Cantor Says Rhetoric Harmful, Calls for Inclusion (criticizes some Rush Limbaugh comments)

Bloomberg on Yahoo ^ | 11/6/09 | Lorraine Woellert

[NormsRevenge]

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.

“The Republican Party in its roots is a party of inclusion and we ought to be promoting that and making sure that voices are heard,” Cantor, of Virginia, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing today.

[NormsRevenge]

sounds like Eric hath a weathdish..

[Westbrook]

Another day, another RINO exposed.

[Jeb21]

Inclusion: Code word for promoting RINOs.

Real conservatives are inclusive without having to say they are. Conservatism by nature is inclusive.

[Frantzie]

Go to h*ll DIABLO Cantor. We saw inclusiveness at Fort Hood thanks to polocies of the Democrat Islamist Party and stinking RINOs like Cantor, McCain, Graham-nesty, Crist, Newt.

[Anima Mundi]

It would be nice to hear them talk down Democrats once in awhile. The Democrats NEVER say things about people like Michael Moore. The phantom and magical big tent seems to expand ONLY on its left side. BAH. Tiresome.

[Truth is a Weapon]

Eric is a smart boy but he has this wrong. Rush says that we are a party of inclusion. We welcome men, women, straight, gays, blacks, whites, latinos, asians, all races and all religions as long as they believe the US Constitution is what guides us in our laws and values.

We can include all people groups. But it is nonsense to say that we can include all ideologies. How could we ever act in ways to please everyone? It is tough enough to come to agreements among people who are pretty much conservatives.

[jimtorr]

No, Mr. Cantor, the Republican Party at it’s roots is a party of principle! Any principle beyond self-aggrandizement is sadly lacking in the party today.

When the GOP was formed to elect Abraham Lincoln, they knew that his election would bitterly divide the country and possibly cause secession.

[Ann Archy]

When I listened to his speech yesterday, I relaized he is AWFUL!! He cannot SPEAK.....WHY is he out in front??? He is PATHETIC!

[Soothesayer]

When they say “inclusion” what they really mean is “submit to our will”!

[wilco200]

Ain’t that the truth.

What about calling Obama a dictator is not inclusive anyway?

Makes no sense. These RINO hacks continue to trip over themselves to denounce real conservatives, real Americans.

They should check youtube for yesterday’s rally - the biggest applause went to Levin, not any of these P*****s

[ml/nj]

Hey Eric.

If you, or someone on your staff, have a look here I'd just like you guys to know that this FReeper is with Rush. Just leave us alone. (And if no one in your office is checking us out, WTF is the matter with you?)

ML/NJ (citizen)

[penelopesire]

Dittos! He is also a tad effeminate and wimpy. He gained prominence after the Drill Here, Drill Now ‘debate’, but he is clearly not all he was cracked up to be at the time....lol.

[juggernaut]

“You can’t fix stupid”

[AlexW]

The only thing worse then a Marxist Dimowit is a damn stinking RINO.

[Ann Archy]

OMG! His speech was EMBARASSING as Hell!! He is not fast on his feet in an interview either.

[Zhang Fei]

Once in a while, Eric Cantor has to genuflect before the lords of political correctness. But the only thing that matters to me is how he votes. And how does he vote? His American Conservative Union rating is 96. That’s conservative enough for me.

[moondoggie]

Aw geez...and I was just starting to like this guy.

We have our work cut out for us!

[bulldog905]

What A Weenie!

[penelopesire]

His wife works for one of the banks that got bail-out cash. He is compromised imho.

[HarleyD]

Cantor defended Snowe, saying she “is talking to Democrats the way she does a lot, the way we all do.” The House and Senate, Cantor said, are “plagued by a political mandate” from Democrats. “The only time that you would have a chance to get an insertion in the bill is to talk to a Democrat.”

Egads these people are idiots. Did it ever occur to Cantor that perhaps the Democrats won't really insert anything in the bill unless they 1) feel that it's harmless or 2) they can negate it some other way? And, if you don't "insert" anything you're not obligated to vote for it.

This is about as stupid as Lindsey Graham saying that if he votes for Cap-n-Trade, he believes the Democrats will look at drilling.

[SuziQ]

If folks want to be in the Republican Party, that’s fine. I don’t even care if they don’t agree with every principle, but the Party itself shouldn’t compromise its principles, and certainly shouldn’t put down those who do.

[NormsRevenge]

His saving grace is he is in the House with that rating and stood against Comprehensive Immigration Reform.. a couple years ago in the Senate, you had GoP senators that had high
ACU ratings as well and supported the CIR legislation and labored hard for it.

[counterpunch]

Enough Boehner and Can’tor. It's time for Mike Pence to lead the GOP.

[penelopesire]

That is all fine and good..but he shouldn’t be out front. We need fighters out front right now.

[penelopesire]

MAJOR DITTOS!!

[NormsRevenge]

I’d like to see DeMint and Sessions assume senior leads in the Senate too.. and perhaps as Pres. election ticket material.

[Ann Archy]

I don’t care about that....I care that he is a PATHETIC SPEAKER and COMMUNICATOR!! HE IS AWFUL!!

[DennisR]

Bingo! Too many people say conservative things, but when it comes to voting are liberal. Cantor is not one of those people. His votes back up what he says. Who cares if he cannot give a good speech? There is another person in power who gives good speeches (so some would say), and where has that gotten us?

[NormsRevenge]

Tom McClintock would make a good one too.

[Spok]

Another RINO who doesn’t get it. What the Democrats and the MSM think of as ‘inclusive’ is how we got the ‘bama!! I’d rather die on my feet as a conservative than on my knees as a ‘moderate’.

[MamaDearest]

Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.

Just because he's the second ranking GOP Republican doesn't mean he doesn't come in last for in smarts. He (and others like him) are stuck on the good-old-boy mentality and perks from their lobbyist donors. They'd rather see republicans lose elections and and give an obscene gesture to constituents (while smiling at them toothily) than to save their nation and protect those who put them in office.

*RINOs need to be cast out to become the democrats of which they aspire

[xjcsa]

Early symptoms of Potomac Fever.

[xjcsa]

Who cares if he cannot give a good speech?

Communication skills matter.

[aruanan]

Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.

Looks like Lindsey's been giving Eric back rubs.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

the Party itself shouldn’t compromise its principles, and certainly shouldn’t put down those who do.

I don't have a problem with putting down GOP office holders who compromise conservative principles.

[mono]

None of the official spokespersons for either the Pubs or Dems are very attractive or persuasive. I have about had it with all of them.

[meadsjn]

Inclusion: Code word for promoting RINOs.

Real conservatives are inclusive without having to say they are. Conservatism by nature is inclusive.

Absolutely correct. The lives, liberty, and property of all are equally protected by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. That is conservatism.

Preferential treatment, or adverse treatment, of selected groups is the MO of liberals and RINOs.

[Macoozie]

Eric was never my guy. A RINO through and through.
Another day, another RINO siteing.

[counterpunch]

Tom just got in the House (and just barely).
He’s not ready for leadership yet.

[NormsRevenge]

He ties his own shoes and writes his won speeches, whaddaya mean, he ain’t ready? ;-)

[NormsRevenge]

own

[MamaDearest]

Looks like Lindsey's been giving Eric back rubs.

Yep - political intimacy seems to have its rewards. Unfortunately the only ones getting "that kind of real action" on their their dirty deeds are we, the people.

[WVRockDJ]

Through all of this mess, Pence is starting to rise to the top in terms of saying what he means, and unwilling to back down. He also seems to sport some...male parts...that some of our other wonderful GOP ‘leaders’ seem to be missing. A closer watching of Pence is in order, methinks.

[EternalVigilance]

Maybe it’s time for a new conservative rating. If the politician ever uses the word “inclusion” with a straight face, he automatically loses 75 points. At least.

But, if it’s obvious that he means one must accept those who think it’s okay to kill babies as legitimate candidates for public office, he should lose them all. He’s a complete zero.

[VOR78]

I agree completely.

[Uri’el-2012]

Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the U.S. House, said his party needs to be inclusive and criticized some comments by talk-show host Rush Limbaugh as inappropriate.

Another Vichy republican outs himself.

He seems to want to collaborate with with the statists

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Cantor, when asked about Limbaugh’s comments that “Adolf Hitler, like Barack Obama, also ruled by dictate” and his comparison of the administration’s health-care logo to a swastika, said his comparisons were wrong."

Actually, the logo does look strikingly like a Third Reich eagle-on-swastika icon. And Obama is indeed ruling by dictate, with his unconstitutional posse of czars ruling by fiat and bragging about their absolute power.

Cantor is a disappointment. Flush.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

This is what Rush was talking about. Cantor is flat wrong. He owes Rush an apology, and then he needs to STFU.

[imahawk]

Where are all of little eric supporters defending him about what a true conservative he is?Hard to go against Rush.

[ABQHispConservative]

Eric is allowing the media dictate the narrative. Be a man Eric, stick with conservative principles.