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Rush Limbaugh: Bush's FDR Example
Washington Post ^ | 11/28/2001 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 11/27/2001 8:19:47 PM PST by Pokey78

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:35 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

As I watch such liberal leading lights as Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy denounce President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft for detaining certain aliens to stem future terrorist atrocities against Americans, and hear them rail against the constitutionality of reinstituting military commissions to bring terrorist murderers to justice, I have to wonder: Would their views be different if their hero, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were president today?


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1 posted on 11/27/2001 8:19:47 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: Howlin; riley1992; Miss Marple; deport; Dane; sinkspur; steve; LarryLied; kattracks; JohnHuang2...
A PING for El Rushbo!
2 posted on 11/27/2001 8:21:26 PM PST by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
Rush Limbaugh is published in the Washington Post?

I think I've seen it all.

3 posted on 11/27/2001 8:25:06 PM PST by Jean S
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To: Pokey78
So if it was wrong when FDR did it, why are we doing it now?

Isn't that like a bank robber justifying bank robbing on the grounds that other people had robbed banks in the past?

4 posted on 11/27/2001 8:33:02 PM PST by Sagitarius
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To: JeanS
Since you mentioned the Washington Post..thought I would tell you this story. My brother-in-law got a solicitation in the mail from the Washington Post asking him to subscribe by sending in the post paid card included. He returned it with this written on it.

"Not now. Not ever. This trash isn't fit to line a bird-cage with"

5 posted on 11/27/2001 8:35:57 PM PST by Bellanorma
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To: Pokey78
when did Limbaugh start writin for the Washboard??
6 posted on 11/27/2001 8:45:03 PM PST by GeronL
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To: Pokey78; Real Rush
Patrick Leahy rode hard and put away wet.

Good job Rush!

7 posted on 11/27/2001 8:49:02 PM PST by Trailer Trash
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To: Pokey78
So far I have been unable to satisfy myself entirely that these tribunals are a good idea, but today I came a long way towards favoring them after watching a debate between Anthony Lewis and San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Joseph Perkins.

Perkins, taking the pro-military tribunal side, made the compelling point that two crucial pieces of evidence became known to al-Qaeda terrorists as a direct result of open testimony from prior trials:

  1. testimony that ground level bombs could not bring down the WTC. It was even suggested by an explosives expert that something like a fully fueled jet would be the only thing that could do real damage to those buildings.
  2. testimony that the CIA was able to listen in on Bin Laden's cell phone conversations, causing him to desist permanently from using cell phones.

Disclosures like these put at risk the national security of the United States, arming terrorists with invaluable information. Military tribunals eliminate that problem.

8 posted on 11/27/2001 8:50:06 PM PST by beckett
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To: Pokey78
What I have been saying all along...If a military tribunal is good enough for one of our military who has committed a criminal act. It is certainly good enough for a NON-US CITIZEN TERRORIST. Liberals and Civil Libertarians who want to extend foriegn terrorist anything more than a military tribunal should ask what our soldiers are fighting for, OUR RIGHTS or NON-CITIZEN RIGHTS?...the answer is simple, and a military tribunal is far more courtesy than what the victims of 9/11 got
9 posted on 11/27/2001 8:50:55 PM PST by MJY1288
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To: beckett
Good post. Thanks for the insight.

Bump.

10 posted on 11/27/2001 8:53:51 PM PST by history_matters
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To: Pokey78
Rush is right on but has losted his punch.

I love what's left of Rush but he's in the grip of a power base, no longer on the cutting edge or shining the light of truth.

His hearing isn't going to take him down, his bending will. The most sane voice today is Pat Buchanan, evidenced again by his stream of weekly articles. Rush along with the neocons, shunning Pat, shows how far Rush has falled.

11 posted on 11/27/2001 9:00:28 PM PST by duckln
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To: beckett
Bookmarking - I'd say those are all the reasons you need!
12 posted on 11/27/2001 9:01:35 PM PST by Tunehead54
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To: duckln
Oh please! What dreck. Rush is not a part of the establishment, except in conservative circles (which is exactly where he should be!). Any minute you'll be telling us he's meeting in Davos with Henry Kissinger. No one is beating down Buchanan's door to get his opinion on anything - except, of course, when he can trash other conservatives, Bush in particular.
13 posted on 11/27/2001 9:14:08 PM PST by SmartBlonde
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To: duckln
Pat is very good as a writer and journalist and sometimes makes alot os sense but he sucked running for President. He came accross as a nut case and seemed to hate everyone !
14 posted on 11/27/2001 9:21:09 PM PST by america-rules
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To: Pokey78
I was not pinged! Awesome column by awesome Rush! A keeper!
15 posted on 11/27/2001 9:29:13 PM PST by onyx
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To: SmartBlonde
Any minute you'll be telling us he's meeting in Davos with Henry Kissinger.

Well if you listen to Rush, he name drops Kissinger often, especially when he trys to debunk the conspiracy theory.

No one is beating down Buchanan's door to get his opinion on anything

They should, he's more right than Rush, over a longer period. When Rush had him on for over an hour at the beginning of the last presidential campaign, the gap in savy intellect was obvious.

- except, of course, when he can trash other conservatives, Bush in particular.

They are not conservatives, neocons is a better term. Pat doesn't 'trash', and has supported Bush much more often than not. Proof is comparing his remarks with the likes of 'conservative' Safire and Kristol.

16 posted on 11/27/2001 9:32:49 PM PST by duckln
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To: Sagitarius
Isn't that like a bank robber justifying bank robbing on the grounds that other people had robbed banks in the past?

As Bubba Clinton would say, "close, but no cigar." In the correct context (and not trying to twist it around, as you obviously are attempting), at times of crisis, tough decisions have to be made.

BTW, nice screen name. Too bad it's spelled Sagittarius.

17 posted on 11/27/2001 10:16:01 PM PST by Capitalist Eric
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To: duckln
Pat ? Pat Buchanan ?

Well then, it just might interest you to know, that Pat has said that the military tribunals are a good idea, as well. Now, what are you going to say ? Hmmmmmmm ? It's about the ONLY thing that Pat and I have agreed about, in a long time, and I used to love reading / listening to what he had to say. LOL

18 posted on 11/27/2001 10:25:22 PM PST by nopardons
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To: duckln
You are in serious denial. Get help ASAP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
19 posted on 11/27/2001 10:27:18 PM PST by nopardons
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To: duckln
Pat Buchanan. Now let me see.......

Oh yeah, I remember him. He left civilization long ago and now resides as Chief Nutcase in the Land of Misfit Xenophobes.

20 posted on 11/27/2001 10:59:43 PM PST by Pokey78
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