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Cantor Rejects Rush Limbaugh Rhetoric
ABC News ^ | 03/01/09

Posted on 03/01/2009 11:30:09 AM PST by cc2k

During our exclusive interview on "This Week," Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., rejected comments made by Rush Limbaugh at the CPAC conference.

<Snip> Limbaugh said Saturday to the conservative conference, "What is so strange about being honest and saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to restructure and reform this country so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundations?"

Cantor today rejected Limbaugh's rhetoric.

"So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?" I asked.

"Absolutely not," Cantor said. "And I don't -- I don't think anyone wants anything to fail right now. We have such challenges. What we need to do is we need to put forth solutions to the problems that real families are facing today."

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.abcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; cpac; ericcantor; rino; rush
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To: cc2k
Republican Whipped

Fixed it!

41 posted on 03/01/2009 11:45:43 AM PST by ozark hilljilly (I don't even think I think!)
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To: GOPGuide

Say it again.

The media is a bunch of Obamaloons.

So when is Cantor going to issue a clarification?


42 posted on 03/01/2009 11:45:52 AM PST by Tarpon (It's a common fact, one can't be liberal and rational at the same time.)
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To: cc2k

So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the president fails is not the Eric Cantor, House Republican approach?” I asked.

It was a trick question...Rush said IF the policies of OB .... then yes I want him to fail. Another spin doc ole George trying to get Cantor to say he wanted BO to fail so that could be tomorrows headliner. Cantor should of corrected George before answering then said no repub wants him to fail they just want change they can live with. I would bet Cantor is kicking himself over that one because this one question and answer will be all that the pundits play. See how scared the MSM is of Rush, wait till they see all the other tea parties that are scheduled, right now even though they have witnessed them they aren’t reporting on them.


43 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:01 AM PST by Kadanne (Truth and integrity in America, where did it all go?)
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To: NTHockey

“Anyone over the age of seven knows what Rush said.”

Not necessarily, particularly if that person has a hectic schedule and only hears snippets of what the main media is discussing.


44 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:06 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified DeCartes))
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To: kittymyrib
Kiss your aspirations goodbye, Mr. Cantor.

Indeed. And people been telling me this guy is a hope for the future.

Rush handed the GOP a great platform to play off of. They all knew this speech would be on the Sunday shows and in the columns. Media 'rats are as predictable as mold on cheese. They were handed a rare chance to expand and explain why Rush's provocative speech was a clarion call to America.

They came to the plate knowing what the opposition was going to be pitching at them. They had plenty of time to prepare. And instead of hitting it out of the park, they all wet their pants and ran to the dugout to hide from the big bad liberal boogie man on the mound.

GOP is worse than pathetic.

45 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:07 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: NTHockey

Cantor didn’t say anything remotely like this.

The original post is intentionally misleading. Go watch the video.


46 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:16 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: Jeff Head

I would rather Cantor be interviewed by DailyKos - at least the Kossacks don’t pretend to be neutral. Better to stabbed in the chest than knifed in the back.


47 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:26 AM PST by GOPGuide
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To: GOPGuide

Far as I’m concerned Huffpo and Kos are the MSM. Same motive, and too often the same cast of characters.

I say to hell with all of ‘em.


48 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:31 AM PST by freespirited (Help save humanity. Cure the RINOvirus.)
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To: cc2k

They put forth solutions that are shat upon by the dems.

Feels so good, eh Eric.


49 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:41 AM PST by Carley (President Obama ~ Leaving No Tax Cheat Behind)
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To: kittymyrib

Cantor didn’t say that. Watch the video. Troll post.


50 posted on 03/01/2009 11:46:42 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: cc2k

I love stuff like this. Head-in-the-sand conservative folks need to have as many of their illusions shattered as possible.


51 posted on 03/01/2009 11:47:31 AM PST by Huck (Palin is perfect just where she is....in Alaska.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

Thanks. the hysterics are at fever pitch....Rush can rant ( and get the true message out) but for the msm viewers, the message can’t be hysterical or clipped as “yeah, I want Obozo to fail..we will roadblock him every step..”

( just changed my tagline..ha.)


52 posted on 03/01/2009 11:47:42 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (It's time for the grown ups !)
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To: ozark hilljilly

Fix it by watching the video.

It’s a misleading headline, at best. A lie, on fair review.


53 posted on 03/01/2009 11:47:45 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: WildWeasel
Combine these comments with that of Michael Steete this morning and you have a GOP without a clue.
Perhaps now is the time for a full court press on a conservative party.
Not all republicans are conservatives, conservatives have been republications because it was the best fit.
If the republican party wants to lean to the left and cow tow to this socialist / Marxist administration then I wan no part of it
54 posted on 03/01/2009 11:48:25 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: kittymyrib
I bet you have no idea about where his congressional district is and the make up of the people that live there. Maybe you think a democrate in that district would be better.
55 posted on 03/01/2009 11:48:27 AM PST by org.whodat (Auto unions bad: Machinists union good=Hypocrisy)
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To: Tarpon

Clarify what? Watch the video. The only thing unclear is the misleading headline.


56 posted on 03/01/2009 11:48:28 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: misterrob

Its hard for me. Rush says he “wants Obama to fail if his mission is to recreate America without Capitalism and individual liberty”.

Cantor said he does not agree with Rush.

What is so hard to understand about what Rush said? What part does Cantor not agree with?
Why is it so hard to recognize THAT distinction?


57 posted on 03/01/2009 11:48:33 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: cc2k

I hope Rush has a good surgeon to remove all of these GOP knives from his back.


58 posted on 03/01/2009 11:49:03 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Obama: in your guts, you know he's nuts!)
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To: cc2k

Early on I heard Cantor praising Obama for wanting to cut taxes for 95% of Americans.

Oh really. Cantor knows better but didn’t have the courage to refute that ridiculous claim.

We don’t need kissups Mr. Cantor.

But then you will be the newest fair haired boy to get invited on the talk shows.


59 posted on 03/01/2009 11:49:03 AM PST by Carley (President Obama ~ Leaving No Tax Cheat Behind)
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To: GOPGuide

Great post...


60 posted on 03/01/2009 11:49:06 AM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (It's time for the grown ups !)
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