I like Rush, too, and 10 years of my posts prove it. But I recall that in Rush's "Realville," Newt calling Romney out on the crappy ethics of his work at Bane (as Rush knows, something can be perfectly legal within the framework of capitalism and still be vile, like ticket scalping or loan sharking) was, somehow, the equivalent of being "anti-capitalist." In Rush's "Realville," Palin's momentous announcement that she wasn't going to run for 2012, didn't even merit one single mention on his show the next day. (Which made me realize that his show didn't merit all the time I'd been spending listening to it.)
Rush's "Realville" is just as bent and distorted as anyone else's. Rush is fallible, and that is a FACT. Over the past year, I've lost that lovin' feelin' for him because those two items really heaped some mud on his feet. He'll have to do a lot to redeem himself in my eyes, and he probably will someday, because he IS the Great Maha Rushie. But Rush's "Realville" is his interpretation of it, and that is all.
You want a more likely Realville? Re-read Norm's truth:
The whole problem of dealing with Obama is an easy one to solve. Congress has 8 million ways of stopping each and every one of his programs cold.... So if [Republicans in Congres] won’t stop Obama, what makes you think [they'd] fight Romney when the lib judge nominations begin? Because [Romney's] history is one of appointing them. Or his gay marriage crap? Same there. Or his Global Warming crap? Same there. Or any of a thousand other 100% liberal actions.
In MY "Realville," it is happy horsecrap to bust ass electing and promoting limited government Tea Party conservatives to Congress on the assumption that they cannot possibly stop Omnipotent Obama, but that they woudldn't roll over for Romney.
It defies all common sense. As does voting for Romney.
For me, the "common sense" to voting for Romney is this ...
Romney Picks Pro-Life Conservatives [Bork and Glendon] as Top Judicial Advisors
The Romney judicial team, according to a Boston Herald report, has 63 members who have signed a pledge to ensure that they will help Romney nominate federal judges “who faithfully adhere to the Constitution’s text, structure, and history and he will carry out the duties of president as a zealous defender of the Constitution.”
Andrew McCarthy on SCOTUS appointments
Sure, you can argue that it is foolish to trust Romney on this. But we know for sure that 0bama's SCOTUS nominees are in the mold of Sotomayor and Kagan.
Common sense says that at least with Romney there is a chance he'll listen to his select group advisors on this.
Norm's post is not Realville, it's a fundamental misunderstanding of how bad Bambi is. There are two candidates left who can win, Virgil and whatshisname aren't one of them.
One of those candidates is insufferable, unthinkable and inconceivably set on a course to ruin this country with his Marxist psychobabble.
The other is a RINO squish who we don't like for good reason.
I don't like Mitt, but the alternative is unthinkable. And no, he can't be contained, because he's lawless (like yesterday's edict concerning illegals), has no regard for what people want, or what's good, and will never take no for an answer. Heck, he could be caught murdering Hillary on live tv and the networks would say it's Bush's fault for being so divisive (a little humor for you in Rio Linda).
I'm sorry, we either boot Bambi and his minions to the curb or we might never get it back.
Trying to defeat Romney now won't help. Exaggerating how bad Romney is won't help, pretending he's the same as Bambi won't help. Getting rid of Bambi's minions gives us a chance.