This is a really good (if a bit short) op-ed about Dubya's liberal legacy. The best paragraph is this one:First, nowhere is Bush's betrayal more evident than with immigration. He refuses to recognize that America historically has not been a "nation of [illegal] immigrants" arriving at an extant welfare state, but rather a nation of settlers and colonists. Like a failed Roman emperor, Bush engages in the unbecoming business of auctioning of citizenship for (unlikely) future loyalty. He sides with Ted Kennedy in pushing a guest-worker program, although a recent Zogby poll shows that 81 percent of Republican voters support an enforcement-only approach. Jettisoning reason, tradition, and loyalty to hard-working Americans, Bush attempts to transform America into a third-world country.Well said and right on target.
The wrost paragraph is this one:
Fourth, in the domain of foreign policy, Bush also lacks any conservative conviction. His failed Wilsonian foreign policy in the Middle East reeks of liberal interventionism. Real conservatives, from Aristotle to the present, have always acknowledged that different forms of government are better tailored for different traditions. The Procrustean conversion of all countries to liberal democracy is impractical, undesirable, and reminiscent of Robespierre. And the very notion of "regime change" comes from Marxist annals. No true conservative would rally round such recklessness.I couldn't disagree more. This is a little too Buchanonite for me...
