Posted on 06/06/2002 3:07:53 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
Folks, many of you have been calling into this show to rip into me for criticizing President Bush on any number of issues. I'm going to tell you what I think.
You guys that are ripping me apart act like the president's approval numbers are down in the forties and that I've caused it. Last time I looked, his approval numbers were in the high 70s and among Republicans he has a 90% approval rating. I think that with most of you, this president could announce a tax increase today and you'd think that it was great, you wouldn't criticize it and you'd say something like, "Well, yeah we're in a war, got to raise taxes," You'd come up with some sort of a means to support it. If I questioned it, you'd have at me.
Some of you are asking of me something I can't do. You're asking me not to be an honest broker. Some of you remember the primary campaign of 1992, when I endorsed Pat Buchanan. The specific reason I did that was because I was of the opinion that not enough conservatism was in the White House then and I thought conservatism in the primary debate would go a long way toward reminding George Bush 41 what it was that got him elected - and if he was going to be reelected he had to remember his conservative roots.
Now, when I'm simply standing for the same things that I have always stood for and not wavering a bit, I'm accused of selling out conservatism. I'm a conservative, but I'm not beholden to the Republican Party. I'm always going to remain loyal and devoted to my ideals. I will guarantee you this, folks.
Previously on this program we listed eleven or so issues on which the administration has flip-flopped. You can name any issue, but take campaign finance as an example: If I had come out and said I'm all for campaign finance reform, that John McCain is right, you would have called here in droves and accused me of selling out, and asking me what had become of my conservatism. Some of you might have even asked me if I was trying to ingratiate myself with liberals to be invited to their stupid parties - like one such caller did on Wednesday's program. You can hear a whole bunch of callers' opinions in From Across the Fruited Plain: Embattled El Rushbo Battles Back.
I am simply saying that I oppose all of these things and disagree with them, yet I'm the one that's accused of selling out. All I've done is remain rock steady, folks. What I have done is remain in lockstep with my conservative values, beliefs, and principles. I haven't wavered from them at all. I am not the one who changed my mind on campaign finance reform or steel tariffs or education or spending or global warming or on anything I believe. Those of you who are angry with me for standing by these principles obviously have.
He apparently wasn't invited to any inauguration function and he's constantly been behind the information curve since 9/11.
Here's just one instance: Rush almost alone among major talk show hosts had not added one iota to our understanding of militant Islam as a world menace.
Does Rush just not recognize the severity of the threat, is he totally ignorant about the subject or is he just afraid of Muslims?
I don't know, but he is certainly doing a disservice to his listeners by ignoring the subject.
Rush is acting just like one of those kids in grade school whom we all knew who would begin mishaving the minute he ceased to be the center of attention.
Rush is not taking his descent into irrelevancy gracefully.
Unless you ae a trial attorney or talk show host.
It's sounding more and more like Rush got his feelings hurt by someone at the WH and is throwing a week-long tantrum.
He hasn't been as hard on Daschle as he has on GW. Something happened.
It must have been a bigger hit than we thought; this is four days running.
But presidents who have presided over failed military efforts, from Korea to Vietnam to the failed Iraqi hostage rescue aat Desert One to Somalia have not fared as well.
And the failure of Bush I to secure a clear victory with the crushing of Saddam Hussein and the occupation of Baghdad may be echoed by Bush II if another terrorist attack claims another 3000 lives.
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The Lemmings do insist on absolute protocol no matter the issue - the alternative according to them is akin to mutiny...
It's a page right out of the modus operandi of Liberals.
That seems mediocre to me.
It's a page right out of the modus operandi of Liberals
Wait a minute where is that quote where Jesse Jackson called Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan Clinton, after Clinton signed welfare reform.
Oh wait a minute there isn't one.
Rush is being kicked for one issue, but it still doesn't cover up the fact that there are plenty of issues Bush has moved to the left on. Take this 'Homeland Security' speech tonight. Three weeks ago, the Democrats were adamant about how this department had to report to Congress and trying to force Ridge to testify in Congressional hearings. The administration said no, it's our perogative, and we stand by that. Three weeks later we have the second largest cabinet position that groups everything from the Secret Service to the Coast Guard to FEMA under one position and the people I see congratulating Bush on FOX are Harmon, Lieberman, Arlen Specter, and Trent Lott.
As a conservative that's just who I would want praising my decisions on TV < /sarcasm>
It's one thing to have a pissing contest; it's quite another to use the hoses of those two bozos.
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