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RUSH: WE NEED TO PUSH OUR NOMINEE TO THE RIGHT, NOT THE LEFT!
www.RushLimbaugh.com ^ | January 10, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 01/10/2012 6:21:53 PM PST by Yosemitest





TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: counterproductive; economy; gingrichmovesleft; leftistlanguage; newt; newtanticapitalism; newtanticapitalist; newtantifreemarket; newtantiteaparty; newtsoundslikebho; newtsoundslikenyt; notconservative; rinorush; rinorush4rinoromney; rinorush4romney; romney; rush; santorum; theft; vulture
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Rush, thanks again.
Let's remember what a great man said.

"Establishment Republicans" Want to Redefine the Term "Conservative"


"Establishment Republicans" are Lying to Us With Threats of a Dire Default

Let's remember:
Someone on another thread said But with the press not doing its job, and the LAME Stream Media trying to silence speech they don't agree with,
we're in a real mess and under attack by an evil force rarely seen in this country.
The Republicans and the God-Given freedoms this country has enjoyed so far, are descending into oblivion.
And the "Establishment Republicans" aren't doing a damned thing to stop it.
The "Establishment Republicans" aren't providing "the boots on the ground" to win.
They're trying to put the public back to sleep, lying to them, in order to keep their power, and "wreck the country as it commits suicide".
So now the "Establishment Republicans" have "fractured their base" and,
because they have taught us "that accepting short-term loss in exchange for long-term gain is the essence of compromise, the essence of politics",
they're going to lose, and lose big, if they don't swing to the hard right wing of what used to be their party.
How many conservatives have re-registered as "Conservative Party" or "Independent" because they're fed up with being lied to?
We've been "treated to one lecture after the other on the need for “compromise” and “patience” ", and we're sick of it.
We don't trust them any longer.

Look, Rush said it best....
So now, because of the Establishment Republicans" there's not just a candle lit, but a bonfire lit ...
in the very heart of the conservatives, and it will burn away the dead wood that is "Establishment Republicans."

Yes, it's time to curse the "Establishment Republicans" for every thing they've NOT DONE!
And CURSE THEM for most of the things they HAVE DONE!

"Attack, repeat, ATTACK!"


"Establishment Republicans" Want to Redefine the Term "Conservative"


DO CONSERVATIVES "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" WANT TO WIN IN 2012 OR NOT?

Palin was my first choice, but she dropped out.
Bachmann became my first choice,and she dropped out.
Cain was my second choice, but he dropped our.
Now ... Newt was my second choice, but he challenged Rush.
So now ... Rick Santorum, who use to be my third choice, is now my first choice.

But Romney, Perry, Ron Paul, Huntsman, and Johnson are NOT acceptable,
and if on the ballot for the general election for President or V.P., would cause me to do a write in.


There's no way in hell I can compromise my values.

Jack Kerwick wrote an article on May 24, 2011 titled The Tea Partier versus The Republican and he expressed some important issues that I agree with.



I'm fresh out of "patience", and I'm not in the mood for "compromise".
"COMPROMISE" to me is a dirty word.
Let the RINO's compromise their values, with the conservatives, for a change.

The "Establishment Republicans" can go to hell!
1 posted on 01/10/2012 6:22:03 PM PST by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest

I pay Rush sixty dollars a year, just for him to defend a rino


2 posted on 01/10/2012 6:28:03 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: Yosemitest

I pay Rush sixty dollars a year, just for him to defend a rino


3 posted on 01/10/2012 6:28:18 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: Yosemitest
Rush misunderstands big time what Newt is really saying. It's an unfortunate reflection on many Republicans that they don't seem to understand it either.

Newt's case is simple:

1) Romney's vaunted "private sector experience", is of a particular kind that's going to represent a huge liability in the general election. Nobody's asserting that Bain Capital's actions were necessarily illegitimate nor unlawful, but it's obvious that Romney was no white knight of heroic, entrepreneurial capitalism.

2) Questions on business ethics are legitimate inquiries that one should have to answer for, especially if they're running for public office—these are not attacks on capitalism, and it's completely goofy that some would construe it that way. Those advocating a "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" attitude towards private enterprise activity, aren't doing capitalism any favors.
4 posted on 01/10/2012 6:31:02 PM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State | Gingrich 2012)
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To: Yosemitest

What the heck is the matter with Rush? This was irrational and I honestly don’t understand what he was trying to say.

Personally, I hold Rush at least partly responsible for electing Obama because of his stupid “Operation Chaos” stuff in the last election. He spent most of his shows talking about the Dems, never focused on the lousy candidate that was being pushed on us by GOP Central, and got people so confused by encouraging them to vote for Hillary in open primaries that the conservative “base,” as he likes to call them, had no idea what to do about getting a decent GOP candidate.

I used to think he was having problems answering callers because he didn’t hear them very well, but now (with the supposed wonder hearing aids he keeps pushing) I have no idea what he is doing.


5 posted on 01/10/2012 6:35:07 PM PST by livius
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To: Yosemitest

Rush getting mushy.

All the sweeter it will be when Newt wins SC and it becomes a whole new ballgame.

Grassroots versus Establishment.


6 posted on 01/10/2012 6:35:15 PM PST by CainConservative (Newt/Santorum 2012 with Cain, Huck, Bolton, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: Yosemitest

I pay Rush sixty dollars a year, just for him to defend a rino


7 posted on 01/10/2012 6:35:55 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: Yosemitest

I pay Rush sixty dollars a year, just for him to defend a rino


8 posted on 01/10/2012 6:36:27 PM PST by Sybeck1 (Mitt Romney, a piss poor choice)
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To: Yosemitest

Newt went over the line on FoxNews this morning, telling us when Capitalism is ok, and when it’s not. Telling us the difference between profits which are ok and those which are too much. I thought he would find lots of nastiness in the Bain records. Instead he is parroting Oliver Stone from “Wall Street” and portraying venture capitalists like Romney as Gordon Gekko. Newt actually said that capitalists should reduce their profits to share with the workers “who made the profits”. Isn’t that a Leftist position? This is a VERY risky play. Democrats are giddy today. One of them said that the “greedy capitalists” position is no longer a left-wing one, but a centrist one, because of Newt and Perry’s attacks. I am increasingly convinced that we need someone new to come into this race - perhaps someone who has already refused.


9 posted on 01/10/2012 6:39:57 PM PST by montag813
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To: CainConservative

Pick a Conservative going forward to SC..

New Hampshire

NEWT 11%
Rick 10%
Perry 1%


10 posted on 01/10/2012 6:40:29 PM PST by CainConservative (Newt/Santorum 2012 with Cain, Huck, Bolton, Parker, Watts, Duncan, & Bachmann in Newt's Cabinet)
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To: Sybeck1

Why do you pay him?


11 posted on 01/10/2012 6:47:13 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Utmost Certainty; P-Marlowe; wmfights

I agree.

I believe Romney’s actions in certain cases were illegal. He intentionally drove companies to bankruptcy by overborrowing against their assets while his company siphoned off a huge share of the BORROWED money.

He took advantage of both bankruptcy law and corporate law to achieve his end.

Has no one asked why, if Bain Capital owned, for example, AMPAD, why Bain Capital did not have ITS assets seized in the Ampad bankruptcy in order to satisfy AMPAD’s creditors?


12 posted on 01/10/2012 6:47:59 PM PST by xzins (Pray for Our Troops Remaining in Afghanistan, now that Iran Can Focus on Injuring Only Them)
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To: Pan_Yan

Ping


13 posted on 01/10/2012 6:48:42 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Real solidarity means coming together for the common good."-Sarah Palin)
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To: Yosemitest

In Rush’s imagination ‘conservatism’ often seems to equate to support for the interests of the corporate suite.

This is a far cry from the traditional conservatism of Russell Kirk and the Southern Agrarians, who possessed a healthy skepticism for the world of big business. Not that they were hostile to it, but they certainly didn’t put the mercantile interests of business on their list of first principles.

Try this quote from Kirk’s ‘The Conservative Mind’:

“The United States had come a long way from the piety of Adams and the simplicity of Jefferson. The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of ‘private enterprise,’ economic policy almost wholly surrendered to special interests—such a nation was inviting the catastrophes which compel society to re-examine first principles.”


14 posted on 01/10/2012 6:48:48 PM PST by Pelham (Islam. The original Evil Empire)
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To: montag813; xzins

This is called “vulture capitalism” and it’s not a good thing. Driving a company into the ground and then feeding off it is not capitalism, except in the most distorted of worlds.

And as for sharing with the workers, yes: give them good wages and good working conditions. Why not? Should the few top execs be the only ones to benefit from a good year...they certainly weren’t the only ones who did the work.

I worked for a big financial services company for several years, and they rewarded everybody in the firm, right down to the mailroom, when they did well. What’s wrong with that?


15 posted on 01/10/2012 6:58:59 PM PST by livius
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To: Yosemitest

To be honest, if Newt’s message is that there is a difference between positive, productive capitalism where investors spur growth and innovation to turn a profit for themselves while building a workforce thus producing jobs and a corrupted capitalism that decays the workforce by cynically bleeding companies of wealth and talent before selling off the scraps, then I am for his message.

We knew all along that Obama is going to go full on Class Warfare. Obama will try to paint all capitalists as the latter greedy, evil ilk. Do we want Newt making the counter argument, promoting beneficial capitalism that has historically made this country great, or do we want Romney taking the point on that argument? I go with the gentleman from Georgia.


16 posted on 01/10/2012 7:01:44 PM PST by elvis-lives
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To: Utmost Certainty

” Romney’s vaunted “private sector experience”, is of a particular kind “

Bill Gross of PIMCO and Eric Janszen of iTulip, neither of whom could be accused of being anti-capitalist, both have written of a distinction between the finance sector and the productive sector of the economy. Bain Capital belongs to the finance sector.

The productive sector of the economy grows as more things are produced. The standard of living of the middle class historically rose along with the productive economy.

The finance sector grows as asset prices increase. Its growth doesn’t always correspond to an improved life for the middle class. The finance sector used to support the productive economy, but in recent decades their interests often diverged. Instead of fueling the growth of the productive economy the finance sector could make money dismantling American manufacturing or shipping it overseas.


17 posted on 01/10/2012 7:04:14 PM PST by Pelham (Islam. The original Evil Empire)
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To: livius

Nothing is wrong with having all workers share in a company’s good business results. In fact, it builds team and commitment.

Bain’s bankruptcy tactic was, in my opinion, illegal. It was not just workers who were injured by their abuse of bankruptcy laws, but also creditors and contractors. All of those took serious losses at pennies on the dollar.

I continue to wonder how Bain Capital controlled these companies but were not liable for their debt out of Bain assets.

How were they able to siphon off millions upon millions in fees from the borrowed money but have to pay with their assets when the bankruptcy was dealt with in court?


18 posted on 01/10/2012 7:12:50 PM PST by xzins (Pray for Our Troops Remaining in Afghanistan, now that Iran Can Focus on Injuring Only Them)
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To: livius

Nothing is wrong with having all workers share in a company’s good business results. In fact, it builds team and commitment.

Bain’s bankruptcy tactic was, in my opinion, illegal. It was not just workers who were injured by their abuse of bankruptcy laws, but also creditors and contractors. All of those took serious losses at pennies on the dollar.

I continue to wonder how Bain Capital controlled these companies but were not liable for their debt out of Bain assets.

How were they able to siphon off millions upon millions in fees from the borrowed money but NOT have to pay with their assets when the bankruptcy was dealt with in court?


19 posted on 01/10/2012 7:13:10 PM PST by xzins (Pray for Our Troops Remaining in Afghanistan, now that Iran Can Focus on Injuring Only Them)
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To: Pelham

Placemarker


20 posted on 01/10/2012 7:32:17 PM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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