[Vaquero]

Rush was about done with the Republican Party. Not conservatism.

[Paco]

Exactly right. People don't abandon the Bible because their leaders are sinners and morally corrupt, they abandon their leaders.

The sad truth about our govt is that 100% of democrats and 70% of Rep are utterly and thoroughly corrupt and they all need to go.

[caprock]

Yep! That’s my take.

[usconservative]

Rush was about done with the Republican Party. Not conservatism.

I think that was obvious after the 2016 election. There was a marked shift IMO in Rush's stated opinions on the air about how the Republican party needed to adapt -- followed by his frustrations somewhere in 2018/2019 that they'd failed to do so even after the Democrat's failed impeachment.

I think Rush was a true Reagan Conservative Republican which by today's standard (IMO) is where President Trump is. Yes, I still call him President Trump because Biden was not legitimately elected.

President Reagan always spoke about the little guy in similar ways that President Trump did (and does still.)

Some people call President Trump a Nationalist. I disagree. I think he's very much a Reagan Conservative who's willing to take on the Dem's on their own turf taking the battle straight to them much like President Reagan did. The only difference between President Reagan and President Trump (again, IMO) is that Reagan was gentle about it and Trump is a pugilist who's unafraid to take the battle to the Democrats using their own tactics against them.

I do not recall President Reagan ever using similar terms or tactics against the Democrats. There were times he was irritated with their tactics and let them know about it, then rallied the American people to his side to blow up the Capitol Hill switchboards but that was about it to the best of my aging recollection.

President Trump on the other hand isn't afraid to throw the first punch (so to speak) and set the Democrats back on their heels with a bloody nose. That's EXACTLY what the Conservative movement needs these days (again, IMO.)

In closing: Trump 2024!

[sport]

T6he Republican Party was not Conservative. Backstabbers? yes. Exclusive? yes. Conservative? No. The Republican Party hated and still hate gun owners. They hate Christians. They hated President Trump. The Republican Party hates Conservatives. Since most gun owners along with Conservatives and Whites with the Christians supported President Trump, the Republican Party hated both him[President Trump with a venomous hatred.

The next election[Should the Democrats allow one] The Battle cry of the Establishment Republican Party will be "Elect us to defeat the Democrats! "And the sheep will fall back in line. At which time the Democrat Party will employ the same tactics on them they used on President Trump while the Republicans stood around with their fingers up their butt, snickering.