RUSH: What if it were Clinton?

Rush Limbaugh show | April 10, 2002 | Rush Limbaugh

[Risky Schemer]

Uh oh. Does this mean Rush is banned?

[galt-jw]

If I had voted for Gore, at least I would have known what I was getting. Bush is a fraud.

[Neenah]

HE IS RIGHT !! plain and simple.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

Rush then explained his job was not to act as a mouthpiece for the Republican party, but to advance conservatism and resist liberalism.

Not to worry, come election time, Rush will be acting as a mouthpiece of the GOP again.

[isthisnickcool]

If I had voted for Gore, at least I would have known what I was getting.

Gore? You would have an idiot that dyes his hair.

[fooman]

if it were Clinton: 1) We would have immediately surrendered to the Taliban and sent them lots of money. Oprah WOULD have gone to Afghan to help them with their self esteem 2) Sharon would not have been allowed to do the incursions in the first place. Clinton and halfbright would have passed UN resolutions stopping Isereal. If that didn't work Clinton would have international peace keepers (under our ) lead controlling Isereal under Yasser wishes 3) An SUV 'luxury' tax of 1000/per car/per year would be assessed to end dependence on foreign oil 4) More nuke tech would go to chinese, so that they could help Syria, Saudi Arabia and North Korea round out their arms

[krodriguesdc]

rush never liked President Bush...

he likes ratings...

[Pete]

campaign finance reform, the education bill, taxes, Israel policy

I disagree with Bush on the first two - probably on the second two as well (at least with his public positions).

That doesn't mean I am not glad Bush is President. I am still proud of him and support him. We have gotten so caught up in destruction politics that we have forgotten that it is ok to disagree with someone on an issue - that is what debate is for (or used to be for.)

[fporretto]

Rush has a good point -- and I'm an admirer of President Bush.

Americans didn't elect the man because of his personal charm, but to stand for certain principles and to put them into action. If we approve of everything he does, regardless of whether or not it's in line with the principles we were led to believe he shared with us, how are we different from the lefties who cheered Clinton on regardless of everything he did?

George W. Bush is an enormous improvement over Bill Clinton, and I'm glad to have him in the Oval Office... which doesn't mean I'm not going to hold him to his word. Having a lot of conservatives scowling at him when he departs from conservative principles could well help to keep him faithful to those principles. Getting nothing but approval, in contrast, could persuade him that it doesn't matter what policies he adopts.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit The Palace Of Reason: http://palaceofreason.com

[steve50]

I don't know about you but I feel like a damn fool. No more lessor of two evils for this lad.

[fooman]

if it were Clinton:

1) We would have immediately surrendered to the Taliban and sent them lots of money. Oprah WOULD have gone to Afghan to help them with their self esteem

2) Sharon would not have been allowed to do the incursions in the first place. Clinton and halfbright would have passed UN resolutions stopping Isereal. If that didn't work Clinton would have international peace keepers (under our ) lead controlling Isereal under Yasser wishes

3) An SUV 'luxury' tax of 1000/per car/per year would be assessed to end dependence on foreign oil

4) More nuke tech would go to chinese, so that they could help Syria, Saudi Arabia and North Korea round out their arms

PS sorry about the formatting. My only request for FR would be to add the ability to show the ascii character #13

[Rule of Law]

Rush then asked the caller, "What is my job here?" Rush then explained his job was not to act as a mouthpiece for the Republican party, but to advance conservatism and resist liberalism.

I wish he had remembered this before the election.

[Hugin]

Lots of people here who genuinely like Bush (me included) have been critical of him on these issues. That's because unlike the liberal Dems who march in lockstep, conservatives tend to think for themselves.

[Cosmo]

Hey, bub! Ronnie dyed his hair....my Fiance dyes her hair...I think my mother does too.... You were saying?

[swampfox98]

Rush then asked the caller, "What is my job here?" Rush then explained his job was not to act as a mouthpiece for the Republican party, but to advance conservatism and resist liberalism.

I'm with Rush.

[admiralsn]

"Thou shall not speak ill of a fellow Republican."
That is a direct quote of Rush, quoting Ronald Reagan. Rush has said it numerous times over the last ten years. It does not read, "Though shall not speak ill of a fellow Republican, unless he or she disappoints you in some way," or even, "Thou shall not speak ill of a fellow Conservative."
Rush knows that his job changed the day Bush was elected. Just as it it did the day Clinton was elected. He doesn't like it, and many others do not either, but he is becoming irrelevent. And it doesn't have to be that way.

[dawn53]

I listen to Rush, he can say anything he likes about Bush. It's a free country, and it's his program.

That being said, Rush has not been elected to anything. He's not the President, he's not a Senator, he's not anything but, by his own admission, a radio personality, part educator, part entertainer.

As far as the Middle East goes, it's easy to say how things should be, what you would do, etc. etc., it's easy to criticize. But who knows what you would do if you were in Bush's shoes. We don't know the whole story; we don't see the whole picture; we are not briefed every morning. We see what the media feeds us. We listen to others' accounts of what is happening.

I prefer to trust Bush, keep my mouth shut and see what transpires. If when all is said and done Bush blows it, I'll be the first to admit it, but we're in the middle of the mess, so give the guy sometime to work it out.