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Rod Dreher: Rush Limbaugh, inflexible and unhelpful
The Dallas Morning News ^ | March 6, 2009 | Rod Dreher

Posted on 03/07/2009 8:44:39 PM PST by HoosierHawk

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To: hinckley buzzard

The liberals are seething constantly over Rush. Maybe they need to suck on a pacifier and get over it.


41 posted on 03/07/2009 9:56:50 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Rush Limbaugh Has An Army)
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To: HoosierHawk
More to the point, we don't believe as Dreher assumes that Man is perfect - we believe human beings can go far to improving the world, which is a good thing, since conservatives believe in the pursuit of happiness. The goal of Man is not to be subservient to the state but to seek his own happiness. And no - we don't believe individuals have the right to seek their own truths since Man is limited by moral absolutes without which civilization could not come into being. Conservatism is the exact opposite of the liberal worship of the state as the sunum bonum and the belief that all cultures and philosophies are morally equivalent. We know the rock upon which we stand whereas the sands on which liberalism rests are constantly eroded by the passage of time.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

42 posted on 03/07/2009 9:57:17 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Doctor Raoul

I think the MSM could save big just buying some parrots. They could be all trained to say the same thing. The money they save would keep them afloat a little longer. Then Rod Dreher could spend his time doing more important things such as cleaning bird cages.


43 posted on 03/07/2009 10:00:27 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Obama Administration is a blueprint for Fabian Socialism.)
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To: HoosierHawk

Can we post anyone ripping Rush that I have heard of? Is the best or rino side can do.


44 posted on 03/07/2009 10:10:52 PM PST by Brimack34
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To: HoosierHawk

Unlike a broken clock, Dreher is never right.


45 posted on 03/07/2009 10:17:03 PM PST by RBroadfoot
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To: HoosierHawk

This guy is a fruitcake conservative

former film reviewer

nuff said


46 posted on 03/07/2009 10:24:53 PM PST by wardaddy (I've known black people over 50 years, raised with them and by them.. Obama ain't BLACK, HE"S RED!)
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To: HoosierHawk

This is great! We’re learning all the conservatives we can’t trust. No more Bob Doles when 2012 lets us replay 1996 all over again.

The biggest surprise: Eric Cantor. I kept hearing how wonderful he was, despite his lack of any accomplishments. Now I know he’s a waste of flesh, who I will oppose at every opportunity.

Most pleasant surprise: Bobby Jindal. After a weak response to Obama’s speech, his handling of the Limbaugh issue was spot-on perfect! Maybe the speech bomb will teach him to ignore his handlers.


47 posted on 03/07/2009 10:30:44 PM PST by dangus
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To: heatherlund

Keep in mind, Eric Cantor, Rod Dreher, and Michael Steele aren’t the left. This is the RIGHT attacking Rush Limbaugh. At least we know which of our comrades in arms will crap his pants and run screaming like a little girl at the first sight of the enemy.


48 posted on 03/07/2009 10:32:25 PM PST by dangus
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To: HoosierHawk

Agreeing that his own party looked like Nazi Germany is mild criticism? Yeah, right, Dreher. Drop dead.


49 posted on 03/07/2009 10:33:44 PM PST by dangus
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To: HoosierHawk
Ok Liberals, we give up, you win, RUSH is our leader. Next!!!!

If that is all it takes for them to quit having a tantrum, let's all just say it. Rush is the man.

Actually I like (more like relish) seeing them stew over this nonsense, they are such small people.

50 posted on 03/07/2009 10:45:37 PM PST by annieokie
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To: HoosierHawk
"The Limbaugh speech is an example of why popular conservatism today is, as the saying goes, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

Hey Dreher!

Just because you are an advocate of communism and nihilism doesn't mean we have to stop being AMERICANS and live a miserable life like you!!!

What an ignorant putz!!!!!!!

51 posted on 03/07/2009 10:48:15 PM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: HoosierHawk

Another pundit who has never listened to even an hour of Rush Limbaugh. Mindless drivel!


52 posted on 03/07/2009 11:01:50 PM PST by TigersEye (Cloward-Piven Strategy)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

I’m curious. What do you disagree with Rush on?


53 posted on 03/07/2009 11:54:28 PM PST by Hanna548 (s)
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To: Hanna548

Poor Rod, trolling for an invite to the White House.


54 posted on 03/08/2009 6:31:07 AM PDT by Kanzan
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To: HoosierHawk
Wow nationalism and optimism how evil of Conservatives.
55 posted on 03/08/2009 7:10:01 AM PDT by svcw
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To: Hanna548
“I’m curious. What do you disagree with Rush on?”

Well, for one thing, his comments about Obama being brilliant. There's no objective evidence of that, one way or the other. You certainly don't have to be brilliant to go to Harvard, and definitely don't have to be brilliant to graduate from any Ivy. You also don't have to be brilliant to be elected to public office; any public office. So what's the assessment based on? His books?

56 posted on 03/08/2009 7:10:49 AM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: HoosierHawk

The Dallas Morning Spews.


57 posted on 03/08/2009 9:25:22 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Lexinom

If they have any maturity at all, it is of the emboldened bully variety. A bully is only a bully when their intended victims don’t stand their ground and take their lumps, inevitably delivering a few of their own in the process, no matter how mismatched they might be. A true conservative can’t appease or make nice with a liberal whom will only comprehend it as a sign of weakness and exploit it, leaving the conservative looking and feeling foolish, cowardly and impotent. We either fight them tooth and nail or become a pitiful footnote in the story of the sell-off of a once great nation.


58 posted on 03/08/2009 10:23:57 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice in these troubled times.)
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59 posted on 03/08/2009 12:33:31 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: HoosierHawk

Rod may consider Rush “inflexible and unhelpful”, but I didn’t see him offering any alternatives. He just bashed Rush for defining conservatism in the normal way, not in the nuanced way that folks want to present it nowadays.


60 posted on 03/08/2009 4:23:39 PM PDT by SuziQ
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