Posted on 11/09/2006 9:20:34 AM PST by PghBaldy
During his radio show yesterday, conservative personality Rush Limbaugh announced that he felt "liberated" by Tuesday's election results and that he doesn't "have to carry the water for people that I think don't deserve to have their water carried." He said that while he was not going to "eat his own" or "throw my own overboard," he also acknowledged that it isn't his "job to make them succeed."
According to transcripts from the show available on Limbaugh's web site, rushlimbaugh.com, Limbaugh said it wasn't his job to make Republicans "look good if they can't do it themselves."
"All I'm saying is it's a little liberating now, once I see the direction we're headed and I look at the reaction to everybody in our movement after this loss. They can take it the way they want to take it, and I'm not going to defend whatever way they go just because they're on my side if I don't believe in the method they're using or the direction they're taking. It's that simple." (Read the transcripts)
Limbaugh's show is popular in the Hampton Roads area. It airs on WNIS 790 on weekday afternoons. Local radio shows were abuzz this morning as talk show hosts speculated on what exactly Limbaugh meant by his comments. Is he done with GOP? Is he angry with President Bush? What do you think he meant and what effect if any could his comments have on the Republican party?
I bet that Rush stops supporting RINOs for the next two years.
He will bash Bush, Schwarzenegger, and those RINOs who said "If you support me, I will support you" then walked away from conservatives.
I think Rush will work more on what is right for Americans and Conservatives -- and certainly not be stumping for the Repubs per se.
He is as fed up with the useless Repubs as we are. Both parties are undesireable and represent a disfunctional Washington government.
I feel liberated too. The election is over and thank God.
any self thinking rationalist doesnt carry water for political parties - they base thier decisions on logic
carrying water denotes a slave / master relationship....which is exactly what weve seen -
at least hes honest about it
Like all entertainers, he will do/say whatever is necessary.
2008 is starting up.. It was a short recess.. My poor nerves! LOL!
Rush isn't done with the GOP. He is done with so-called Republican leaders in Congress who tried to spend their way to reelection, refused to hold the President accountable for even his Administration's worst screw-ups, dither around on illegal aliens, failed to condemn or investigate leaks of our greatest secrets to the liberal media, sold out to sleazy lobbyists and thought they would not get caught, defended their own corrupt members - even those of the other party - and generally pissed away the Reagan revolution.
Frankly, it's the same game plan the rest of us ought to be taking. Start recruiting primary candidates now to get rid of the RINOs up in 2008. Start researching, vetting, and organizing potential presidential candidates. Take nothing for granted, and assume that you can affect the results... if you start now.
We're all done with the GOP as we know it today and unless they get back to their philosophy and fight back when attacked for being right then they will continue to lose support. We all put a happy face on during the elections but the truth of it is we all knew the GOP would lose seats we just didn't know how big of a lose and that shouldn't have been, we should have never been put in the situation of expecting to lose any seats.
On my local BS News affiliate last night..."Now that the 2006 election is over, the REAL campaign for 2008 begins today!"
I was like, "Don't you people even rest for a day!"..."Where's my TV Brick?"
Oh baloney..........
Maybe Rush could have Boortz sit in while he's out...lol
No more robocalls! Hurray!
Bump
Conservatism will almost always win on its merits. Always has been a winning platform, always will be. And I think in 2 years it will be a breath of fresh air.
What else can he do. He got caught with his hand in the White House cookie jar.
Right On
A good slogan. Now about a logo. How about a Rino in typical GOP Elephant colors (Red White and Blue) with a NOT sign over it (Red Circle with Slash)?
I love the irony of the timing of this in that Rush is now talking about how this one phrase was taken out of context by everyone and no news report got it right..
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