[Richard Axtell]

"I cant wait to hear Rush defend this line of crap, he keeps defending Bush on his liberal approach to conservatism, but the cat is clawing its way out of the bag! "

Rush has been criticizing Bush on his liberal policy "strategery" pretty regularly. Rush hasn't defended the substance of Bush's cave-ins at all; he stridently criticizes the "pork bloated" Farm Bill, he will never accept the unconstitutional CFR bill that Bush signed, and he was criticized by his own listeners for not backing Bush when he Bush failed to uphold his own doctrine against terrorism in the Middle East.

Rush speculates that Bush's caving on so many liberal issues is Bush's version of the Clinton Co-opt two step; take away the other party's issues, and somehow reverse the effects later on, when there is a friendly majority in the Senate. I won't stake my money on this guess, but it is an interesting surmise.

[hammerdown]

"the Clinton Co-opt two step; take away the other party's issues, and somehow reverse the effects later on, when there is a friendly majority in the Senate."

LOL! Sounds kinda' like the spin of optomistic structured procrastination.

[gcruse]

and somehow reverse the effects later on,
when there is a friendly majority in the Senate.

By going to the farmers and making them
pay the money back, or going to the steel
unions and making them cough up the wages
paid, or going to the illegal-alien-new-citizens
and saying "You're not American anymore.
Get out."

Doesn't wash.

[MEGoody]

"he will never accept the unconstitutional CFR bill that Bush signed"

Since this is unconstitutional, it should be under challenge right now in the courts. Do you have any information on how that challenge is going?