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.
That lessor of two evils is working real swell
The only suicide is continuing to slit our own throats. The Ted Cruz types should get individual support. 100 percent. But...
The Party itself should be actively fought against. they are actively fighting against us. It is idiocy to help them do it. And anyone supporting them in doing so in any way is every bit the problem.
I am not one given to tinfoil stuff, but look, citizens of most nations want closed borders with reasonable, systematic immigration. Most indigenous populations do not want open borders. Yet, who does want open borders?
Western powers, and maybe the UN.
Why?
Is there something to this one-world scheme? Most people have a visceral reaction to having open, lawless borders, yet somehow it seems that the elite are hell-bent on opening all borders.
Are there some dots that need connecting?
I’ve been saying it for years.. we need a TEA Party march on GOP Headquarters
Try expanding your reading material or stop trying to put everything in your own little box so that the world all makes sense to you. Yeah its a little uncomfortable at first, but those around you might tolerate your presence,
Too tired and lazy to do what you should have been doing before expressing an opinion in a forum such as this.. But here is some reading material for you
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/inside-the-messy-but-moneyed-republican-plan-to-neutralize-the-tea-party-20131024
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-18/republican-civil-war-erupts-business-groups-v-tea-party.html
Many more and much better articles than these, but am too lazy to hold your hand and do your work for you
It would certainly explain why Issa and Bonehead buried this.
GOP-e is dead. Bye Rove.
The EU concept of ONE currency and no boarders didn’t work. They are right now dealing with the very negative consequences.
BUT, these stupid US politicians are killing themselves to emulate that EU system which is demonstrably wrong, costly and unworkable.
Why do they insist on following the rest of the world at a distance of 12 years, EVEN when the rest of the world is struggling for its life with the consequences of this dangerous and reckless experiment?
I find it interesting that many of the Lesser evil types sing the praises of Cruz and then come here and tell us they intend to vote in the very people fighting him at every turn.
I have gotten lots of hell from psuedocons on FR and elsewhere haZing their tantrums and posting pictures as political commentary. Even a Fer STFUs and GFYs. But any thinking person can clearly see the flaw in the logic of electing those we oppose to make sure those we oppose are not elected.
Issa is a “Placator” all talk and no action, designed to placate the uruly of the GOP and deliver no results whatsoever....
I love that Homer Simpson facepalm!
LLS...been here since 2004
Damn straight Boehner, Cantor, Rove, McConnell have sided with Obama and the Democrats.
Want more proof? Here it is:
Boehner, A Proven Failure at Leadership: With Just 28 GOP Votes, House Agrees to Raise Debt Limit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3121871/posts
For all intense and purposes Boehner is now effectively the MAJORITY LEADER of the Democratic Party.
Dana Millbanks sides with Boehner and McConnell
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3123733/posts
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Why do you think there is “practially” no diff between the RINOs and LIBS?
RINO: Big Biz loves using Big Gov to get what they want
LIBS: Big Gov loves using Big Biz to keep what they got
It is a incestious relationship that is also a symbiotic relationship.
Why do you think that they BOTH hate people like Ted Cruz and Palin? Because Ted and Sarah want to Neuter the Big Gov that BOTH of them either are part of or use....
Thinking the GOPe is hearing us rev up our engines. Here ya go GOPe ... Talk to Joan ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPkTGm4RtVM ... We ain’t coming back no more GOPe!!!
..and you don't think the RNC and Republican Leadership, McConnell & McCornyn; John Boehner & Eric Cantor haven't already fueled a feud with the T.E.A. Party?
[ I’ve been saying it for years.. we need a TEA Party march on GOP Headquarters ]
Need to do a Jesus move and run the “Power changers” out of the Republican Temple...
And?
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