Posted on 03/01/2009 8:25:35 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Conservative radio star Rush Limbaugh lit a flame under thousands of conservatives Saturday night in an address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.
In an hour and fifteen minute speech, which came before he received CPAC’s “Defender of the Constitution Award,” Limbaugh called on Republicans not to stray from their core principles and explained why it's fine to attack President Obama. He also took a number of shots at Democrats, who he portrayed as the party of big government.
“(Republicans) want the country to succeed and for the country to succeed its people, its individuals must succeed," Limbaugh said to an adoring crowd that gave him about 18 standing ovations. Some conference attendees stood in line for up to four hours to get a seat in the ballroom where Limbaugh spoke. Limbaugh said the country will succeed if individuals pursue their excellence, and he criticized Democrats for puttting forth a message that people they can only succeed with a hand from the government.
"Everyone among us must be pursuing his ambition or her desire, whatever, with excellence. Trying to be the best they can be," he said. "Not told, as they are told by the Democrat Party: You really can't do that, you don't have what it takes, besides you're a minority or you're a woman and there are too many people that want to discriminate against you. You can't get anywhere. You need to depend on us.”
Limbaugh said there was more racism displayed in the Democratic party in the last election cycle than in the GOP. “You know what the cliche is, a conservative: racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe. If you were paying attention, I know you were, the racism in our culture was exclusively and full on display in the Democrat[ic] primary last year,” Limbaugh said.
The conservative talk show host was criticized in some quarters for playing a song entitled "Barack the Magic Negro" that parodied a newspaper column written by a liberal writer. He has also been criticized for stating that he hoped Obama's presidency would fail because of Obama's push for bigger government.
Limbaugh also criticized his own party, including 2008 GOP presidential contender Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), for compromising conservative principles for the sake of winning an election. If conservatives want to succeed there is no room for compromise or bipartisanship, he said.
“Everybody seems to go orgasmic over the concept of bipartisanship,” Limbaugh said. “Bipartisanship occurs only after one other result, and that is victory."
He also said he does not see Obama and Democrats compromising.
"Somebody tell me where is the compromise on all of this spending? Where is the compromise on all this punishment of the achievers," he said.
Limbaugh defended his comments about hoping Obama fails. "That's nothing more than common sense and to not be able to say it, why in the world do I want what we just described; rampant government, growth indebtedness, wealth that's not even being created yet that is being spent, what is in this," he said. " What possibly is in this that anybody of us want to succeed?"
Limbaugh asked if Democrats wanted the war on Iraq to fail. The crowd answered, "Yes."
In a straw poll conducted over the course of CPAC’s three-day conference, Limbaugh came in first as the “King of Conservative Media.” Fox News hosts Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity came in second and third, respectively.
links to speech , transcript, video..
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Where’s The Rush Speech From CPAC?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2196678/posts
The new RNC handler, Steele, thought Limbaugh was “over the top” in a NEGATIVE way. Here we go again! Another RHINO! When will the GOP learn?
I’m mad as hell at what is going on in our country!
I don’t want a castigated black guy telling me Limbaugh is “over the top”!
Here is the full video —> http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/28/video-limbaugh-brings-down-the-house-at-cpac/
Great speech!
A bit long winded, but to the patriotic and practical point of tearing leftism to shreds.
Castigated or castrated?
Have a great day, all!
> The new RNC handler, Steele, thought Limbaugh was “over the top” in a NEGATIVE way. Here we go again! Another RHINO! When will the GOP learn?
Steele DOES NOT REPRESENT ME. I am a conservative; Rush is a Conservative; Steele is a RINO.
Hey, castro and Chavez speak for 3 hours of pap. Obama can do it too. So Rush spoke for an hour and 20 minutes. The nation doesn’t hear common sense that often! As to Steele, over the top comment, the RNC must appear to be big tent and allow allllll commentaries, allll peoples to be assuaged as to who is a Pub. My guess is , Steele loved it.
I didn't want Rush's speech to ever end.
What is Steele’s e-mail address?(googled and can’t find) I thought Rush was spot on and there was NO negativity in his speech regarding this country or conservatives.
OMG, what is wrong with Michael Steele? Rush was wonderful. I didn’t think he was over the top at all. My husband and I were glued to the tv when Rush was speaking. We didn’t want him to stop.
Rush, you’re rich enough - time to rescue the nation, go for the Presidency, Rush. We need you like we needed Regan. Do due diligence, check the numbers, but get involved in a way where you can wield the power of the POTUS to reverse this terrible course the US is on now.
I think the term is “castrated”...:)
I am not thrilled about Steele. I didn’t know much about him, but after having the opportunity to learn more about him, there are some things he is most definitely not conservative on.
Not with respect to Affirmative Action, and definitely not with regard to the Second Amendment. On the right to keep and bear arms, I thought his position might have just been based on ignorance and unfamiliarity, but after reading some of his recent comments on the subject, he doensn’t come across much different from the way Obama publicly does.
I am surprised they chose him, given his views on this. Perhaps I shouldn’t be. The RNC has not been advocating conservatism for some time. The DNC doesn’t have a comparable problem with liberalism, though.
Do you have a functioning remote channel changer for your television?
I ask all the snide questions because I do not understand someone posting an article on Free Republic, for example, and at the same time apologizing because it is a long. Was War and Peace no good because it was too long? Was Al Gore's travesty of a movie, An Undeniable Truth good because it was short? I think Limbaugh's speech was good and could've gone on longer.
I do not mean to take cheap shots. This is a bugaboo of mine and it should not be directed against you.
Where is Steele quoted as saying this?
I absolutely believe he said such a thing, but I want to see / hear the words.
I am P.O.’d.
Thanks for that info
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