[derekftaylor]

I completely agree with Rush's comparison of Bush to Nixon.

[Dog]

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[CWOJackson]

I completely agree with dog's comparison of you and toad.

[Dog]

First ever post on FR......I mean your post....ever heard of a ZOT???

[dawn53]

derekftaylor
Since Jul 30, 2003

[Burkeman1]

Nixon did win re-election even while watergate was gearing up, the war in Viet Nam was still on, and he was moving leftward on domestic policies. But then again- his opponent was George McGovern! Let's hope Howard Dean gets the nomination for the Dems.

[lelio]

Hey, Nixon had a second term. They aren't the same.

[Howlin]

Can you tell me in 20 words or less why WE should care whether YOU agree with Rush or not?

[dawn53]

Rush has been wrong about Bush before. Seems I remember an on air apology after the last season of complaints he had before the election.

[Russell Scott]

President Bush would never cover up criminal activity. Bush Sr. did not take out Saddam, Bush Jr. did. Bush Sr. did not read his Bible everyday, Bush Jr. does. Bush Sr. raised taxes, Bush Jr. cut taxes. Rush ain't always right.

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Being a Republican does not make one a conservative. GW is an OK enough guy, but he rates only a 50/50 chance of re-election.

Economy, growth of government, elusive WMD, unemployment, foreign entanglements etc. are still unresolved issues.

[speedy]

I was around during Nixon's time. I see no comparison between Bush and Nixon. Bush is a much more straightforward and honest person than Nixon ever was. Nixon never had so many people of unswerving conservatism around him. True, Bush has shown a disturbing tendency to embrace a few big government concepts. But Nixon never gave us tax cuts, he imposed wage and price controls, he clinked glasses with Mao -- he was never considered by the Right of his day to be really one of its own. Yes, Bush has shown a tendency to not focus on smaller government, but he does so many other things right and unlike Nixon really does believe in the basic precepts of Conservatism. Nixon, who had some undoubted strengths and was truly anti-Communist, was nevertheless a dishonest man who was not at peace with who he was. Bush is a man of deep faith who is almost incapable of lying like Nixon. People used to criticize Reagan for not being 100 percent pure either. With time we forget these things.

[anncoulteriscool]

I dont. I think its better to compare Bush to Lincoln. Both were viewed by elitest as stupid and unintellectual and both had a war to fight almost immediatley upon taking office. However, I would agree that Bush I was a continuation of Nixon-Ford (not Reagan). Clearly, W is not Reagan but Bush II is closer to Reagan than Nixon or his father. IMHO.

[ambrose]

Bump.

At the rate this administration is going, we will all be in President Hillary Clinton's concentration camps two years from now.

[July 4th]

William Safire: Nixon's Spirit Speaks

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

rush is right

[Still Thinking]

I think Dick Nixon's defining characteristic was his paranoia. I see no sign of anything similar in W.

[John W]

Good-bye,"Derek".

[Dane]

Rush has to keep his new employers(ESPN/ABC) happy to keep his new dream job as a football announcer and what better way to keep them happy than to make inaccurate comparisions between and W. and Nixon, which to this day stands as the liberals crowning acheivement, the resignation of Nixon.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

... Back in the '80s, nobody who voted for Reagan was upset with what he was doing on the domestic agenda. I'll telling you, folks, nobody was...

I would have choked him if I could have gotten my hands on him.

His tax reform of 86 nearly ruined me. Destroyed many of my friends. Within that tax reform, individuals and select corporations were exempted from the tax changes that ravaged the rest of us. Raised our tax bills four hundred percent.

I was almost ready to become a republican before that.