Posted on 04/30/2016 6:29:51 AM PDT by bray
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Ephesians 4:15 KJV
Rush you made this conflict yourself by teaching your listeners to think for themselves and they are. You have circled the wagons for Ted Cruz with the rest of the conservative media while a majority of your listeners have chosen Donald Trump. They have heard all of your arguments for your preferred candidate and have logically decided he is not as good a choice as Trump. The disappointing part is after your fans have stuck through thick and thin in your life you have thrown them overboard for the crime of thinking for themselves about Trump.
Many of your longtime listeners have turned the dial and wonder why you have become so strident in your pushing of one candidate over another. In past elections you have remained neutral or held your preference to yourself and simply analyzed the candidates objectively which is why they enjoyed turning into your program. This election you have your favorite while having an obvious dislike for Donald Trump and make fun of his supporters who you call “Trumpists” like they are stupid. You do not understand that is like being called a name by an old friend who you have stood by for years when the world tried to destroy him and then he won’t support you when the same people come with knives.
As conservatives you are used to being made fun of by the Establishmedia, what you don’t expect is to be made fun of by Rush Limbaugh. It is like being in a war and being fragged by one of your own Generals and him enjoying it. We can understand attacks by the enemy, but not by our own leaders and especially someone as influential as Limbaugh while he has no real curiosity as to why this phenomena is happening. The reason they are moving in huge numbers to Trump throughout the country is he is saying the same things Rush has been saying for decades and not afraid of the media like everyone else is. The fact that he is still standing only shows the media is a paper tiger and he has a match and gasoline.
The main reason he is leading is The Wall. Americans are tired of not having a border and being told we should accept every Mexican that comes across it. We are tired of the crime and drugs that comes with that invasion and there is no way to stop it without a fence. The last thing Americans want is a fence in a free country, but we cannot withstand forty million poor people, our infrastructure cannot afford it and Trump is the only one who will get that fence built. Without a wall when the Dems take back over they will pull back the border patrols and let their future voters in to stuff their ballot boxes. They cannot do that with a wall, it will still keep them out.
Politicians will talk about what to do with the Hispanics that are here and whether to deport which is a great debate tactic, but building the wall is the only debate that matters. If you do not close the border there is nothing to discuss. We hear about touchback amnesty and all sorts of clever phrases, but if you do not close the border with a physical wall you are only shoveling sand into the sea and amnesty makes no difference. Once the wall is built then you can talk about what to do with the illegals who are here.
The second reason people are flocking to Trump is his economic solutions. When politicians are running and especially Repubs they are taught to say jobs, jobs, jobs. We will balance the budget and bring our fiscal house in order which will lead to more jobs and blah, blah, blah as the people’s eyes glaze over. Trump has real solutions to the problem and first and foremost is stopping companies from moving to other countries for cheap labor. Yes it will be a pain for a while as the prices of products go up using higher priced US labor, but it will be American workers being paid; now if we could get rid of the unions we would have a perfect world.
His other solution is getting rid of the Global Warming hoax and opening the coal and oil resources to promote cheap American energy. The fear of most politicians to take on the environmental lobby has destroyed the economy. Our reliance on Middle East oil and inefficient Clean energy has sucked our coffers dry as we try to appease the Marxists who want to destroy us. He understands this and rather than fight them on political terms he is brilliant enough to stay with the economics and say he does not believe in Global Warming putting them in a box. Developing our own oil while bringing our jobs back to produce for the biggest market in the world can return us to our once great nation or at least stop the leakage.
His third major appeal is to blow up Obamacare or socialized medicine. He has said he wants to see it torn up and start over with free market solutions. The major problem with fixing it is that once the Insurance Industry has been destroyed like it is now, how do you say, never mind? Now there are millions of uninsurable with insurance since Obamascare said to insure everyone and give the uninsurable lower rates and the insurable higher. How do you cover people who have illnesses that are uncoverable with a policy when they should not have one? How do you go back, that is going to be a major factor and exactly what Pelosi and Obama wanted to happen to force Nationalize HC and all the horrors that go with it?
Rush, the collective mind of Americans and especially Conservatives is extremely intelligent. Millions of Americans put together are what makes this country work and they have been weighing this race. They see which candidate is speaking to their frustration and which one will do what he says and they believe Trump is their man. He does not speak political speak, he speaks English; New Yawker English, but almost the same thing. He is not going to say one thing and then when he gets there say never mind it is too hard and we will just play along with the Democrats like has happened every other time including Bush. He talked Conservative and the first thing he does is teams up with Teddy Kennedy to destroy the education system and Medicare as a way to get along. They don’t see that in Trump.
The last big thing America sees is someone who is not afraid to be politically incorrect. He is driving the left absolutely crazy with calling a spade a spade. Now that is the shortest trip known to man, but the permanently offended are rioting with the thought of someone calling illegal immigrants what they are. They are apoplectic having their Sanctuary Cities being taken away and not allowed to rape and kill without consequences. To actually say that Islam is a problem makes their heads explode as we watch gang rapes happen around the world and he points that out. Political Correctness is destroying our civilization and he touches that third rail over and over again to the cheers of ordinary Americans.
Rush, many of your listeners who are supporting Trump see him as you in many regards. He has changed the dialogue and taken the Marxists to task and forcing them to explain themselves. Yes, he uses invective humor and is modest just like you to do to them what they do to us only he does it better. He finds their weakness and exposes it to the world and like you say good humor has to have an element of truth and his does. When he goes after Crooked Hillary it is going to be devastating and stick to her like a skunk stole. The American Conservatives are not ignorant or gullible with Trump, they see a rough General who can lead this country back from the Marxist abyss and articulate what capitalism is and why it is the best system ever devised. We see one of the last people we would have chosen as the best choice to articulate what you have been saying for three decades and America is tuning in.
Pray America wakes
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Not nearly as many holes in Trump's position as there are in the fence which are about the only holes Trump supporters are interested in.
Trump administration would be a boon to his ratings. Rush could have a field day lampooning the left with humor like he used to do. If he was really smart, he could also lampoon the right side of the political establishment who embarrass themselves with their over the top sniping. The parodies Rush used to do were the highlight of his programs. Humor sells better than perpetual whining.
“I’ve always wondered about Sarah’s turn on Cruz.”
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I’ve always thought it had to do with Cruz cozying up to McConnell in the Senate and the role he then played supporting the Mississippi run-off scandal pushing Daniels out. CTH has the details.
At the time of her endorsement she was unaware of his undeclared loan from Goldman Sachs. She must have felt snookered in a number of ways.
Trump has shown us, whether he meant to or not, that we are in The Matrix. And we have to decide if we are content to stay there, or do we want to fight to escape it.
And if we want to fight, are there enough Trump voters who are willing and able to do what is necessary, whatever that may be?
That is EXCELLENT. You summed up the situation perfectly.
Rush, if you read this, please know that the Rush I believed you to be would have seen this movement happening and would have been so happy and proud. You used to say “Follow the money.” When we do this, we see how the other candidates are owned by the Global Cheap Labor Cabal. Trump isn’t perfect but those points in the above letter nail why we need to give him that chance. ALSO, he has already changed the face of politics just by his campaign alone, and it has made all the talking heads, the ones who used to slam you, wet their Trousers in fear. The Rush I thought you were would have loved that.
I hope that something in your life is distracting you from being the American you used to be. I am sorry your wife is ill. Because I do hate the thought that you are paid off to give these opinions on your show. I hope you didn’t choose the GOPe over your loyal fans, who now have left you, and we are heartbroken and/or disgusted.
(I left you because you chose to appease Ailes and Schumer behind our backs and then lie about in self defense and call us haters, actually, not because of your support of Cruz. But at this late date it is curious.)
It is not so much the way Rush is treating Trump, it is the condescending way he treats Trump supporters that call in. He goes to great lengths to try and explain to the Trump Pests that they are just too slow to get it. Many of us have attended the University of Democracy for 28 years and yet we are too stupid to understand the professor. Yeah Right.
I agree, Rush covers the pros & cons of both Trump & Cruz. People seem to only hear the bad about their guy then take offense..
Rush didn’t just jump the shark. He drained the lagoon and is now dry humping it.
I agree, Rush covers the pros & cons of both Trump & Cruz. People seem to only hear the bad about their guy then blow it out of proportion.
I really doubt that Trump has thought that problem through, but he in no way was condoning that little girls be in the bathroom with perverts your public schools are doing that. Transexuals have been going to bathrooms somewhere and likely you never knew it and I doubt that you can show one report of a transexual doing any harm to either sex in a public bathroom.
Trying to attribute the little girls in bathrooms with harry legged men to Trump's statement is just plain wrong.
Do you know that 9 year olds are being taught the virtues of transgenderism and gender changing is cool. Do you know that teachers are showing sexual visual aids to children that would get you thrown in jail and branded for life as a pervert? That is what NC was trying to avoid but became a laughing stock by addressing a problem that didn't really exist, now it does.
Look to your children, the state owns them and no one seems to care.
“”...It’s Limbaugh’s program, and he can do with it as he likes. The program is all about his opinion...”
That’s what he wants you to believe, but it is, and has been since “Cotherine” entered the picture: time killing phone calls, ice tea scams, Rush Revere reviews/commercial and slanted promotion of whatever project/position/personality currently is in his/GOPe favor.
What he’s doing is his business, you’re right, it’s his gig. But knock of the horsechit about the “Doctor of Democracy” and “America’s Truth Detector”.
He is now, and has been for quite awhile, a paid hack.
Woah, my friend! Just to clarify, I was quoting “Agnes Heep” there - those aren’t my words.
Rush was on the Trump bandwagon until it appeared he wasn’t going to self destruct. Over time he has more and more distanced himself from Trump
Which makes less logical sense prima facie unless he was “told” to stick to the GOPe, like he did what he was told re the amnesty bill for Schumer. Thus pushing Rubio’s deep throated foam. Then switching to Goldman Cruz. That is the problem. It smells like he is doing someone’s bidding.
“If you want a pure candidate, Ted Cruz is white as the driven snow”.
Rush said that THIS WEEK? Sheesh, this is proof Rush has lost it. Cruz lies in every speech, easily provable lies. Rush is owned.
But then Rush dug into Sandra Fluk, calling her a slut - and guess what, HE STEPPED RIGHT INTO IT, losing listeners and many, many, advertisers, and also hurt the GOP effort in that year.
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Excellent point.
Over the course of many years of listening to Rush ridiculing liberal women’s looks and age, I had to repress my inner voice asking: “What self-confident male constantly ridicules women’s looks?” Answer: none. Is this the way to win over hearts and minds? He reveled in spewing out these unfunny and unappealing toxins. All the more ridiculous since Rush is no Adonis. Far from it. I’m ashamed that I ignored that inner voice for so many years. The Sandra Fluke fiasco finally blew this out of the water. I agree that it boosted the war-on-women meme and Obama’s reelection.
Trump slipped up once in his comment about Fiorina’s looks at the beginning of his campaign. But he apologized (a rarity for him) and never repeated the mistake again. He now praises any woman who comes into the conversation, including Carly. That’s called being a smart, quick learner. And a confident attractive male.
Similarly, I hadn’t listened to Rush in awhile and then a few months ago, hubby started tuning in again only to discover that for the first time in almost 25 years - we were not on the same page as Rush.
I have seen Rush go back and forth and even defend Romney. I hope he comes to his senses soon and gives up on Cruz. Rush is out for Rush - fine so is everyone else, but Rush needs to realize that his Institute has done its job - we think for ourselves even when we disagree with him.
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That has been his establishment role, authorized dissenter. I don’t think anybody gets to that level of prominence in the media unless they play ball.
Personally, I believe Sean Hannity is a good, fair guy. He is hired surely as an authorized dissenter too, but he has slipped in so many truths, tried to inform us. He has taken risks with his globalist bosses to share the truth with us. Rush, instead, took risks with US, HIS AUDIENCE to kiss deeper along the ass crevice of his bosses.
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