Sunday, October 14, 2012

The difference between Romney and Bush #43

A question on a Sunday talk show was: If the panel could ask Romney and Obama one question in the town hall meeting debate Tuesday night, what would it be? And for the most part, the questions were what anyone would expect. But one person said they'd ask Romney what policies he'd have that were different form George W. Bush. And he said that he was sure that if there was an answer, it would be not one thing different. But I think this actually paints Bush #43 in the wrong light. Does anyone think that W. would try to take all public finds from PBS or Planned Parenthood like Romney plans on doing? Yes, I have no doubt that on foreign policy, a Romney administration would be act the as Bush did, as the Neo-Cons that were in the Bush #43 administration are also in places of power in the Romney campaign. But on domestic policy, the Bush administration was not as right-wing fanatical as the GOP mainstream is now. My question, again, would be: What part of the GOP national plank would you veto? On this, I doubt there would be an answer. Is Romney really one of the far right that dominates the GOP, and therefore knows of nothing, or does he disagree with parts of plank and in not wanting to upset the GOP base keep quiet?
There's differences between the Bush #43 administration and the Romney campaign, and Romney is much farther right on domestic policies than W. ever was, but is Romney as far right as the mainstream GOP is now? That's the question I'd like to have answered.    

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