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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."
Conservatism was on my ballot, in Illinois. I voted for Chuck Baldwin, since I knew that McCain couldn’t win my state.