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The Legacy of Compassionate Conservatism [Rush Limbaugh on the Campaign Reform SCOTUS fiasco]
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| December 10, 2003
| by Rush Limbaugh
Posted on 12/10/2003 8:57:47 PM PST by Lazamataz
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To: Digger; BigSkyFreeper; Rad_J
This is an exceptionally salient piece on the SCOTUS Constitional Sodomy, written by Messr. Limbaugh.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:10:53 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: M. Thatcher
I still really, really like you. :o)
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:11:16 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: freeeee; Always Right; Tribune7
December 10, 2003 will forever be remembered by me as the day the Bill of Rights died.
Read this well-written piece by Messr. Limbaugh.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:13:02 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: M. Thatcher
I like you, too. Does this mean we rock together?Good L-rd. You really ARE here all the time. :o)
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:13:51 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: Howlin
The same thing you've been doing all along. Only you can give more. Why would a conservative want to give money to a party that has openly declared its contempt for our Constitution?
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:15:52 AM PST
by
Sloth
("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
To: Lazamataz
No, if you read the post of Howlin's to which I refer it is the AP article. The quote in italics also comes from that AP article, not Rush's statements.
Actually, I think this is a horrific assault on the constitution and Bush should have refused to sign it.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:17:11 AM PST
by
diotima
To: Sloth
Why would a conservative want to give money to a party that has openly declared its contempt for our Constitution?I won't go that far. I agree with other posters who said the "Compassionate Republicans" gambled, and lost.
But you don't shoot craps on the Constitution. You live up to your oath.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:17:33 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: Lazamataz
Obviously a constitmatushionalist quack < /FR bushbot speak >
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:17:55 AM PST
by
MileHi
To: diotima
Actually, I think this is a horrific assault on the constitution and Bush should have refused to sign it.PHEW! (Wiping brow)... I was all set to tell Bob to check for a pod in the basement. :o)
Glad to see you're still firmly on our side. But then again, I'm not entirely surprised -- you are an unusually perceptive and intelligent person.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:19:24 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: DesertSapper; Luis Gonzalez
The ones who were in the minority, by the way, are the ones Bush would appoint.
I'd also like to see Fox put on a broadcast nightly news opposite Rather, Jennings, and Brokaw. We saw that they could kick butt in cable news, let's see what happens to the playing field when a "Fair and Balanced" nightly news on a BROADCAST network happens.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:20:42 AM PST
by
hchutch
("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
To: Lazamataz
Ah. Thank you. I noticed before that you were shaken by the ruling. I'm glad you are staying with your principles. I sure will be. Did you expect anything less from our resident RNC pom-pom girl? Cmon Laz...you know better than that.
Growing the budget and creating new entitlements and increasing the existing ones is not conservatism. It may be Republicanism, but that's not the same thing any more. In fact, it's liberalism. President Bush and the Republicans are buying votes, plain and simple. I still support Bush because the alternatives are so horrible, but I won't pretend that this is some new kind of conservatism. Conservatism is what it is, and you don't redefine it to fit your agenda, at least not if you're honest.
What I cannot understand, is why anyone who does not buy into this new "liberalism" here on FR is tarred and feathered as an anti-Bush/just-as-good-as-a-Democrat/carpetbagger. Counter arguments speak of things such as: "this is all part of a strategery" or "we have to give a little now so we can get the whole barn later" or even better "its not Bush's fault, its the fault of (X)". I thought conservatism was about reducing the size of the government largesse...not increasing it; and certainly not increasing it in order to get votes from a special interest group, or even worse...in order to get votes from the left; all at the expense of the Constitution. Is this what conservatism has been reduced to? A battle pandering for votes with socialism instead of receiving votes because of conservative ideaology! Have we given up the battle for the minds of America? I wonder.
Unfortunately, I have no other choice but to vote (R) when election time comes around...I will never vote (D); but this is reaching the point of futility IMHO. Within the next 20 years, I'll be raising my children, maybe put them through college, plan to retire, hope to have grandchildren, etc., etc. It angers me when I think of the type of America my children and grandchildren will have to live in if the present course continues. It angers me even more to know that I'm paying for all this increased socialism and my kids will prolly have it worse. My criticism and anger towards president Bush (as I'm sure most other anti-Bots) stems from those sentiments, not from some evil hatred for the man. I do thank God that he is a man of faith, is faithful to his very lovely wife, and has brought more character and integrity back into WH than X42, however...while that may be good enough for the Republican party right now...it may not be good enough for America now, and in the future. /rant off
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:23:56 AM PST
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(if we're not going to act like a constitutional republic...lets be the best empire we can be...)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Yehuda; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:24:12 AM PST
by
SJackson
To: Lazamataz
This may be "compassionate" conservatism, but it's not "conservatism" at all. Correct. Compassion with one's enemies is incompatible with victory--a lesson America is learning the hard way.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:24:58 AM PST
by
Smile-n-Win
(Let the Right do what's right, and the Left will be left behind.)
To: Luis Gonzalez
A conservative pubis, what a concept, you forget that the pubis's we elect are our masters, and nothing more.
We are the only slaves who have voted our masters into office.
Eff the PUBIS, "No politician who would put me in jail for criticizing them will ever get my vote. Ever."
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:26:24 AM PST
by
dts32041
(No politician who would put me in jail for criticizing them will ever get my vote. Ever.)
To: hchutch
I'm very glad you and I are on more civil terms. I do hope you see the incredible danger this ruling is. Not only did the SCOTUS "Take a bite outta rights" (to paraphrase McRuff, the Crime Dog), but they also employed a rationale that is simply frightening -- that of an 'compelling state interest'. Armed with this very facist-sounding rationale, none of the Amendments to the Bill of Rights are safe.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:28:40 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
To: Lazamataz
Hey Laz back at your.
"But instead, they decided to overturn it by judicial fiat. "Your analysis is right on. It is in a long line of similar decisions. This seems perpetual to me. The Court is not going to change. The Democrats fight to keep it liberal and the Republicans roll over for Ginsburg and Breyer. I believe Roe v Wade was given to us by a GOP appointed justices. Bush's biggest nightmare is if he has to make a SC appointment before his term is up.
Conservatism is done gone with the wind[makers].
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:31:25 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(Americans need Balanced Trade - we buy from you, you buy from us. No free rides.)
To: BureaucratusMaximus
Unfortunately, I have no other choice but to vote (R) when election time comes around... Actually, I suspect that the DemocRats are becoming so unpopular that soon the elections will not be decided between the Rs and Ds, but between the Rs and some other party.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:32:03 AM PST
by
Smile-n-Win
(Let the Right do what's right, and the Left will be left behind.)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
From Congressman BillBob's brief citing Sen. Phill Gramm (R-TX) in
The Congressional Record, 107th Congress, p. S2102),:
When did God decree freedom of speech existed only if one owns a newspaper or a television station or if they are a commentator? What about people who work for a living and who want to be heard? How can we write a law that treats the New York Stock Exchange differently from the New York Times? What this bill provides is unequal speech, privileged speech. So I am opposed to this bill because it is patently unconstitutional.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:35:15 AM PST
by
4CJ
('Scots vie 4 tavern juices' - anagram by paulklenk, 22 Nov 2003)
To: BureaucratusMaximus
Nice rant
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:38:36 AM PST
by
MileHi
To: international american; yonif; FirstPrinciple
Rush Limbaugh 'gets it'. This is a must-read article.
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posted on
12/11/2003 7:43:53 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(Hillary Clinton is a CLINQUANT without the LINQA.)
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