Posted on 10/30/2015 9:41:41 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Conservative powerhouse Rush Limbaugh let loose on liberals and GOP establishment types critical of Republican presidential candidates Ben Carson and Donald Trump. On his website, Limbaugh said, “I don’t care what you think of Donald Trump’s personality. Frankly, it’s none of your damn business,†he said.
“You go do what he’s done and then tell him he’s worthless. Go do what Ben Carson’s done and then tell him and tell the rest of us that he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or any of the others up there on that debate stage,†he added. Limbaugh remarks come as the popularity of these two outsiders have risen among Republican voters but not among many in the mainstream media or the GOP establishment.
Limbaugh identified why voters were attracted to Carson and Trump and it happens to be the very reasons why Republicans in Washington have an aversion to the presidential hopefuls. Here’s what those people don’t like about these men: They say what they mean and they don’t back down when the media has a conniption fit about it.
Trump has been straightforward about illegal immigration, the Muslim refugee crisis, the minimum wage and taxes — and the public loves what he has to say. Similarly, Carson refused to back down from remarks about a Muslim in the White House that offended the left and the mainstream media — but made every right-thinking American cheer.
Limbaugh nailed it on this one — when any critics of these two men can accomplish what they’ve accomplished, maybe they will have room to talk. But until then, they should just do everyone a favor and be quiet.
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You better do some reading on carson before saying that aloud.
I should post this comment. On Bret Bair Fox Casino last night, Trump garnished I think a $5 bet, maybe one $10. Carson the same. Bets $50 on Rubio and $25 on Bush still common.
IOWs these political pundit hacks, are writing off these two, and esp someone who has been in first place for over 100 days.
This is like Larry Holmes knocking down Joe Frazier twice in one round, and ringside announcers saying, “Okay, this is it, Smokin Joe is going to get up now and really put it to Holmes.”
I recall the same disdain for REagan. It was deep and it was severe and from the Bush’s. In fact, I think Reagan lost New Hampshire, then came roaring back.
How can any true conservative, republican you name... or just plain American identify with Bush and Rubio. I like Cruz, but it’s not his time.
Trump resonates with me. I’m a doctor. I think I’m a smart man. Am I being duped by someone, whom I think is a great American and who truly understands Americans and their culture?
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? $5 CHIP ON TRUMP? ONLY $5? SOME DIDN’T EVEN GIVING HIM A CHIP.
Gasp. Just dreadful. Thanks for your input.
Rush is right... I just turned 50 this year, I am ready to give up my Republican registration and switch my registration to independent after 32 years, my republican beliefs went back farther than that, We had field trips one year to each of the candidates headquarters in Portland... and I just knew we were in DEEP trouble if Carter won. I stayed up way too late that night waiting for results... and I remember crying my eyes out when Carter beat Ford, I had just turned 11 a couple months before that night.
The GOP has left me! They wont support any of the top candidates and are actively working against them, in some cases, possibly damaging them for the General. Not only will they support anybody that currently has the bulk of the party’s support, instead are wasting $$$ trying to cram another hand picked loser down our throats like they have the past two presidential elections.
In hindsight, I don’t believe they wanted to beat Obama, McCain certainly did not! It’s looking like they have no interest in winning this time around either, I am sick of them and my days of supporting the party line are done. I am done voting for career politicians in general... I feel like I have no other way of showing my displeasure with my party besides ending the registration. Arizona fixed it so I can register independent and also vote in the primaries so I am leaning that way heavily right now.
Oh there are worse people in the world. In this election in fact. But I see nothing presedential in a guy willing to put the people most in need of guns into a position of defenseless victimhood. Nor do I trust the judgement of someone to play race pimp games with hardcore America hating racists.
I really don’t have to even get to his stance on cops vs. violent black thugs before I can figure out how good a man he is. He might be a great surgeon. Good for him. But he’s not someone any country named America needs in charge of it with the above as part of his mindset. I’m far from a Trump fan and I’d take Trump in a hartbeat before this guy.
FR needs a function that scrambles the word “BOOM” in a headline to “I am a retard.”
BOOM! ;)
It was wore last week. Every conservative news outlet posted articles with headlines about how X had one coll trick that could win the election or the debate or whatever.
Someone remind me how I’m wrong about right wing media being filled with leftist hacks because between Boom and One great trick I just am not seeing it. Anyone with actual skill at their job doesn’t write 4chan or Madison Avenue headlines for serious articles. Nor is anyone with actual talent a liberal.
BOOM! The bottom line is that Trump is the only candidate that MIGHT accomplish anything on border security.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Go Trump!
BOOM!
(ha, one upped you)
Good! Fellow Zonie here.
At this point I think a lot of GOP diehards are bucking for a part in a Monty Python movie. The Holy Grail most likely. They seem suited to the scene where the virgins are begging to be spanked and punished for being naughty.
“Oh SPANK ME!!! And then ME!!! Oh naughty naughty ZOOT!”
There is something sexual about the level of desire these people have to be abused and humiliated in public. And I say that in seriousness. It makes no sense to have ones nose ground into the crap this many times, to have this many of thier rights, freedoms and hard cash given away to leftist idiocy, to say nothing of the terrorist supporting garbage thats gone on, and come up saying “Well one more time. It’ll work/ We gotta win no matter what”.
What do people call a win?
I don't think there is any issue that he is NOT straightforward on.
Real conservatives don’t vote for someone who somebody thinks “is the only one who can win”.
We vote for the one who is the most consistently conservative and has a past record to prove it.
We have only had a couple of potential candidates who fit this in the recent past and instead of supporting them so-called conservatives say they can’t win and throw them overboard.
From the amount of financial support Cruz has received, mainly from smaller donors I’d say there are plenty of people that think he can win and are willing to tap into their very tight budgets to give him some cash to do so. I’m sick of hearing that old and tired “I like
cruz BUT he can’t win” baloney. No, not with that attitude he won’t.
It then gets repeated and repeated on sites like this by those who are parrots and ends up making it reality which I suspect is the reason behind it in the first place.
The same thing was done to Palin.
“Correction - Trump didn’t vote for a single bill that passed these laws. Now, can we talk about the Corker bill and the TPA?”
We really don’t know how Trump would have voted on any of the issues that went before the Congress. All you have are a belief of what you think he would have done or what
trump says that day which often changes.
Is that all you have to criticize Cruz with? Because you keep bringing those up in just about every thread that his name is mentioned. We all know about those votes. But the truth is they are a couple of votes that conservatives don’t agree with. Conservatives are criticized for looking for perfection. We know none of them are going to agree with us all of the time. But Cruz’s list of things against him is very very short compared to other candidates. And yet those are explained away or ignored.
If these are the only two negatives you can come up with I think that is pretty good endorsement for Ted Cruz.And if you want to start comparing lists hey, I’m all for it. Lets get to it!
“Most important is for those who support them to hold their feet to the fire, daily.”
Like John Boehner’s feet were held to the fire? Like Paul Ryan’s feet and all the other turncoats that we helped get into office? How has that “holding their feet to the fire” worked out for us so far?
Personally my arms are getting tired and my fingers scorched holding these guys feet to the fire. They seem to all be wearing asbestos socks.
And don’t forget Carson saying that Republicans have ignored black issues. Does he even know Republicans pushed through civil rights and the Democrats were vehemently opposed to that?
That’s stupid. OF COURSE it’s their business. Trump is a public figure asking you to hire him, pay him, and give him immense power.
I know some here dont like Rush but for my money he is right on target. I think there is more than one candidate that listens to his advice.....
Good points... I do have issues wiht Carson too. Thats not what Rush is pointing out however.
“On his website, Limbaugh said, don’t care what you think of Donald Trump’s personality.”
I’d like to know what’s wrong with Trump’s personality. I think people can’t handle the fact that he’s honest when that’s so abnormal in politics now.
I’ve worked for men with similar personalities (bombastic, smart, funny, self confident, and honest) and they were the best bosses! They kicked ass when it came to accomplishments and successes. You always knew exactly where they were coming from, and where you and others stood. Work was always interesting. The icing on the cake was that we had fun!
I’d like to say the same things about when I worked for women but they were dreadful! They could never pull off the “self confident” thing — always paranoid and humorless. I love retirement.
If Carson were to be elected Prez, all of the Black issues, hostilities, whining, will continue big time. Sorry, I’ve had it with that garbage. I want a MAJORITY President, after 7 years of a Minority one that didn’t pan out so well, did it. Our police forces are demoralized and are used as target practice, our inner cities are in constant turmoil with record high murder rates, and that just isn’t going to change easily, without lots of new jobs created and an improving economy.
That is not going to happen under a Prez Carson. He doesn’t have the force of will, nor the economic expertise. Trump does. Trump will turn this country around, not just maintain the status quo. Trump will Make America Great Again. Carson won’t. What anyone sees in Carson is beyond me. A decent but blah man, not a force of nature like Trump. At best a maintainer, not a doer.
But then again, when presented with a great choice, the country could easily be influenced by the MSM/Dems/RINO’s to once again choose a mediocre choice at best. This is our last chance to turn this ship of state around. Choose wisely folks, not just on he’s a nice sounding Christian man. There’s lots to be done, and Ben Carson is not the vehicle for it.
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