The reuniting of the Right produced the Mount Vernon Statement signed by many leader conservatives such as Ed Meese and Brent Bozell. I agree with the statement and its ideals, but I really doubt a lot of these 'signers' bona fides.
They claim to support the Constitution and want smaller government action in America. But where were these guys during the Bush administration's obvious growth of the Federal government? Bush was the biggest spender since LBJ and created horrible and wasteful Federal entities such as No Child Left Behind and Homeland Security. Why didn't they sign something then? Why did they support an un-Constitutional war? Iraq and Afghanistan were never declared and in the Founders eyes would be deemed illegal. It is a political sideshow. These guys aren't libertarians who believe in the Founders' limited government, they are only embracing the ideals since Obama and the Dems are in power. They did NOTHING during the Bush years to complain about its abuses. It definitely wasn't convenient to sign a Mount Vernon Statement when the GOP was in power. Once again this is political grandstanding, not an actual ideal.
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