Posted on 06/06/2002 3:07:53 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
I'll transcribe the 2 mentions of tax increases and post them. If I have time I'll encode them in RealAudio and put them online.
He wasn't joking. I've been a regular listener since 1989 and I've laughed through all his hoaxes, soccer being one of the funniest, to hear the outrage of the callers, but on this one he was serious.
He mentioned again Thursday that he had spoken with Karl Rove on Tuesday or Wednesday morning about the EPA global warming fiasco, and I'm wondering if Rove asked him to float a trial balloon for increased taxes on his show and see what the response might be.
So far it appears that there is no response. I'm amazed that nobody on FR has mentioned it.
With ya pardner...
Your entire post is poignant, right on, and clearly defines true conservatism (not necessarily Republicanism) -- principle before party.
And sadly, we have discovered some here at FR demand blind fanaticism, while directing vitriolic harangues toward dissenters not heard since...well...yes, Carville, Lanny Davis, and...(bleeech)...Victor Kamber.
BTW, Scalia IS #1 ;-)
In theory, but recently it's morphed into an alternative universe version of itself where an exorcist may actually be needed for a few of the possessed.
It's simple. People still have a herd mentality. My guy won so I will never question anything he does. I voted for and support George Bush for the most part, but I question some of his policy changes. When did it become a sin to question the policys of those we elected? Only liberals and commies follow in lockstep behind those in power. Soccer Moms swooning over Clinton come to mind.
Other than that, I do not owe you any sort of an explanation of my life or background.
I support the President, because he is doing the best he can with a whole host of problems handed to him by the previous administration. I understand incrementalism and compromise. You can continue to rant about every single thing the President does. I assume that at some point people will either see that the President has been doing a good job, or they will follow people like you over the cliff. I am hoping there are enough intelligent conservatives to understand what we will lose if we do not back the President.
Please do not address me any more. I have stayed away from you and do not wish to be tempted into rude behavior. Thank you.
To accuse his loyal, long-time listeners who disagree with his particular criticisms, especially his debacle on the recent global warming flap, of having no principles and of being ready to justify a tax increase or whatever is nothing but a reverse personal attack.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Rush: No one expects you or wants you to compromise your principles. No one expects you or wants to refrain from criticizing any politician if you judge that appropriate. But, likewise, don't expect those of us who disagree with your criticism (again, not your right to criticize) to be quiet and don't accuse us of selling out.
I don't think Rush has sold out at all. I just think he's been wrong on a number of issues lately.
That only goes to his supposed divination of the motive or integrity of those who disagree with him, not to why he thinks his position his better founded than that of his critics.
For a commentator of Rush's emminence to go online and claim that people who disagree with his analysis of Bush's policies are "without principles" and "sell-outs" and "ripping him [Rush]" is in fact self-pitying garbage.
Criticize the Prez all you want---I do when appropriate---but take the heat for your criticism with a little grace, please.
The guy who has been listening 10-11 years deserves at least a "thanks for making me what I am, even though we disagree on this issue" from Rush.
But, no, you are right: Rush has been unbelievably rude to his own, and he never did that in the past.
So much for discipline under fire. When your own audience gets up in arms, that's when you find out how much of a "highly trained broadcast professional" you truly are. Rush can treat his long-time listeners with respect and stick to his guns at the same time, but he hasn't.
Following is exactly what Rush said about taxes on Thursday's (6-6-02) show, just after the 3rd commercial during the first hour:
...whatever, whatever is happening with the economy, it's always an excuse to raise taxes. So I want to either warn you prepare you or even suggest that there might be at some point an accompanying tax increase proposed to pay for this new cabinet level agency. And it might not be a bad idea. It is going to have to be funded, and it is a crucial, a crucial budget - cabinet level department now.
He mentioned this issue again during the second hour, and I'll scan my tape to find it when I get a chance, and then post it here. I'll try to put it on my server in RealAudio format if I have time.
Anybody who is a 7x24 subscriber to Rush's web site can listen to the show from the archives.
Is that all you could come up with?
Looks like some of the same people who are usually on the "Rush is God" posts.
Especially since Rush knows that the liberal left likes to characterize his audience as mind-numbed robots. He should know better.
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