Is Bush a fiscal conservative?

[MODU]

Sorry FreedomBurns.  There is more sides of conservatism than that.  Someone on another thread had a fairly decent breakout of conservatism.

Budget deficits have less to do with the war on terrorism than it does with the US being in a recession.  Governments generates deficits during periods of poor economic conditions, which Bush received when he took over.

The media and the DNC are the ones who push the ideology that Iraq was directly related to 9/11.  Iraq is an integral part of the war on terror, and the war on terror is more than just a war on al Qaeda/the taliban.  We have been hunting down al Qaeda, even with the French, for the last 3 years.

As far as Bush being my favorite, no, he isn't.

[MODU]

The nature of politics always changes.  I think it was the fact that the last two elections showed both parties crowding the middle, they weren't able to identifify themselves apart, so they pushed towards the extremes.  The reverse happened back in the late 70s and early 80s, where they went from their extremes towards the middle.