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I would say Bush/ Cheney is ultra-conservative. They are attempting to turn the US into a theocracy (or at least they are saying the things that the religious right wants to hear):
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/bush.htm
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Oh good Lord.
I'm sorry, but that's simply ridiculous.
They aren't trying to turn MY government into a theocracy and even if they were, they couldn't accomplish it.
On the spectrum of the GOP Bush/Cheney is very much toward the left. That's just a fact.
Left of Reagan, left of Nixon, left of Bush 41, Right of Carter and just about dead even with Clinton. [/b][/quote]
I thought it was funny that you responded to my "Bush/Cheney are theocrats rant " with an "Oh Good Lord".
If you bothered to read the link you would see that I'm not exaggerating. This is scary stuff.
The plain message conveyed by the new administration is that George W. Bush's America is a Christian nation and that non-Christians are welcome into the tent so long as they agree to accept their status as a tolerated minority rather than as fully equal citizens. In effect, Bush is saying: 'This is our home, and in our home we pray to Jesus as our savior. If you want to be a guest in our home, you must accept the way we pray.'"
-- Alan M. Dershowitz, in "Bush Starts Off by Defying the the Constitution," Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2001