Yeah this is distilled brilliance by Rush. He nails it.
I remember back to the election of Pope Benedict XVI. We traditional Catholics were stunned that this intellectual giant of conservatism—whom people said flat out could never get elected—now held the reigns of power. But soon the curia and Vatican politics started eating away as his reign like acid. He did some tremendous things, but he seems to have been completely hamstrung by bitter hostility by liberals in the Vatican. Benedict has a very academic disposition. As such, as brilliant as he is, there was a limit to what he could accomplish.
I like Cruz. I like Paul. But even if they win, how effective will they be with the current GOP party machinery? They still have their donors to satisfy, no?
Trump may not be square with all my issues. I don’t even like him much personally, and his theology is atrocious. But dang it, he FIGHTS.
A Senator came calling on Lincoln, appalled that he had promoted Grant.
"Mr. President, the man is an alcoholic, and I can prove it!"
Lincoln answered, "Tell me what he drinks, so I can send a case to my other generals".
“I appealed to Lincoln for his own sake to remove Grant at once, and, in giving my reasons for it, I simply voiced the admittedly overwhelming protest from the loyal people of the land against Grant’s continuance in command. I could form no judgment during the conversation as to what effect my arguments had upon him beyond the fact that he was greatly distressed at this new complication. When I had said everything that could be said from my standpoint, we lapsed into silence. Lincoln remained silent for what seemed a very long time. He then gathered himself up in his chair and said in a tone of earnestness that I shall never forget: ‘I can’t spare this man; he fights.’” - Andrew McClure