Fox News: Republicans are Afraid of Me

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | September 25, 2013 | Rush Limbaugh

[Kaslin]

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RUSH: Since it came on the air, Fox News has been entirely, totally, thoroughly, excitedly, eagerly supported on this program and people there were defended countless times -- endlessly. And, look, I don't expect that to purchase anything. Don't misunderstand. I don't mean I expect to buy like-minded treatment, but I really don't expect the kind of -- I don't even know how to characterize it. I mean, Brit Hume actually picked up liberal talking points about me, the Republican Party, and people being afraid of me. Monday night. I'm not even gonna set it up. Just hit it.

HUME: I'm not sure you’d say they’re calling the shots. But make no mistake about it, Bill, some of these radio talk show hosts have real influence. They have a huge following particularly in very conservative areas where they are most popular and where the many members of Congress who inhabit those areas are not worried about being reelected if they can get nominated. But they are worried about a primary challenge that could deny them the nomination. Go a long way to avoid it and keeping radio talk show hosts off their back is one way of doing that.

RUSH: I'm used to hearing that from The Politico. I'm used to hearing that on MSNBC. I'm also used to hearing that from Republican consultants, the architects of losing elections. So then O'Reilly followed up, "Do you believe that in Congress, if somebody has to run every two years as they do, and they get on the wrong side of a powerful radio voice --" and he had mentioned my name in a previous question I didn't read. "-- they can really do them bad damage," these radio guys, this powerful radio voice, "if they promote the other guy?"

HUME: If you're sitting over in the House of Representatives and some measure to defund Obamacare comes along and you think it's a suicide mission because it might involve a government shutdown you're going to be hesitant to oppose it anyway because you don't want the -- the most conservative -- you don't want the Tea Party and you don't want the conservative radio talk show hosts on your back.

RUSH: Fox News has now fallen in with this idea that Republican elected officials are afraid of this show. Note that they apparently are not afraid of Fox News. Whatever that means.

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

Britt thinks politics should be about the Washington swells running the show and everybody else should STFU.

[Viennacon]

He means Karl Rove News.

[GeronL]

Oh my god, members of Congress feel pressured to vote by their constituents?

say it ain’t so!

How is this possible?

This shouldn’t be allowed!!

///sarcasm

[LyinLibs]

[Alex Murphy]

RUSH: Fox News has now fallen in with this idea that Republican elected officials are afraid of this show. Note that they apparently are not afraid of Fox News. Whatever that means.

Ping for later

[henkster]

There are some very salient but disturbing points to be gleaned from all of this:

1. Fox News does not believe Congress people should listen to their constitutents, if they are conservative.

2. The political views of conservatives should generally be disregarded,

3. The same is not said for the views of the parasite crowd that sends liberals to Congress from parasite districts.

And that’s Fox News’ position. Over at NBC, they think we kulaks all belong in the Gulag.

[LyinLibs]

[LyinLibs]

[LyinLibs]

In Syria, making weapons deals with Al Qaeda terrorists:

[MestaMachine]

brit hume retired. He should have shut up and gone fishing while people still respected him.

[LyinLibs]

[LyinLibs]

[LyinLibs]

[dps.inspect]

Seems to me this is the definition of government by, for and of the people... pressure our DC reps to perform the way we expect them to, with the threat of throwing them out if they don’t... sounds to me like the Moderate Main Stream Media is bemoaning its loss of political influence... well Britt?

[DaveyB]

Republicans are afraid of their own shadow.

[re_nortex]

He should have shut up and gone fishing while people still respected him.

Things like this make me miss FReeper Tony Snow all the more. That's when what onyx rightly calls "Faux News" was still pro-American and Conservative.

[Kaslin]

You said it

[VRWC For Truth]

POTOMAC FEVER. The crooks in DC are lowlifes and they think they are Gods. DC isn’t all that special. They don’t matter. They’ll meet their end like all despots do ... at the end of a rope.

[Senator_Blutarski]

We have short memories. The government has been “shut down” before. Nothing memorable happened.