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In 2004, John McCain lost some credibility with me when he didn’t oppose third party candidate George W. Bush for the Republican nomination. What? George W. Bush is a Republican! Think again folks.

W and his administration are a far cry from traditional Republican values. A few major notables are the liberal spending of Federal money, a lack of presidential vetoes, and the fact that he was the governor of Texas. Historically, Texas is NOT a Republican state. Only recently have the governors of Texas been Republican, which is more likely to indicate that what we are calling Republicans these days are actually Democrats rather than saying that the fourth largest states in the union has suddenly shifted to Republican.

Things get particularly interesting when we compare Texas to California. Most pundits on television and radio today refer to California as a Democrat state. The history of California politics is highly Republican. Have we so quickly forgotten Pete Wilson? Ronald Reagan? Earl Warren? Don’t want to leave Richard Nixon out of the mix either.

Now, I guarantee you that someone is going to read the part about the lack of vetoes and talk about how W has started vetoing bills since both houses of Congress have become Democrat. One need only look at the 91st to 93rd Congresses when Nixon was President and vetoed 43 bills. Then look at Ford. And Reagan. Perhaps you can argue that our Federal government is passing better bills and improving communication. I’ll keep pointing to the 3,635,352,280,196.38 reasons that Bush is not a Republican.

The George W. Bush team has pulled as fast one on America and the Republican party. He’s not a Republican and he’s not quite a Democrat either (although, he’s much closer to a Democrat than a Republican). For anyone who voted for Ralph Nadar in 2000, you got your third party candidate in George W. Bush.