Posted on 01/10/2014 6:20:11 AM PST by rootin tootin
The communications director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) tried to smear conservative talk radio host Mark Levin Thursday by alleging that outside groups spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make his book a best-seller, which they did not. Levin responded by saying he would hold Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and NRSC Chairman Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) personally responsible for the 'intimidation tactics.'
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That’s too much double think for me.
I take Levin at his word until he shows me different and then I will think differently about him.
The GOPe, I’m not happy with them and they have shown me to my face (in speaking to the media and TV cameras)that they don’t care for or welcome my idea of what good government is.
I am not certain that the Dems will take a beating in Nov, you are more optimistic than myself.
I held my nose and voted for Romney and I actually believed he would win.
I took a blow to the gut through that miscalculation and it depressed me pretty darn good.
I’ve wiped my tears and I’m back up but I have ZERO faith in the GOPe or the hold-the-nose theory any longer.
I am searching for and will continue to search for new solutions and it is my opinion that Levin has offered up a viable and Constitutional solution.
We shall see how it works out because chances for corrective and relatively painless solutions are shrinking.
They are woefully under gunned.
How about this ?
The problem today is a systemic one, i.e., the misuse of a Senate rule to block judicial nominees from receiving the consent (or rejection) of the full Senate. Each of these candidates reportedly has enough votes for confirmation, but for the unprecedented use or threat of filibusters. The majority has every right and reason to change the rule.
Mark Levin March 21, 2005 NRO
I think we were all thinking differently in 2005. I wasn’t paying as close attention then as I am today, I had no idea who Mark Levin was and so I can’t take everything surrounding that time in to account.
What I can decide and form my opinions from is what I have witnessed today and the recent past. My opinions and ideas have changed much since 2005, too.
If I come to believe Levin a reckless, lying and destructive fool, I’ll post and let you know it. Today, I am listening to Levin and working in hopes to see his suggestions come to fruition.
I tend to catch Levin's first half hour almost every night in my car.
I notice that he recently is extremely critical of GWB. I mean really. But he was nothing like that in 2008 or even 2009 or 2010. I mean he occasionally complained about something specific but he was generally very supportive of him in those days.
But now he just savages Bush's record.
In fact its similar with Levin and Romney and that's just a year ago. He was very supportive of Romney and wasn't even critical of him in the primary. But now Romney's the dreaded GOPe that was sure to lose.
They picked on the wrong person.
Amen, brother. I’m a believer on your post.
I do believe this condition has been a long time coming. Obama simply pulled the trigger.
Americans were systematically captured by our top to bottom socialist public education system, in large enough numbers finally to vote FOR our own demise, by majority.
It is a natural progression that the Republican Party would
eventually fall also.
Now they come for the South.
As I understand it of Levin today (I only started listening to him after 2009)he still thinks GWB is a wonderful human being of great character, I think he also believes GWB was decent on foreign policy. As I understand it- Levin seems to have the most gripe with GWB’s domestic policy and love of growing government and a lack of fiscal disipline .
I never liked GWB and was probably never that charitable towards GWB. Though, I will say that I think GWB is now a fine human being, he wasn’t always but I don’t think any of us are or were always good. Except maybe Mother Teresa. hahaha!
I don’t admire people who never change their mind or change position— as long as it isn’t with the same frequency of changing underwear. Things that I believed when I was six, don’t make much sense today and things I believed at 14 and even things I thought during the 2012 elections changed.
I said terrible things about Romney and his family, things I am ashamed I said and typed. Do I appreciate his politics? Hell no. But I did come to believe him a good and decent man, I actually think he should have let more of Romney the man show than Romney the guarded politician. Many will disagree with me but that’s OK, I’m not changing my opinion. And no, I wouldn’t vote for Romney again today, even if I think he’s a good man. I would write Cruz in.
I believe there is room for mistakes, there is room for change of opinion, there is room for forgiveness if honest regret is given. I am not going to change my mind about Levin until I hear him cross something that is unforgivable to me. It hasn’t happened so far.
You’re right that the solution will not be painless.
The Establishment must lose.
That means Democrats may win more. But, how else can the Establishment Republican socialists be torn from power, where they do nothing but cave and collude with Marxists?
This means that IF they can’t run off the Tea Party, the Establishment may choose to leave, and go join the Democrat Party.
Crazy scenarios out there, anything to keep patriots marginalized, controlled and in the minority, permantly.
I see no advantages for us to support another RINO socialist nominee with our vote. They have to lose, or this never stops.
They all want to play monopoly with out money and lives.
In many cases there is no reality for the policies they want to practice.
Also, if we in the private sector world tried to act like our politicians do in government we would be arrested in no time for fraud.
We need to go after all bad politicians, their sponsors and friends till we change who is running for office.
We can’t elect people from the same mold and expect a positive change.
I first heard Levin in December 2003 when he was subbing for Rush who was Christmas vacation. He was making fun of Howard Dean that day as Dean was thought to be the one to go up against Bush then.
I enjoyed it so much that I found he had a show on WABC77 NYC superstation AM that could get it on my AM radio here in Maryland on clear days. Then in ~ 2005 he went national and was on a local AM station here I would listen to WCBN.
Its ironic that he is so critical of the GWB record now because it was his consistent defense of GWB that was the first thing that soured me on him.
(and yes, he still is only is critical of him related to spending and deficits, maybe certain regulations)
Mark was very different when GWB was POTUS.
Now its ‘liberty’ and ‘freedom’ but I recall one show back in say 2007 where someone called up critical of the policy of detaining suspected terrorist American citizens indefinitely without review, and mark barked something like :”Look, if you are not a terrorist you have nothing to worry about”
He was a 'government needs to do anything they can to keep us safe' guy in the Bush days.
Exactly.
This is why I want to see the elimination of elections for Senators. I'd rather see the local politics that comes with appointment of Senators within each state, rather than the national party politics that ignores the states.
-PJ
Let the GOP keep up the attacks on decent conservatives. IMO the GOP is the best recruiting tool that the TP has going for itself.
It's funny when I talk to the anti-17thers and one of their arguments is "if repealing the 17th amendment is such a BAD idea, why are the Dems against it?!". Of course, the Dems are "against" it the same way they were "against" the President taking too much vacation time. They're only against the Republicans repealing the 17th so they can beat up on the GOP and score political points. If they actually had the opportunity to appoint numerous socialist cronies to Senate seats that are now inaccessible to them, they'd LOVE it.
The problem with Levin, as sickoflibs frequently notes, is that so many conservative activists take Levin's word as gospel. He is not seen as "just an entertaining talk show host" the way Limbaugh and Savage are, but an infalliable, all-wise and all-knowing constitutional authority. So it's wise, prudent, and necessary to use the nuclear opinion when the GOP is in power, but unconstitutional treason when the RATs are in power. Mike Enzi is RINO scum and needs to go solely because Mark Levin says so. Orrin Hatch was a great solid conservative and needed to be re-elected, solely because Mark Levin says so.
That's the real problem. I love listening to Limbaugh, but I don't take his word as infallible truth and great constitutional decrees about how government MUST operate.
Then he immediately plays clips of both Rush and then Levin going after Chrispie on this bridge thing.
'EXTREME RIGHT' ???!!
I really laughed.
When they come on he calls them ‘my friend’ and vice-versa for Levin.
And he introduces Levin as ‘The Great one’ as Levin is a regular guest.
But yesterday Mark Levin was the 'EXTREME RIGHT' not 'the great one' !
Neil, Neil, Neil, wadda-doin ????LOLO
Vote out the RINOs in 2014 — Do it!!!
One thing you can count on is that the media will always refer to "FAR RIGHT WING" and "EXTREME RIGHT", but the words "FAR LEFT WING" and "EXTREME LEFT" do not exist in their vocabulary.
Also, their terminology generally has to be moved one level to the left to accurately describe the person's ideology. If they say someone is "EXTREME RIGHT", they mean the its someone pretty solidly conservative. If they refer to the politician as a "STAUNCH CONSERVATIVE", it's someone right-of-center. If they say it's a "CENTER RIGHT", "MODERATE", or "CENTRIST" person, they're describing someone on the left end of the spectrum. If they say "MODERATE DEMOCRAT", they're describing a socialist and loyal Obama yes-man. In the rare event that they say the person is "LIBERAL" or "LEFT-WING", they have an unabashed discipline of Karl Marx and advocate of communism on their show.
Neil may have also said ‘far left’ but I don’t remember it and I deleted the episode from my DVR.
It was just funny that he gave that slap to his ‘friend’
Some are and some are not but clearly they are not hounding him for it.
Its fine for Levin to be a partisan like many others do but flip flops don't fit well with his major ‘I always side with the constitution and never compromise my principles because I am above it all’ act.
He has this ‘holier than thou’ thing going on his show.
Alternatively I get a kick out of when he goes after Dems.
That's always fun to listen to.
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