Rush Limbaugh live: talking about Rand and war powers

[p5yph3r]

Had a Paulite caller on the air about 25 minutes ago pointing out the unconstitutionality of the war on terror. Guest host Mark Davis wasn't terribly adversarial about it; he just wondered who we'd declare war against, which was the point the caller was trying to make. Possibly still taking calls on it. 800-282-2882

 

[p5yph3r]

Internet stream

Not sure if you have to be authenticated to access this stream, but this is the MMS link to my local radio station's internet feed.

mms://media.blackcrow.fm/wvga

 

[Flash]

What did he say about Rand?

 

[sailingaway]

Dang! What an opportunity! The point is that this vindicates Ron Paul's position that letters of marque, for mobile, flexible, small units, would be much more effective, much less expensive and much less destructive of collateral people and property than 'war' in the case of fighting something as amorphous as 'terror'.

 

[p5yph3r]

What did he say about Rand?

I was driving down the road at the time, but basically he was pointing out how Rand wasn't your typical republican (legalize drugs, close Gitmo, declaration of war, etc.), yet he was stompin' so much butt. He even made a point to say that Ron and Rand's views weren't so much isolationist, but that they were different in their view on prosecuting the war on terror. He also went on to talk about how crappy the whole CRA thing with the media went, and how he just needs to stick to going on media outlets where he can explain his viewpoints rather than get sound-bitten to hell.

He did challenge the Ron Paul caller about the whole declaration of war, and the caller's defense wasn't bad, it just wasn't strong. He didn't close the deal by covering letters of marque, or how the War Powers Act itself was dereliction of duty on the part of the Congress.

 

[Justinjj1]

Mark Davis is the absolute worst. He's from here in Dallas and has consistently been the biggest neocon cheerleader on the airwaves. To make matters worse, he has the most annoying voice and a smug attitude.

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

hmmm

If any of us hear a host talking about Rand being too libertarian on war or civil liberties, we should call in and try to reframe the debate to be about taxes, spending, bailouts, big gov't

I'm not sure why the host brought this war power stuff up

Perhaps the GOP is trying to distance themselves from Rand in light of the CRA controversy, thus saying he isn't a REAL Republican so they can deflect the "racist" charges from the GOP

We don't need this division b/w constitutional conservatives and other types of conservatives - always try to focus on the similarities so we got the GOP machine and base behind us