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David Cameron, an Early George W. Bush

By The Brussels Journal
Created 2006-10-12 15:03

A quote from AEI resident fellow and former White House speechwriter David Frum in National Post (Canada), 7 October 2006

Ironically, the figure David Cameron most closely resembles is one few British voters feel much affection for: the Governor George W. Bush of 1999-2000, who excited Clinton-battered Republicans with promises of a new “compassionate conservatism.”

Like the early Bush’s, Cameron’s big ideas come concealed in a thick haze of evasive verbiage. [...] [Cameron] has learned a lesson from [Tony Blair]’s experience. You cannot let people down, if you offer them nothing.


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