Posted on 02/17/2014 11:50:40 AM PST by servo1969
RUSH: The Republican Party establishment... Let me set this up by going back to the 2012 presidential campaign. Remember when you learned that the Romney campaign, along with Republican establishment types, had put the word out that there was to be no criticism of Obama? In fact, I remember... I think I told you all this. A prospective Republican presidential candidate in 2010 or 2011 visited me.
There was some confab here in Palm Beach, and this man called and wanted to come by and tell me what his plans were. So I said, "Sure, come on by Sunday morning." The guy said, "Rush, now, I just want to tell you: We can't go after Obama. That's instant death. We can go after his policies, but we can't go after Obama." I said, "Really? How do you separate 'em? How do you not go after Obama if you're going after his policies? How could you go after his policies while not going after Obama?"
"We can't make it personal, Rush. We just can't do it." And that bled over to the Romney campaign, so much so that in the debates they wouldn't even bring up Benghazi. So now, the Republican establishment has let everybody in the party know that they will not tolerate, they will not advocate, and they won't put up with anybody attacking the Clintons' past. If Hillary runs for president, there will be no discussion of Lewinsky and the blue dress.
There will be no discussion of the Rose Law Firm, the billing records. There will be none of that stuff from the past. "We're not gonna dredge it up," the Republican establishment says. "It ain't gonna happen. We can't win by going back and being critical of the Clintons. We can't bring all that stuff up from the past. We're not gonna do it. We're gonna stay away from it."
Sure, they can attack Palin. They can attack Palin's whole family. They can make movies and talk about how the Republicans were so scared of her lack of intelligence, they wouldn't even vote for her. They can do all that, but we can't attack the Clintons. We couldn't attack Obama, and can't now attack the Clintons. Pat Caddell was on Fox saying the GOP establishment wants the IRS to go after the Tea Party.
Pat Caddell said yesterday on Fox News that the reason Republican leadership has not pushed for a higher-level investigation of the IRS for targeting the Tea Party is because they want the IRS to go after the Tea Party. When you have 71% who want an investigation, 64% who believe it is a sign of corruption, including nearly a majority of Democrats, the reason is the establishment Republicans want the IRS to go after the Tea Party.
Got it?
They want them to go after the Tea Party because the Tea Parties are an outside threat to their power hold. I'm telling you, the lobbying-consultant class of the Republican Party and Republican leadership, who have been attacking the Tea Party and alienating them, they want the IRS to do this. That's why there hasn't been any establishment Republican pushback on the IRS. It's almost safe to say the Republican establishment might be willing to lose a couple of elections if it meant getting rid of the Tea Party; because it's clear, folks, they don't want to win any elections the Tea Party can claim any credit for.
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RUSH: You gotta hear Pat Caddell. I mentioned this, but I want you to hear Pat Caddell say it. It was last night on the Fox report on the Fox News Channel, talking about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups.
CADDELL: The reason is, the establishment Republicans want the IRS to go after the Tea Parties. Got it? They want to go after the Tea Parties because the Tea Parties are an outside threat to their power hold, and I'm telling you, the lobbying, consulting class of the Republican Party and Republican leadership who have been attacking the Tea Parties and alienating them, they want the IRS to do this.
RUSH: That is a serious charge. That is a very, very serious charge, that the Republican establishment is aligned with Obama and is okay with Obama using the IRS to investigate the Tea Party. But it's believable, because we know the Republican establishment, the political class in Washington, is spreading the word that they are not gonna criticize Hillary, it isn't gonna happen, and we shouldn't, either. It shouldn't happen. It won't help anybody to criticize the Clintons, at least not from the nineties. Maybe go after her on Benghazi, but if anybody does that they'll say, "No, no, no, leave Benghazi alone." And pretty soon they're gonna say no criticism of the Clintons. That's not gonna help us. You watch.
There is no alternative.
See theres NO substantive difference between either party....despite what the republican fan boys here will tell you.
Remember in November.
Pat Cadell is a DEMOCRAT operative — he is trying fuel a feud between the Republican party and the Tea Party and as anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that the Dems only lie, when their lips are moving.
How can people fall for this, including Rush, is beyond me!
He knows that if Tea party and R unite and focus on the real, common enemy of the country: the Dems, they will lose the Senate.
Anyone who is taking advice from a Dem operative must be out of their cotton-picking mind, as the saying goes.
A guildpost ...if c. rove endorses it is establishment and for obama or hillary.
I agree that we must vote against Democrats. But there are some who cross the line. McConnell and Cornyn, among others, are some of these. Arlen Specter was MY waste of a GOP senator, e.g. Now, I think the question to ask is “Would this candidate be a Democrat if he lived in Massachusetts?” If yes, why vote for him or her? Bob
Seems like libertarians like myself have no alternative but stay in the GOP as an “enemy within” so I can vote for a true American nominee. Seems like you need to rebel inside the GOP. Many Tea Party candidates reside in the GOP. I want to be involved in nominating those guys. Seems like abandoning the GOP is suicide becasue there’s no other viable political opposition - better to be the “enemy within” the GOP.
How can people fall for this, including Rush, is beyond me!
He knows that if Tea party and R unite and focus on the real, common enemy of the country: the Dems, they will lose the Senate.
Anyone who is taking advice from a Dem operative must be out of their cotton-picking mind, as the saying goes.
Do you know anything at all about Pat Caddell? Probably not, because you didn't even spell his last name correctly. He is NOT associated with the current crop of statist DemocRATs. He is an old-line Democrat who hates the ones in power.
If you had been paying attention the last several years, you would have known that he has consistently criticized Obama and the current DemocRATs.
OMG. WAKE UP!!!
The GOPe are not your friends. They don’t want to “unite” with you. They want you GONE.
Yeah, Caddell is a Democrat, but what makes him different is that he’s an honest guy and loves his country more than he loves his Party.
They are worse than useless. They are traitors!
>>And stop running interference for Obama.
Both parties believe in a future where the ruling class holds all the wealth and power, and the rest of us are in a position to “compete on a global scale” for jobs. That means that we have to sink to a third-world standard of living, while they live like kings behind walls and armed guards.
Suddenly, dystopian science fiction seems extremely plausible.
But is Pat Cadell himself a Democrat? Might he have ulterior motives? If not, then is he a Republican and if not why not?
The Whig Party is dead; the GOP has merged into the one-party dictatorship that controls Acirema.
They are all traitors. Arrest them all and sort it out later.
Sure, right, he has the interest of the tea party at heart, yes, and global warming is real too.
BTW — your entire discourse is ridiculous, starting with making a big deal of my accidentally misspelling Caddell’s name. Really!
UNIPARTY
Its a nice little tantrum but the fact is that Pat Caddell is probably the single most honest pundit out there and we all know it.
Good Lord, what a stupid statement. I suppose then, that Zell Miller is suspect because he remained a Democrat?
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