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| Rush Limbaugh Corrects Newt Gingrich |
| 2008-01-15 |
| Let me be even more specific. Where's the Russell Kirk? Where's the Bill Buckley? Where's the Milton Friedman of our day? Where's the Barry Goldwater, the Ronald Reagan? We have people who claim to hold the mantle of these greats, and yet they also claim that the mantle to hold is not worth holding, that we gotta redefine it because the era is over. If you believe that liberty, national security, free enterprise, faith, and the Constitution are dead, then what are you saying? On what do you base your definition of conservatism? If we don't properly diagnose the problem, we aren't going to be able to fix this. |
| Posted by:www |
| #5 The electorate gets the leadership it deserves. One chance of getting a great leader is for more of us to recover our former greatness, not an easy task. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-01-15 23:39 |
| #4 The best way to get the money out of politics is to get the pervasiveness of politics out of our lives. If so much weren't at stake, no one would feel the need to pay. And fewer people would be in it for the power. Of course, being a Senator has its perks, and what self-respecting Senator is going to voluntarily give them all up? |
| Posted by: eLarson 2008-01-15 13:22 |
| #3 Only one of candidates gives the Reagan mantle the repect it deserves: Fred Thompson. He declines the mantle because he knows just how much respect it deserves. But he does still consistently carry the cause and core beleifs foreward. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-01-15 12:49 |
| #2 Among our problems is that money and the accumulation of same is critical for all office holders. Therefore, the only chance of gaining a great leader is if a rich man or woman comes along who is also honest, moral, and noble. We need to get the money out of politics. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-01-15 12:06 |
| #1 Correct. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-15 09:27 |