Newt gave an excellent answer. I do everything to create a better America for my (grand)children.
Agree completely. Here is what I posted earlier today on another thread about that very point, and why I, therefore, support Newt Gingrich. Today was a big game for Rush ...defend Newt ...attack Romney ....defend Romney ....attack Newt ...etc., etc. He even referred to this as a variation of "Operation Chaos," to somehow help get a Republican nominated. Not sure I'm clever enough to follow the argument. I'm reminded of something I learned long ago about telling a joke; if you have to explain the punch line it ain't that funny. For me, what nails this all down is asking why we are fighting this battle? Indeed, I ask that of all my fellow FReepers. Now I'm probably going to sound a little harsh, but here's my take... Rush has no children or grandchildren. That's it. To me, that's the crux of the argument. Rush has a much nicer home and jet than I will ever dream of owning. Heck, I'm 64 and I will probably never even visit a home as nice as his or ride a someone's personally owned jet. I don't begrudge him that. He's earned it, and I wish him well. But I don't think Rush has my deep-down, way down in the gut, concern for my kids and grandkids. That's why I'm in this battle for the soul of America. At 64, I'm probably going to be okay. I put a little away in the 401K and the wife and I have lived within our means for the past 25 years, avoiding spending money we did not have. But my five grandkids are being straddled with debt they cannot hope to pay, and I have literally shed tears for what we are doing to them. So for me, this isn't a fight about "my guy" versus "your guy," or even moderate versus conservative, it's about who is going to stop this madness before it's too late. Romney is a "finger in the wind" politician who will move which ever way the winds blow. I put as much stock in his words as I did (now with hindsight) when George Herbert Walker Bush said, "Read my lips. No new taxes." Newt claims he's doing this because of his two grandchildren. I'm taking him at his word. I do so, because when he talks about his grandchildren, and his concern for the future we are making for them, he sounds just like me. Rush has his cats, and his jet, and golf outings to die for, but at the end of the day he has no compelling reason to look out two or three or four decades. I do. My five grandchildren give me that opportunity every day. You may be selling Rush a bit short.
He really does not have to work. Either he is there for his ego or because he really cares about the future or some of both.
I vote for some of both.
Rush enjoys begin the leader of the pack but he takes the job very seriously.I think he truly cares about the future of the country.
I know what he does to keep audiences and how good he is at broadcasting and how he can keep a huge audience even when he can't even hear.No one else can do that,none of us are that good.
The guy has been pretty even handed in the election cycle. He has pointed out the good, bad and ugly of most every candidate IMHO.
He is and remains my leader of the New Media and for now I will still follow his lead.
You may be selling Rush a bit short. He really does not have to work. Either he is there for his ego or because he really cares about the future or some of both. I'm a Rush fan (probably less so today than in the past), and I feel he's still the number one guy when it comes to articulating conservative philosophy. He is the master.
But here's the rub. If one truly believes in the conservative principles how can they say that a moderate (I really think moderate is overly gracious when applied to Mitt) is suddenly okay. This happens, it seems, every election cycle with Rush.
Throughout the year we hear Rush's slams and numerous parodies about McCain, Graham, Snowe, etc., but once the election is near its all about fear and how we have to support the non-democrat.
When Rush went through his "rough patch" (drug use, etc.) we stood by him 100%! We knew the media was using this event to hurt Rush and minimize him, but true conservatives stood by him.
Today, he could have taken a similar position with Newt (certainly as it related to Ronald Reagan and the completely false accusations leveled at Newt), but Rush got cute and danced around it ever so slyly. I wonder if Rush would still be on the air today if his followers had danced the same dance a few years ago.
Okay, at the end of the day, I still like Rush and I won't be able to not listen to him again (I will probably wait until AFTER the Florida vote). I don't pretend to have all of the answers, and I apologize if that sounded like my intention. My grandkids do give me the vision I need to see beyond next week, or even next year, but that's just me.
God Bless.