Not A True Conservative
Turns out that Tucker Carlson believes that former U.S. President George W. Bush is “not a true conservative.” During a Washington Post interview in 2004, Carlson spoke of his “displeasure with Bush.” Carlson then asked, “Why do so many antiwar liberals give [John] Kerry a pass when he adopts the Bush view on Iraq, as he has? The amount of team-playing on the left depresses me.”
Not A True Conservative
2004 Is A No
Speaking of the 2004 election, Carlson did not cast a vote that year. Why? Carlson was deeply disgusted with the Iraq War and the small-government Republican Party, saying, “I don’t know what you consider conservative, but I’m not much of a liberal, at least as the word is currently defined. For instance, I’m utterly opposed to abortion, which I think is horrible and cruel. I think affirmative action is wrong. I’d like to slow immigration pretty dramatically. I hate all nanny state regulations, such as seat belt laws and smoking bans. I’m not for big government. I think the U.S. ought to hesitate before intervening abroad. I think these are conservative impulses. So by my criteria, Bush isn’t much of a conservative.”
2004 Is A No
