Posted on 03/01/2009 11:30:09 AM PST by cc2k
During our exclusive interview on "This Week," Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., rejected comments made by Rush Limbaugh at the CPAC conference.
<Snip> Limbaugh said Saturday to the conservative conference, "What is so strange about being honest and saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundations?"
Cantor today rejected Limbaugh's rhetoric.
"So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?" I asked.
"Absolutely not," Cantor said. "And I don't -- I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges. What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today."
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Try actually watching the video before you comment, okay? Cantor didn’t say this. You’re doing nothing but being a stooge for the MSM.
I don’t want America to go down the tubes, but I do think serious pain will be the only way to wake some Americans up and stop this madness toward full blown socialism.
Ok,, its a big important question though. And he wussed out instead of having a backbone.
There were a lot of ways he could have answered that. Any answer that involves hoping for Obama’s success, ain’t it.
He could have had the sense to answer it straightforward.
But that would mean thinking agressively, which he doesnt appear to.
Cantor openly supports socialism. Now we know.
Why couldn’t Cantor just expand and explain what Rush meant and as it relates to a Conservative vision of this country? Use the opportunity to then illustrate where conservatives stand. Why must the GOP always be on the defensive. These spokespeople need to learn how to steer the conversation to their agenda just like the Dems do when questioned. This smacks of Cantor being woefully unprepared to reply to a question he had to be sure he would be asked. I don’t see anything wrong with the statement that Limbaugh made. It’s quite concise actually.
This is where the GOP always falls flat on their faces.
"Nobody, no democrat, no republican, wants this president to fail."
Then at the end, he is asked this:
"So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor/House Republican approach?"
Cantor's answer: "George, absolutely not."
So yes, he DID say it.
Couple of thoughts. One, I think that's the correct answer. Rush can say anything he wants, and he's getting a lot of attention for what he said, which is what he wants. He's in the attention-seeking business.Cantor is correct to distance himself from those remarks.
Second, Cantor did an awful job. He says "we have ideas, we have positive solutions" but doesn't name or explain a single one. Lame.
Someone like Newt would have said, we have solutions, for example, and would have given some handy soundbites explaining them, plus he would have mentioned his website.
Bottom line: Cantor sucks.
If anyone - and I mean anyone - in the conservative movement wants Obama’s policies to succeed, they do not deserve our vote or respect. They are just as deluded as the Obamaheads. These are the people our country needs to vote out of office. And this includes Rep Cantor if he agrees with Obama’s policies.
Mr. Cantor: Please clarify.
Jeff, Cantor said “We want to work with the President to restore trust in Washington” That’s NOT what we want, we Trust in God but not ever in Congress and the FedGov Bureaucracy.
Who do we want to restore trust in? In “We, the People”!
Niggardly reams of regulation are not trust in the people, nor are 600 page, 1000 page, 1600 page bills passed through in hours, nor is 70,000 pages of tax code, or outlawing any shower head with more than a puny 2.5 gallon per minute flow.
“Trust in Washington FedGov” is the last priority and conservative politician should have! We can trust Washington when after many years Congress, and the fedgov bureaucracies REGAIN that trust by showing that they are servants and not lords.
UM, yes he did.
I don't think there's any doubt that what he is doing will most assuredly fail, but I do hope that he and Pelosi and company are the ones blamed for it.
Yes, you are correct. Hindsight is always 20/20 and human beings are not perfect.
Unfortunately, you're right.
But my point is, the GOP is the only credible vehicle for moving a conservative agenda forward. Despite what some of the nose-picking idiots on this thread think, the GOP is not full of RINOs trying to "appease the Left". I'd like to see how some of these idiots would face if they ever ran for office. Using tact and common sense and knowing when to pick your audience is just a part of politics. Rush Limbaugh can get away with saying he wants Obama to fail on his radio show. Cantor couldn't get away with it without it being twisted and turned against him on Stephanopolous' show. A one-sentence statement with a generality about "not wanting anything to fail" does not mean that Cantor is on board with Team Obama and trying to "appease the Left".
Any "conservative" who would rather sit on their thumb and grouse about bad things that some Republican officeholders do, instead of joining together to RETAKE the party and make it what we'd all like to be, are worse than just useless. They are actually counterproductive, HARMING the cause of conservatism, and thus America. People like that on here on Free Republic are scumsucking worms, AFAIAC.
Another GOP Nancyboy.
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I confess, I didn't see the whole interview. Our satellite provider lost their feed during "This Week" and I missed all but the first few minutes and the last few minutes.
And the weather here has my dialup connection down to 24Kbps, if it stays up at all. So I can't get the video from the web site, either.
Still, this is exactly the kind of trap question that Republicans always have to be on the alert for. We can't give the Party Propaganda Ministry (formerly called the media) these quotes, even out of context. It turns us against our own, driving a wedge between conservatives voters and conservative leaders who mis-speak ever so slightly. It also gives the broader public the wrong impression of our leadership.
Let's grow up a little.
You are wrong my friend. A MAJORITY of the GOP in Congress (as well as Romney and Gingrich) supported the billionaire bailout of the banks in October. By that single act, they made the greatest leap toward socialism in American history up that the time and paved the way for eventual nationalization as well as Obama's stimulus plan.
In that sense, it is us who must restore trust in Washington by sending people there who will absultely not cave to the liberal/RINO/ powermongering games...but will route all of those vipers out.
"Absolutely not," Cantor said. "And I don't -- I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now."
How hard is it to say, “Yes, we want President Obama and the Democrats’ attempt to turn America into a Euro-socialist welfare state to fail”? The Republicans’ lack of command of basic English is the most disturbing aspect of today’s political debate. The stupidity and incompetence of Cantor and the Republican party is downright scary.
I thought Cantor was a conservative. This criticism of Rush proves he isn’t.
Notice - Cantor didn't say he wants Obama to succeed. He just made a very generalised "we don't want anybody to fail. He didn't even name Obama.
I'm not a particularly big fan of Cantor myself, after his vote for the first bailout, but I think it's important to get our facts straight and not let the hyperventilators turn this into another counterproductive "ALL REPUBLICANS ARE SPINELESS RINOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" thread. We cannot let the nose-picking DU saboteurs win.
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