[holdonnow]

Exactly right. Rush has said it repeatedly. When you compromise to promote the conservative agenda, fine. But when you compromise and promote the left's agenda, that's the problem. And that's the problem with signing the campaign finance bill, a complete surrender; signing Daschle's ag bill, a complete surrender; signing Kennedy's ed bill; a near complete surrender; and offering to sign ANY prescription drug bill that expands Medicare. There's a difference between compromise and surrender on important domestic issues.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Is that really a surrender, or ceding ground on the battlefield to preserve/consolidate resources for bigger battles? Is he really selling out Poland, or is it just a temporary conservative quagmire on the longer road to Baghdad?

[Ronaldus Magnus]

There's a difference between compromise and surrender on important domestic issues.

Exactly. An example of this was President Reagan's courageous stand in Reykjavik, Iceland. Against all of his advisors advice, he walked away rather than compromise the SDI initiative. Mikel Gorbachev later said that it was at that moment that he realized that the Soviet Empire was over.

[habs4ever]

Gosh, it must suck for Rush to be no longer the "Main Man" on The Right, isn't it? He has to take a back seat to a real leader, and it burns him up, and you, as well.Your analysis has been atrocious the past two years, and no matter how often you and Rush get it wrong, you still act like you have some sort of credibility.You'd think you'd get tired of all that hubris.

[AAABEST]

There's a difference between compromise and surrender on important domestic issues.

ZING!

I'm getting so sick of seeing this quote by Reagan used as Bush propaganda. These people think everyone is stupid.

[Dolphy]

And that's the problem with signing the campaign finance bill, a complete surrender; signing Daschle's ag bill, a complete surrender; signing Kennedy's ed bill; a near complete surrender; and offering to sign ANY prescription drug bill that expands Medicare.

You can't get his batting average by only looking at a few games. In my opinion, Rush is dead wrong in his constant references to Reagan. Reagan had a national mandate, he came to the White House with almost a 10 point victory and a country so battered by Carter that it was starving for leadership. Reagan was a great president but with a very different hand to play. I'm not sure that I believe he would have played Bush's much differently than Bush has, especially if his priorties were forced by the events of September 11.

[justshe]

"When you compromise to promote the conservative agenda, fine. But when you compromise and promote the left's agenda, that's the problem."

com·pro·mise: A settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions.

Let's be honest here. Rush's definition of compromise is just a BIT skewed. MY side ONLY gets the benefits! Posh!

[DPB101]

offering to sign ANY prescription drug bill that expands Medicare (is a problem)

Don't see much opposition to it anywhere. It may be politically impossible to resist this and more. Lots more. The demographics are demanding it. Bush certainly can not turn public opinion around on the issue. I doubt congressmen or conservatives in the media can either.