Conservatism for liberals

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT--RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, the president is not backing down.  He was out at the AGC convention, that's the Associated General Contractors of America convention.  I just want to play you a little portion of his remarks.THE PRESIDENT:  Day by day, block by block, we are steadfast in helping Iraqi leaders counter the terrorists, protect their people, and reclaim the capital -- and if I didn't think it was necessary for the security of the country, I wouldn't put our kids in...Read Full Story

Time for a confession. I'm a conservative. Oh, I'm a "new" conservative, which, I've discovered some people believe makes a person a neo (new) conservative.Although I am a new conservative, calling me a neoconservative amounts to "fightin' words" to me.In my new identity, I share company with others who understand and practice conservatism. To a person, they are former Republicans who feel disenfranchised, and rightly so, by the conservative pretenders who've dominated US domestic and foreign...Read Full Story

This video is 9.5 minutes long, but it’s well worth watching. It provides a graphic demonstration of the impact of current immigration policies on our country’s future, from a perspective of resource utilization.Being a strong proponent of free market solutions, I used to believe the best approach to immigration was to grant anybody citizenship who could pass the necessary background checks. A number of people I respect challenged the wisdom and practicality of that approach. Initially...Read Full Story

Support the troops. Support the president. We had to invade Iraq. They spat on the U.N. resolutions. Saddam had WMDs and was an immenent threat. Well, maybe not, but we need to establish a bastion of Islamic democracy in the Middle East. Well, OK that isn't happening, but who can argue that removing Saddam was a bad idea? Well, it looks like keeping order in Iraq will require the iron fist of a Saddam, requires mimicking Saddam's methods, and we're the good guys here, so....... whatever - the...Read Full Story

"I was going to have a few comments about the other Democratic nominee, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot.'"As far as I know, rehab isn't prescribed for calling a female, "conservative," pundit a b..... "But it turns out that" Coulter - while not a rabid female dog needing to be put down - does a fine job of putting herself down with her narcissism. indeed she has become as relevant to the conservative cause as a loud and annoying...Read Full Story