Comments on: Pearl of Wisdom http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html A blog about current events from a Christian perspective. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1216 casey Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:59:23 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1216 All I'm saying is that McCain votes against conservative opinion 40% of the time as of late, and he's betrayed us at several points along the way, even with respect to judges. He's not going to govern as a conservative. I'm sure he'll be better for us than Hillary, but at least if Hillary governed as a liberal it would not be a stab in the back. I think a McCain presidency is going to be very painful, so I'm just getting myself prepared. ;) All I’m saying is that McCain votes against conservative opinion 40% of the time as of late, and he’s betrayed us at several points along the way, even with respect to judges. He’s not going to govern as a conservative. I’m sure he’ll be better for us than Hillary, but at least if Hillary governed as a liberal it would not be a stab in the back. I think a McCain presidency is going to be very painful, so I’m just getting myself prepared. ;)

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1215 Kansas Bob Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:31:31 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1215 <i>"I’m not sure a McCain presidency would be all that different from a Hillary presidency."</i> Here is an excerpt from <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/04/mccain/" rel="nofollow">this article</a>: McCain's voting record in the Senate is by most measures conservative. The American Conservative Union has given him a lifetime ranking of 82 percent, although his 2006 ranking was 65 percent. Conversely, the liberal Americans for Democratic Action reports that McCain voted its way just 14 percent of the time between 2000 and 2006. --- I don't think Hillary's record is anything close to McCain's.. if you think it is then I think that Rush can say "Mission Accomplished". :) “I’m not sure a McCain presidency would be all that different from a Hillary presidency.”

Here is an excerpt from this article:

McCain’s voting record in the Senate is by most measures conservative. The American Conservative Union has given him a lifetime ranking of 82 percent, although his 2006 ranking was 65 percent. Conversely, the liberal Americans for Democratic Action reports that McCain voted its way just 14 percent of the time between 2000 and 2006.
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I don’t think Hillary’s record is anything close to McCain’s.. if you think it is then I think that Rush can say “Mission Accomplished”. :)

]]> By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1214 casey Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:05:52 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1214 From what I can tell, Rush is supporting him now that he is the nominee. By that I mean he wants him to win over Hillary or Barack, not that he's excited about McCain (hence the implementation of Operation Chaos). The problem is that McCain is not really a social conservative. He says he's prolife, but he supports embryonic stem cell research. He says he'll appoint strict constructionist judges, but his record of compromise suggests that he will not. He'll be better than Barack, but I'm not sure a McCain presidency would be all that different from a Hillary presidency. From what I can tell, Rush is supporting him now that he is the nominee. By that I mean he wants him to win over Hillary or Barack, not that he’s excited about McCain (hence the implementation of Operation Chaos).

The problem is that McCain is not really a social conservative. He says he’s prolife, but he supports embryonic stem cell research. He says he’ll appoint strict constructionist judges, but his record of compromise suggests that he will not. He’ll be better than Barack, but I’m not sure a McCain presidency would be all that different from a Hillary presidency.

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1213 Kansas Bob Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:52:10 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1213 Time will tell whether McCain can make it without Rush's support - if he does win then it will probably say something about Rush and about his influence in the Republican party. I can vote for McCain because he is a social conservative.. aren't most of us happy about having a pro-life candidate to vote for? Time will tell whether McCain can make it without Rush’s support - if he does win then it will probably say something about Rush and about his influence in the Republican party.

I can vote for McCain because he is a social conservative.. aren’t most of us happy about having a pro-life candidate to vote for?

]]> By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1210 casey Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:38:49 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1210 I believe that's what <a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_040108/content/01125107.guest.html" rel="nofollow">Operation Chaos</a> is all about. The only problem is that as Rush has pointed out, if McCain does win people are going to proclaim that conservatism is dead and that the Republican party doesn't need us conservatives anymore to win. They're going to pull the party to the left, and then where will we go? I believe that’s what Operation Chaos is all about. The only problem is that as Rush has pointed out, if McCain does win people are going to proclaim that conservatism is dead and that the Republican party doesn’t need us conservatives anymore to win. They’re going to pull the party to the left, and then where will we go?

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1209 Kansas Bob Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:10:43 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1209 I agree with your assessment Casey. Rush like many of us conervatives missed it. Our <a href="http://kansasbob.blogspot.com/2007/11/splintered-conservatives.html" rel="nofollow">splintered support</a> got McCain the nomination. My concern is that Rush's non-support of McCain will further splinter us, keep people from voting and get a democrat elected. I agree with your assessment Casey. Rush like many of us conervatives missed it. Our splintered support got McCain the nomination. My concern is that Rush’s non-support of McCain will further splinter us, keep people from voting and get a democrat elected.

]]> By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1207 casey Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:00:41 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1207 And most of McCain's support came from cross-over Democrats. The base of the Republican party was split between Romney, Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani. The "maverick" never could have pulled it off otherwise. An endorsement by Rush would likely have given either Romney or Thompson the nomination. His less than enthusiastic support for Huckabee once everybody else was gone was too little, too late. And most of McCain’s support came from cross-over Democrats. The base of the Republican party was split between Romney, Huckabee, Thompson and Giuliani. The “maverick” never could have pulled it off otherwise. An endorsement by Rush would likely have given either Romney or Thompson the nomination. His less than enthusiastic support for Huckabee once everybody else was gone was too little, too late.

]]> By: Kansas Bob http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1206 Kansas Bob Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:56:59 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1206 Rush may not have endorsed a candidate but he certainly gave an anti-endorsement for McCain :) Rush may not have endorsed a candidate but he certainly gave an anti-endorsement for McCain :)

]]> By: casey http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1205 casey Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:46:38 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1205 Ha, ha. That's for sure. Ha, ha. That’s for sure.

]]> By: Ash75 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1204 Ash75 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:57:07 +0000 http://www.hoshuha.com/blog/rush_on_john.html#comment-1204 >I just got tired of listening to the same old rehtoric every day.. >guess he stopped making me smile. Some of the political photoshop creations on his site are still pretty hilarious though. >I just got tired of listening to the same old rehtoric every day.. >guess he stopped making me smile.

Some of the political photoshop creations on his site are still pretty hilarious though.

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