I don't agree with Rush on this one, but neither would I expect him to give the Dems red meat. He's pretty much forced to defend the GOP.
What's interesting though is that on Wednesday, before FNC reported this DeWine/Graham deal, Rush himself brought up the possibility that Bush was responsible in a conversation with a caller who was accusing Frist of engineering the deal (the audio's on his 24/7 site).
I didn't see the FNC report, but I read on one of the blogs this morning that the reason given to Graham and DeWine to join the McCain gang was that the WH was worried that Specter would jump ship and not support the nuclear option. Lots of irony here, since the WH supported Specter's chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee.
The whole thing is clear as mud, but I refuse to believe these seven simpletons were solely responsible for this debacle.
I guess the thinking is that, with only a few weeks left until the summer break, it will all blow over by next fall, and they can get to the really important stuff -- like more entitlement/pork barrel spending.
After all, a few conservative judges don't mean squat when you figure you can buy all the votes you need.
In order to get and stay as the chairman of the Judiciary committee, W got Arlen to agree to be "good", or else he would be kneecapped and given a cement overcoat.He's old, very ill, and he WANTS this job! He is thinking about his legacy.
There is NO possible way that the president sent Graham and De Wine to be his personal spies and helpers, unless he is as stupid as our enemies claim he is.
That puts it in a nutshell.
Whoa, Back the bus up. Begging to differ -- Rush never feels forced to defend the GOP. He hammers them pretty regularly when they do things which are dumb, inept, or are just doing nothing when they should act.