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The Hollow Man (Rush Limbaugh, Cruz & Conservatism)
Hotgas.net ^ | March 13, 2016 | Joseph K

Posted on 03/13/2016 7:54:48 PM PDT by CreviceTool

For 26 years, Rush Lim­baugh has insisted that con­ser­v­a­tive val­ues, clearly and pas­sion­ately artic­u­lated, will win every time. By con­ser­v­a­tive val­ues Rush meant: God, coun­try, fam­ily, com­mu­nity, lib­erty, indi­vid­u­al­ism, per­sonal respon­si­bil­ity, lim­ited gov­ern­ment, and free mar­kets. Rea­gan was the model, and the promise: it had hap­pened once, and could hap­pen again.

Eas­ier said than done.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; conservative; cruz; exposingted; isaiah3verse4; jeremiah17verse5; limbaugh; lyingted; notnews; rush; rushlimbaugh; trump
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To: SamAdams76
the more concerned I get about Ted Cruz and his blind ambition... To be that power hungry is not good.

Rubio is the real example of ambition sickness, but to be fair, he was talent spotted at a very early age and has been groomed by powerful forces for years (obviously).

The "cruising" incident in the park in Miami doesn't mean the guy is gay, it DOES mean that, even at age 18, he was willing to be someplace he shouldn't have been, hanging with people he should have stayed away from, because it would serve some ulterior motive.

It's a big step up from hanging out with the older Angel Barrios in 1990 to hanging out with Mitt Romney in 2015, but it's the same younger man on the hustle both times.

201 posted on 03/14/2016 4:11:03 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown, are by desperate appliance relieved, or not at all)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I already read this, from Jim Robinson, the most depressing thing I've ever seen on FreeRepublic: "Rush explains that like all demographic groups, evangelicals are not monolithic single issue voters. Not even on abortion."
202 posted on 03/14/2016 4:23:27 AM PDT by Theophilus (Always vote. Always vote your conscience. God wins every election.)
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To: PJBankard; Flycatcher

You got it!


203 posted on 03/14/2016 5:10:43 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.)
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To: X-spurt; Jim Robinson

I guess my “fourth grade” remark must of went over your head. You can’t claim someone trashed Reagan and then when asked for the link, you tell the one asking to look for it themselves. Just as the same as me saying that someone said in another thread that you are a DU troll and you hate JR, and then telling you to search for it yourself. It is meaningless without the link.


204 posted on 03/14/2016 5:28:23 AM PDT by PJBankard (I wouldn't let Obama or Hillary run my Dairy Queen - Wayne Allen Root)
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To: patlin

If you feel strongly that Cruz is not legal to run, then put your actions where your mouth is and file a suit.

Your charlatan hero is afraid to take this to court, A. because it is a NON-ISSUE and B. because this way he can keep it as another fake issue to campaign to nitwits on.


205 posted on 03/14/2016 7:09:06 AM PDT by X-spurt
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To: CreviceTool

Stunning article. I have been posting on FR many times now that conservatism is a total failure chiefly because it is too intellectual and not enough implemented. I asked many times if conservatism is that good let’s see Rush and Levin run for office and implement conservatism and win. they have not done that. Wonder why (as if I did not now).

My favorite part of the article.

“Rush was cor­rect — con­ser­vatism, prop­erly artic­u­lated, will win every time. But con­ser­vatism is more than a set of bul­let points. It is ulti­mately a form of trust, in peo­ple, and that, if left alone, they can man­age to get things right. Trump may not have all of the bul­let points in line, but the trust is there. Trust is the ulti­mate gift — if a can­di­date shows that he trusts the peo­ple, the peo­ple will trust him in return. Cruz finally could not trust, could not give, and so receives noth­ing back. And so he grasps at the only hand being held out to him, the cold, dead hand of the estab­lish­ment, that destroys every­thing it touches.”


206 posted on 03/14/2016 7:58:29 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: Cyman
You can criticize Sen Cruz for whatever you want but he exemplifies lifelong conservatism

The people who exemplify Life Long Conservatism have delivered us unto Obama.

207 posted on 03/14/2016 8:55:28 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: CreviceTool
For Ted Cruz, the cen­tral flaw is a malig­nant nar­cis­sism that erupts into con­de­scen­sion, intel­lec­tual arro­gance, and a sense of inevitabil­ity.

That s all 100% true...if it were written about Trump.

This is bizarre.

208 posted on 03/14/2016 9:13:27 AM PDT by Fundamentally Fair (Is that just what you have written on your "What Trump Means to Me" chalkboard?)
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To: carjic
posted on 11/30/2015, 9:03:59 PM by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to to God!)

Trump wants to secure the borders, enforce the law, end anchor babies, end sanctuary cities, build a wall, deport them all, secure the borders, secure the nation, including sending the refugees back!
No one is better at border security, national security than Trump.

Sounds pretty damn conservative to me.

Want to talk about cutting taxes, cutting spending, cutting regulations, cutting government, cutting cronyism, cutting corruption, growing the economy, putting our people back to work, making America great again?

Trump does. And he sounds pretty damn conservative to me.

Want to defend God, family, guns, country? Want to build the greatest military ever so no one dares mess with us?

Trump does. And he sounds pretty damn conservative to me.

Want to build a coalition including conservatives, capitalists, blue collar workers, veterans, gun owners, religious people, minorities, freedom-loving Americans of every stripe?

Trump does. And he's doing it. And that sounds pretty damn conservative to me!

Reagan Revolution meet the Trump Revolution.

No excuses for the tone. None needed.

209 posted on 03/14/2016 9:16:52 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: navymom1
Donald Trump is far from perfect, but he is what we need.

A line that I heard on a silly SiFi show The 100. They were talking about there elected leader taking them to a losing war, somone suggested they should remove the leader. That's not us. No but maybe it should be.

210 posted on 03/14/2016 9:31:10 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: cothrige
It is why he has "all the best words."

You can always tell a Harvard Man, but not much.

211 posted on 03/14/2016 9:32:27 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: FredZarguna
Well stated.

To see Trump supporters accusing Cruz of narcissism, when Trump is the one who has to put his own name in huge letters on everything he owns... yeah, there's a lot of denial going on all right, but not by Cruz supporters.

212 posted on 03/14/2016 9:47:06 AM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (Check your premises.)
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To: itsahoot

I hate Sify. My thought was based on the cliche, “You don’t always get what you want, but you get what you need.” And its true; I think we need Donald Trump at least for 4 years.


213 posted on 03/14/2016 10:00:58 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: LS

Very good point!

” If “conservatism” is merely “principles” that ver affect change, it is dead. Paul wrote “the Law kills but the Spirit gives life.” Cruz epitomizes the “conservative law” that ignores the spirit of the people that give it life.”

Needs repeating...


214 posted on 03/14/2016 10:03:15 AM PDT by ConfidentConservative (If my people shall humble themselves and pray,I will hear from Heaven and heal their land.)
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To: itsahoot

Everyone said “secure the borders” lol. Big plan. He want to Deport them and bring them all right back. Big plan. What brainpower this guy has.


215 posted on 03/14/2016 10:27:12 AM PDT by carjic (Media and GOPe are making the only people I trust not electable)
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To: carjic
He want to Deport them and bring them all right back. Big plan. What brainpower this guy has.

He has never said "All" and you know it. He did say the good ones and they must come back legally.

Of course you can always go with Kasich who is promising to sign comprehensive immigration reform in first 100 days. On the same topic Cruz would do the same thing in some form or another, maybe even Trump.

We have been promised income tax simplification for 60 years so I guess politicians actually do lie to us.

216 posted on 03/14/2016 11:40:34 AM PDT by itsahoot
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To: itsahoot

None of them are good. They ALL broke the law.


217 posted on 03/14/2016 12:38:31 PM PDT by carjic (Media and GOPe are making the only people I trust not electable)
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To: patlin; House Atreides; carjic; 20yearsofinternet; tirednvirginia; PJBankard; stephenjohnbanker; ...
All aboard your Canadian Cruz Line... free Canadian Kool-Aid for all

And be sure to get a picture at the climax of the cruise!

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218 posted on 03/14/2016 2:01:56 PM PDT by mkjessup (Ted Cruz - what a colossal and tragic disappointment. "Cruz is lozin' it" - JimRob - exact quote.)
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To: mkjessup

LUV IT!!!!


219 posted on 03/14/2016 2:04:15 PM PDT by patlin ("Knowledgee chosen to participate inthat is - 2nd to none but God" ConstitutionallySpeaking 2011)
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To: patlin
More where that came from ... lol

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220 posted on 03/14/2016 2:06:02 PM PDT by mkjessup (Ted Cruz - what a colossal and tragic disappointment. "Cruz is lozin' it" - JimRob - exact quote.)
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