Red, red meat: Mark Levin on statism and Limbaugh as conservative leader

posted at 6:19 pm on March 24, 2009 by Allahpundit

Via Greg Hengler and Townhall, a crowd-pleasing palate cleanser to mark the release of his new book, which the boss pronounces must-reading. Hopefully success won’t mellow him: I don’t get a chance to listen to his show often but he’s much more subdued here than what I’m used to. Exit question: Imagine this lineup. Beck at 7, O’Reilly at 8, Hannity at 9 … and Levin at 10? They could move Greta’s Sarah Palin/Natalee Holloway hour of power to 11 and push the O’R/Hannity reruns back an hour. You’d watch, admit it.

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Romeo:

I am not taking away your freedom of speech. How could I? Say what you like.

And it is a good thing that moderate RINO McCain spent years in the service fighting for our freedoms too.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 7:48 PM

Yeah, isn’t it interesting that HE is not telling me to be quiet?

Except through his McCain/Feingold anti Free Speech legislation of course….

Romeo13 on March 24, 2009 at 8:14 PM

Mark Levin is the man.

brogers on March 24, 2009 at 8:15 PM

Vigilante:

So, who died and made you boss of the Party?

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:04 PM

You don’t get it. He’s not trying to be boss of the Repub party…he’s suggesting that conservatives no longer have a place in the republican party, I happen to agree with him. Also your comment on relevance is ridiculous. You are suggesting that conservatives give up their principles in order to get a few votes. That is a deal with the devil. If you continue to compromise eventually you lose everything. You RINOs want the Repub party, take it. Don’t whine to the conservatives when your dem-lite fails again. Good luck with that.

jwp1964 on March 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM

“Mr. President. What are you doing to help the economy. No pressure, from me man. But – you know – I work for FOX so I gotta ask at least one hard question.”
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*Silent stare*

“Oh. *pause* Oh, hey. You weren’t pointing at me? My bad. Got ahead of myself. I’ll just sit down now.”

BrideOfRove on March 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM

When you put the Party first, you have already failed.

americaslaststand on March 24, 2009 at 8:17 PM

*Bride of Rove selected a Yellow Tail Reserve Merlot – because the WSJ says Merlots are making a comeback and Obama does not deserve the Cabernet*

“Mr. President. You are planning to take over the world private industry and Chavez called you a pussy. When will we nuke that F’er and kick the UN out of the country?”

Uhhhh. I have uuuhhhh a YouTube video scripted out that tenders our surrender to Venezuela soooooo uhhhhh well … we’re still waiting for Russia and Iran to accept ou surrender so uhhh weeeee uhhhhh we can’t really commit to acts of violence against our friends in South America. What organization are you from again?
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“ICanHasCheezeburger sir. Follow up?”
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No.
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“”Okeedokee. Got my Lolz capshun anyways.”

BrideOfRove on March 24, 2009 at 8:22 PM

…conservatives give up their principles in order to get a few votes. That is a deal with the devil.

jwp1964 on March 24, 2009 at 8:16 PM

That pretty much nails it, all right.

warbaby on March 24, 2009 at 8:22 PM

jwp:

I am not suggesting anything of the kind. And I am tired of people treating me as if I have no principles just because I don’t want to see Democrats outnumber Republicans 5 to 1.

I am saying that maybe some hardliners need to spend less time talking about who they need to run off and more time trying to attract new people with new ideas.

That is what I mean by relevant. If you have principles and if you can convey them to people in a way that makes sense and that they can agree with then you are relevant.

If however, you stand back and just threaten to take your football and go home if you don;t get your way, then why should anyone else care?

Go win some elections, raise some money, go to some protests, make your voice heard. You can do that without telling people like me to get lost or go away.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:23 PM

On topic – I love Mark Levin.

BrideOfRove on March 24, 2009 at 8:23 PM

warbaby:

Oh please. The Republican party is a political party. The whole idea of a political party is to win elections. That does not mean you have to throw away your principles, unless losing is one of your principles.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:25 PM

Just ordered my copy of Liberty and Tyranny. I’ve read Dr. Levin before and he’s a great author! He’s also my number one favorite radio guy!

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM

Romeo:

I think that McCain was concerned about the corrupting influence of money in politics when he wrote that bill. I don’t think it was his intent to stop freedom of speech. Money is not always freedom of speech, sometimes it is just influence peddling and bribery.

I think that keeping money out of politics might be a lost cause, however.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:28 PM

I am saying that maybe some hardliners need to spend less time talking about who they need to run off and more time trying to attract new people with new ideas. Terrye

Actually, we don’t need new ideas – we need to get back to the old ideas. The ideas of liberty and freedom. The radical ideas of the Founders of this Nation.

Liberalism (the name stolen from the Founders) is an old idea. In the old days they called the elite, Lords, and the people, peasants (serfs).

Tha was the collectivism of the past. We got past that with the Constitution and throwing off the yoke of a King. “Progressives” wish to return us to that “grand” old tradition!

I vote NAY!

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:32 PM

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:25 PM

Terrye, Terrye…

I can see you’ve got your heat on and snapping at shadows. The point has been made over and over that some of us are Conservatives, not Republicans. I’m sure I’m not the only one who voted against 0bama, not for McCain.

If you’re so intent on “winning elections” that you give up your principles in order to say “I won,” then there’s not much difference from being a Democrat, is there?

If it simply must continue to default to the lesser of two evils, nothing will be accomplished and nobody will benefit. Even if “we win.”

warbaby on March 24, 2009 at 8:34 PM

Terrye: So who died and made you the hijacker of the thread? You do know what the thread topic was don’t you?

Vince on March 24, 2009 at 8:38 PM

I think that McCain was concerned about the corrupting influence of money in politics when he wrote that bill. I don’t think it was his intent to stop freedom of speech. Terrye

BUNK! He wrote it as a direct result of the Swift Boat Veteran spots. That wasn’t “money!” That was a bunch of guys who got together to get their story out. The fact that it affected an election was the driving force behind the bill. Note that McCain-Feingold disallows these spots to be ran within 30 days of an election. That is the silencing of free political speech. The very kind of speech we were guaranteed in the Constitution (Bill of Rights – 1st Amendment).

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:38 PM

warbaby:

I understand that some of you are conservatives, not Republicans. But I am not talking about some esoteric philosophical discussion which ends with liberals running the government and you pouting in righteous indignation.

I am talking about dealing with the world as it is, not as you might want it to be.

That is how we ended up with this idiot as president. Conservatives could not stop sniping at each other and get behind a candidate and beat the sob. Chances are it will be the same next time and with the same results.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM

vapig:

Fine, go win with it. Who is stopping you?

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM

vapig:

Wait a minute. I think the chronology is off here. You have things in the wrong order.

and as far as McCain and the Swift Boat guys are concerned, I think he might have reasons where Viet Nam are concerned to want to stay away from that. And if he or Bush had been too supportive of them it would have hurt their cause. People were already saying they were part of some Rovian plot. I think that is bunk of course, but finance campaign reform was not about the Swift Boat people.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:43 PM

Vince:

Sorry. I had not intended to high jack the thread.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:44 PM

Too late now

anniekc on March 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM

Thanks so much for portraying me as “pouting in indignation.” I’ll be enough of a gentleman to do no more than suggest you look up the term “projection.”

warbaby on March 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM

Fine, go win with it. Who is stopping you?
Terrye

Gee! You sure told me, didn’t you?

Let me tell you something – Ronald Reagan didn’t need to compromise on his priciples. He ran as a conservative and was the last president to win a landslide.

Conservatism isn’t dead. The republican party might be dead – but conservatism lives. It’s the only philosophy that allows freedom for all people.

What we have now is a tyranny of big government. People have forgotten how bad the liberals actually are. They have forgotten the double digit inflation and unemployment of the Carter years and the prosperity of the Reagan years that ended when the libs gained congress in 06.

Our only mistake has been to allow the MSM to pick our leaders.

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:47 PM

but finance campaign reform was not about the Swift Boat people. Terrye

Yes it was.

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:50 PM

Indeed the demographic of the late seventies served that coalition well. But Bush/Cheney 04 needed to tweak the coalition so far in order to scrape out a victory that the modern demographic realities can no longer keep us winning when the pandering sheds more votes than it energizes.

And there’s the rub. We have a generation of young to middle-aged voters conditioned to believe that the answers lie with government, not themselves. Relentless propaganda from a media corrupted by statism and government handouts have created a nation of dependents who honestly believe they are owed the necessities of life merely because they exist, and that the government should be the grantor of those necessities.

We have a government that interferes with the free market in order to create the conditions necessary for markets to fail, define it as a failure in capitalism (when in fact we are a mixed economy on the slow descent into tyranny), then rush in as “saviors” to the masses all too happy to keep them in power indefinitely. Of course, the government representatives manage to take their own cut for themselves and their special interests.

We have a press that has been thoroughly corrupted over the last few generations by the tenets of socialism and statism. They have hitched their wagons to an equally socialist Democratic Party. Any opposition is demonized as corrupt, uncaring, or in the pocket of big business.

The Repubs can either continue to fail by pandering and defining themselves as Democrat-Lite, or they can rebuild by solidifying the few people left in this country that believe in true free-market capitalism and original intent. Unfortunately the latter means a continued shrinking minority status for the time being.

Honestly I don’t see a way to convince the majority of Americans to return to a free-market capitalist society unless the government fails on a massive scale to deliver on their promises. Unfortunately this may just result in the solidification of a tyrannical state before we manage to return to a nation that values liberty and capitalism.

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

LOL! Levin finally lost his patience and cut Obama’s speech off! Thank goodness! I felt like I needed to pound a spike into my forehead to drown out that horrible man’s voice!

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:53 PM

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

Hats off, Gentlemen, a genius.

warbaby on March 24, 2009 at 8:54 PM

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

BRAVO! Very well put!

vapig on March 24, 2009 at 8:57 PM

Press conference two shows the President is in full command of the issues and we are on the right track.

getalife on March 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM

It is men like Rush, Levin, Cheney that represent what is great in America and why liberty is worth fighting for.
Now thank me!

trs on March 24, 2009 at 9:04 PM

That is how we ended up with this idiot as president. Conservatives could not stop sniping at each other and get behind a candidate and beat the sob. Chances are it will be the same next time and with the same results.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM

Well, if the Repubs run another democrat, you’re probably right. If the choice is 2 democrats, what’s the point? We aren’t interested in winning elections just so we can say we won. A democrat is a democrat, no matter what letter is behind their name.

xblade on March 24, 2009 at 9:06 PM

getalife on March 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM

“We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia.”

warbaby on March 24, 2009 at 9:06 PM

I understand his new book absolutely ROCKS? A must read for any conservative, I have not read it yet, only the reviews.

Maxx on March 24, 2009 at 9:06 PM

You know Allah…just because 2 or 3 very strong Palin supporters call you names and make you mad doesn’t mean you should poke us all us Palin supporters in the eye all the time now…

My lineup woud be Beck@5 then Levin, Hannity, Greta and then O’Reilly…

CCRWM on March 24, 2009 at 9:09 PM

You know Allah…just because 2 or 3 very strong Palin supporters call you names and make you mad doesn’t mean you should poke us all us Palin supporters in the eye all the time now…

My lineup woud be Beck @ 5 then Levin, Hannity, Greta and then O’Reilly…

CCRWM on March 24, 2009 at 9:09 PM

CCRWM on March 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM

Is congress channeling King George III?

J in STL on March 24, 2009 at 9:11 PM

I would just move RedEye up to midnight.

jimmy the notable on March 24, 2009 at 9:11 PM

Well, just picked up my copy @ Target…I recommend you all do the same.

therightwinger on March 24, 2009 at 9:12 PM

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

A true contender for best post of the year!!

jerrytbg on March 24, 2009 at 9:12 PM

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

Excellent.

True_King on March 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

Unless you lifted that from Marks book…
But if that is what he left you with or you came to those thoughts on your own…
Then I stand by the admiration.

jerrytbg on March 24, 2009 at 9:19 PM

I just bought Levin’s new book. I hope all our posters do the same. Rush was touting it on his show today. Go Mark Levin!

Mojave Mark on March 24, 2009 at 9:21 PM

Everybody seems to think Mark Levin has coined a new term with the word “Statism,” and of course those that love Statism are called “Statist,” these terms are not new at all. The terms are nearly synonymous socialism and socialist.

Maxx on March 24, 2009 at 9:32 PM

I need to find this guy on the radio. On a side note, here’s something that I noticed today:
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
German Democratic Republic
People’s Republic of China
Republic of Cuba
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
All of these countries (or former countries) all have governments that are counter to the implications of their names. What makes us think that just because we’re Americans that we’re not also socialist in nature?

Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM

Maxx on March 24, 2009 at 9:32 PM

I first saw “statist” in Ayn Rand but it seems it was in common use in the 30s and 40s (roughly) and perhaps earlier.

gh on March 24, 2009 at 9:37 PM

Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM

I need to find this guy on the radio. On a side note, here’s something that I noticed today:

Jeez … what rock have you been living under?

If you want to listen to Mark, scroll to the bottom of the links on the right panel … his site is in the last group and you can listen to it within a few minutes of the end of the show. He says he keeps old shows around for two months.

Or do you want to call in (be awake or he’ll yell at you ;-)

gh on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Levin and Rush give me HOPE!

RobCon on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Had to refrain from shouting “Dummy!” at the TV tonight only because the 3 year old and 1 year old would surely hear and repeat at most inopportune time!

But it was tough.

I love Levin. Curling up with his book tonight…

outwestdownsouth on March 24, 2009 at 9:41 PM

The party of Lincoln deserves better, and it’s time moderate republicans stand up to the loudmouths who don’t give a damn about our party, but instead love the sound of their own voice.

barkolounger on March 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM

Ahem . . .rotflmao.

Never having used that acronym before, I felt compelled by this comment. Now I know for sure that barkolounger is Ed’s alter ego created purely for our enjoyment, moreso for us to take shots at, albeit an easy target!

geckomon on March 24, 2009 at 9:46 PM

Press conference two shows the President is in full command of the issues and we are on the right track.

getalife on March 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM

I knew it! You are brain dead! Simply Brain dead. Or very stupid. The TOTUS lied his butt off tonight.

sheebe on March 24, 2009 at 9:52 PM

TheMightyMonarch on March 24, 2009 at 8:51 PM

Close.

The common thread between the media and academia was the culture war rooted in expansion of the universities in the 1960s. That’s when the progressives really took over. The key year was 1968 when the marxists took over at Berkeley. It is alleged that much of this was soviet funded (like Kerry).

Until I heard Levin, I had thought the battle for conservatism was lost and the only hope for the future was to save capitalism through some compromise. But Levin is the last stand and the right is outnumbered. Many libertarians are seduced by the progressive promise (drugs, sex, and rock-and-roll) but they are necessary allies.

Mark himself said last week on his show that this has been an 80 year downhill side (in the 30s it was marxists more than progressives) and it will be an 80 year fight to get it back. He gets it.

gh on March 24, 2009 at 9:52 PM

First time I heard Mark Levin on the radio I was hooked! Can’t wait to get his book.

strosfan on March 24, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Jeez … what rock have you been living under?
gh on March 24, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Well, upon looking at his site, I see that his show starts at 9PM in my area. I guess that’s why I haven’t heard his show.

Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 10:02 PM

I intend to buy his book at Barnes and Noble where they are forced to see someone buying conservatism as soon as I get paid on Friday!

Vntnrse on March 24, 2009 at 7:06 PM

I picked it up yesterday @ Barnes, I got the semi-disgusted eye roll from the 20-ish hipster behind the counter…ha ha, made my day. 1/2 way thru it and the book speaks volumes, a very good read so far.

NY Conservative on March 24, 2009 at 10:03 PM

I think a Republican President and Congress who spent like drunken socialists is the problem. Blaming it on the voters is a bit too much. Do you think McCain would be THAT much different than Obama?

genso on March 24, 2009 at 7:05 PM

That is a brilliant Question. Yes McCain would about the same as TOTUS. I hate to say it but I do believe we would be regretting McCain as well.

sheebe on March 24, 2009 at 10:03 PM

Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 10:02 PM

I meant the other part (didn’t want to quote the whole post). I realized the irony in those countries’ names when I was in high school (’72-’77) … but I’m probably older than you (I hope).

gh on March 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM

Nearly every book that I have tried to buy by a conservative in Barnes & Noble has to be special ordered. I’m talking about current titles and well-known authors. The bookseller simply does not place many titles by conservatives on its shelves nor in a prominent place.

onlineanalyst on March 24, 2009 at 7:10 PM

To the credit of the Barnes by me in Bohemia NY, they had it right in front on the “new” table, easy to spot but there were only 3 copies of it (now 2)

NY Conservative on March 24, 2009 at 10:06 PM

I need to find this guy on the radio
Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 9:36 PM

http://radiotime.com/channel/c_57917/Conservative.aspx

NY Conservative on March 24, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Indeed the demographic of the late seventies served that coalition well. But Bush/Cheney 04 needed to tweak the coalition so far in order to scrape out a victory that the modern demographic realities can no longer keep us winning when the pandering sheds more votes than it energizes.

barkolounger on March 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM

What a load of Bull. Gay Marriage didn’t win in LaLa land and it certianly won’t win Nationwide, with all those States coming out with nasty Marriage Amendments. Your Barking up the wrong tree.

GunRunner on March 24, 2009 at 10:26 PM

They could move Greta’s Sarah Palin/Natalee Holloway hour of power to 11

Maybe we could also move Allah’s Palin-Hate hour to 2AM.

RJL on March 24, 2009 at 10:26 PM

I love this man. I wish he’d run for office.

ErinF on March 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM

I meant the other part (didn’t want to quote the whole post). I realized the irony in those countries’ names when I was in high school (’72-’77) … but I’m probably older than you (I hope).
gh on March 24, 2009 at 10:04 PM

I remember thinking about it when I was a kid watching Transformers: there was a country in it called the Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya. The leader’s title was “Supreme Military Dictator, King of Kings, and President for Life”. Maybe they’ll put this catchy title into the 28th Amendment, which will repeal the 22nd Amendment.
The Marxists have turned the tide in the culture war, hence have won the nation. The “conservatives”, the Christians, the capitalists, are now the minority, the insurgency without a plan, unity, will, or leadership.

Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM

http://radiotime.com/channel/c_57917/Conservative.aspx
NY Conservative on March 24, 2009 at 10:13 PM

That’s outstanding- thank you much.

Send_Me on March 24, 2009 at 10:31 PM

Press conference two shows the President is in full command of the issues and we are on the right track.

getalife on March 24, 2009 at 9:02 PM

Funny, I thought he was humorless, boring. Reminded me of a Politburo speech. And what’s with the down low stare and the shifty eyes. If that is what Socialists call a charged up speech, I can see why Conservatives are pounding him.

GunRunner on March 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM

When is his show even on? We have Glenn Beck, Rush, Hannity, and Ingraham, but no Mark Levin and no Tammy Bruce- who by the way is GREAT, (much better than Laura Ingraham) I know a lot of these personalities are regional, but I hear about Levin all the time.

anniekc on March 24, 2009 at 6:41 PM

6:00-9:00 ET

He has, I believe, more than 200 stations, but there are still some large areas of the country that can’t get it. I my case, the radio station that he is on in my area cuts their wattage down at 6:00, so the signal is atrocious.

He also has free podcasts on his website (YAY!!!), and he is also available on Sirius/XM (which I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND to any talk radio fan. Andrew Wilkow, who fills in sometimes for Levin, as well as Mike Church are both exclusive to Sirius/XM and are both EXCELLENT!

Does anyone know the name of the Swedish lady from California who fills in for Mark on the radio sometimes???

Glenn Jericho on March 24, 2009 at 10:59 PM

Oh please. The Republican party is a political party. The whole idea of a political party is to win elections. That does not mean you have to throw away your principles, unless losing is one of your principles.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:25 PM

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul.

Johan Klaus on March 24, 2009 at 11:04 PM

Guys, Mark Levin has his entire show on podcast, every new show. If you’re willing to Purchase XM, he comes on America Right at 6 PM.

Buy a iPod or get XM, you won’t be disappointed. This man is brilliant in every way form and fashion.

leetpriest on March 24, 2009 at 11:15 PM

I bought the only 3 copies I could find today (at a Target).

Will be going to his Tysons Corner book-signing this Saturday. CANNOT WAIT!

Love Mark: http://www.MarkLevinShow.com (and his shows are all available w/i about an hour after the show is over for free download).

Let’s roll!

ex-Democrat on March 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM

Did Levin vote in the last election?

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM

Yep, for Palin.

ex-Democrat on March 24, 2009 at 11:23 PM

barkolounger on March 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM

Why don’t you call Mark up and really let him have it tough guy?

Be sure to post when you’re going to do it so we can all listen in.

And use the liberal phone number….ROFL!

ex-Democrat on March 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM

Mark Levin is a national treasure. Thank you so much for the clip b/c I don’t have tv.

Don’t know when I will read his book, but I definitely plan to purchase it not so much because I want to read it but because it is part of being a dues-paying conservative. Plus I am about 8 books behind in my book stack and I already ordered a copy of Vol. I The Gathering Storm from the library.

redneck hippie on March 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM

warbaby talks out of both sides of his mouth. Warbaby is NOT a conservative!!!!!

RealDemocrat on March 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM

I’ve only recently begun listening to Mark Levin and only in small doses as that’s all I nan catch on my lunch break at work during the time he’s played on the local radio station. Thus far I really like what I hear. The guy gets it. I’ll definitely have to pick up his book. Right now I’m reading 46 Pages which is about Thomas Paine and his epic work, Common Sense which seems appropriate given what Marks book seems to be about.

Yakko77 on March 25, 2009 at 12:07 AM

hey AP. I have the Station set on FNC. unless it is NCIS or 24. so I would watch anyway, no matter who is on.

hawkman on March 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM

I’m buying his book. All you liberty lovers, please support him.

Christian Conservative on March 25, 2009 at 12:48 AM

warbaby talks out of both sides of his mouth. Warbaby is NOT a conservative!!!!!

RealDemocrat on March 24, 2009 at 11:37 PM

Gee, I didn’t know you cared ;-}

warbaby on March 25, 2009 at 12:51 AM

I made a special trip to Costco just to pick up “Liberty and Tyranny.” Imagine, walking out of Costco with only a book. That had to be a first.

Yes, I am a Levin Stalker!

Mallard T. Drake on March 25, 2009 at 12:59 AM

Levin’s book is great. Why do I like Levin? Mark Levin is the number ONE authority on the Constitution (Sorry Huessein O’bunghole, Levin actually PRACTICED Constitutional Law) and I just LOVE how Levin treats leftists, like they deserve to be treated, SCUM. “Hang up the phone you big dummy!” (that’s my favorite)

nelsonknows on March 25, 2009 at 5:16 AM

The party of Lincoln deserves better, and it’s time moderate republicans stand up to the loudmouths who don’t give a damn about our party, but instead love the sound of their own voice.

barkolounger

If moderate republicans stood for anything they wouldn’t be moderate. BTW, barky, it’s never been about the party. It’s about America as an ideal, a gift from God and the last, best hope for mankind.

SKYFOX on March 25, 2009 at 6:31 AM

he’s a lot easier to take here than he is on the radio.

i disagree with everything he said about conservatism and the gop.

eh on March 25, 2009 at 6:44 AM

Just put Levin on my Amazon wish list–his book is definitely on my summer “must read” list.

Matt Helm on March 25, 2009 at 7:24 AM

Those who whine that we need to adopt new ideas, usually mean that we need to adopt the ideas that the Democrats are pushing.

MarkTheGreat on March 25, 2009 at 8:26 AM

Greta needs to go…by the time her show starts, she is just rehashing the same crap we have heard all day.

becki51758 on March 25, 2009 at 8:44 AM

For some reason I always envisioned Levin as a very old, skinny guy with glasses.

Glad to see he’s youngish and healthy! Hopefully he’ll be providing us with conservative reasoning for decades to come.

becki – I’d be tickled to see a swap out of Greta for Levin. But Fox needs some non-conservative hosts, too. Of course, Bill O’Reilly is filling that role, more and more. I’d love to know how much Obama paid for his adoration. “of course he’s a socialist! But he’s a smart guy! I thought he did great when I interviewed him.”

hawksruleva on March 25, 2009 at 9:52 AM

Imagine this lineup. Beck at 7, O’Reilly at 8, Hannity at 9 … and Levin at 10? They could move Greta’s Sarah Palin/Natalee Holloway hour of power to 11 and push the O’R/Hannity reruns back an hour. You’d watch, admit it.

AP

Yes, I would watch it. But, …….Imagine this lineup. Beck at 7, O’Reilly Rush at 8, Hannity at 9, … and Levin at 10 and … O’Reilly at 11? They could move just cancel Greta’s Sarah Palin/Natalee Holloway hour of power! to 11 and p Push the O’R/Hannity reruns to midnight. You’d watch, admit it.

74SeventeenSeventySix on March 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM

I am saying that maybe some hardliners need to spend less time talking about who they need to run off and more time trying to attract new people with new ideas.

That is what I mean by relevant. If you have principles and if you can convey them to people in a way that makes sense and that they can agree with then you are relevant.

If however, you stand back and just threaten to take your football and go home if you don;t get your way, then why should anyone else care?

Go win some elections, raise some money, go to some protests, make your voice heard. You can do that without telling people like me to get lost or go away.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:23 PM

If there is one thing I hate, it’s the RINO insistance on “new ideas.” Conservatives don’t want or need Frumian schemes. Conservatism is so simple, it can be written on a cocktail napkin:

1) Less Government
2) Low Taxes
3) Strong National Defense
4) Respect of traditional notions of God, Family, and Country

That’s it. That’s the list. Be with the program, or be gone. No one’s making you be a Republican.

Nat Hound on March 25, 2009 at 10:14 AM

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting on board with the TOTUS, before he forces my kid to become a Junior Brownshirt and has him turn me in for subversive thinking.

Metalhead on March 25, 2009 at 10:17 AM

I’d LOVE for Levin to interview Obama, give him the 20 second liberal clock, and then say, “Get off my phone, you big dope!”

flutejpl on March 25, 2009 at 10:23 AM

Oops… “Get off THE phone, you big dope!”

flutejpl on March 25, 2009 at 10:24 AM

Levin is better when he is calm.

Rush, Beck, Mark-light….those are the three best.

Hannity is good but not in their league.

O’Reilly is right a lot of the time, but he would prefer to be a demagogue himself than do his show. What an ego.

notagool on March 25, 2009 at 10:34 AM

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM

We need to stop sniping at each other? Oh that’s rich. McCain spent 8 years cozying up to Democrats, wallowing in the good press he got for bashing his own party, like a pig in sh*t; and yes, sniping at his own party. Suddenly, the bigoted morons of the right were good enough for him when he needed their vote. I’m glad he lost Terrye, although I’m sure the lesson of it is completely lost on you. You’re still sipping the media Kool-aid that the GOP needs to be liked by the Democrats. Do you see them worrying about being liked by us? Do you see them running ‘mavericks’ to lead their party?
You can’t unify behind a troublemaker who made his bones p*ssing on his party. You also can’t run an uncharismatic old fart who sounds like he’s campaigning for his opponent. But hey, go modify your principles; go see if Meghan McCain will run for the GOP in 2012. Or run Specter. Get your a** handed to you again, and blame the conservatives. I’m sick of this stupid arguement. You’re letting the Democrats define how you act because you want their approval. That’s how we ended up with McCain. Well enjoy that Obama presidency, Terrye. Because people like you made it happen, and from what you’re saying, you’re going to keep giving them victories.

austinnelly on March 25, 2009 at 10:35 AM

I am talking about dealing with the world as it is, not as you might want it to be.

Terrye on March 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM

I sure hate to use a quote that a liberal used to make a point about this defeatist attitude, but, “if the shoe fits…”

Bobby Kennedy quoting George Bernard Shaw:
“”Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not,” he often said, quoting George Bernard Shaw.”

mwdiver on March 25, 2009 at 10:39 AM

It’s been a few posts since anyone gave Mr. Levins website out. I skip the homepage and go straight for the audio archive page. Here is where you can stream old shows or do what I do and download em, slap those mp3s on a player and listen to it on the way to work and lunch and so on.

http://www.marklevinshow.com/audio/

They recently have fallen behind on keeping that updated regularly. They get behind a week or so then catch back up. I LOVE that they don’t include commercials, although Id listen to those too as long as the show remained free.

No wonder he is growing so fast.

bigskinny on March 25, 2009 at 10:47 AM

“What do you want from me” is a legitimate question to ask any liberal.

Bleed_thelizard on March 25, 2009 at 11:14 AM

Terrye, you are SO RIGHT ON!!! I am sick of the sniping among conservatives/Republican’s. I’m sick of the sniping between the moderate Rep. and the pro-life Rep., if we don’t stand together on this, WE ARE DOOMED.. Just like the sniping on Michael Steele.. WE MUS STAND BEHIND THIS MAN….

reshas1 on March 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM

And I mean a TRUE conservative, NOT JOHN McCAIN!!!

reshas1 on March 25, 2009 at 11:28 AM

So how much of the core principles of the Republican party must it sacrifice before enough is enough?

Elric66 on March 25, 2009 at 11:46 AM

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