George W. Bush is not far-right. If you ignore his stance on social issues (which is, in my opinion, more populist than anything), he's not a conservative at all (I'd call him something like moderate christian socialist).
- He supported expanding Medicare to include prescription drug coverage.
- He oversaw the fastest increase in non-defense spending since the Johnson administration.
- He has, for during his first six years in office, not vetoed a single spending bill, including some simply outrageous ones.
- He supports spending countless billions of dollars in pork-barrel spending (the fact that many so-called conservatives do so does not make this conservative, it makes them assholes - just as it does on their counterparts on the left; both should be shot on general principle.).
- He supports the existence of all of the following: the Department of Education (not to mention Public Schools), mandatory Social Security payments, Medicare, Medicaid, and most welfare programs. Any "Far-right" candidate would have to oppose most or all of these.
Of course, I'm a "radical liberal conservative" (or is it "Radical conservative liberal"? or just "right-libertarian"?) so my views may be skewed somewhat.
And of course, Gore isn't exactly a moderate either, he's just center-left on some issues and radical-left on others (like the environment).
And then, some so-called "liberals" are really socialist-populists, like Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman (supporting morals regulations on video games...)
I know that in reality, Bush is a populist, but his public perception was a far-rght conservative.
