He said that a McCain nomination would destroy the Republican Party as we know it BECAUSE McCain isn’t interested in really pursuing the conservative base, he’s all about bringing in moderates and liberals into the “big tent” of the republican party. Rush doesn’t disagree that we need to bring moderates and liberals into the GOP. His dispute with the party has to to totally with the how it is being done. McCain is doing so through accomodation and “pragmatism”. Rush wants to accomplish the migration through defeating liberalism in all it’s forms and converting liberals and moderates to a conservative way of thinking. One approack WILL destroy the party and make it a Democrat Party Lite, the other will strengthen the Party for decades to some with legions of conservative-minded members from which strong consrvative leaders wil grow and flourish. Which vision do you prefer?
Now perhaps Rush has the intent in mind that you suggest, but his comments were also aimed squarely at The Huckster as well...perhaps Rush was, in fact, warning the Republican about the dangers and pitfalls of allowing the moderates to dominate party platforms and elections? Perhaps Rush wasn’t saying anything personal against McCain at all, rather he was doing what he has always done - compared and contrasted conservatism against moderates/liberalism.
Then perhaps you have a point.
And perhaps I was reading too many pro-Huckabee posts by Freepers who were reading too much into Rush's anti-McCain dialogs.