Posted on 11/05/2008 1:23:02 PM PST by truthandlife
Radio host Rush Limbaugh, the loudest conservative voice in American politics , today blasted John McCain's presidential campaign as weak and said Barack Obama's election as president is an opportunity to purge the Republican Party of candidates who abandon conservative principles.
"McCain's whole campaign was a concession speech," said Limbaugh in his post-election analysis. "We've now demonstrated to everyone how to lose."
Limbaugh dismissed any notion that victories by Democrats in the White House and Congress meant a repudiation of right-leaning principles.
Limbaugh explained conservatism was not on the ballot.
"We haven't been on the ballot since 1994," he said, noting that if Republicans wanted to win elections, they should not put so-called "moderates" on the ballot.
"The conservative movement does not need to be rebuilt," he said. "We had some people abandon the conservative movement, and they need to be abandoned."
The broadcaster called last night's results "an opportunity for cleansing ... like we haven't seen in a long time."
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“The war of ideas is fought on three battlefields:
#1. The schools and universities.
#2. The news media.
#3. The entertainment media.
We’ve abdicated all three and the results are here for all to see. We’ve got to take them back, or build our own, or expect to see ourselves marginalized and pushed to the sidelines until there is nothing left to save.”
Bingo.
Focusing item #1 would go a LONG WAY toward resolving items #2 and #3.
You must not listen to Rush very much
‘Free pass’...what are you smoking?
And you can stfu too.
Um, what's the point of even having a party if we are supposed to end up nominating/electing individuals who are opposed to the party's stated ideology and platform? For the GOP to push non-conservative people for President is like Planned Parenthood/NARAL picking a pro-lifer to be their chairman -- except THEY aren't stupid enough to do that.
Until that attitude changes we are in for a long miserable ride. My case in point, McCain was not supported in the same way that obama was by his party.
McCain didn't deserve support. He's an aggressive enemy of the U.S. Constitution.
Um, what's the point of even having a party if we are supposed to end up nominating/electing individuals who are opposed to the party's stated ideology and platform? For the GOP to push non-conservative people for President is like Planned Parenthood/NARAL picking a pro-lifer to be their chairman -- except THEY aren't stupid enough to do that.
Until that attitude changes we are in for a long miserable ride. My case in point, McCain was not supported in the same way that obama was by his party.
McCain didn't deserve support. He's an aggressive enemy of the U.S. Constitution.
McCain wasn’t my first choice, by a long shot. What I was trying to say was that, some of us got behind our team when the going got rough. IMO, something that the GOP/RNC didn’t do.
I think Operation Chaos backfired.
I’d much rather prefer even Hillary to Obama. Hillary is the “Devil you know.”
My point EXACTLY - if I don’t agree with you 100% of the time I am to be cleansed and expelled and worse called a RINO. I say it would have been better to get behind an 70% republican rather than have a 100% democrat president.
I don’t know of any liberal politicians who eat squirrel. I proved that Huckabee is conservative, so I know that you weren’t referring to him.
I agree with you, about McCain, since you said that he’s an enemy of the U.S. Constitution. He wrote the campaign finance reform law, which violates the 1st Amendment. He supports spending increases in education and healthcare, which violate the 10th Amendment. If I thought that the race would be close, in my state (Illinois), I would have voted for McCain, since I didn’t want to help split the anti-Obama vote, helping Obama win Illinois’ 21 electoral votes. I knew that Obama would win 58%-59%, in IL, so I voted for Chuck Baldwin.
“McCain was not supported in the same way that obama was by his party”
Um, Obama also supports his own party. McCain hates most of his party.
Frankly, if it were not for Palin, I’d have sat this election out.
"I don ‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”—when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.
It was a feeling that there was not a sufficient difference now between the parties that kept a majority of the voters away from the polls. When have we ever advocated a closed-door policy? Who has ever been barred from participating?
Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?"
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Rush is blaming "us"? Only if you consider yourself something other than a conservative.
Limbaugh explained conservatism was not on the ballot.
"We haven't been on the ballot since 1994," he said, noting that if Republicans wanted to win elections, they should not put so-called "moderates" on the ballot.
"The conservative movement does not need to be rebuilt," he said. "We had some people abandon the conservative movement, and they need to be abandoned."
“The people who need to be purged are the far right wackos. They have destroyed the Party’s image in the minds’ of the American voters.....”
I am STILL WAITING for proof. Got any?
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“The people who need to be purged are the far right wackos. They have destroyed the Party’s image in the minds’ of the American voters.....”
I am STILL WAITING for proof. Got any?”
No, like all lefties they never have proof. Lie, cheat, steal that’s the new GOP game.
Maye we should take the hint and just leave.
Then they can be democrat lights they really are with no hindrance from us ‘knuckledraggers’.
Let’s see how many elections the rino’s can win without us.
Time for a Conservative Party, I’m sick of these good republicans bitching at all of us day after day when we are the ONLY ones who have kept the republican/conservative label alive.
And you know what....they can fight their wars without us and our children dying for them as well.
THis is no longer America, this is Amerika. Just like Ayers and Dorhn spell it.
The Sheep are indeed stupid, and they deserve everything that's coming to them.
As if they had a real choice...please.
We see McCain staffers tactics on display today.
Moderates need to step down en masse....YOU FAILED!
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