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Well, IMO he gets away with the EPA as the free market does a lousy job with the environment.
As for the rest, he'd get away with it in Britain I think. British conservatives seem to account more for the fact that there is a certain minimum quality of life below which no amount of effort and toil will allow the poor and hard-working to take advantage of an opportunity society.
The impression I get of American conservatives (at least those that get elected) is that the focus is weighted towards small government and low taxes over the creation of a meritocracy.
So probably his policies wouldn't be classed as conservative in the American sense. But then again, Bush isn't much of a conservative either in many ways so my experience of Republican presidents hasn't been very illuminating [img]smile.gif[/img]
Sorry, no time for a more thorough response.
[ 11-01-2005, 03:57 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]
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