Rush needs a civics lesson

The Rush opines:

This is what the left doesn't get, and sadly it may be what some Republicans in Washington don't get. If George W. Bush on the Iraq issue could stand up to France and Germany, to the UN Security Council, to the New York Times and even Ted Kennedy, if he could face up to all that on Iraq and be proved right, do you really think Bush is going to be intimidated into backing off to Dingy Harry and the AARP crowd and a bunch of linguini-spined Republicans in Washington?

Can anyone tell me the difference between the two groups that Rush rattles off?

That's right, France, Germany, and the UN can't vote in American elections.

The AARP crowd can. The "linguini-spined Republicans" know that. And if America's largest group of senior citizens see you as responsible for destroying Social Security, you probably won't be sitting in D.C. come 2006.

Iraq, at the time, had the support of the voter, and because of that Bush could have cared less about the world's view. The people who elect him wanted us to go. No problem there.

When it comes to Social Security, Bush's numbers are falling, not rising. It's potential political disaster for the GOP, and the irony of Republicans enacting laws and changes that give the majority power and then getting swept aside in '06 due to Social Security would be sweeter than cane sugar.

Republicans have spent years cultivating their noise machine and ascending into the majority in Washington. I doubt really they are willing to throw it away for one man's pet project.