I listened to Rush, for a bit today, and what he didn't post, is that he BACKED DOWN , several times today, and told two callers, that they were right and he hadn't thought about what they had said ; not at all. They were standing up for the president, and giving Rush a real run for his money.
Rush's Bush bashing, is all shtick; lots of sound and fury, signofying less than nothing. He's evidently getting LOTS of complaining E-mails, nasty calls, and is realizing that this isn't a winning gambit.
Farm subsidies have been around for many, many, MANY decades. Reagan signed them; GHWB didn't, and the farmers went ballistic on him. President Bush knows this; unlike many FREEPERS.
I started listenong to Rush in 1989. He NEVER railed against that President Bush daily, nor even remotely, the way he is doing to this one.
I've stopped listening to Rush because of all his Bush=bashing. Forget the honesty business, Rush is up to something. Either he is trying to get a gig on CNN or he hears O'Reilly barking at his heels.
It's just entertainment, folks, but keep on bashing Bush and we'll have a Clinton back in the White House soon.
Well, even under Slick Willie, we managed to start cutting farm subsidies (1996 Freedom to Farm) and Dubya has just completely reversed that trend, started by a Democrat. But I guess the idea of limited government gets thrown out when, as you say, "the farmers went ballistic on him".
It's not every year that they go up 80%.
Reagan signed them; GHWB didn't, and the farmers went ballistic on him. President Bush knows this;
IOW, it's a vote grab. As with steel. As with lumber. As with CFR. I'm not yet, on balance, regretting having voted for Bush but the trends are not good.