Some key conservatives uneasy about Bush

[JoFerret]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20040712/ap_on_el_pr/bush_conservatives
...nearly 150 conservatives listened in silence recently as a veteran of the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations ticked off a litany of missteps in Iraq by the Bush White House.

"This war is not going well," said Stefan Halper, a deputy assistant secretary of state under President Reagan.

"It's costing us a lot of money, isolating us from our allies and friends," said Halper, who gave $1,000 to George W. Bush's campaign and more than $83,000 to other GOP causes in 2000. "This is not the cakewalk the neoconservatives predicted. We were not greeted with flowers in the streets."

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Some Republicans fear angry conservatives will stay home in November, undercutting Bush's re-election bid.

"I don't think there's any question that there is growing restiveness in the Republican base about this war," said Halper, the co-author of a new book, "America Alone: The Neoconservatives and the Global Order."

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[Corgigal]

1. I guess it's good they are uneasy

as a mother with two boys becoming 17 years old this year I know I certainly am.

[Dhalgren]

2. Conservatives have got to make a life-altering

choice this fall: stand up for America and do their patriotic duty, or support George "Caligula" Bush and betray their country. It is really that simple and most "conservatives" are smart enough to recognize the choice.

[kentuck]

3. I would hate to be in their shoes...

They want so much to believe Bush is good for this country. They will try to rationalize it and most will be successful.

[librechik]

4. yeehah! Go GOP

it has to come from them. I've been praying for this...

[lottie244]

5. No kidding? I wonder if that includes Tom DeLay. Bush's fall from grace

won't be able to save his hide now. Tom DeLay is the most dangerous, evil person in Congress. He should go to jail behind the things he has done but the media seems to be paying little attention.

[number6]

6. Bush is not a conservative, he's a ...

Big Government Police State Facist and he hates our freedoms !

[Moderator]

7. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=678974