From Insight:

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It may get out of committee, but no farther.

I look forward to this, it should be enlightening. The Republican Party could do the right thing and cut Bush loose, but I sincerely doubt that will happen. Partisanship will prevail, and the President will remain above the law.

I consider myself a conservative, and GWB is no conservative.

Just out of curiosity, what conservative values do you espouse?

Quite a few more than Mr. Bush.

As far as the President who has been responsible for growing the government at an unprecedented level, grown the deficit faster than any Democrat since FDR (and he had an excuse), accomplished nothing major in his term except some sweetheart legislation for credit card companies... yeah, I'd have to say that his conservative credentials are pretty piss poor.

Wow.. I know why you are in law school, mid! ;~) You are pretty good at evading questions! I believe he asked you what your veiws were, not to rehash what you believe to have gone on during the president's term. "Quite a few more than Mr. Bush." is pretty subjective!

It's an overly broad question. "What conservative values do you support"? Heck, first off, you have to define what conservative values are. That's a topic in and of itself. If you talk to people across the educational and philisophical spectrum, you'll find that there are about as many definitions of "conservative" as there are self-identified conservatives.

For example, I would argue that many on the religious right are not conservative in the least, and we can start there if you'd like.

I think that we can all agree that smaller government is something that all conservatives would support. I think the record is clear that Bush doesn't place that very high on his list of priorities.

The Republican congress of 1994 was pretty darned conservative (a few things on their agenda I'd take issue with), the congress of today? Not even in the same ballpark.

But you should know what you believe, right? So, if there are as many definitions for "conservative" as you say that there are, then you yourself, by some people's definition, may not be conservative? It's all about what you as an idividual believes? In other words, it's all subjective?

Can we get back to topic and off the Bush bashing. Besides if Bush were to get impeached wouldn't that put Cheney in charge?

There are some things which are clearly conservative and some things which clearly are not. For example, a widely accepted maxim of conservatism is that we believe in minimal intrusion of the government into our personal lives. Another is that a conservative prefers self-reliance and hard work to being dependant on the government to put food on our table.

I think it's difficult to argue that Bush in growing the government both in terms of size and in terms of its ability to interfere/intrude on our personal lives and privacy could under no circumstances be considered conservative.

Much of it is subjective, but much of it isn't.

osupa, you like Hillary right?

Ah yes, an unnamed source, with their own political agenda, says "false reports to congress" and without verification a reporter has a scoup and rushes to print. All I can do is hope that there's enough common sense in Washington to keep these hearings behing closed doors. Find out what is really going on, ignore the hype, and determine the legality of the adminstrations actions. Just keep the details of these sensetive operations secret.

Now you can see why I'm so worried, from here it appears that common sense is a scarce commodity inside the beltway where partisan politics reigns supreme. Forget the country, our party must overcome, no matter the cost! Yes, that comment was for both partys.

Jack.. I've never met Hiliary in person, so I can't form an opinion about her.

I like Hillary, does that count?

I'm sorry you like Hillary...I'll send you a sympathy card...

I like Bush bashing. It isn't like the dude has done anything good for this country. Stock market has gone nowhere. Economy has gone nowhere. We're losing jobs. We're fighting a war we can't win. Our national debt is through the roof. Osama is on the run. Abortion is legal. Rich people are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer. Want me to go on?

Putting Cheney in charge would be the best thing that ever happened to the Democratic Party.