172 posted 2 years ago by aPosteriori 2 years ago by aPosteriori +188 / -16 257 comments share 257 comments share save hide report block hide replies
You're describing republicanism, not conservatism. George Bush and his cronies had nothing to do with conservative values.
But they pretended to and because of that the people who followed them called themselves "conservatives". More like neoconservatives.