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JOINING THE RUSH-LED CHORUS ON DUB (Normal People Prefer Bush. He has gravitas)
rushlimbaugh ^ | 3/26/2002 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 03/26/2002 3:28:09 PM PST by TLBSHOW

JOINING THE RUSH-LED CHORUS ON DUB

I'm reading a Time magazine Reporters' Notebook column and I tell you, I could have written this piece. Is this not amazing? The Boston Globe also has a column on Bush going along with so much of the Democrat agenda, suggesting it's for 2004, not 2002 as is the conventional wisdom. George Will has a column on this same topic, asking why Bush is giving in. Bill Bennett and Charles Krauthammer are also going the same way.

So I think some of you who have been telling me to shut up about my criticism of Bush have a lot of other people to write and tell to shut up. You might want to call or write and ask them to be quiet, because there seems to be a growing chorus of criticism. Yeah, I know, I started it. Is that right? Oh, I'm the one that paved the way? Yeah, yeah, it's my fault. I gave everybody the "go" sign. I made it okay for everybody to ask why the president has stopped pushing his agenda during the war, when, say, FDR pushed the New Deal through during WWII.

It's always going to fall back to me. I'm going to be the one responsible for it all happening since I'm the point man. I led off. But is Time magazine taking cues from me? I mean, they've written the same story that I've been doing since the stimulus package days, and it's quite illustrative of things. There are quite a few of these stories out there that are examining the political strategery of the Bush White House on the domestic agenda side versus the war side, and examining how they're doing and what they're doing and what it's all aimed at.

I just want to prepare you for it, because I know a lot of you think that there's been too much criticism here. We even read that the Democrats are emboldened, and will ask for even more money to buy votes. They know the president won't spend his political capital! This is frustrating, because you hear people saying Bush can do no wrong, so he should do what's right!

I know Bush is trying to get a workable majority in Congress, but this acting defensively to take issues away from the Democrats is not the way to do it. Even those "normal people" on the Jerry Springer Show, an e-mailer tells me, cheer Bush during the show. That's probably scripted, but there it is. They know it!

In fact, we could even make a slogan: Normal People Prefer Bush. He has gravitas, folks! He is adored and loved and can both fight the war and push a domestic agenda at the same time. There's no reason not to do that when he has all this backing him up.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bush; rush
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To: cplboyle
Those dirty Republicrats Just for the moment let’s accept that the various 3rd parties main goal is smaller government and the reason they hate the GOP is that the Republicans are no different than the Democrats regarding the size and scope of the Federal Government. Starting from that premise let’s review the reality of the last 10 years staring with the first Clinton term in which democrats held both the executive and legislative branches of the government.

First out of the bag was Clinton’s demand that Gays be allowed to openly serve in the military. It was the Republicans, in the minority, that stopped that fiasco dead in it’s tracks.

Next came Hillary Care. The largest expansion of Government since the New Deal. Once again the Minority Republicans aborted this monstrosity. Do they get credit from the 3rd parties? I think the answer is obvious.

Once the American people saw the consequences of having total control of the Government by the liberals they gave both Houses to the Republicans. To hear 3rd parties tell it the Republicans took this golden opportunity and just sat on their thumbs , or worse yet acted more like Democrats than Democrats. But once again you need to look at the reality

First there was that little thing called the “Contract with America”. Do any 3rd parties ever mention that? It consisted of 10 items 8 of which were pushed through congress over the steady howls of the Media and Democrats. The most important of those 8 items were the “End of Welfare Entitlement”, and the “balanced Budget requirement”.P> The ending of welfare was the greatest reduction of domestic spending in history. Does that not count for advocating smaller government and doing something about it? I guess not to a 3rd parties.
The Balanced Budget requirement led directly to the surpluses we have now and hopefully in the future given the economic expansion since the mild recession in 1992 and the now extinct 2001 recession..
Then the democrats made somewhat of a comeback in 1996 and Clinton decided to flex his muscles a little by another little gem the “patients bill of rights”. It was not the democrats that stopped it was once again those “Republicrats” as the 3rd parties like to call them..
But the “Columbine Massacre” gave the democrats and Clinton another opening on gun control. An entire flurry of draconian gun control bills were put forward in the congress and once again it was Republicans that stood up and took the “bullet” from the soccer moms and the media and made sure those bills never passed out of committee. But I guess 3rd parties can’t believe a Republicrat could ever stand with the Constitution.

As to the Republican “cowardice in pursuing Bill Clinton the CROOK. I guess the 3rd parties forget a little thing called IMPEACHMENT! Yes a few Republican Senators did not do their duty, but 90% of them did, I am sure you can find 10% of “3rd parties” that would have voted not to remove also.

3rd parties take an almost perverted pleasure in pointing out to Republicans that they have been duped. I would have to say that 3rd parties are the ones being duped by their perpetual candidate. He knows he will never be elected but if every Brigadier gives him just one dollar a year to write his angry rants and pretend to campaign once every 4 years, that five hundred grand a year makes a pretty comfortable lifestyle. Pat Buchanan caught on to this very quickly.

Now we are 14 months into the first term of a Republican president in an election the likes of which we have never seen before and according to all the “experts“ installed the first 1st term lame duck with NO political power at all. In his first week in office, Bush nullified 6 Clinton Executive orders and put all of them on indefinite hold.
In the first two months he told the EU to go to blazes on the Kyoto accords that would have raised the cost of doing business a minimum of 20% for every company in the United States which in turn would have been passed directly to each and every one of us in the form of price increases on every item we purchase. He then itold the senate that he would NOT sign the ridiculous “ergonomics“ regulations that would have added another 10% cost of doing business and resultant pass through to us
He then pulled funding from the UN in programs that pushed abortion. He told the UN to go to blazes on their little “conference on racism” that was nothing more than a bash Israel orgy.
He then started pushing for his tax cut, and once again, the “experts” including many on this sites, started snickering. He would never get it done, but step by step he, GASP, won over enough democrats to get the EXACT tax cut he promised

Once John Ashcroft survived his Senate confirmation hearings his first action was to completely reverse the Reno DOJ stance on the 2nd ammendment from encompassing only the militia (National Guard) to the individual right to bear arms of all law abiding citizens.

He then started pushing for military budget increases. He was not asking for massive new weapons systems, just the funding to at least change the spark-plugs in the Humvees and to try to give our military men and women a raise that would allow them to someday fight a war without being on food stamps. Once again, the “experts” scoffed. We are at PEACE they sneered let’s enjoy the “PEACE DIVIDEND”.
Then came Sept. 11 2001, 9 months into this man’s first year of his first term. The United States of America was delivered the most stunning wake-up call in our history and all eyes turned to this “lame duck” president. The yokel from Texas. For just a brief moment the “experts” were left speechless but not Bush. What would he do? He told us quickly that he would not send a 3 million dollar missile to hit a camel in the butt. That one little Texas bit of humor cloaked a final message to the world. There is going to be hell to pay, and we are seeing the results in real time.

Now the “experts” , feeling secure again, have found their voices and it is business as usual. The left, scared to death, that 80% of this country is approving of this “boob” even when they have so very patiently tried to tell them they should not are in full throat.. Those on the right that hold themselves out to be the arbiter of all things “conservative” are once again ready to bring down this “CINO” and are completely willing to pull just enough support away to get a democrat elected in 2004. While you 3rd parties are beating up on the GOP for being Repulicrats, stop and think just exactly what would have happened in just the last 10 years had they not been there to stop the real enemy. Then stop and ask yourselves where have you been? What have you done in the last 14 months? Where are the tax cuts that you are responsible for? Where are Federal Government regulations that you have repealed? Where are the actions you have taken since 911 to make a constructive contribution to the war effort? Where have you been?

81 posted on 03/26/2002 6:16:00 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Texasforever; cplboyle
First we have Bushbots and now we've got Rushbots. Ain't it grand how we conservatives like to eat our own? And I'm talkig to BOTH sides of this issue.
82 posted on 03/26/2002 6:16:14 PM PST by oldvike
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To: poet
I do not intend to vote for prez in 2004.

Good!

83 posted on 03/26/2002 6:16:33 PM PST by Howlin
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To: RightThinkinDood
President Bush is a light weight? Oh please! ROFLMAO! You need rest.
84 posted on 03/26/2002 6:16:44 PM PST by Republic
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To: Pokey78
"W will continue to be W. Like it or not."

As though you expected W to collapse like a cheap camera to the Dems and the Drunken Senator on "education", Campaign Finance Reform, wimping out on backing his own Judical appointees, and the Illegal Alien Amnesty program??

Yeah -- some Republican "Conservative" George W. Bush has been. Thus far domestically, he makes even Bob Dole seem like right-wing fanatic.

85 posted on 03/26/2002 6:17:01 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: Revel
Even Clinton would have fought a war against Bin laden and his men.

How about giving me the Cliff Notes from the bin Laden war in 1993 after the first WTC bombing. I must have slept through it.

And while you at it, go on and tell us about the U.S. S. Cole war, and the Kobart Towers war.

86 posted on 03/26/2002 6:18:03 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Revel
Regardless of Newt's personal life, which I find repellant, he is a good historian and analyst.
87 posted on 03/26/2002 6:18:38 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Texasforever
And your point is that all 3 branches of government have no obligation to base there laws on the constitution in the first place. I would like to see the oath they take? Do you think it was intended that the Supreme court should have to spend all of its time taking up the issue of Bogus laws at the rate of 1 per every presidential signature? No It is everyone's duty as a citizen to do there best to follow the laws and principles set forth in the constitution. That is just part of claiming you are an American. And this current interpretation is nothing more than a method of escapism for GW.
88 posted on 03/26/2002 6:18:53 PM PST by Revel
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To: TLBSHOW
He has gravitas, folks!

Don't you mean that he has "gravity-ass" when it comes to being a true conservative?
89 posted on 03/26/2002 6:19:35 PM PST by Hemlock
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To: Miss Marple
Apparently a lot of people are falling into the rat trap.

Apparently FR has become infested with sheeple.

90 posted on 03/26/2002 6:19:39 PM PST by Howlin
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To: TLBSHOW
Normal People Prefer Bush.

I'm proud to be abnormal! Shut the "F" up, Rush.
91 posted on 03/26/2002 6:20:47 PM PST by Hemlock
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To: oldvike
No just pointing out the irony.
92 posted on 03/26/2002 6:21:16 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Miss Marple
"Gingrich wasn't upset at all."

Hard to be upset when you've been de-fanged and neutered.

93 posted on 03/26/2002 6:21:19 PM PST by F16Fighter
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To: terilyn
#56, too!
94 posted on 03/26/2002 6:21:39 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Texasforever
These folks don't want a president they want a king.

Now, you know better than that: they want anybody but Bush, period.

95 posted on 03/26/2002 6:22:33 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Texasforever
Excellent Rant!!! I knew it was one of yours by the time I got to the second paragraph. Don't stop, I love it!

(I can rant pretty well on my own!)

96 posted on 03/26/2002 6:23:01 PM PST by terilyn
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To: Texasforever
"Next came Hillary Care. The largest expansion of Government since the New Deal."

And now we have Bush Care. A new department in the federal government called Homeland de fence. One with powers the others only dreamed about. It will be interesting to see the tab on that in a few years. Of course by then it will be the kind of secret the American people are not entitled to see. We will be spending all of time looking over our shoulders anyways.

97 posted on 03/26/2002 6:24:57 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel
And your point is that all 3 branches of government have no obligation to base there laws on the constitution in the first place.

By definition, if congress passes a bill, it has made the determination that the bill is constitutional. What is your point?. Tell me, is Bush violating his oath to protect the constitution if he enforces laws that he personally believes are unconstitutional?

98 posted on 03/26/2002 6:26:19 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: McGavin999
First of all, CFR is going to be overturned by SCOTUS.

That should be "second of all." First of all should have been that this flagrantly unconstitutional legislation should never have been passed, and the President ought never to sign it into law, for whatever reason. (I, for one, do not buy it that it is neither Congress's nor the President's responsibility to know whether or not legislation is constitutional - their very oath of office implies a responsibility to know whether or not proposed legislation is unconstitutional.) Not even for reasons of political gamesmanship. This Republic (what remains of it) needs leadership, not gamesmanship.
99 posted on 03/26/2002 6:27:12 PM PST by BluesDuke
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To: Texasforever
the reason they hate the GOP is that the Republicans

Won't let them run the party into the ground, like they have their "own" parties.

100 posted on 03/26/2002 6:27:47 PM PST by Howlin
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