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I don't normally do vanities, but I'm listening to Rush right now. And if i hear him say again that legalizing the illegals is "leadership" on Bush's part again I think I may vomit.

Here's a hint, there's a little button on the radio labelled "On/Off" or "Off". Try hitting it, and that should help.

Why do people need to have their own beliefs validated by someone on the radio?

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Rush is sucking-up to the Bush administration. He must have got a TALKIN'-TO yesterday evening.

Rush knows how serious this is and fully comprehends the damage that Bush has done to himself regarding the conservative vote. He's trying to save the election. I've said it earlier that I think this could be W's "Read My Lips" moment with conservatives. Alot of people are completely po'd at the President...as much as they were at 41 after he raised taxes.

Remember '92? Perot really got traction before anyone, Rush included, realized how much 41 had hurt himself.

Lucky you! I haven't publicly expressed my thoughts on this matter until your post. For what it's worth, I have mixed feelings about Bush's "amnesty" plan. I consider myself a far-right winger, but I've also seen the other side of this issue...our INS system has been so screwed up for so long that I have a hard time condemning anyone for going around the law in this instance.

My husband had an employee who had a false SS card. Came to the US as an 18-year-old with little prospects (duh) in Mexico. Had a lot of brain power and a lot of discipline. He worked his way up from a truck loader to being considered for manager of his own branch (and this is in a multi-billion $ company) . The company didn't discover his false SS number until after he was being considered for this management position. He had to be let go, after many months of paying lawyers to try to grease the wheels.

This man paid taxes on his wages, since he had withholding tax but never filed. He worked hard. He admitted that he made a mistake when he was young and foolish and didn't want to wait the seven or more years it would have taken him to get legal.

As born American citizens, we can get all righteous and claim that we would never break the law to immigrate. I'm not so sure that if it really came down it, as an 18-year-old who had drive and ambition but no hope, I would never consider cutting those corners to get done what I needed to get done.

My wish is that Bush would totally gut the INS and start over from scratch. Allow the illegals that are here and have PROVEN themselves to be 1) hard-working 2) not a social-services burden 3) law-abiding 4) willing to learn the language and assimilate themselves into our society...allow them to apply for citizenship and fast-track them through (since the INS has been gutted and reworked in my fantasy world, it might happen!).

Like I said at the beginning, lucky you!! (I don't expect you to want to reply to my musings!!!)

Well, it is leadership. Terribly bad leadership, though.

I agree. I had to turn him off.

I felt like he spent all night trying to come up with some way to put a positive spin on this debacle.

I truly think Rush is not showing "leadership". He is not really speaking his mind, IMHO. He is just putting stuff out there to discuss and think about.

Perhaps, he does not feel very comfortable coming down hard on Bush because he is in agreement with Bush, or he is looking for a "pardon" if he should get himself embroiled in a long drawn out legal battle over whether he "doctor shopped" or not. Which is such a stupid and ludicrous politically motivated charge against him by some democrat hack who wants to make a big name for himself when compared to what Bush is proposing, giving some sort of legality to illegality. I can't believe my President who I support with great vigor is trying to create a "serf class".

I do not expect Rush to be giving his inner thoughts on this issue, or many others as intensely as he has prior to these preposterous allegations, out to his audience. In some respects he will remain a great, knowledgeable and lively commentator, but not really reveal his true concerns and thoughts until he is free from persecution. Hence, IMHO, he spends time on talking about items in his "whacky stacky". Perhaps, he does this to bring humor into the program or divert his audience from the ever increasing important events that will and do affect our lives.

He surely must know we want desperately to talk about them. But, I imagine there is only so much a man can take of this political bs for over 15 years of exceptionally successful talk show hosting. Perhaps his doctors told him to lay off the hard core issues and relax, have fun. Who knows. Although quite frankly, I can get this "whacky stacky stuff" from our local newrag, and the major networks, and his sometimes substitute host, Tom Sullivan on his regular local show.