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An interesting profile on Bruce Bartlett, former policy analyst in both the Reagan and the Bush I White House. Bartlett was recently fired from his gig at the National Center for Policy Analysis because of his comments that George W. Bush is not a conservative. Here's the quote that probably did him in:

Just in the past few months, I think a light has gone off for people who've spent time up close to Bush: that this instinct he's always talking about is this sort of weird, Messianic idea of what he thinks God has told him to do. This is why George W. Bush is so clear-eyed about Al Qaeda and the Islamic fundamentalist enemy. He believes you have to kill them all. They can't be persuaded, that they're extremists, driven by a dark vision. He understands them, because he's just like them...This is why he dispenses with people who confront him with inconvenient facts. He truly believes he's on a mission from God.

Bartlett has recently had a book published based on that very premise. The book is entitled, Impostor : How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy. I haven't read it yet, but it might be interesting to see how a true conservative looks at George W. Bush.

While I might not agree with Bartlett on many things, I'm sure that I agree with him on this very issue. George W. Bush is not a conservative.