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My conservative friends continue to tell me that the liberals (who just lost the election) “just don’t get it.” That is, liberals “don’t get” the destructiveness of the American Civil Liberties Union’s relentless efforts to ban any allusion to Christianity and any mention of God in a country that is 96 percent Christian. They “don’t get” that the vote recounts in Ohio and elsewhere – which are costing taxpayers millions of dollars – are not, as they claim, to insure the sanctity of the voting process, but rather a colossal example of sour grapes at its worst.

All right, now, folks, you're going to have to calm down out there. You're just going to have to calm down out there. I am being inundated with e-mails, "What does it mean, these cabinet resignations? Oh no, Rush, how can Bush get anything done with all of these cabinet leaders? Oh, Rush, what's happening, it's all falling apart." Folks, take a time-out here. You know, do what the New York Jets should have done yesterday afternoon with 52 seconds left, let's take a time-out, don't wait till there's eight seconds. What a horrible bunch of clock management that game...

A better way to elect a president Published November 7, 2004 American elections all have one basic thing in common: The people cast their ballots, and the candidate getting the most votes wins. That practice holds in just about every race, from the U.S. Senate down to local school boards. There is, however, one notable exception: the presidency. It's an exception that may have made sense 215 years ago, when the Constitution was ratified, but it's one that has outlived its time....

I have to hand it to Bush: He actually won the election this time. That's progress for you. Now, only two days later he's calling his win a "mandate." Hmmm... Maybe, kinda, sorta, but not really. It takes me back to 2000 when, in the aftermath of that mess, Bush supporters were calling that outcome a mandate. The irony seemed unintentional to me. My recommendation: These people should use some of the money from their upcoming tax relief to buy themselves a good dictionary.

AUSTIN - Flanked by Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez, U.S. Sen Kay Bailey Hutchinson on Thursday said reviving an immigration agreement with Mexico will be among the top priorities for President Bush during his second term.Derbez, responding to a question, said those "discussions have already begun," indicating the topic of an immigration accord was broached during a brief early-morning phone conversation Wednesday between Mexican President Vicente Fox and Bush hours before the U.S. president acknowledged his victory against Sen. John Kerry.Saying Fox had called Bush at 7 a.m. to congratulate him on his re-election, Derbez said in Spanish that...

The election is over, and Mr. Bush has a majority, however slim, in both houses of Congress. Thanks to close pals within the Bush team, I can now reveal what he has in mind for the second part of his term and for the new Congress. (Hint: Some people may not like it.) • Drill for oil in Malibu. • Drill for oil in Central Park, New York. • Drill for oil in Barbra Streisand's living room. • Knock down historic Georgetown east of Wisconsin Avenue and put in a stock car raceway. • Close the Boston MTA at Harvard...