Friday, May 06, 2005

This is conservative?

Interest-Group Conservatism - George Bush's philosophy of government. By Jacob Weisberg:

"In this, the third year that Republicans have controlled everything, a variation on the old interest-group liberalism has emerged as the new governing philosophy. One might have expected that once in command, conservative politicians would work to further reduce Washington's power and bury the model of special-interest-driven government expansion for good. But one would have been wrong. Instead, Republicans have gleefully taken possession of the old liberal spoils system and converted it to their own purposes. The result is the curious governing philosophy of interest-group conservatism: the expansion and exploitation of government by people who profess to dislike it."

It's enough to make me miss Newt Gingrich. This article pretty much sums up why I vote 3rd Party whenever possible...