Quotes of the day
posted at 9:45 pm on March 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
“For more than a generation, the traditional media has tried to build a wall around public sentiment to protect the Democratic Party from articulate critics. Recent election cycles and the emergence of the Internet have only exacerbated the situation. In the past year, media bias has gotten out of hand.
But it has not been able to stop that mountain we call Rush. He is much more than an entertainer or a person who can ‘motivate the base’ – as the media repeats like cheap talking points.
He has the uncanny ability to expose the intricate web of bias to those who do not yet know that they should doubt the media’s sincerity. Many in the Regency Ballroom on Saturday night were once dupes or elitists like me who were shown the light by a guy who didn’t even graduate college.”
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“Anybody who challenges Limbavian orthodoxy is, ipso facto, the Enemy. If you suggest reform, even from the Right, you are a useful idiot for the Media, which are the Enemy, and can never be anything but the Enemy. Limbaughism sounds a lot like Leninism…
I should say that there’s something to like in the Limbaugh speech; I share a degree of his skepticism over the expanding role of the state in American life under Obama, and his confidence that the greater responsibility for our own condition lies in individual and private-sector initiative. But good grief, is this what constitutes popular conservatism in 2009? This ideologically-driven right-wing Rousseauism, with Leninist overtones about the Enemies of the People? If so, then count me as an Enemy, because I want nothing to do with it, as I recognize it as simply a crudely politicized form of philosophical liberalism.”
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What are you smoking?
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I am not catholic, but his if he is not here anymore than oh well! Do you have a problem with that? An expression of opinon?
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Be_Aware, from all appearances FR is sober. Not so sure about you, though.
You can express your opinions all you want. MM made it known here, repeatedly, that she and AP don’t agree on everything but that she hired and pays him for good reasons. It’s entirely up to her. Now, any of us are guests here, and we can leave any time we please.
Entelechy on March 1, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Actually Rush used winning form in choosing his rhetoric. He duped the MSM into giving him much more TV time, more listeners, and enabled him to give his first “Address to the Nation” speech. Good going Rush! Looking forward to tomorrow’s show.
Christian Conservative on March 2, 2009 at 12:00 AM
What’s all the Fuss about?
The ‘crunchy’ clown is a liberal snob with a small brain, who apparently sometimes tried to pass himself off as a conservative. He does not understand Rousseau, and has a simplistic view of Lenin ( which fits: Lenin was a simplistic pathological liar and mass murderer )
Breitbart is an intelligent conservative and former liberal who knows Stupid Liberalism when he sees it.
Putting the two comments together is few-tile: they’re both about Rush, but you can find thousands of comments since The Speech.
Like Palin, Limbaugh makes libtards foam at the mouth; for that reason alone he’s……………priceless
Janos Hunyadi on March 2, 2009 at 12:04 AM
I have to stay until I find out where all the Gold and Silverware is hidden. Then I will leave.
Tuco on March 2, 2009 at 12:05 AM
First of all i don’t drink. I have been here of years, just reading and its no because of AP that i joined and you are right that we are guest here and we can leave any time we please. But if I don’t like AP does that mean i should not be able to post?
Be_Aware on March 2, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I just think it’s hilarious how many of the newbies think Allahpundit writes the Quotes of the Day, or at least assume the he shares every opinion. It’s been going on for days, now.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Free speach is such a tricky thing…….
……… isn’t it?
Meh………
Seven Percent Solution on March 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Not at all. You will find that AP has not banned, nor admonished anyone for not liking him. In this regard he has been thick skinned and a big-hearted gentleman.
However, like with a host we might not like, it’s best we just think it and leave it at that. You’ve made it clear. I’m sure he’ll cary on, as can you.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Just follow Obama.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 12:10 AM
I share a degree of his skepticism over the expanding role of the state in American life under Obama.
Asked another way, what degree of Obama’s remaking of America do you subscribe?
AP perhaps I’m reading too much into your recent posts, but I am increasingly of the opinion that you share the views of those that suggest we must become Democrat-Lite so as to attract a broader voter base. Mike Murphy et al have suggested “modernizing” conservatism.
What prey tell does this mean if not abandoning the philosophical underpinnings of conservatism? What portions of Free To Choose, Capitalism & Freedom & The Road To Surfdom are now suddenly dispensable and outdated? Modern conservatism has largely been articulated within the context of government being a necessary evil and best when it governs least. By definition, conservatism must be at logger heads with the almost the entire Obama-Pelosi agenda. These are basic, fundamental philosophical beliefs about the rights of individuals and the limited role of governments.
Given the political and philosophical rip tide we find ourselves in, these core ideological beliefs are even more important to latch onto and anchor our party. We are quickly and inexorably toward a form of European socialism. It will fail to deliver what has been promised. Healthcare costs will balloon, demands on the system will explode and quality of care will decline. I work in the healthcare field and can tell you that when people disassociate costs with service either because they feel they’ve already paid into the system or someone else is paying the bill, it changes behavior. This agenda will fail and we will be much worse off because of it. Moreover, it will have a long reaching impact on our economy and our ability to fund these massive expenditures. It will fail.
Over 40 years has passed and yet A Time For Choosing is every bit as relevant now as it was in 1964.
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 12:13 AM
El Rushbo is the media king whether they want to acknowledge it or not.
His words inspire, are logical, and is solely based on the principles that the founding fathers espoused.
For the MSM and some of the elitists in the GOP to lambaste Rush for wanting Obama to fail is pretentious and absurd. Anyone with half a brain should know that Obama’s policies are ruinous and odious for our country. Rush is forthcoming and knowledgeable. What he says is right, but people don’t want to admit it. It’s as if the truth hurts for them.
GO RUSH!
jencab on March 2, 2009 at 12:13 AM
I just finished watching my TiVo of Rush’s speech.
Truly Inspiring.
For the 2012 crowd of potentials, take heed.
Expectations have been set and benchmarked.
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 12:15 AM
I don’t listen to Rush. I don’t listen to anyone of the conservative radio heads (save the odd clip here and there).
That said…..kick their ass Rush. You need a bunker, or two, give me a call. Anyone who can chap the liberal fanny as well as Rush does deserves a key to the bunker.
Limerick on March 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Here’s the one sweet lesson of history
Every soul is a mystery
We all have so many faces
The real self often erases
We all are caught in the middle
Of one long dangerous riddle
Can he trust you?
Should you trust him too?
PercyB on March 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Thanks Entelechy, but I can’t take credit for that one. I stole it from Maha Rushie.
I think it describes some very bad wine.
Are you all aware of Barry’s latest sleight of hand? You know that “tax cut for 95% of the American people”? He neglected to inform us that it’s actually meant to help pay for his carbon tax schemes which will be passed on to us in the form of much higher energy costs and a huge hike in the cost of gas to fuel those horrible vehicles we rely on to get to work and shuttle our
kidspolluters around in. Conveniently, these tax hikes won’t hit until after the next Congressional elections.The coup de grâce? Rumor has it that this “tax cut” will be taxed as income next year.
Buy Danish on March 2, 2009 at 12:20 AM
HotAir is Michelle’s blog but all of her content is over at MichelleMalkin.com. She has two blogs, both of which I recommend, but HotAir is operated by AP and Ed.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 12:20 AM
I think that’s a very valid point.
Speakup on March 2, 2009 at 12:20 AM
He’s got the Gold and the Silverware? If I get my hands on it I’ll always honor his memory!
Tuco on March 2, 2009 at 12:21 AM
I mean, I guess it only makes sense that everyone is suggesting that we’ve gotten away from real conservatism and real conservatism is whatever their own personal opinions are.
galenrox on March 2, 2009 at 12:24 AM
“A Prophet to many, but some in his own family thought him crazy.”
1. I really believe Rush is a Prophet for “modern American conservatism”, begotten of “classical liberalism”. To say that he is a current heavy-weight Champion of conservative political discourse among the American intelligensia, is not an empty boast.
2. I just love Rush’s take on the juxtaposition of Obama’s enchanted evening courtship of some of our conservative spokespersons while Rush was flying home from lunch with President Bush. No foul on our side, but I don’t think it was accidental.
3. From that time in 2007(?) when he revealed to Maureen Dowd that he didn’t appreciate references to his prominent ears, until these days when he tries to marginalize his most effective critics, Obama shows a thin skin, and Rush, respectfully, knows how to tweak it.
4. Obama has shown us his daring gamble on State Sponsored Socialism. It’s just Hugantic, and has been passed without a “sober” and “comprehensive” review process. Rush is right.
5. Rush has been his usual articulate self in declaring that Obama’s program is a failure waiting to be enacted.
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Media SHOCK – ALARM – SHAME ON YOU. Talk about great wines
6. The Obama Admin. was desperate to get some Republican cover for their “tax and spend” Government depredations. They mostly didn’t get it, thank goodness.
7. Get the election crews, ready!
….
Sure, Rush wears on me sometimes, but his personal stubbornness on things like weight loss without “loss” , or his Valentine victimization, remind me we’re all f’d up; and ..”Hey Rush. How’s that working for ya?”
I took some time to have another look at parts of the video that hadn’t been posted earlier. And I’m pleased to report that Rush shines, at least for many of us, conservatives.
1. “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” is a powerful message.
2. No one loses friends by helping others to be the best that they can be.
3. Organize for 2010.
Randy
williars on March 2, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Shame you don’t listen to either Rush, nor the other heads.
They are quite a wealth of information and inspiration.
I also listen to NPR and watch the big 3 news, also the bastion of information PBS.
It’s fun to compare the arguments between facts and fiction.
Sorta like when you can smell the stockyards, you know there are cows around.
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Well, [toe in sand], to be honest, I’ve had a couple beers. My apologies if I’ve been having too much fun with the newbies. No offense intended, I just found it all so funny. In case anybody is here expecting to find Michelle and are disappointed, check out MichelleMalkin.com and you won’t be.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Well said. I am surprised that Obama’s plans to (in part) defund charities has not received greater attention. Reduce tax deductability and increase the role of govt by default, what’s not to like?
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Whats amusing to me about the media is their constant “need” to put some “face” on a political philosophy.
Makes it easy, as they can then attack the non perfect person, instead of bothering to talk about the philosophy.
Gov. Palin was a perfect example. They made her the personification of the grassroots Conservative movement, and then proceeded to tear her apart for any real or imaginary flaw…
Joe the Plumber? Same deal… they concentrated on the messenger, not the question he asked…
Now… they try to take the flawed Rush, and make hims the face of the Fiscal Conservative opposition… because its easy to attack HIM… instead of the philosophy he talks about.
It was even done by some on the Right, by using Philip Berg, a known nutter, as the “face” of the question of Obamas citizenship status….
Romeo13 on March 2, 2009 at 12:29 AM
:)
Like I said, fine mind. If only the good American people wake up soon. How can the spell be lifted in time?
You and getalife. Not good company.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Sure, you can badmouth your hosts, I guess, if you think that’s appropriate… but my apology is withdrawn in your case.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Speakup on March 2, 2009 at 12:34 AM
I have listened, in the past. Guess I’m satisfied, from what I’ve heard before, that they are on-the-line, watching my back. It is enough for me to check in once in awhile but I just don’t find the need for a daily dose of it.
As for NPR I listen regularly because I want to know what the squirrels are saying, and thinking. In the spirit of fair play they get $5 a month from me. Sure, I feel dirty watching it leave my bank account, but consider it an investment in reconnaisance.
Limerick on March 2, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Defund charities, and the mortgage deduction (for the “rich”). Brilliant stimulus for the devastated housing market! Obama is betting that 95% of Americans won’t care because it doesn’t directly impact them, and that they’re too dull to figure out that it impacts everyone of us in the long run.
I swear, if someone had devised a diabolical plot to wreck this economy, with no hope of ever recovering what has been lost, he couldn’t come up with a better plan than what Obama has dreamed up (with a lot of help from Karl Marx and Rahm Emanuel).
Buy Danish on March 2, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Screw all this anti-AP stuff. Gawd knows he and I are about as compatible as Mets and Yankees but one thing I know is that AP is going to ruffle my feathers because they need ruffling.
Limerick on March 2, 2009 at 12:36 AM
How many states are you wanted in now, Tuco? Think about this: if you were a politician you wouldn’t be wanted in any of them.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 12:37 AM
I also think it should be noted that Rush defended both Palin and Jindal after being criticized by our own. It’s that criticism that brought us McCain as the choice sacrificial lamb. Along with the same principals as Snowe, Collins, and Specter.
This RINO GOP is and has been a recipe for disaster. It’s also notable that Obama called out Rush. It speaks volumes. They know Rush’s potential, I think better than some of us.
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 12:37 AM
You have got the sides confused. Lenin? Communism is the enemy.
Johan Klaus on March 2, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Entelechy (et al),
I leave you with this, which describes John Holdren, Obama’s appalling “Science Advisor” who, among other horrors, has the dastardly idea that abortion should be used to implement a 2 child policy…even in the U.S.
‘Nite all.
Buy Danish on March 2, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Rush has them going crazy for sure… He is replacing Bush as the focus of their hate. So now, I will begin to bring up his name when I think it will get a rise out of the lefties that I know.
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Limbaugh is about to become a sword in my hand, and the truth about Obama is going to be the salt that I smear in the wounds his name makes.
RalphyBoy on March 2, 2009 at 12:47 AM
Thanks for the link…..it seems I have a lot of googling to do on this Holdren slug.
Limerick on March 2, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Within the context of the Cloward-Piven Strategy it makes perfect sense. I know…I know…along with the canned food and ammunition I have a year’s supply of Reynolds Wrap in the bunker…just in case.
Do I think this is some sort of Manchurian presidency? No not really but I do think Obama and the crew are arrogant, overreaching and share many of the same general beliefs as radical socialists. At this rate, we could end up overloading the system just as easily due to incompetence as by design.
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Nite Danish! Pleasant Dreams.
Obama will get his Daschle. One way or the other.
I guess junk science will rule for then next 4 years.
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Whats up with Allah lately… sounds like he’s finally come to terms that McCain didn’t make it and he’s sad…
Doogiesd on March 2, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Be_Aware on March 1, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Yes, which you would have known if you had made the minimal effort to click and look at the articles. Also, the fact that “Quotes” is plural might serve as a hint for most people that a second quote would follow the first quote. And, of course, the presense of two separate links…
DaveS on March 2, 2009 at 12:53 AM
I, Tuco Ramirez, will tell you something. Those politicians think they are better than I am. Where I came from, if one had to do actual work for a living, one became a politician or a bandit. They chose their way, I chose mine. Mine was harder! I don’t remember for how long, but I started out with the political path! I tried, but it was no good! My standards may be low but I do have some standards. Now I am going to tell them something… they became politicians because they are too cowardly to do what I do.
Tuco on March 2, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Yeah, you’re right, diluted principles is poison to the right, we the base also demanded only the best candidate, which is the right thing to do but the bulk of the voters listened to the liberal media and for a preponderance of causes and effects we nominated a substandard candidate and we still weren’t blown out.
Our most important goal is how do we get our researched and informed message out there and in everyone’s face?
Conservatism isn’t the enemy, allowing the liberal media to define and choose our candidate is.
Speakup on March 2, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Along with that little quote thingy at the end of the last paragraph…
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 1:00 AM
Tuco got distracted by an approaching posse. They are gone now.
I, Tuco Ramirez, will tell you something. Those politicians think they are better than I am. Where I came from, if one did not want to do actual work for a living, one became a politician or a bandit. They chose their way, I chose mine. Mine was harder! I don’t remember for how long, but I started out with the political path! I tried, but it was no good! My standards may be low but I do have some standards. Now I am going to tell them something… they became politicians because they are too cowardly to do what I do.
Tuco on March 2, 2009 at 1:01 AM
BuyDanish, thanks for the article on Holdren. Shocking… not because this guy is a looney freak but that people surrounding the Prez didn’t find his freakishness a disqualifier but apparently a good fit and a plus.
Every day one of these nuts falls from the Obama tree and I’m both sickened and mystified as to why I’m just now reading about this person or that person. At some point the scary stuff that oozes out of this administration will become just sickenly mundane.
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 1:04 AM
Ain’t that the truth. At least thieves don’t pretend to be honorable people who are there to help.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Great news…just came across this on Drudge
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 1:10 AM
From looking at his history, I think that it is all by design.
Johan Klaus on March 2, 2009 at 1:19 AM
John Holdren
A look into his work,
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 1:20 AM
To Dreher regarding the mush
you wrote on the statements by Rush
at C-PAC ’09
in which you ascribed
a “Leninist” hubris to Rush.
.
I read the opinion you posted,
which “Allah” (inscrutably) quoted,
at “Crunchy Con” blog,
a “spiritual” blog
BeliefNet-dot-com has uploaded.
.
It boggles the mind you construed
the views he expressed as infused
with faith that the nature
of man’s nomenclature
at birth is with “innocence” fused.
.
As guest in a grand arboretum,
imbued with a vision of Eden
you fixed on the leaves
instead of the tree:
A faith not in man but in freedom.
.
Indeed, it’s the absence of faith
in “innocence” leading to faith
in freedom instead,
for which Founders bled
that man not be slave to the State.
.
It’s faith in our freedom to remedy
the impulse of State toward tyranny
that makes us oppose
the ones who’d impose
the State on our freedoms as “enemies.”
Jim Wrenn on March 2, 2009 at 1:23 AM
Speakup on March 2, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Good question RE getting our opinions, etc., out there.
Take this issue with Rush, for example. His speech [& much of CPAC, for that matter] revolves around the idea that conservatism is about people & people succeeding. But does the media focus on this? No, they focus on the ‘Rush wants Obama to fail’ meme.
The same thing happened to President Bush. When he wanted to give a speech defending his policies, the networks wouldn’t carry it. I heard & read many defenses of his policies on the old whitehouse.gov, but these important defenses were never circulated to the public at large.
youngTXcon on March 2, 2009 at 1:31 AM
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Gordon Brown will soon be out of a job. I think he’s trying to salvage his career & the UK by way of Obama’s ‘popularity’.
youngTXcon on March 2, 2009 at 1:34 AM
Proof of the HUGE gulf between ‘intelligence’ & ‘knowledge’.
Ugly on March 2, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Buy Danish and Kini, your links are scary enough not to sleep. Then the Gordon Brown “world new deal bonanza” too. Our world needs a lobotomy because it’s overcome by a bad spell.
Entelechy on March 2, 2009 at 1:42 AM
It’ll never happen; the peasants in America will revolt, and while the peasants are revolting their successes will be felt around the world by others who will follow suit.
And once they all have suits they will no longer be revolting peasants.
Or something like that…. : /
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 1:48 AM
All humor aside, my point is that the thing to fear isn’t that they will be successful but rather that although their attempt will fail, it will still be bloody.
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 1:54 AM
A worldwide lobotomy would be global socialism.
And.
If we don’t wake the FVCK up… soon we won’t care what happens.
Ugly on March 2, 2009 at 1:59 AM
I can’t be so sure about this. There’s certainly no question that their system will fail in all it’s, ostensibly, built to do, but as to whether they are able to force this system on us is another question. Most of the political classes are already in the bag and many, many people will be in favor of it – since it will be the world’s way of “voting” themselves wealth from the US, not to mention that we have the idiot messiah and the moron Dems offering it up for them. Once the currencies collapse it’s really anyone’s guess as to what emerges on the other side.
Hugely. Most people have no inkling about the intensity of what we are, likely, headed into.
progressoverpeace on March 2, 2009 at 2:07 AM
I have an inkling.
Ugly on March 2, 2009 at 2:12 AM
There is no shame in being a revolting peasant as long as one is not dressed poorly while being a revolting peasant.
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on March 2, 2009 at 2:12 AM
I surrender!
FloatingRock on March 2, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Heh.
progressoverpeace on March 2, 2009 at 2:18 AM
Who is John Galt?
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Judging from that Crunchy Con site, crunchy cons are 95% Obamaphiles who hate conservatism. This guy used to work for NR?
Speedwagon82 on March 2, 2009 at 2:28 AM
Like Exxon Mobile or the Lemonade Stand.
Success Will Be PUNISHED!
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Gee, Allah is working overtime to put up stuff that is Anti-Rush, Anti-Tea Party, Anti-CPAC from any crackpot nobody morons he can find that nobody cares about. I guess it bums him out that our morale hasn’t been destroyed yet. AP, do everyone a favor and admit you are a lib or get therapy.
echosyst on March 2, 2009 at 2:47 AM
Don’t be a FOOL!!!
Dance, man, dance!
Ugly on March 2, 2009 at 2:48 AM
Um, what else is there? If we start with principles of self-reliance, self-governance, and personal initiative, and apply those principles to our policies, what else is there to “popular conservatism?”
Spc Steve on March 2, 2009 at 2:54 AM
Like that God damned #u@k!ng Drill Sergeant in Basic, AP is your friend, and in a similar way.
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on March 2, 2009 at 2:57 AM
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on March 2, 2009 at 2:57 AM
Ugly on March 2, 2009 at 3:02 AM
If I should die on the Russian front
Bury me with a Russian @unt
If I should die on the Russian shore
Bury me with a Russian #hore
If I should die in the Russian air
Bury me with the pair!
InkyBinkyBarleyBoo on March 2, 2009 at 3:12 AM
FIFY.
TMK on March 2, 2009 at 3:33 AM
Tuco… I love you. (in a manly, non-sexual way.)
Next time, I’ll shoot that rope faster.
Blondie.
LegendHasIt on March 2, 2009 at 3:34 AM
WE ARE ALL SOCIALISTS
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 3:35 AM
Not Me. Were I one of those Bank Presidents (yet still an honest man, if that is at all possible) Pauslon’s guards would have had to shoot me as I walked down the hall. (Probably for good reason as Paulson would be laying on the floor with a bloody nose.)
LegendHasIt on March 2, 2009 at 4:03 AM
Nor I.
But the people that keep our money are being strong-armed into this hellish deal.
I feel like that 15 year old girl being abused by the law.
Kini on March 2, 2009 at 5:01 AM
There is no “Limbaughism”, AP. But there is conservatism; boldly and proudly extolled by a bold and proud conservative. It doesn’t surprise me that you don’t understand, even if you claim that you do. Just keep sneering at conservatives, AP. It looks good on you.
SKYFOX on March 2, 2009 at 6:16 AM
I agree with AP! Limbaughism, leaves no room for discussion, no room for gray. Only black and white, my way or the highway! You are either right (correct) or you are an idiot! You are either right (correct) or an enemy of God, Nature and the future of mankind. You are either right (correct) or a RINO with no option to defend yourself.
I am a conservative. I believe in small government, low taxes, national defense, personal responsibility and faith in God. I do, however differ on issues like the Iraq war but this dissent is not allowed and I have left the Republican Party because of it!
Limbaugh is an entertainer, nothing more, nothing less! He is not a leader of any political sort! He has been around for over 20 years and the GOP has hardly made progress during this period. It has actually become less conservative and has lost it’s way. How come?
sabbott on March 2, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Let’s make Rush king!
americanfrenchie on March 2, 2009 at 7:07 AM
I do not always agree with Rush. In fact I thought that during the last campaign he actually hurt the Republicans in some ways. Constructive criticism is one thing, but when the guy with the R behind his name is running against a demogague like Barack Obama..don’t stab him in the back.
However, Rush is certainly not the enemy and he has every right to go after Obama’s policies. Democrats and liberals of all stripes did it to Bush for years and I do not remember the press obsessing over whether or not it was fair and proper.
Rush is a smart guy and I think even he is beginning to understand that the time for internal fighting is past. That is why he defended Jindal when other Republicans and conservatives were whining about him.
Terrye on March 2, 2009 at 7:15 AM
Uh, no you didn’t. To many people “credentials” are Obama’s Ivy League degrees, but all the degrees in the world do not make up for the fact that he has zero experience governing anything, and a complete and utter lack of “knowledge” or understanding of this country’s founding principles.
*sigh* AP did not write either of the 2 statements he quoted a snippet from and linked to. But in any case, it’s quite amusing to see sabbott say that Rush has no influence, yet turn around and blame him for the recent disregard of conservative principles on the part of some in the Republican Party. And if he is only an “entertainer” why do you suppose it is that he was presented with “Defender of the Constitution Award” at CPAC?
Buy Danish on March 2, 2009 at 7:20 AM
AP you are such a tool sometimes, and your inherent elitism is often clear, but never clearer than today “…Many in the Regency Ballroom on Saturday night were once dupes or elitists like me who were shown the light by a guy who didn’t even graduate college…”
What the hell does that have to do with anything? I think Al Francken graduated college, ipso facto he’s smarter or wiser of more tuned in than el Rushbo? or fat ass Michael Moore who graduated from college?
Elitist tool!
stu.b.con on March 2, 2009 at 7:34 AM
Somebody needs to light a fire under our Republican representatives … Instead of throwing water on Rush Limbaugh’s efforts our Republican representatives in governement should be throwing gasoline.
.
philly_nj on March 2, 2009 at 7:51 AM
I’m sorry AP. You occasionally have a good article on here, but then you go and write things like this that really hurt your credibility. I don’t mind when you tell the truth, but using propaganda to bait people does not become you.
Pattosensei on March 1, 2009 at 10:20 PM
No kidding- unfortunately it stirs up the masses and promotes traffic. I think it’s incredibly obnoxious
anniekc on March 2, 2009 at 7:56 AM
Rush, it goes without saying, was sensational in his speech.
Rod Dreher, on the other hand, doesn’t know what he’s talking about (as usual.) Remember, this is the guy who said, “The tragic flaw of Western economics is that it is based on exploiting and encouraging greed and envy.” He has constantly asserted that we have “too much economic freedom”. Even in the above quote, he can confess to no more than a degree of concern about Obamunism.
He’s not the least bit fiscally conservative and has no understanding of basic economics. This kind of “conservatism” I don’t need.
Beatnik Joe on March 2, 2009 at 8:01 AM
We better learn to laugh because they are never going to get it.
Cindy Munford on March 2, 2009 at 8:01 AM
Rush Limbaugh says the things that a lot of conservatives want to say and/or don’t have the platform to say it in. You may not agree with everything he says, but then name one human no matter how well liked, that everyone agrees with everything all the time.
He may be an “entertainer” as so many have pointed out, but Rush has the ability to fire up the conservative movement. He has the ability to call out elected officials no matter what party they come from. He doesn’t care who gets angry over what he says. He cares about America and it’s people, he cares that we have strayed so far from our constitution and what our forefathers hoped this great country could be. He cares that the Republican party is NOT the conservative party any longer. He cares that government has gotten so big, it’s destroying us. He cares that most of the GOP elected sheeple don’t have the cajones to speak up for what they KNOW is wrong and bad government.
I find it amusing that Demorats call him out so frequently. They’re afraid of him. They’re afraid that the 48% who didn’t vote for the messiah might get fired up and believe what Rush is trying to get us all to see. They know they have a socialist agenda and they’re trying to cram it down our throats with the hope we’re all too stupid to realize it. Like him or not, Rush has a powerful voice and a commanding following and they fear the day that the conservatives fight back.
Fellow conservatives, the time is now.
To top it all off, it’s not enough that our economy is in the tank and the socialist government keeps giving out money, Clinton pledges 900 million to Gaza and Brown thinks that the Messiah will help the rest of the world on top of that. Color me naive, but before we save the world we need to work on saving ourselves first.
ladyhawke53 on March 2, 2009 at 8:17 AM
I’ve just read the comments and half of them are about Allah. What is wrong with the newbies? Allah always posts two differing view quotes(well,most of the time) so there can be a discussion. The insults thrown at him are getting old. He gives a difference of opinion, so if you cant deal with differing opinions, at least stop acting like the liberals and stop the name calling.
What a waste of a comment thread.
becki51758 on March 2, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Note to Eric Cantor and the rest of the Republican “leadership”: Next time liberals say, “Do you defend Limbaugh?” why don’t you ask their viewers to take “The Limbaugh Challenge.” Say to them: “Actually, I do defend Rush since you’re totally misrepresenting what he means and I ask you to challenge your viewers to listen to him for three weeks. You won’t do that because you know Rush won’t come across as the cartoon you make him out to be.”
If Liberals want to promote Limbaugh we should GO WITH IT. Anyone who listens to him regularly knows he’s not the boogeyman they make him out to be AND he has consistently grown his audience over the years. Why? Because he makes A LOT of sense.
watchmen on March 2, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Could be, but talk of a global new deal should be good for another 150-200 pt drop today on the Dow.
How curious that we have a Prez who can’t keep his 1/2 brother or aunt out of absolute poverty but wants to take other’s money for what he is willing to do himself. Then we have Slo-Joe who is incapable of seeing the irony of calling govt tax and spend patriotic but fails to make even a minimal attempt to donate to charity.
Telling.
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 8:23 AM
ooops,
moxie_neanderthal on March 2, 2009 at 8:27 AM
+1.
becki51758 on March 2, 2009 at 8:34 AM
I don’t blame Rush on the disintegration of the Republican Party! What I am saying is that Rush gets on the radio every day and his listeners say yea…wow…see there is someone “in charge” like me that really feels my pain and get’s it. What many of his listeners don’t quite get is that Rush isn’t “in charge” and that they GOP and the RNC don’t “feel their pain” and they are not conservatives like Rush! So, Rush is on the radio every day saying what the GOP should be saying and the GOP faithful think that the party is fine because Rush is out there speaking for the party. Then the GOP and RNC has an election to deal with and they roll out a lame ass candidate that Rush would never in a million years nominate (John McCain) and then Rush is forced to shill for said candidate and then the GOP and the RNC get’s their asses kicked and the faithful are left wondering “what happened”? And the party is still run by RINOs!
sabbott on March 2, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Bye Bye Hot Air and Allah Pundit – guess you’re really,really jealous of Rush – but that I can read in the liberal blogs. Time to cull the herd Michelle.
mark-o on March 2, 2009 at 8:38 AM
GO RUSH! DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN!!
(That’s a message from my deceased father to you. I’m with you too!)
JiangxiDad on March 2, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Crunchy Con looks like a metrosexual.
Disturb the Universe on March 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Hey Allah,
How long have you carried the water for Conservatives? How many people hear the message from you? How have you articulated the root principles of the Right? Have you taught countless thousands how to exercise critical thinking instead of knee jerk emotionalism? What kind of actual political gain can you take credit for?
When you can claim anything other than providing a forum for some sort of cyber mental monkey spanking, I’ll be back. Until then:
Bye Bye
InTheBellyoftheBeast on March 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Liberalism is the inability to distinguish between someone offering an opinion and someone threatening force. That’s why they can’t tell a difference between Rush and Lenin.
JohnJ on March 2, 2009 at 8:55 AM
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