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 | "Bushism:" How the Meaning of Conservatism Has Changed under Bush Posted by Adam Reed on 10/27/2004, 12:08pm | |
| Just as neo-Liberalism is a return to classical liberalism, "Conservatism" under Bush is a return to the ideas of the 19th-century Conservative opponets of classical Liberalism. Mr. Bush has been different from American Conservatives of the recent past: an avowed conservative who is nevertheless willing to embrace big government. The massive growth in the state during this presidency (faster than under Bill Clinton, even if you exclude the spending on the war on terror) owes a fair amount to opportunism--to Mr. Bush's willingness to pay off friends in the business world or a refusal to pick a fight with allies in GOP-controlled Congress (he has not wielded his veto pen once). But at its heart it is a deliberate strategy. He came to office planning to expand the Department of Education (an institution the Gingrichistas had planned to abolish). And he laced his acceptance speech at the GOP convention with promises to use government to improve people's lives.... | ||
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