tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post9088803266640227398..comments2024-03-23T14:04:57.635-05:00Comments on Father Hollywood: Is Rush Reading Fr. H.?Rev. Larry Beanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-12979702531435745492009-11-20T16:15:53.245-06:002009-11-20T16:15:53.245-06:00It's nice to find another Confessional Luthera...It's nice to find another Confessional Lutheran who also is supportive of Austrian Economics!LambertsOnlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731421792571406434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-23481339123916275332009-10-31T10:24:06.597-05:002009-10-31T10:24:06.597-05:00Gents:
I have yet to hear one of these talk show ...Gents:<br /><br />I have yet to hear one of these talk show hosts advise anyone not to vote Republican. They may gripe somewhat, but they will advise us to "hold our nose and pull the R-level."<br /><br />This falls right into place with the professional GOP that exists solely to win elections for the party.<br /><br />And perhaps the Republican Party's taking the "Christian Right" and constitutional conservatives for granted may be because of this complacency and relative lack of criticism of the GOP.<br /><br />Can you imagine the impact if Limbaugh were to urge his listeners to a moritorium on voting for any Republicans and from sending any of them a dime unless and until they repudiate "pro-choice Republicans" and those who advocate using the state to mandate what color to paint one's cars?<br /><br />That would be a tsunami.<br /><br />But none of these guys will do that. In the final analysis, their minimal gripes just make for entertaining radio (especially Mark Levin with his profane WWE-like ranting and raving, funny stuff!), but that's what these people are: entertainers.<br /><br />If they don't get ratings, their shows go down the toilet. There is nothing wrong with entertainment, but there are a lot of conservatives whose entire diet of political thought comes from talk radio. I know, because I get all the ridiculous e-mails from them.<br /><br />I do hope the next generation of conservatives are thinkers.Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-86412122711033632352009-10-31T08:10:53.958-05:002009-10-31T08:10:53.958-05:00I second Peter.
And, actually, it's not only...I second Peter. <br /><br />And, actually, it's not only Rush who doesn't like these moves to the left. It's also Hannity and Beck. These guys are annoying, but they are not party hacks. <br /><br />Why else do you think the left hates conservative talk radio? They don't hate John McCain. But, they do hate Rush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-74558601186321166732009-10-29T14:33:09.062-05:002009-10-29T14:33:09.062-05:00I was a convert to Reagan Republicanism. When and...I was a convert to Reagan Republicanism. When and where I grew up, Republicans were WASPS who were OK if you got something as long as it didn't come from or equal theirs. In the words of the title of a book at the time, A Choice Not An Echo, it had absolutely nothing to do with political beliefs, and theirs were simply an echo OK But Not So Far to the Democrats, the party of everybody but WASPS.<br /><br />After the Reagan Era, I sought to become active in local Republican party stuff, but was quickly dissuaded when, noticing the decidedly non-conservative stances of some of our candidates, mentioned that to an old hand, and I was told Look, parties exist for one reason only, to win elections.<br /><br />Maybe that's why, speaking of what is and is not in the Constitution, there is nothing whatever about political parties in there.Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-75198918158861316372009-10-29T14:29:18.755-05:002009-10-29T14:29:18.755-05:00Dear Peter:
I used to listen to him, and found hi...Dear Peter:<br /><br />I used to listen to him, and found him to have become quite a lapdog during Bush, Sr.'s term (when he was being invited to to sleep in the White House and hob-nob with all the party bosses). He did back off somewhat under GWB as the GOP continued its leftward slide.<br /><br />But I sure agree with you that the GOP has been flagging in its conservatism since at least the time of George Bush, Sr. Of course, it was Nixon who went beyond Obama in Socialism by actually fixing wages and prices, but I think few Americans remember it. <br /><br />But we may yet see a conservative party emerge at some point, though parties inevitably become machines, run by professional apparatchiks, devoted to winning elections regardless of their initial ideology.<br /><br />"Meet the new boss,..."Rev. Larry Beanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705910892752648940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22781533.post-30851416357604446922009-10-29T14:15:19.647-05:002009-10-29T14:15:19.647-05:00Rush has been saying such things for years, especi...Rush has been saying such things for years, especially when frustrated (Bush Sr.'s tax hike, Bush Jr.'s medicaid plan, McCain's you-name-it). He's never been a "Party-First" kind of guy. He's never been your kind of conservative, that is a Lou Rockwellian, but, as far as I can tell, he's always been a conservative first, entertainer second, and Republican third.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14234917506356126494noreply@blogger.com