Rush was putting this into context of what has made this a different coubtry than it was not all that long ago, and the changes have been for the worse.
When he was young, for instance, if a “pastor” of a church said “God Damn America” and other such from the pulpit he wouldn’t have a church anymore, much less would one of his attending parishioners be nominated for President and be leading in most polls, nor would any excuses be given for Wright and Obama as now.
Another example was when John Glenn was sent into orbit Americans nearby to watch it were literally kneeling in prayer on the beach prior to liftoff. He said that doesn’t happen anymore.
And he asked when can you remember a Presidential candidate who declined to meet with Billy Graham. Then said, MCCAIN has declined. So apparently he thought that the lack of meeting was McCain’s fault.
And he thought these and many other things he mentioned were signs that this is a vastly changed America for the worse, for which he blamed the Republican Party MORE, simply because it refuses to stand up now and kowtows to the Left, the more anti American anti Christianity side.
Rush was brought up in the Methodist church in Cape Girardeau MO, and it was a small town, flyover country type according to him and not the modern type. Apparently his parents and grandparents were pretty religious and they also tied their religion to their patriotism, which is how many of the rest of us of Rush’s generation were raised by such parents.
Rush is versed in religion but doesn’t like to talk about it in anything but the most general, pro American sense such as the views of the founding fathers, because he doesn’t want his program to descend into arguments over faith. I have heard him express that several times.
But yesterday, and for days to come, he’s going into thoughtful rants about what has happened to this country and what needs to be done about it, and he included the McCain thing as one of many examples.
And I will ask this: to those who think of this as a scheduling problem and no matter WHO says it is: Surely you realize that Mr. Graham is very vulnerable to illness and death, given his age and health issues.
My elderly mother passed away on May 20 after a relatively short, intense illness that started out as something more mild and not clearly dangerous until it had weakened her to where when a crisis came (pneumonia) she couldn’t overcome it.
Does McCain want to jimmy around with the visit until he’s hurrying to visit Graham in the hospital or at home on his virtual deathbed?? I think Rush sees this delay and scheduling issue as just not a sound reason to wrap his arms around, when you consider it’s Billy Graham and in such frail condition as he is.
And that makes sense to me.
Thank you for that review of the context of Rush’s statements about Mr. McCain and Mr. Graham. Sincerely appreciated. And by your review, I can appreciate deeply his overall intention.
I’m not a great Rush fan. He takes some liberties with reference to the Divine that irk me. But I am not a Rush basher either, believe me.