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Limbaugh Responds: Schwarzenegger A Sellout
LA Times ^ | 3/20/07 | Robert Salladay

Posted on 03/20/2007 6:29:07 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Rush Limbaugh responded this morning to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called the talk show host "irrelevant" and said he wasn't Limbaugh's servant. Or rather, Schwarzenegger called Limbaugh's political views irrelevant.

The two men, as Limbaugh pointed out, have shared cigars and the Republican governor generally has been diplomatic about occasional barbs from the nationally syndicated talk show host. (The governor dodged attacking Limbaugh during a recent "Face the Nation" appearance, when he was asked an identical question about conservative critics.)

Toward the end of his remarks, Limbaugh said Schwarzenegger "is a sellout, and I'm seeing way too many Republicans do it. ... I don't know what happened to Arnold. I--I don't--he may--obviously didn't have the leadership skills to articulate conservative principles and win over the public as Reagan did." Read the full transcript after the jump.

Rush Limbaugh, speaking about Schwarzenegger's interview with NBC:

LIMBAUGH: They (NBC) throw something up Arnold, and I have said recently, and it happened today. And he called me irrelevant. He said he's not my servant. And I don't know how it is I can be irrelevant when every time he shows up on the 'Today' show' they ask him about me. I'm just sure he's sick and tired of hearing about it, he's sick and tired of getting the questions.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimesblogs.latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: limbaugh; responds; rush; schwarzenegger; sellout
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To: NormsRevenge

Arnie's not a sellout.

He's simply not a conservative, and never pretended to be.


41 posted on 03/20/2007 7:03:21 PM PDT by zendari
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To: NormsRevenge

Well, I do like some of Arnold's movies. But I'll side with Rush on this issue. Ahnold is a bit of a sellout. Good politics, perhaps, but he's no conservative. Not by a long shot.


42 posted on 03/20/2007 7:04:36 PM PDT by meyer (Bring back the Contract with America and you'll bring back the Republican majority.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

indeed, I fear he'll be on the air trashing Rudy daily.

Rush is best when he attacks the Dems - his biggest failing is - he makes the "base" feels as if they are all powerful, that they and they alone can elect a president in an election, that the base doesn't need independent voters. this is of course - wrong.

Rush cost us the senate seat in Missouri with his michael j fox rant. flame me if you will, but its the truth.


43 posted on 03/20/2007 7:04:42 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: proudofthesouth
Schwarznegger married a Kennedy. Nuff said!

Yes, yes, but was he a drug addict ?

44 posted on 03/20/2007 7:05:16 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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To: Brilliant

I haven't seen Rudy or any other Republican be direct and tell Liberals they were lying, distorting, and spewing accusations that had no merit in their quest for power. I haven't heard one Republican tell the Democrat leadership that they care nothing about the country, nothing about our security, and that their attempts to stab our troops in the back will not be tolerated by the American people. It's time someone stood up and told the American people that these people are liars, cowards, and traitors.

Sucking up to Liberals will destroy our country.

George Patton we need you now.


45 posted on 03/20/2007 7:05:47 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: paul51

Rush is a conservative.


46 posted on 03/20/2007 7:06:15 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

The GOP strategy is simple. Let the Dems be themselves. They will self-destruct.

Why intervene when your enemy is committing suicide?


47 posted on 03/20/2007 7:07:56 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: calcowgirl

It's disappointing to think of what could have been given that McClintock was pretty much lined up to be the GOP nominee post recall.

Sigh. I can't really talk being from New Jersey and all.


48 posted on 03/20/2007 7:09:25 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Rennes Templar
Rush is a conservative.

i like his politics. as for him and his delivery.....no thanks

49 posted on 03/20/2007 7:10:24 PM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: oceanview
his biggest failing is - he makes the "base" feels as if they are all powerful, that they and they alone can elect a president in an election, that the base doesn't need independent voters. this is of course - wrong.

Unfortunately we are not always a majority. I still can't believe we lost Missouri. Missouri used to be a more godly state. And Rick Santorum was soundly defeated, that hurt.

50 posted on 03/20/2007 7:10:39 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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To: NormsRevenge

Guess what? Arnold's right! He's not Rush's servant and Rush, as much as I have enjoyed him over the years, does not have the right to decide who is and who isn't a "Real conservative."


51 posted on 03/20/2007 7:12:28 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel ("...Mindless pack of trained Maoist circus seals."-www.iowahwk.typepad.com)
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To: Incorrigible
It's disappointing to think of what could have been given that McClintock was pretty much lined up to be the GOP nominee post recall.

Probably Cruz Bustamante by at least 5 points, sad to say. California is not what it used to be. Too much porn perhaps; We used to own that state (Reagan, Deukmejian, Wilson);

52 posted on 03/20/2007 7:13:26 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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To: IslandJeff

ah-nuld would be in the same deep do-do as his predecessor, davis, if it were not for the tax receipts he's enjoyed.

remember one of the issues that got davis kicked out was l.a. county sheriff baca on kfi am 640 saying that he and gov. davis wanted to raise the auto registration fees.

some woman called in and baca insulted her by asking her what kind of car she drove, and he replied if you can afford that kind of car, you can afford more registration. she was infuriated because she said she worked out of her car, as do many professionals.

and, ka-boom! john and ken were off. and people were signing petitions to get rid of davis.

i can't see that ah-nuld is much different than davis.

tom mcclintock would have been a better governor, but this is the left coast.


53 posted on 03/20/2007 7:13:37 PM PDT by ken21 (it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
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To: ken21

As an extremely ambitious individual (driven), being governor of CA is only the first step … next … Senator. He is aware that he can’t be President so he will go for the next best thing. To become Senator from CA. he must appease as many voters as possible … he must appear as both Democrat and Republican.


54 posted on 03/20/2007 7:15:27 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: Mr. Brightside
Like Rudy? I wonder what Rush will do if Giuliani becomes the nominee.

If Rudy becomes the nominee, I am voting third party most definately. And yes Arnold is a sellout, Republicans at the top of the food chain in washington are all "rockefeller republicans". they have betrayed conservatives especially the Christian conservatives.

55 posted on 03/20/2007 7:15:38 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon
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To: zook
upsdriver in Post #30 has it right. Rush said Ahnold, whatever his party affiliation, isn't a conservative. And, Rush is right.
56 posted on 03/20/2007 7:16:26 PM PDT by GBA (God Bless America!)
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To: zook
Being a Republican is one thing, but give me a conservative any day of the week who has the courage of his convictions.

Arnold wimped out, plain and simple!

57 posted on 03/20/2007 7:16:59 PM PDT by Northern Yankee (Freedom Needs A Soldier)
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To: NormsRevenge
"Limbaugh Responds: Schwarzenegger A Sellout"

Wellll, just a big DUH!!! Can you say Davis lite?

58 posted on 03/20/2007 7:17:08 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (In perpetuum sacramentum - An Oath is Forever)
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To: doc1019

yeah.

he needs to learn to pronounce "california" before he runs again!


59 posted on 03/20/2007 7:17:42 PM PDT by ken21 (it takes a village to brainwash your child + to steal your property! /s)
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To: zendari
He's simply not a conservative, and never pretended to be.

Really? What was this?

"Let me tell you what being a conservative means to me. I'm a conservative because I believe communism is evil and free enterprise is good. I'm a conservative because Milton Friedman is right and Karl Marx is wrong. I'm a conservative because I believe government serves the people, the people don't serve the government. I'm a conservative because I believe in a balanced budget, not budget deficits. I'm a conservative because I believe money that people earn is their money and not the government's money. And when you look at the drivers' license outrage, I am a conservative because I believe in the rules of the law, not political pandering." --Arnold Schwarzenegger, California GOP Convention, September 2003
60 posted on 03/20/2007 7:18:20 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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