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Maybe, but remember:

Pat Buchanan said that ONCE as a campaign slogan.

Limbaugh and Hannity made it a 10 times daily slogan, it was what defined them, and it became the most prominent repeated phrase, and even what we wrote on our signs at Freeps in front of the White House.

RULE OF LAW.

Yeah, until election time, then, lets ignore the rule of law and let the Clintons go.

I clearly remember one caller had to corner Limbaugh to get him to say, because he refused to say it until then, but he cornered Limbaugh to make him say that Bush would prosecute the Clintons for their crimes, and Limbaugh was so sarcastic when he said it...yet he and Hannity were the CHEERLEADERS of...THE RULE OF LAW.

And anyone who stated on their show after that, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RULE OF LAW, were treated as if there was something wrong with them, Sean and Limbaugh talked down to them, almost outright insulted them.

It was absolutely hippocritical of Hannity and Limbaugh to SCREAM for years RULE OF LAW, RULE OF LAW...only to then ignore it for the last 5 years.

So, some criticism was well deserved.

Race: I listen to Limbaugh's show frequently. There are two glaring examples of the same thing happening. One was the economic success of the mid to late 90's. During that time, Limbaugh labeled it as the result of the work of Republican's making Clinton come to them. Triangulation. Remember how PO'd we all were that Clinton was able to take credit for the economy when in fact it was all the work of the Republicans? Fast forward to the recession and economic downturn of the early 2000's. Now suddenly that economy that was so expertly guided by the Republican congress is now Clinton's recession or downturn. Now I'm not defending Clinton, I'm just giving another example of how Rush and others will change in mid stream.

The other example was the shutting down of military bases and other defense downsizing. That has been going on for years including some during the Reagan administration. But it got new life with the elder Bush's term. It was phrased the Peace Dividend because due to Reagan's staring down the communists, there system of government and economy fell. We sure took credit for those base closures and downsizings. Much of the early Clinton administrations results were largely in place as part of Bush I's policies as a result of the Peace Dividend. Yet during that whole time, the Peace Dividend became Clinton's gutting of the military. And who is responsible for the miliarry budgets anywho. Congress. Controled by republicans during 6 of Clinton's 8 years.

In addition, how many times during the call for the Rule of Law can you remember Rush saying you must stand by the courage of your convictions. Never compromise the courage of your convictions. Yet when Republicans or the President caves in on something, suddenly the art of compromise becomes the thought of the day.

How often has he chastized those hooked on smoking to tough it out and "I was a former smoker and quit so how addictive can it be". You just have to pull yourself up by your boot straps and do it. Yet his own addiction needed to be in a high priced controlled environment with all the warm and fuzzies and self awareness mumbo jumbo he so often mocked and mimicked. BTW, how is he now controlling the pain?

I can do the same thing. My car is old. IT does require repairs, sometimes costly. Yet I could present my car as a junker or an economical alternative to the high cost of new car. Same car. Same set of circumstances. Different perception based on wording.

You know, if we're counting on talk show hosts and tv personalities and elected officials to clean up our societal mess, then we're barking up the wrong tree. It takes you, me and others who give a crap to one by one lead by example, live the above ground life, live to the cannons of our scripture if we are inclined to be faithful and make ourselves the ones to be emulated.

Like with too many other consevatives and for that matter people of faith, with Sean and Rush and many others, the "rules don't apply to them".