Your Weekly Rush; why he's so angry

Well here's Rush yesterday on the radio.

"You people have absolutely zero intellectual credibility or character to sit here, call this program and try to make some issue out of the Bush administration deciding to wait one month to start explaining why we needed to go to war in Iraq? Jeez. You people are reprehensible. You are absolutely reprehensible. You are the lowest piece of (blank) I've ever run to in this planet. I can't believe you people. You used to be at least fine, upstanding people to go out and have a drink with now and then, have a honest conversation about disagreements, but you people, you can't even be civil, you can't even be honest with yourselves! How can anybody have a conversation with you? You people lie to yourselves. You people are walking around in the biggest fog that I have ever seen. You people need therapy! You people all need to be sequestered somewhere for a couple of months to get your minds right because you people can't even be honest with yourselves. You are walking delusions."

I don't need to explain that by "You People" Rush means Liberal Democrats.

So why is Rush so mad? There are a couple of theories out there, most of them involving him being under or over medicated. But I don't buy that, personally. So what could it really be?

I think it is that Rush's house of cards is starting to fall apart. Look at what prompted this tirade. Some questions on how President Bush misled us into war. At this point only the most "faithful" still believe that the Administration didn't mislead the American people a bit. Most of the honest ones will admit that, but claim that the ends justify the means. But whether or not that remains the opinion of the American people remains to be seen. The fact is that things aren't going all that wonderfully in Iraq and American troops are paying a price.

Liberals are shining a light on the decisions that led us into this war and that have failed to plan sufficiently for the peace. This would be ok if President Bush were an ordinary president like a Clinton or a George H. W. Bush. But a great deal of the Current President Bush's power comes from his ability to project power and legitimacy. If Democrats keep nibbling at his credibility, well, his legitimacy will slowly drain away as well.

Frankly if I had pinned the hopes of my movement on President George W. Bush I'd be angry too. And I'd look around for someone to take my anger out at.

Still he does take it a bit far. Remember this bit? "You people all need to be sequestered somewhere for a couple of months to get your minds right because you people can't even be honest with yourselves." Hmmmm. I think the Chinese Commies had something like this. They called it an "Education camp." Not sure if that fits in well with American traditions and values, but I guess Rush would know better than I do.