[Evil Slayer]

If it weren't for the Tea Party we woulda caved. If it weren't for the Tea Party there wouldn't have even been a disagreement even after winning the election. If there were a Tea Party leadership, it would be different. I have no doubt about that. Yeah, we elected Newt and the boys and they did balance the budget for the first time in a long time. At the same time the doofuses of this country elected Clinton. There's your system.

______Rush Limbaugh July 20,2011

The Constitution Isn't Our Problem

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RUSH: Are you saying the Constitution is the problem then?

CALLER: Well, not necessarily as it was originally founded, I don't. Personally I think the major turning point was the 17th Amendment. I don't think that if we had senators who represented states, that we would have ended up with the Supreme Court that we have, which would allow the things that it has as far as interstate commerce and all the rest.

The caller made a very good point here and prior to this exchange. He said to Rush that our current system, regardless of the best intentions of even the Tea Party, is "predetermined to spend money," and described it as a "systemic problem."

It's an excellent point and Rush could probably have expanded it to an even better monologue. It's understandable though, that he took a different tack and used it to make a point about the Tea Party.