Put yourself in my shoes for a second. Let’s say that this friend is telling me a story and he explains how something happened but it wasn’t his fault.

Do you think that my initial response is to think:

A) He could very well be telling the truth this time.
B) Of course it was his fault!

Why?

Second, nobody is limiting anybody’s arsenal. Just take a page Reagan’s playbook. When he was attacked he defended himself. He didn’t need Rush to jump in. Or anybody else. He fought his own battles. Saltsman should do the same. After all, HE created the problem.

Third, if all it took was “13 words”, this would never have survived the weekend. The only way this thing is going away is when Saltsman goes away and that’s been obvious to all but the blind since day one.

Four, get Firefox, it’s got a spellchecker.

That alone makes him an extremely valuable voice in our particular wilderness.

and how long does it take to point out that the parody makes the point that it is the left that is race obsessed. About 13 words.

We disagree on this matter and have examined it every which way from Sunday.

As for me, I will continue to look for Reagan’s pony under manure piles, just no longer under this pile.

I hereby concede defeat among the vocal Redstate community on the debates in this thread, as judged by the comments. Not sure if evev one commenter agreeed with me 51% (except for MAK), much less 100%. Most were 0-1%.

If you wish to continue to stalk, go ahead. I am self imposing a restraining order.

smile

PS Are you as tired of talking to me as I am of you? I hope so.

PSS I miss Flyerhawk!

He has also polarized an unknown number of people against conservatism by his style.

You make him out to be some sort of god, some sort of white knight.

What he really is a clever, and very flawed individual. Yes he is part of the mix, but he is not thankfully a leader of the movement.

It would be more accurate to call him a spokesman.

And for that matter, how can you say conclusivley he was better than McCain, from where I sit he is about the same thing.

And as a 20 year (even when I was a democrat) listener almost every day since 1988, I can tell you that the statement you cite is more a symptom of how shaken he has been by the refusal of the party to follow the Reagan model which is his model and gamecock’s.

The evidence of whether someone is a leader is not what they say, but rather, the number of followers.

By that measure and many more he has been the leader, esp given how soon Newt and the GOP congress imploded even in the 90s, Dole and even Bush and esp McCain.

Thru all that time, Rush has never wavered. Yes, his first priority is to take and hold a large audience so that he can charge confiscatory ad rates!

But in that process he has led millions to conservatism.

More than anyone I can think of except for maybe

Mr Mugged by Reality!

And knowing what I know right now, I’d vote for Bush again against all three. Ick.