I hope this disagreement does not cause me to feel the Wrath of Rush since he lives only about 40 miles up the road from me.
I’m with you, PJ. This makes sense and could be part of the 1.02% (or whatever is the current sliver) of the time Rush is wrong.
I agree with your assessment of the Democrats.
The progressives are wearing R jerseys.
The progressives outnumber the constitutionalists in the elected GOP by a large percentage.
That has to change if the Republic is to survive.
I think you’re right, but the thing is that most people wouldn’t even know what he was talking about if he said Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. I think he gets the essence of it with his terms, in a way that people will understand.
Maybe he needs to make more of a point about how the Dems - as a party - have turned more and more Marxist over the years.
Thinking about the rats that much makes my head hurt, just call ‘em commies.
Vanity much? You could posted this on any number of existing threads.
Rush has his, and he doesn’t want the hassle of being too cutting edge anymore.
I still like his show though.
This would be good to hear from Rush.
I used to think he was trying to keep things simple for the sake of expediance per on-air time.
He is not all-knowing. I forgive him;-)
You’re splitting hairs and calling Rush wrong for it. I don’t agree with you at all.
The Progressives of the early 1900’s were radicals. They were today’s liberals. Only the name changed.
For years I have resented Rush still calling them democrats instead of socialists, communists and American haters that have taken over that party. - Tom
From the actions of the Left this is similar to the Stalinist vs. the Trotskyites. You have to wonder which were the worst.
I’m old school so they’re Pinkos to me.
Definitely food for thought. We’ve seen this since probably 1972 in the Democrat party. It’s not enough to be sufficiently Democrat. One has to become Democrat in the “correct” way — at the moment — to advance to party leadership.
We also see signs of this overseas. In Germany, the traditional left (SPD) is disintegrating, and the traditional right (CDU/CSU) may dissolve their voting union over immigration.
Even so, the shift to the far left has IMO demonstrated more significance than anything that has happened on the right side of the political spectrum.
I had the same thought yesterday when he or Hannity mentioned Dems and Bolsheviks during their radio shows.
“Progressive” is a name communists have often used to describe themselves.
In the US “progressives” were great admirers of big government and pushed for many socialist policies and programs.
Today “progressives” are also “radicals.” So using the two terms to try to differentiate the wings of the Democrat Party explains nothing. Your menshevik & bolshevik is a better analogy. Unfortunately, few know enough about Russian history for these terms to be easily understood.
The Democrats are split between the squeamish (menshevik) who want to impose socialism/communism via “peaceful” means (i.e., voters vote for the government to oppress everyone) and the unsqueamish (bolshevik) who are willing to openly advocate violence by non-government ideologues. Maxine Waters’ advocacy for mobs to physically assail political opponents is “bolshevik.” Pelosi urging Maxine to keep a lid on it is “menshevik.” The objective in either case is to establish tyranny by eradicating individual freedom.
Like anyone knows what that means.
I broke up with Rush when he did Chuck Schumer’s bidding behind the backs of his trusted audience (to whom he calls the guy Chuck U Schumer). And I disagree with both of you because the problem with our government is not ideological right now. I wish it were.
The true situation is that there is a globalist oligarchy attempting to run this and many other lands. They don’t have the USA and her people’s best interests in mind at all. They work only for their own wealth and power.
They own just about everyone in DC, regardless of “color of jersey.” It’s not about degree of left wing ideology. All ideologies are just used to achieve the ends of the globalists.
What you see yesterday in NY is a Sanders socialist beating out a member of the corrupt bought establishment Dems. Beating the globalist controlled propaganda media. It’s a sign of something good.
Rush of all people is missing the point: he always said we would win in a battle of ideologies and this is a step towards that battle. Watch these coming elections where obvious socialism will be head on cage matching with someone on the right. CA gov race, etc. The Dems will have to run on no borders etc. This is where we have a chance to expose the busy Gullibles to real constitutionalism and show them how freedom raises all boats. How can you be for socialism, an ideology that has ALWAYS FAILED (because it goes against human nature) over fairness and freedom for all? The oligarchy DOES NOT LIKE THIS ONE BIT. Gonna be a hot summer.
On the first of every month, I send Levin, Hannity and Rush an email that says. They aren’t liberals or progressives so stop using those terms. Start using neo-communists.