Place a proper spokesman as chairman of the Republican National Committee and let him speak!
Posted on 03/07/2009 3:42:19 AM PST by Sub-Driver
The GOP's Limbaugh Dilemma Radio Host's Prominence Underscores Party's Challenge to Forge New Identity
By NAFTALI BENDAVID and GREG HITT
Rush Limbaugh is right where he wants to be and right where the White House wants him: in the news. But Republicans have more mixed feelings about the controversial talk radio host's recent elevation.
Mr. Limbaugh dominated headlines this week, as a drive by the White House and other top Democrats to paint him as the leader of the Republican Party left the GOP flummoxed. Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, illustrated his party's dilemma, first calling Mr. Limbaugh's style "ugly," then phoning him to apologize. One committee member labeled Mr. Steele's handling of the matter a "Republican Horror Show" and called on him to step down just weeks after taking on the job.
Behind the political theater lay a fundamental challenge for a party seeking a way out of the wilderness after last November's drubbing. Republican leaders and activists are grappling with how to joust with a popular new president, particularly after years of being accused of embracing a cutthroat style of politics.
Yet some Republicans also sense openings in the early days of the Obama presidency. They argue that Democrats may be overreaching with an ambitious big-government agenda and that voters will turn to Republicans once they absorb the impact of spending bills that greatly expand the deficit without, they contend, doing much to stimulate the economy.
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Place a proper spokesman as chairman of the Republican National Committee and let him speak!
Nope. The Dems did what they did hoping to paint Limbaugh as the face of the GOP. They hoped only that the GOP would be its usual "Uh, yeah, but..." self.
What they don't want is an activated GOP because you simply cannot control where that's going to lead. As with the stock market, predictability is what you're hoping for.
The Dems hoped the GOP would do as predicted, leaving them to define the party for us.
So, no, I'm afraid you're reading this all wrong. But hopefully, none of this will matter.
I say the Republican Party has a problem, but it isn't because of the age-old principles it embraces. It is because there are more and more people who are willing to overlook the value of those principles. Entitlement is a much easier road to travel.
Matter of fact, the RNC/GOP has a very very strong desire to support the Democrats because with out the Democrats, they( GOP/RNC ) are next.
Frankly, Conservatives and dumb Republicans that actually believe the lie, after lie, after year after year that the GOP/RNC spew on them, are the enemies of both the socialist, taxpayer paid Democrats...and the GOP.
(I'm a you are what you do person, not a you are what you say person. I don't care what you call yourself, you are what you do, or don't do. The GOP is a big government, more laws, support their elite friends( for the good of the ...country/children/’economy’ ) party.
If the Republicans Have a problem with Rush, that is not the only problem they are going to have ,try collecting Campaign contributions
My kind regards to you, M'am.
Taxes are the ball bearing plants of the socialist/welfarem making factory, ie, the Democrats.
No taxes, no ability to bribe, corrupt people into the socialist welfare plantation.
We need to get rid of the communist Federal Reserve.
We need multiple, free market bank notes that compete against any monopoly control of Federal money.
The Law that says YOU ARE FORCED to accept Federal money must be repealed. (If it is so good, if it is so popular, and so supported, why does it have to have a lay saying you MUST accept it? Where else does something naturally accepted as ‘good’ require forced popular acceptance? Or is it that the Feds KNEW that it would be junk upon which
elites would build their generational fortunes upon, by trading junk paper for real land, real property, houses, industries?)
The only republicans with a problem concerning this are republicans RINO’s like RNC chairman Steele.
Brilliant analysis! That’s so true. It’s not a problem with our beliefs, but that so many more now want to take the road of entitlements - which leaves us (GOP) very out-numbered.
Thank you! Just my point! But instead of taking the anti-tax route, the party insists on taking the road to diversity and forward-thinking. I WANT SOME BACKWARDS THINKING - going back to the principles that made this country strong!
1776, eh? I'll bet more like 1786 and Shay's Rebellion; you remember, the one during which Sam Adams suggested that unlike in a monarchy, rebellion in a republic should be punished by execution.
"Μολὼν λάβε"
Μαλακίες!
While many here are hopeful of a republican comeback the truth is so much darker.
We have seen our last free election in the US. With ACORN receiving billions of dollars from the bills passed in the past six months and the WH in charge of the upcoming census we are finished. Oh and don’t forget the amnesty of 20 illegal’s.
We have but one course remaining to secure our liberty.
Our leftist media was so successful in selecting the Republican candidate of their choice in the Presidential Election of 08, they’re now attempting to select the leader of the Republican Party. If they’re able to pull that off, it’ll prove once and for all who the leader of the Republican Party actually is, and that, of course, would be the leftist media.
On the other hand, since for the last 8 years the GOP has mostly acted against all of its supposed principles, the voters may just feel they are doomed completely.
Rush, on the other hand, has a great opening - he always loves it when "the opposition" is in power, he's getting a pile of publicity, and is probably in hog heaven.
“While many here are hopeful of a republican comeback the truth is so much darker.
We have seen our last free election in the US. With ACORN receiving billions of dollars from the bills passed in the past six months and the WH in charge of the upcoming census we are finished. Oh and don’t forget the amnesty of 20 illegal’s.
We have but one course remaining to secure our liberty.”
I’m afraid you could be right.....
more succinctly:
the Republicans are the second worst political party in this country.
Very nicely said.
If Republicans had listened to Rush and Ann Coulter during the primaries, it would be a Republican in the Whitehouse right now.
It is. The Republicans have been cutting their own throats for years.
“We need new leadership with traditional conservative identity.”
This would be an opportunity for Gov. Palin to step in and lead the conservative movement. In the end, it would take her right to the White House.
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