Posted on 06/03/2002 10:04:46 AM PDT by hchutch
Just the headline
True. While W has a much larger house to keep in order, he is ultimately accountable and Rush could have done his homework before mouthing off as he usually does....
I'm afraid that hubris has taken hold of Rush, and his dogmatism about the correctness of his opinions and how they SHOULD be applied in a political manner enforces his diminishing effectiveness.I'll take Rove over Rush, anyday :-)Pragmatism,incrementalism and practicality may not suit the true believers, but they are conservative traits and make politics bearable.
Bubba's character (lack thereof) was such that, no matter how bad you might imagine the story behind the headline to be, it actually was worse.
Thankfully, the opposite is true with this administration. Rush is still in the imagining-the-worst mode when that just doesn't work in anlyzing a White House made up of persons of integrity.
Now Rush's big mouth has left the President wrongly open to the charge by envirowhackos that he, the President, caved to Rush (by dismissing the report), when, from all accounts, it appears to be Rush that got taken to the White House woodshed.
Talking about giving the enviros a boost, Rush, Drudge and Sean have done more for treehuggers in the last 24 hours than that dumb report could have done in perpetuity without the outrage and visibility they quite incorrectly created.
What it also says is that Bush understands that the base of conservatives is mad at him, in general, and that he better not ignore them so much anymore.
Lest he be a one-termer like X41.
your perception, your opinion. have you listened to him lately?
I'm feeling better today, about both Bush and Rush.
i told you all that if i were proven wrong in my reaction to this that i would admit it. i was not able to hear rush the last two hours today, but if what tpc said above is correct, then here is my admission. i jumped the gun on this one. [eating crow]
Bush may very well act as if this report were the absolute truth.
He may just be paying lip service, in the way Clinton said, "The era of big government is over," in one of his SON addresses. LOL.
I would keep Bush's feet to the fire.
Is W going to can the "bureaucrats" in the so-called "bureaucracy" that published this report, in his administration's name?
Of course he's not.
Unless W starts dismantling this crazy federal leviathan, then he, in effect, endorses it.
Rush was right to crack on W for associating his administration with this report, and I am simply not impressed that he "dismisses" it.
Let him put his money where his mouth is, and start dismantling some of the EPA sewer where this garbage ferments.
So, why are my opinions and perceptions less valid than yours? What makes your opinion so superior?;-)
In today's day and age, why does anyone need Rush Limbaugh?If you are a fan, you probably are thinking the same thoughts as he, so maybe you don't need him.
Back to the original topic, I happened to listen to Rush's first hour today, and get this: If I heard him correctly, he said he called the White House yesterday, and convinced bush to publicly repudiate the UN report!
I'm sure everybody knows by now, but Bush said "He has read the report written by the bureaucrats", and does not support it.
...which brings up some other questions. If Bush seriously disapproves of what the EPA has done, then some heads will roll. Frankly, I'm skeptical. It seems like he's working both sides of the street here.
...and does Bush really nead a talk-show host to tell him what to think? This is what the RATS will say, of course.
i'm listening to one of my favorite conservative radio talk show hosts, carl wigglesworth in san antonio, who is talking about this issue.
he feels that bush is trying to "back away" from this report put out by HIS bureaucracy--that he is playing both sides. did he know or not what the report said that HIS administration put out there?
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