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Rush Limbaugh and the Need for Spine
RedState ^ | May 2nd, 2013 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 05/02/2013 3:32:23 AM PDT by iowamark

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1 posted on 05/02/2013 3:32:23 AM PDT by iowamark
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To: iowamark

bfw


2 posted on 05/02/2013 3:36:15 AM PDT by Principled
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To: iowamark

Because of Rove and all the Bushbots I no longer can relate to the ruling republican elites, they are all part of the New World Order socialist movement. They in fact assisted the democrats in passing the HC law and that is why they want it to move forward and not repeal it, they are all nothing but little dictators.

We have already seen our last free election and it was in 2008.


3 posted on 05/02/2013 3:41:08 AM PDT by stockpirate (Planned Parenthood, murdering black children one baby at a time.......where is the outrage)
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Like the democrats, the Republicans are searching for a direction. They can either troll for the “moderate” voters and attract more “centrist” democrats that are concerned with the economy of just reposition themselves for the “conservative” voters with base issues.

History has shown if you want to win, you have to activate the base. They did this in the 80’s and when W was elected and back in 2010.. The democrats did this in 06, 08 and in 2012.

If they ignore the base on issues like immigration and the 2nd amendment, they’ll lose big time.

Either way, they need to get cracking.


4 posted on 05/02/2013 3:46:51 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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History has shown if you want to win, you have to activate the base.

The GOP-e does not want the Reagan base. They're targeting women, gays, and illegals, hoping that a "compassionate" socialist lite will somehow outperform Democrat Marxism at the polls.

In the Republican establishment's collective mind, Obama is 100% correct about Bibles, guns, and bitter clingers.

5 posted on 05/02/2013 3:57:14 AM PDT by peyton randolph (FUBO and his wookie beard)
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To: iowamark

It is people like on the national level Rush Limbaugh, Col. Allen West, Sarah Palin, Dr. Ben Carson whom have a backbone that are impeding the democratic, socialistic utopian dreams.

On the local level, there is one guy locally whom is going after the local politicians and it is ticking the politicians off. two politicians have had to resign because they either were serving as a fire chief and school board member plus a city council - many of the issues that were passed are now in doubt because of the legality of the dual holding positions of council members.


6 posted on 05/02/2013 4:03:07 AM PDT by hondact200 (Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
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To: iowamark

The Republican Party is over with. Done. They’ve gone leftist and there’s no turning back.

Maybe someday a new party will spring up and real conservatiives will speak out. Maybe after the economic collapse.


7 posted on 05/02/2013 4:54:28 AM PDT by ryan71 (The republican party is dead to me. Dead. Don't bother trying to revive it.)
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RE :”The way I see it, Rush Limbaugh is a fighter. “

No, he’s an entertainer. He doesnt fight anyone, he doesnt take risks.

He runs a very successful business that depends on him telling a small % of Americans what they want to hear.('McCain ansd Romney will beat Obama in landslides'). And I sometimes find him entertaining.

By the way, have you called Lifelock yet ??, Identity theft is on the rise.

8 posted on 05/02/2013 5:18:00 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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Limbaugh and Rubio are a perfect example. They’re friends, so Rush is loyal to a friend, America be damned.

At least they’re friends (according to Rush), mouthpieces like Coulter sell out for the mere hope of invitations to party with celeb/pols.


9 posted on 05/02/2013 5:24:51 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: newnhdad

They’ve already alienated huge swaths of their base.


10 posted on 05/02/2013 5:28:23 AM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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To: sickoflibs
'McCain ansd Romney will beat Obama in landslides'

Care to source those quotes? I never heard him say either of those things. His support for them was tepid at best.

11 posted on 05/02/2013 5:30:18 AM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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RE :”Limbaugh and Rubio are a perfect example. They’re friends, so Rush is loyal to a friend, America be damned.”

Recall Rush's love affair with the Bush's because both of them invited him to stay as a WH guest.

Not just Rubio but how he propped up Ryan in 2010 and 2011 into something special. Ryan sucked up to him too.

Like I said, Rush doesnt fight anyone. He called Fluke a ‘slut’ because that is what his listeners wanted to hear and to get media coverage and that means $$$. It was a great idea for him.
That sure didnt hurt Fluke, in fact is was a Christmas to her.

12 posted on 05/02/2013 5:32:55 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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RE ‘McCain and Romney will beat Obama in landslides ’
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Care to source those quotes? I never heard him say either of those things. His support for them was tepid at best.

Talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh says that Sen. John McCain will score a stunning upset over Sen. Barack Obama and win the presidency on Nov. 4
[Rush] Limbaugh Predicts McCain Victory (NewsMax ^ | October 31, 2008 | David A. Patten, FR thread link )

I almost forgot this one :
We Could See a McCain Landslide (Rushlimbaugh.com, August 12, 2008)

“The enthusiasm that got people out in 2010, I'm seeing at every Mitt Romney rally. Romney's drawing crowds of 20,000, 25,000, 30,000, 15,000. “The enthusiasm that we all saw in 2010 is there. The same issues that existed in 2010 exist today. There hasn't been anything that's gotten better.”
Rush: Everything But Polls Say Romney Landslide (Newmake Monday, 05 Nov 2012)

Ignore the polls saying Obama is winning Rush Limbaugh Says, Swing State Polls Are Bogus! (video posted 9/26/2012 )

DONT DOUBT ME!

13 posted on 05/02/2013 5:38:55 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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Huge slide really gained in "New World Order" Bush I, with the "Americans With Disabilities Act."

This has allowed all sorts of things to be lumped into "disabilities," and the slide continues at warp speed.

14 posted on 05/02/2013 5:49:46 AM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: sickoflibs

Thank you. I had forgotten or missed those.


15 posted on 05/02/2013 6:14:54 AM PDT by EricT. (Another Muslim terrorist. Who saw that coming?)
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To: EricT.

Thank you, your request gave me an excuse to post them again.


16 posted on 05/02/2013 6:18:06 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: newnhdad

I agree.

The GOP has a lot of potential, but Karl Rove represents the problem.

Sorry to say it but Bush represents the problem (to an extent) though he wasn’t all bad.

McCain represents the problem. And Romney represented the problem.

We need more Tea Party. And the GOP had better start getting its act together.

There is an election coming up.


17 posted on 05/02/2013 6:21:16 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: sickoflibs
"No, he’s an entertainer. He doesnt fight anyone, he doesnt take risks."

Exactly correct, and now he is an amnesty enabler covering Rubios butt. I am finished with Rush, if he is on the radio or TV (gretta) I am changing the channel.

18 posted on 05/02/2013 6:37:31 AM PDT by jpsb
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RE :”Exactly correct, and now he is an amnesty enabler covering Rubios butt. I am finished with Rush, if he is on the radio or TV (gretta) I am changing the channel. “

The only time I listen to Rush now is if I am driving while the DC radio station WMAL does the Rush weekly replay version on Sunday's and I listen to it a few minutes to see if I agree (and maybe laugh) or if he is FOS. But I get bored fast.
Rush has a trick he does to take both sides of certain arguments so he can later claim he was right.
He is against amnesty but for Rubio.

I used to listen to him every day that I could but I cannot sit through that now.
by the way, have you signed up for Life-lock yet? Identity theft is on the rise.

19 posted on 05/02/2013 6:47:30 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: sickoflibs
"Rush has a trick he does to take both sides of certain arguments so he can later claim he was right."

Yup, he is as phoney as a $3 bill. He went total RINO after his first sleep over at the White House. I still turned him in after that but he was not the same, now he is unbearable to listen too.

20 posted on 05/02/2013 7:01:02 AM PDT by jpsb
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