Posted on 06/24/2003 3:28:54 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
Dick Morris Restates "Big Theory"
June 24, 2003
by Rush Limbaugh
On May 28th of this year, I issued "The BIG Theory" on my program. I said that President Bush's strategy is to steal away Democrat issues by voting for big government programs. I then asked, "What happens when you get in office, and your goal is getting re-elected? Is there ever a point where you say, 'We have all the support we need. Now we can start rolling back government and expanding freedom'?" I'm deeply troubled by this tactic, because it involves rejecting our conservative principles in order to win elections.
Dick Morris calls Bush's strategery "triangulation," comparing it to Bill Clinton positioning himself between liberals and conservatives on issues such as welfare reform. Morris writes that "President Bush has stolen all the Democratic issues," and lists everything from Medicare drug benefits to Head Start to welfare called "tax credits" for people who don't pay taxes. Morris says that advancing big government in the name of "compassion" has helped to assure Bush's reelection. With the war issue faded, Bush has "gotten his political act together with a speed and sureness that shows what a magnificently gifted politician he truly is." So much for Democrats rerunning 1992.
There's just one thing that Morris did not get. Bush isn't just trying to win a second term. He's trying to attract new Republican voters. By acting like liberal Democrats who want to force taxpayers to fund new entitlements, Bush is in essence saying, "I'm your guy." If he's successful in getting even a small percentage of the minority vote that reliably goes Democrat, in addition to keeping conservatives happy on things like tax cuts, this could end up being a major realignment. A lot of people who've apparently been in the meetings with Bush send me e-mails saying, "No, no, no, Rush! Bush is going to get these huge majorities in the House and Senate, then use them to advance conservatism!" Well, I haven't been in those meetings - but even if that does happen, at that point you can wave good-bye to all those new voters.
The objective is to roll back the size of government and deal with the impending problems of our welfare state. Bush and the GOP lately have been doing the opposite. If you give them your uncritical loyalty, they will reward you by ignoring your demands - that is exactly what has happened to blacks in the Democratic Party. It's amazing how folks here on FR will comment about how stupid so many blacks are for uncritically pulling the Donkey lever, and then they turn around and downplay legitimate criticism of Bush as bashing.
So basically, then, it matters little who is in power, because they will heed the mob instead of the Constitution. Later.
The President needs to realize the Democrats are playing games, so he ought to merely go back door and confirm ALL of his remaining appointees ANY way he can.
...It's amazing how folks here on FR will comment about how stupid so many blacks are for uncritically pulling the Donkey lever, and then they turn around and downplay legitimate criticism of Bush as bashing. "
DITTO, Brother.
You're being asinine now - I have every friggin' right in the world to stand up and voice my criticisms, as an activist and an informed citizen. You are spening precious little time making your positions and too much time attacking those you disagree with.
I do think the chances are better with the Republicans than the Democrats, but then I don't have the gift that some ppl claim to have.
Don't be so hard on yourself. You do have a certain Carville-esque flair to your attempts to disctract from the issue.
To: justsheWhich party do you now support?
MAYBE IT SHOULD READ
Republicans are not the solution but republicans are the problem.
430 posted on 06/26/2003 7:05 AM PDT by TLBSHOW (The Gift is to See the Truth)
Are you FINALLY going to tell us which party you are working for?
And since you quoted Ronald Reagan, do you not support his other warning as well? His 11th Commandment?
Thou shalt not speak ill of fellow Republicans.
It is one thing to work from WITHIN the party in an attempt to effect change. It is quite another to stand on the outside and lob fallacious potshot after potshot after potshot in order to 'be the center of attention' and attempt to denigrate for the sake of disruption.
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