Posted on 11/08/2006 8:49:43 AM PST by MNJohnnie
he's off the reservation now - not the republican/conservative reservation mind you - but he realizes, as we should here, that our future political hopes no longer have anything to do with what happens during the last two years of this administration.
that's what Rush is liberated from.
LOL!
I am glad he did....it made people pay attention to the issue and find out that the bill was a lie.....and not good....
if he had not spoken up......it would have passed by a LANDSLIDE instead of just squeaking by......
this is what Rush's whole point is....
thank God you are not elected... you sound like McCain....scared to be strong- honest- and conservative.....cause the media might not like you....
It's been that way for decades, eeev. Centuries, even. Read some quotes from Mark Twain et. al. regarding congress... some could have been written yesterday.
Sorry, you're delusional if you think Bush is a conservative leader. The next two years will make that even more apparent.
Please read post 1007 this thread.
Big wet sloppy kiss. See ya tomorrow :-}
ROFL...You're right!... Darn spell checkers!... you can't trust them. (I will fix it) Thanks........
Well said Carolinamom!!
Quit bashing President Bush, you sound like a bunch of demonRATS
You should be worried. God rewards the wickedness of the people. The bible is very clear about what happens as a result of the collapse of faith.
Bush needs to hire a public relations/media expert. His press conference was terrible. He needs some clear messages, sound bites. And he needs to become better prepared than the past.
He also needs new advisors. How can you let Pelosi and the media totally set up the Rummy resignation? The media and dem have the sound bites all set up. Otherwise he needs to get off the stage!
what do we care what the MSM says anymore?
I saw that later. He just isn't a guy that shows that he was brought up right. And that is a surprise because of all the stories that he has told over the years about his grandfather would indicate that he would know better. But Rush is quite insecure and needs the attention. It's all about him.
say what you will....but it didn't help the republicans last night did it.
Why don't you go over to Liberty Post and celebrate the Rat victory with the rest of the "pure conservatives."
I am sure he is not really believing anything he HAD to say today, but he had to say it.
Don't give up on him yet!
And just how many people read the actual instrument of surrender? A tiny fraction of the people who heard Truman's speech on the occasion:
My fellow Americans, and the Supreme Allied Commander, General MacArthur, in Tokyo Bay:
The thoughts and hopes of all America--indeed of all the civilized world--are centered tonight on the battleship Missouri. There on that small piece of American soil anchored in Tokyo Harbor the Japanese have just officially laid down their arms. They have signed terms of unconditional surrender.
I doubt that he cared at all about the Japanese saving face. Truman feared the losses from a ground invasion.
Those aren't unrelated considerations. "Saving face" is a very, very big deal in Asian cultures, and the Japanese took "death before dishonor" to a fanatical extreme. Allowing the Japanese to save face allowed them to surrender.
A public diplomatic win with secret conditions isn't unusual -- the Cuban Missile Crisis resulted in Soviet missiles being loudly removed from Cuba, and NATO missiles being quietly removed from Turkey. The missiles in Turkey weren't needed anyway, but it let Khrushchev save face with the Politburo.
Regardless of any later spin (and that's all it was), his New Deal advisors were quite upset at what they perceived a cave.
And Truman was pragmatic enough not to worry whether he was seen as "caving" to an utterly defeated enemy whose new constitution we were writing for them.
My head has been hurting since last night.
I cannot get over the fools on THIS forum.
"He's saiid there is NO elected conservative leadership for years now and he meant it. Rush is right."
Yes, I was pleased to hear him say that.
Life goes on until the next 9/11.
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