Rush Calls Bush Like Nixon. Republicans cannot claim to be for small government.

Rush Live broadcast ^ | 11/25/03 | rushy

[Mark Felton]

Rush has spent the last several minutes likening Bush to Nixon. Nixon gave us OSHA and the EPA. Bush is giving us Prescription Medicine benefits for seniors.

Rush says the Republican party cannot claim to be the party of smaller government.

This sounds likme the OLD Rush of 10 years ago!

Go Get Em Rush!

[Dane]

Say I stood up and promised practically everything in the world,

And could you cite me where GW Bush literally promised "everything in the world" during the 2000 campaign.

[KantianBurke]

-Sigh- Let's try this one last time. Nixon spent lots of taxpayer money for unconstitutional goodies. Bush has and is spending alot of taxpayer money for unconstitutional goodies. Neither are in favor of smaller govt.

[dwilli]

Can you give me examples of the government ever fixing(tuning) Bills later?

[Texas Federalist]

"What gave your first clue, do you suppose it might be the increase in NEA funding, or imposing tarriffs on steel, his emergency farm bill, or his wanting to give amensty to 3.5 million illegals?"

. . . supporting the renewal of the assault weapons ban, stating that America "is not ready" for a ban on abortion, refusing to support Cornyn's call for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, more new federal regulations added to the CFR than in any prior administration, signing the campaign finance bill, federalizing airport security, . . .

[billbears]

You know what I meant. If he made any promises that could not be covered under the scope of the Constitution, then the voters should not expect or look for it.

[Sam Cree]

I personally like both GW and Rush, in spite of my libertarian leanings. I can find fault with both, but figure they are on my side mostly.

I see neither man as false.

I remain wary, however.

[4CJ]

The myth of the two-party system, or The Emperor's New Clothes. Oh, the snickering and wit in donning tin-foil hats...

For what it's worth, I think the other political parties picked up a few supporters today. If I had wanted BLOATED government, I would have voted for Dims in the first place!

[stljoe71]

The beachheads on Normandy were also small.

So whose beachhead is bigger the socialized medicine crowd whose beachhead is at least 400 billion dollars over 10 years or your small experimental test programs and medical savings accounts?

Face it small government is a huge net loser and the president brought it to you.

[gimmealewinsky]

I get the moniker "Compassionate Conservative" but when the hell do get a bit of the conservative and a little less compassion. He's outspent "he who won't be named" by something like 6-1. Where does it end?

[Dane]

-Sigh- Let's try this one last time. Nixon spent lots of taxpayer money for unconstitutional goodies. Bush has and is spending alot of taxpayer money for unconstitutional goodies. Neither are in favor of smaller govt

And show me where Nixon signed a bill with privitaztion reforms for medicare. Nixon didn't, so Rush's contention that Nixon and GW are the same is moot.

But what the hey Rush throws some red meat to the far right to chow on like the zombies in the movie, "Night of the Living Dead" and all is right with the world.

[cake_crumb]

"Help me out here, during the Y2K election campaign didn't Bush promise senior citizens some sort of prescription drug benefit?"

Yes he did, and yes he is simply keeping another campaign promise.

[ml/nj]

likening Bush to Nixon

Ridiculous!

Nixon didn't favor creation of a "Palestinian" state.

ML/NJ

[miloklancy]

Rush Limbaugh cannot really claim to be for small goverment either. Even after in fairness taking responsibility for his own addiction to what amounts to synthetic heroin, Rush still supports the criminalization of marijuana, a much less harmful substance than the legal oxycontin. In order to enforce this policy, you need a jack booted bueareacracy. It would be helpful if all conservatives were trully committed to smaller goverment.

[litany_of_lies]

W did promise a prescription drug bennie during the election in 2000. If he hadn't who here doesn't think that at least 1000 seniors in FL would have gone for Gore instead? (.....sounds of silence....)

The War on Terror is W's #1 priority. He also knows that failing to pass a bill could very well give his traitorous opponents what they need to defeat him in 2004 (reference FL seniors above). He's signing on to a bill that is not as good as what he wanted to avoid that possibility. I don't like it but I have to agree with it. It's perfectly obvious that W is the only person running in 2004 who has the will to carry out the War; if a Dem wins in 2004 we'll all be dead or bowing to Mecca by 2020.

[Ff--150]

If I had wanted BLOATED government, I would have voted for Dims in the first place!

It may well be others are seeing the two political parties are indeed one and the same, just using different rhetoric...

[hchutch]

The beachhead that grows will be determined in the future elections. If conservatives win the upcoming elections, ours will grow. If people choose to put ideological purity over results, the Left gets in, and theirs grow.

It's your choice.

[quidnunc]

Sooner or later a prescription-drug benefit was absolutely inevitable.

Better for you yourself rather than the other guy to get the credit, and better for to have control over the final product.

The wingnut ideologues who are ragging on Dubya are part of the death-before-electability crowd.

[JohnGalt]

Spoken like a true Vichy Conservative...

[quidnunc]

JohnGalt wrote: Spoken like a true Vichy Conservative...

Spoken like a true wingnut crank!

[stljoe71]

The "conservatives" provided the bigger beachhead to their alleged adversaries. That bigger beachhead for socialism is a fact that cannot be argued away.

Its ridiculous to suggest that the winner in this will be determined by future elections. If that's the case no legislation matters because some future election might change things.

As it stands here and now this was a win for the left aided and abetted by the alleged right at a time when the alleged right has a stranglehold on government. I don't see that another election will change a thing. Remember the last election was supposed to fix this problem.