Hey Hannity, Rush, Quit Bitching

This cabal of so called Conservative hosts, led by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, which also include, Joe Scarborough, and Laura Ingraham, all need to get a grip on the 21st century. I like all of these people, I enjoy their work, but lately they have all started bitching about the GOP race results. I don’t get it.

It’s a little late to be complaining about the winner of the primaries. What did they think was going to happen?  None of the choices are perfect candidates, and it seems these guys will compare everyone to Reagan. Well, Reagan wasn’t perfect either, he raised taxes when he had too, and he signed the last Amnesty Bill , 20 years ago. YET they complain about McCain , when he seems to be more like Reagan than Romney. Unlike Romney, Reagan NEVER changed his views from the time he was governor, to president. I would argue McCain is the only real  GOP candidate that has the integrity and long conservative record to be president, even if you don’t agree with all his views.

Why didn’t these guys complain like this last spring, and find a candidate like President Bush, that embodied all the things they liked? It’s a bit late to bitch now! The voters clearly like McCain, nationwide, he wins in the south in Florida and South Carolina, and takes second in several other southern states. He wins in the NE, he wins in the west, easily taking California,, soon he will win the next contests, and YES he won several states with CLOSED GOP primaries. OK, Romney wins all the Mormon states, we get that, he wins his “home” states. but that’s all , the south didn’t embrace Romney, McCain didn’t overwhelm the south either, but he at least won a couple, so they will come around, and the talk radio crowd better come around as well.

And this whole primary deal is giving us a candidate that can WIN the general election against Clinton or obama, These talk show hosts forget that, they would rather run a candidate based on principle, than one who can win. For every conservative that sits out, the GOP may gain TWO independents. I would rather WIN. They should have seen this coming, and they should have found themselves a candidate , when George Allen lost in 2006.

 So perhaps, the electorate has changed in 2o years, and the Hannity-Rush crowd has NOT, and they need to get with this century, and get on board with the new GOP, it’s still conservative, but it’s also practical.  

~ by Johnny Miller on February 6, 2008.