I was shocked to hear Rush give this explanation a couple of days before.
I have listened to Rush for years and years, and he has ALWAYS said (rightly so, IMO), that “you NEVER WIN BY LOSING.”
But that’s exactly what he’s arguing for now. What a flip flop.
His argument that, at least with a Rat president, the Republicans in Congress could be “full-throated” in their opposition was okay; it was better than nothing. But, please, the answer to that is to change the culture of temerity in opposing the President when he’s wrong.
Yes, we do want some party order and decorum. But if the President is not doing what WE want-—for example, in a Supreme Court nomination (Meyers)-—then WE have to raise hell and OUR REPS have to raise hell. Even if they do so behind closed doors, blah blah blah. They have to stand up to the President even if he is from our party. What’s up with that?
Rush was right: you never win by losing. If the Republican president is wrong, the Republicans need to do whatever it takes to get him on the right path, including opposing him when necessary. But no way does the country come out ahead with a Rat president.
For one thing: just compare who ANY Rat will make Secretary of Defense compared to who ANY Republican will. Any questions?
What good would it do for Rush to spend 4 years bashing a Republican?
The GOP is drifting away to Liberalville and the GOP Establishment is kicked back and snoozing, enjoying the ride.
I WILL NOT SUPPORT A LIBERAL JUST BECAUSE HE IS LESS LIBERAL THAN CLINTON OR OBAMA.
That's never going to happen. Look at all the people, even passionate, politically involved folks here on FR, who actually argue in favor of things like higher taxes, or "assault weapons" bans, when their GOP candidate supports said taxes and gun bans. That is all the proof I need that we are not going to be unified enough to hold any of these would-be GOP presidents' feet to the fire.
Look at all the folks right here on FR who vehemently opposed any criticism of W. or the GOP Congress, until at least 2006?
"Team" think and pack mentality is human nature. Only when people are threatened by an outside source do we get truly unified (Orwell covered this in 1984).