[Texaggie79]

Rush will be there for Bush at EVERY crucial juncture *when it matters.*

Not if he keeps turning LEFT.

[Matchett-PI]

"Not if he keeps turning LEFT."

Of course, that is the caveat. But I think he's confident that Bush is not a leftist, and will come through for conservatives when push comes to shove.

I would do exactly what Rush is doing on his show if I was in his shoes. He is going to stand for conservatism no matter what, because that is what he is. He is NOT a kool-aid drinker for the Republicans, and neither am I.

And those Republicans he puts on his show that defend Bush no matter what -- ARE Kool-Aid Drinkers. They are willing to sell out conservatism (if they even know what that is) and refuse to criticise Bush.

They denounced Clinton's supporters for doing the same thing that they themselves are doing right now.

Rush is setting the proper example and refusing to do that. He is now being trashed for sticking to the principles he believes in.

GO RUSH!!! RUSH RULES!!

[Southack]

I found it odd that Rush spouted the Democratic Party line in 1992, berating Bush Sr. for his Gulf War tax compromise and handing the election to Clinton by causing a wave of Conservatives to vote for Perot instead of Bush.

I found it amusing that Rush claimed in 2000 that Hillary Clinton would NOT run for the Senate.

I found it disgusting when Rush failed to read the EPA's own document (which used the enviroNazi's own language against their global warming argument) and then extrapolated from a document which he either didn't read or couldn't understand to a Bush=Gore statement.

Not only was that wrong, but on other issues such as withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, killing the Kyoto Treaty, withdrawing from the U.S. - CCCP ABM treaty, Bush is clearly on the OPPOSITE side of the field from Gore.

Of course, Rush has an established audience and a self-marketing machine that will keep him going for some time, even though he is saying, historically, some anti-conservative things (such as those mentioned above).

But I wouldn't brag about that too much. My own analogy is that using popularity such as Rush has to convince people to overlook your intellectual flaws is a lot like the smart girl who "plays dumb" so that more boys will like her. But that's the most flattering option. The other choice is that Rush played a deliberate hand in Clinton's 1992 election, something that I'm not entirely ready to support...