... How Far Rush Limbaugh Thinks the ‘Republican Establishment’ May Go to ‘Get Rid of the Tea Party’

www.theBlaze.com ^ | Dec. 16, 2013 | Jason Howerton

[Yosemitest]

THIS IS HOW FAR RUSH LIMBAUGH THINKS

THE ‘REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT’ MAY GO TO
‘GET RID IF THE TEA PARTY’
Dec. 16, 2013 11:00pm, Jason Howerton

Rush Limbaugh on Monday speculated that the
“Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base,
they may be willing to lose some elections in order to get rid of their base
and put up a new base.”

The conservative radio host also referenced a story on the Drudge Report indicating that
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is claiming
that House Majority Leader John Boehner told her
to wait next year for immigration reform.

Limbaugh when on to air comments made by Boehner seemingly referring to conservative lawmakers like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

“Frankly, I think they’re misleading their followers.
I think they’re pushing our members to places that they don’t want to be.
And frankly, I just think that they’ve lost all credibility.
You know, they’ve pushed us into this fight
to defund Obamacare
and to shut down the government,”
Boehner said on Sunday.

Now, Limbaugh explained, the GOP establishment is
“livid that Ted Cruz and his gang engineered, with public support, what happened in the government shutdown.”

RUSH: GOP Willing To Lose Some Elections In Order To Get Rid Of The Tea Party - YouTube (4:48 )

RUSH: Look at 2010.
That's a Tea Party landslide, midterm congressional victory that the Republican Party didn't do squat to win.
The 2010 midterms. (interruption)
Mmm-hmm. (interruption)
Well, I know I've said that.
I have proffered the possibility that the Republicans may indeed...

This is something I think that has to be considered.

The Republican establishment may in fact be so desirous of getting rid of the Tea Party as its base,
they may be willing to lose some elections in order to get rid of their base and put up a new base.
Now, Pelosi is out there saying...
I don't know this happened or not.
Pelosi is saying
that Boehner told her to wait until next year for amnesty.
They're not gonna be able to get to it this year.
Boehner told her to be patient and wait.

That's what she is saying.
I just saw it on the Drudge Report, that Pelosi is saying
that Boehner told her they're gonna do "immigration" next year.
"Amnesty" was not used.
The word "amnesty" was not used.
"Immigration" will be done next year.
Now, Boehner has to know that the base doesn't want any part of it.
WHY would they do it, then?
You can't eliminate the role that money is playing in that, either.
Donor dollars.
You cannot!
You know it as well as I do.

If they're getting pressure from big-time donors that they better support amnesty, that's what they are going to do. (interruption)
I know.
It sounds like Obama talking to Dmitry Medvedev.
(impression) "Well, look, you go tell Vlad that I'll be a lot more flexible after I win reelection."

(Boehner) "Well, look, Nancy Pelosi, sit tight, do election next year or immigration next year."

Here's Boehner.
This is yesterday in Washington.
He doubled down here on conservatives misleading their "followers" and everything.

BOEHNER: Well, frankly, I think they're misleading, um, uh, their followers.
I think they're, uh, pushing our members in places where they don't want to be --
and, frankly, I just, uh, think that, uh, uh, they've lost all credibility.
You know, they pushed us into this fight,
uh, to defund Obamacare and to shut down the government.

RUSH: There! You have it!

That is, I'm telling you, what is the primary animating thing.

The establishment is livid
that Ted Cruz and his gang engineered, with public support, what happened in the government shutdown.
They're livid.
They think (erroneously, I might add) that that's why they are looked upon with disfavor by the majority of people in the country
because they THINK that a majority of people didn't want the shutdown.
Most people didn't notice it and don't even care.

But they BELIEVE that the Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Tea Party-ENGINEERED shutdown...
You can just hear how ticked off Boehner is about this,
and here's Boehner now saying what the Democrats were saying about Ted Cruz,
and not just the Democrats.
Who was it that Republicans were accusing Cruz of misleading?
"Well, you know, Cruz is out there promising people things that he can't deliver."
Oh, that's right.
It was Peter King, Mr. Long Island,
who doubles as a member of Congress and a Fox News analyst.

He was saying
that Cruz was misleading his followers,
that Cruz was promising people, getting 'em to sign a petition for something that could never happen.
"We're not gonna defund Obamacare. He's telling 'em lies,"
and now that's what Boehner says.
He's joined that chorus that the Tea Party guys are mislead,
and he's talking primarily here about Heritage Action and two other lobbying groups, Club for Growth.
He's really not talking about me in this case.

I didn't join this fray.
Other radio talk show hosts did big time. I stayed out of it.

[sport]

The Republican Party will go as far as it has to get rid of the Tea Party. The problem is not that the Republican Party is getting rid of the Tea Party. The problem is that the Tea Party won’t get rid of the Republican Party.

[CodeToad]

“What does any of that have to do with the topic at hand?”

I can’t believe you actually asked that question. Just trying to be irrationally argumentative or just really that stupid?

[Yosemitest]

The Tea Party can TAKE OVER the GOP ~ IF ~ they will DESTROY, with a vengeance, the "Establishment Republicans".

[AllAmericanGirl44]

I just have to wonder, you bash on Levin all the time, now you are going after Rush. What is your agenda? Seriously, I haven’t heard you on the radio, haven’t come across your writings in the national papers, so I guess having the answers in your own mind should be shared. Do it, share them far and wide and I can discern if you have the answers to our current troubles. Thanks in advance.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I just have to wonder, you bash on Levin all the time, now you are going after Rush. What is your agenda?”

Truth not propaganda.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Do it, share them far and wide and I can discern if you have the answers to our current troubles. Thanks in advance”

OK,
I had a freeper come on this thread at link and was critical just because I explained exactly how the shutdown fiasco would end, which it did very close in details. Said it was defeatist to share that with others.

Boehner's Shutdown End-game play (you won't like it) SOL of course | 10/15/2013 |

When propaganda is worshiped then Truth is the enemy.

[sickoflibs]

I will admit that way more Republicans voted for it than I expected.

[sickoflibs]

I am just looking at the comments, he told me :

“... to do what? Kill the momentum?”

Momentum LOL

It was over,

[sickoflibs]

Check out this comment where I reposed my challenges to find someone to run against Bohner last january before that vote

see #33

[AllAmericanGirl44]

Thanks for the responses, have to run out and will read up when I return.

[redgolum]

The GOP in Iowa is floating a plank of the party position that supports gay marriage, amnesty, and gun control.

They (the GOP) really wants to be the Dems.

[redgolum]

Hispanics.

They have the demographic data, and know that they have to dump the perception of being the party of white men.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Thanks for the responses, have to run out and will read up when I return.”

I can go on forever but I dont want to overwhelm you :)

[Hot Tabasco]

If Rush wants to be relevant again; if he really thinks this country is doomed, he needs to put his money where his mouth is and run for office.

Tell you what, since you seem to think you are the arbiter of relevance, why don't you put YOUR money where your mouth is and run for, lets say, congress.....Not up to it? Then get yourself your own syndicated radio show.

As for your snarky comments regarding his books and tea, sounds like nothing more than class envy and petty jealousy. If you were smart, you'd direct us to your website so maybe we could buy YOUR book........

Of course being an armchair political analyst is always easier from your recliner isn't it, especially when you can run to the fridge for another beer during commercials.......

As a side note, with his contractual salary, Rush doesn't need to sell tea to be rich. The creation of Two if by Tea's primary goal was to create a revenue source for the Marine Corps - Law Enforcement Foundation (MC-LEF) and other cheritable organizations and has donated over $1 million dollars since its creation in June of 2011.........

And do I need to mention Rush's annual Leukemia Radio-thon where he ultimately matches every dollar pledged during the drive?

Your baseless criticism of Rush is unwarranted just as your ignorance of his Two if by Tea.............

[Boogieman]

That’s priceless. They’ll get 1 hispanic vote for every 2 the democrats get. Some “new base”!

[redgolum]

And by getting rid of the existing base, the GOP is done.

Yet that is the plan. It will give a lot of cheap labor to their big donors though, so the GOPe will be taken care of.

[expat2]

They think it will materialize from Independents joining up with the RINOs.

[Boogieman]

Hmm, I don’t think trading more than 50% of your base for a potential gain of 10% of the electorate is a smart move, but what do I know? I didn’t go to an Ivy League school :(

[Yosemitest]

NO, they just want to commit political suicide.

[expat2]

Agreed, but I’m pretty sure that’s what they are thinking.