Rush: Like It or Not, Bush Leads

Rush Limbaugh ^ | January 8, 2004 | Rush Limbaugh

[Cultural Jihad]

Leaders rule, and ideologues drool! ;-)

[Diddle E. Squat]

Good article by Rush. Here's some more to support some of his analysis:

Senate majority leader confident immigration reform will be approved

[nopardons]

Oh, and Tancredo has said, repeatedly, that NO ONE should write his name in and that he doesn't want to be president, which is a damned good thing, since he's a one issue person, who couldn't handle the job of president anyway.

[nopardons]

NO !

[cardinal4]

Im not looking to start trouble here, but it seems to me that there are some posters who will find fault with every thing Bush does. I agree with Rush-like it or not, this IS leadership. Bill Clinton wouldnt go near an issue unless the polls told him to. I have to admit however, Im pleased to see that there hasnt been a lot of "Bush didnt do exactly what I want, so I wont vote for him" petulance. Tough issue, it reqiures soul searching and thought. If we can get past the vitriol, Im sure we can come up with a compromise. I would submit that getting rid of the "anchor baby" clause would go a long way to compromise..

[Belial]

So why the heck do you think President Bush decided to go to war, along with Britain, Australia, Spain, and some other countries?

I think Bush believes the best way to guarantee peace in the Mideast is by establishing zones of influence. Taking out Saddam was a logical place to start.

[Visalia]

No one is advocating the breaking of laws...

Who is "No one"??? Does this include the illegals? Vicente Fox???

[sinkspur]

...but Bush does not speak fluent Spanish. I've heard him attempt to speak Spanish on a number of occaisons. He has trouble making it through the simplest slogans.

Well, I'll trust some of my Hispanic friends who tell me differently.

[Huck]

Rush did a good job with the Clinton comparison. Clever, actually. A very good point as far as the use of Presidential power goes. To tell you the truth, I don't know yet what my opinion is. I am not sure I agree with the President. But I think I know what principle he is operating under on this question. I think he wants these people to be able to work here legally. I have no idea what he wants to do about the borders. I know he made some remarks, but I honestly don't recall what he said about it, and my job has me very busy, so I am not up to date. I've got Brit Hume taped, which I'll get to later. But I think he's trying to facilitate making them legal workers.

[Cultural Jihad]

Perhaps Tancredo has a political interest in seeing that illegal immigration remains a big problem. I personally worry about the health and safety of these one-issue ideologues who have so tightly wrapped up their whole identity and sense of self-worth and purpose in life to illegal immigration when there are no more illegal aliens in the country.

[Huck]

I love your disclaimer. I think I may adopt it myself!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ya'll might find this article interesting, especially considering how at times Rush has been overly critical of President Bush Rush.

[DrDeb]

"Rush knows his audience. I stand corrected for my sarcasm and for my belief we were all thoughtful voters"


Forgive us, we should have realized that you are the only thoughtful voter here at FR!

[ItsMyVoteDammit]

then contact your representatives and let them know how you feel

Already did, and already apologized for getting in the way of the spin. What more do you want? This was an issue that infuriated me when Clinton messed with it, and Bush's actions do not make me feel any calmer. But I'll let the spin spin here and stfu.

[Liberty Valance]

A toast to you...excellent post!

[Cable225]

Well said.

And kudos to Rush for figuring it out too. My goodness, there are so many people getting hysterical on this board because the President put an issue into discussion and handed it off to Congress.

And quite frankly, I agree with you. I don't see a lot of American teenagers (or adults for that matter) lining up to mow lawns or bus tables either.

[Mamzelle]

He doesn't have to deport the illegals. He just has to enforce the law against the *employers*-- I don't buy this political business...

[nopardons]

I worry about the political naifs, oned, ywo, three issue supposed Conservatives on FR, whol haves less than NO idea how our government works/imagine that they can do a better job.

As to Tancredo, I've seen him several times on FNC. He has NO interest in, whatsoever,and deplores that some of his supporters plan to write his name in. He's as angry with them and he is at illegals.

[Cultural Jihad]

Excellent post.

[jrawk]

You know economics well.

An unfortunate hole in my argument? Well not really because I never found out how much it would cost to get the job done right legally. What do you think? Could I have done it for less?

I think it would look like this then:

$8 doesn't compete with X-Box.
12.50 get's you incompetance and frustrastion
$15.00 gets the job done right with immigrant. (illegally?)
$??.?? gets it done right legally...


It is hard to dance about the ethnicity issue. So let's not. Let's Mexican Hat Dance right on it! There is a lot of Xenophobia in the Republican party, and it is not all about "American Jobs, for American People."

I am Whitey White. But I grew up with La Raza. (Las Cruces, New Mexico) The culture is a very interesting one, and while their are a lot of differences, "hasta la manana" the core values agree with those of the Republican Party.

So how about my give them a legal way to be here amongst us because they are hard workers who share many of our values argument? Is immigration no longer part of the fuel for the engine of our economy?

-- lates
-- jrawk