:00","slug":"compassionate-conservative-or-banana-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2332\/compassionate-conservative-or-banana-republican\/","title":{"rendered":"Compassionate Conservative or Banana Republican?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a tremendous admiration for George W. Bush, the President of the United States. My reasons are legion, and the rest of America will have to wait for historians to explain to them just what a great man they have so completely scorned in their well-scored chorus. But Phil Boas of the Arizona Republic<\/i><\/a> gave us all sufficient reason to revere this president in just a few words:<\/p>\n

American presidents for three decades have kicked the can of global terror down the road for some other poor sucker to deal with. George W. Bush did not. And that’s why, even when it’s utterly unfashionable to say so, I still greatly admire his leadership and courage. Thank you, President Bush.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even so… The man is a politician, a currier of favor and a courier of tyranny. “No child left behind” will assure that no poor child will ever again get ahead. The Patriot Act should give nightmares to any patriot who can envision yet another President Clinton. Government never grows so large as it does under the cultivation of allegedly anti-government Republicans. And now… Full-blown Banana Republican bail-outs, as a reward for financial error.<\/p>\n

From Cafe Hayek<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Today’s Washington Post brings a nice example<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“President Bush will announce this afternoon an agreement with major mortgage firms to freeze interest rates for five years for financially troubled homeowners — a plan advocates say will help forestall a major foreclosure crisis but some conservatives say amounts to a bailout of people who made bad financial decisions.”<\/p>\n

Bush, the so-called conservative who supposedly believes in the "ownership" society where people take responsibility for their own actions and act responsibly because they bear the costs and reap the benefits, is going to bail out people who acted irresponsibly. I love the end of the WaPo quote—"some conservatives say." The implication is that other conservatives and liberals disagree. But isn’t it a bail out of people who made bad financial decisions? Would anyone disagree?<\/p>\n

I like this part, too:<\/p>\n

“But it appears no tax dollars will be used to subsidize the freeze on interest rates. That cost would be borne primarily by lenders and Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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