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RUSH LIMBAUGH: BUSH "NO CONSERVATIVE"

Posted on 03/16/2002 10:01:26 PM PST by StopDemocratsDotCom

It took a while for Bush to win over Conservatives who now support him all way. That's why I hate it when the word RHINO is thrown left and right when talking about a Republican who may do something that seems out of step with what we agree with and we don't realize that politics is all about winning and looking like a "centrist"

Check out this 1999 Article:

Conservative talkmeister Rush Limbaugh blasted away at George W. Bush with both barrels today, stoking a possible clash between grass-roots conservatives and the front-running candidate who is already pursuing a centerist general election strategy.

"He's really wandered off the reservation here lately folks," Limbaugh intoned, before making the case against the recent Bush positioning.

"In my mind," he told his listeners, "no conservative running for president would make the kind of statements that he's made. No conservative running for president would leave his philosophical brothers and sisters dying on the congressional battlefield the way Bush did with that EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) thing. And now he's done it again with the speech at the Manhattan Institute. He's done it twice in seven or eight days time."

"This obviously is a carefully crafted strategy." Limbaugh continued. "What it means is that solid conservatives from Tom DeLay to Dick Armey, who are doing all they can to eke out small majorities and beat back Clinton and all his Big Government schemes-issue after issue-end up being emasculated by Bush's comments."

"Who wants a Republican moderate as president?" Limbaugh asked, a question the Bush camp must hope that other conservatives don't begin asking.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bushdoctrine; bushspeech; manhattaninstitute; rinos
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To: ChareltonHest
As for liking him. I was overjoyed when he won the election. I think I have always been a bit suspisious and never realy tusting of him. The "PATRIOT" Act was they last straw. C.H.Is there room in this boat for a passenger? I couldn't have said it better. After he signed the un-Patriot Act, I started being suspicious of every move. Blackbird.
141 posted on 03/17/2002 2:03:19 AM PST by BlackbirdSST
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To: weikel
Not that its okay just whatever abuses contained within are redundant. There's no sneak and peak provision in RICO. None I'm aware of anyway, correct me if I'm wrong. Blackbird.
142 posted on 03/17/2002 2:11:55 AM PST by BlackbirdSST
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To: rdb3
I enjoyed reading your post. Very well thought out. Thank you.
143 posted on 03/17/2002 2:18:14 AM PST by alnick
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To: joyce11111
To: B4Ranch

"who pays the UN costs to overthrow the American way of life with your tax dollars."

The very FIRST order of business for Congress last year, while Republicans still had the majority in the Senate,
was to authorize back payments to the UN.
8 years of klintoon to clean up and this was their 1st priority.

27 posted on 3/16/02 1:40 PM Pacific by 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/647551/posts?

144 posted on 03/17/2002 2:54:15 AM PST by B4Ranch
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
"Who wants a Republican moderate as president?" Limbaugh asked, a question the Bush camp must hope that other conservatives don't begin asking."

As a Right Wing Conservative, the answer is: GW IS SCREWING HIMSELF! Conservatives dumped his father. We won't find it more difficult to dump him.

Is he banking on being the only semi conservative running, and we wont have another choice? HAHA! We won't vote for another man who abandons principles.

RUSH IS RIGHT!

145 posted on 03/17/2002 3:07:08 AM PST by antidemocommie
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To: antidemocommie
Rush is not a conservative. I've listened to him and he may be conservative on some issues, at least he talks the talk, but he shows his true colors when he attacks the most conservative president we've had since Reagan. Conservative to Rush means "free" markets. What about abortion, prayer in school, afirmative action, homosexuals, entangling alliances (Israel), and immigration? Rush thinks that the folks here on FR are a bunch of kooks. Rush's friends are not folks like you and I, his friends are the media elite in New York City. Ya, Rush is conservative, in a pig's eye.
146 posted on 03/17/2002 3:25:02 AM PST by FloridaCracker
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To: alnick
No, thank you.

Why must we on the Right be so cannibalistic? It makes no sense.

147 posted on 03/17/2002 3:36:53 AM PST by rdb3
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To: FloridaCracker
Well funny you just described the type of conservative I am.
148 posted on 03/17/2002 3:38:40 AM PST by weikel
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To: FloridaCracker
He is against amnesty for the record BTW.
149 posted on 03/17/2002 3:41:31 AM PST by weikel
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To: rdb3
That was a good little essay, neighbor. Hope to see more of them.
150 posted on 03/17/2002 3:45:55 AM PST by backhoe
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To: Sir Gawain
Some people have radio shows and some people don't. Go figure.
151 posted on 03/17/2002 4:58:25 AM PST by nunya bidness
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To: backhoe
Bush's biggest asset is also his biggest liability. His father had unbeatable popularity during the Gulf war. George W. is riding the same wave in his war against terrorism. The reason his polls are higher is due to the death of US citizens on American soil.

The real question becomes, can he keep the public on a high war fever pitch during his time in office? I think it is doubtful. I think he will eventually be judged on his domestic policies. This is where he is vulnerable just as his dad was.Trying to expand his popularity into the liberal ranks is alienating his base. CFR, immigration, NWO, WTO, even alienate a lot of liberals.

Even though conservatives take great satifaction in controlling the White House, it still boils down to the Congress molding the direction of the country. If GW had a Congress that was conservative, we wouldn't be seeing the compromising we are now seeing from Bush.

152 posted on 03/17/2002 5:07:35 AM PST by meenie
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
I have to say that the most important decision made by Reagan and GW Bush was who would be their Vice Presidential nominees. Bush chose Dick Cheney, Reagan chose George H W Bush. On that basis, GW IS more conservative than Reagan!

And during the primaries in 76 REAGAN picked Schweiker a real LIB from my state of PA

Must admit though that Schweiker voted conservative from then on
153 posted on 03/17/2002 5:25:50 AM PST by uncbob
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To: Mercuria
I couldn't agree more! I was reading one thread last night and there was one poster who was foaming at the mouth and spitting profanities and launching vicious personal attacks against several others who dared to question ANY of Bush's policies. For the most part the arguments of the others were fair and reasonable. That is SO counterprocuctive to what we want to see in this country, as conservatives.
154 posted on 03/17/2002 5:28:53 AM PST by sweetliberty
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To: weikel
You need to read the Patriot Act. Does RICO let the government sneak into your house, not tell you and then use secret evidence against you in court?

Does RICO define terrorist as someone that may "Appear to be intended-- to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion".... "provided that such investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the Constitution´"

155 posted on 03/17/2002 5:35:40 AM PST by Native American Female Vet
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To: ChareltonHest
I always watch in utter amazement as Republicans beat THEMSELVES in elections. The DemocRATS never have to do a thing ...but sit back watch and laugh at you.

After watching the He*l the DemocRATS put America through for 8 years of Clinton, I vowed to live by Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment-never publically critize a fellow Republican. The last time I checked, FR is a PUBLIC forum.

Obviously, some conservatives have never read "Loose lips sink ships." at the bottom of every FR post.

156 posted on 03/17/2002 5:40:07 AM PST by jokemoke
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
What is RHINO anyway?
157 posted on 03/17/2002 5:49:34 AM PST by Godfollow
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To: Godfollow
It is not RHINO it is RINO and it means Republican in name only :-)
158 posted on 03/17/2002 5:53:58 AM PST by Native American Female Vet
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
Ahem...RHINO?
159 posted on 03/17/2002 6:00:30 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
Conservatives need to start immediately to identify and support an alternative to 43 for the 2004 ticket.

We are not going to sway 43 through protest. 43 is 43 and his course is set.

Conservatives should not desert the Republican Party nor destroy the party image.

We need simply to work quietly in the background to remove 43 from the ticket.

160 posted on 03/17/2002 6:33:24 AM PST by Amerigomag
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