Rush made a mistake, has corrected it, and is back on board with Bush in the big picture(even though the may disagree on points and issues.) Since you recognize his contribution to conservatism, I have to ask: If Rush can do that, why can't you?
I'm not too sure Rush has.
In my opinion Rush will remain true to his beliefs, and criticize W when he strays from the Conservative fold.
Yet at the same time, I think Rush has a genuine hope that W will emerge into the Conservative we thought he'd be, as well as W himself campaigned as being.
I defended W right up to, and including, the immigration bill in this same manner.
But here I sit, looking at a President with historically high approval ratings who continually kowtows to the liberal-democrats.
All ya hear is how everything will change if we gain control of the Senate.
WHY do we have to wait? Why not take the initiative now? Other Presidents have successfully passed their legislation despite not having their party's majority in Congress.
Fact is, I honestly believe we're seeing the true Geo. W. Bush.
And this all started with his dad, who himself stated that he had become more 'conservative' after being VP for eight years under President Reagan. Well, we found out ol' HW got into the big chair and suddenly forgot the previous administration. Hell, he even renounced his idiotic "voodoo economics" remark, only to do an about-face and declare the now infamous "read my lips" pledge.
Ya know what really stinks, Diddle? We finally got our White House back, and the Grand Ol' Party ain't in such a grand mood.
I honestly believe that there's a lot of animosity towards the Conservatives, or so-called 'right wing' of the GOP.
You might recognize us, we're the ones who would never malign or denigrate our standard bearer...President Reagan.
And we'll never apologize for standing by our principles. So all the 'guilt trips' you all try to put on us about 'Hillary or Gore being elected' won't stick.
We haven't strayed...George W. Bush has.