[roses of sharon]

Rush did not start this.

And it is not he who is trying to separate the Republican party....Rush has always been careful about sticking together to win elections.

But, this year.....the “moderate intellectual” Republican writers and pundits repeatedly said that the Republican party must move on from Reagan conservatism.

And Rush is objecting.

[wolf78]

Rush did not start this.

I never said he did. I just wanted to point out that all that Republican navel-gazing is bullsh*t.

But, this year.....the “moderate intellectual” Republican writers and pundits repeatedly said that the Republican party must move on from Reagan conservatism.

You use intellectual as if it were a bad word... anyway, the Republican primaries last year were quite telling: There were 7 self-proclaimed "Reagan-Republicans", all selling different programs. Conservatism needs to adress the task at hand and Reagan actually was intellectual enough to realize that. Neither Rush-bashing nor Rush-love-ins nor invocations of Pres. Reagan are sufficient, if they lack substance for the sake of style.

This whole thing is just idle gossip.