Not A True Conservative
When talking about former President George W. Bush, Carlson called him to be “not a true conservative”. During a 2004 interview with the Washington Post, Carlson elaborated on his views, i.e. dissatisfaction, with Bush. At the end, Carlson simply 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
When the 2004 election rolled about, Carlson did not vote! His reason was down to the fact that he was disgusted with the circumstances of the Iraq War and also the small-government Republican Party. Carlson would say, “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
