Rush Fears Ron Paul

Rush Limbaugh is obviously nervous about Ron Paul. He has been taking every opportunity to make certain he doesn't win the Republican nomination. On today's radio show he once again referred to Ron as the crazy uncle that is kept in the basement. Just two quick points I'd like to point out.

First, Rush considers it un-Patriotic to want to bring all of the troops from oversees home. Now think about this for a second. Rush constantly talks about the Federal government as a nuisance. An evil agent that constantly tries to take away our freedoms by meddling in our everyday affairs. Yet somehow, having bases with military personnel all throughout the world is not meddling in other nation's affairs? Somehow, as Rush always says, America is not the problem when it comes to invading the privacy of people oversees, but it is a problem within our nation's borders? Inconsistency is the sign of a failed argument.

Second, Rush wants us to vote for one of the other Republican nominees. In fact, he doesn't seem to care which one, just as long as they are Republican. But as he confessed in today's program about Nikki Haley:

If she wants to be in somebody's cabinet someday -- a Republican -- she's going to have to do what the Republicans want her to do.  If you are a mid-level sales manager for the XYZ Widget Company and you want to someday be in the executive suite, you are damn well going to do what the XYZ executive suite people tell you to do. (interruption) But no, but no. (interruption)  Snerdley says I didn't, but I created my own executive suite, see? I did not try to take over anybody else's.  That's not realistic.  We're not gonna create a new party.  We don't even want to try to do that.  That's wilderness time.  The Republican Party is something that's gonna have to fought for and taken over by the Tea Party.  It's gonna be an active political objective and process.

So which is it? The definition of insanity is to keep repeating a particular thing expecting different results. I have been voting for Republicans for 20 years. Yet I am told EVERY time to expect different results.

Yet here Rush indirectly admits that the Republican nominees will have to do what the Republican establishment tells them to do. Does anyone doubt Mitt Romney (and the rest) is a show pony? So why should I vote for any of these establishment phonies? Rush has offered no reason other than they are "better" than Obama (whatever that means).

No more. Seeking to be consistent, either we agree that big meddling government is wrong for both us and the world, or we want big meddling government for us and the world. As far as I can see, Rush refuses to deal with Ron's actual arguments. Calling him a nut isn't enough to change my mind.