Audio: Rush Limbaugh credits Free Republic for starting Tea Party

MP ^ | 7-3-13

[Cyber Liberty]

Correct about the rules.....Ah, just like old times.

[Louis Foxwell]

I remember when the conversation was exclusively anti abortion. Can’t place the date but probably around 1995. My first post was an anti abortion screed. Someone commented “Where did YOU come from?” Made me feel welcome. I have had a home here ever since.

[Yosemitest]

(continued because part of this wasn't in the RushLimbaugh.com article, so I transcribed it.)

Because they'd [the Tea Party] embarrass them ["Establishment Repoublicans"] , or … something.

That, to many Republicans,
the Tea Party is made up of the same KIND of ... UNSOPHISTICATED ...
and they don't really ... know WHAT we do here.
They don't really ... know HOW we do it.
They don't really ... UNDERSTAND the issues.
They're just ... EMOTIONAL ... and a ... little out of control.
We somehow got to ... find a way to CONTAIN THEM.

And I think members of the Tea Party understand this.
I know they do.
I know they understand it.
So it's now manifested itself
it's not only the Republican Party in 2010
it's not...
Can you imagine if the Republican Party in 2010 had embraced this group?
If the Republican party had seen …
I uh … It is …

Even though I understand why, it's still amazing to me:
A political party ACTIVELY REJECTING millions of people who WANT TO support it!
And they don't ... The Tea Party doesn't believe anything drastically different than the Republican Party.
In fact, the problem is
the Republican Party is LESS COMMITTED on things than the Tea Party is.
Imagine how things would be different
if the Republican Party had embraced that group and sought to bring them in the tent
and use all that energy ... and desire ... and inspiration.

So my ...
I always thought there was a way to replicate that 2010 turnout in 2012.
I thought it would happen.
That's why I rejected the polls in the 2012 campaign
because I thought the 2010 electorate would come out again.
I thought they would be even angrier than they were in 2010
'cause things had gotten only worse.
Health care was now the law of the land,
and the debt was greater
and jobs were being lost in great numbers,
and the economy was shrinking.
I mean, EVERYTHING that brought 'em out HAD WORSENED.

What I FAILED to see was … that THEY KNEW they'd been rejected.
The party in any number of ways had let them know that … they weren't interested.
So they sat home.
A number of them sat home.

(continued)

Now, go to 2014, midterms coming up.
There will not be a singular Republican nominee for anything on the ballot,
which bodes well for the Republican Party,
which means that Tea Party types will be less constrained in turning out.
And they have more reasons than ever to turn out,
stopping Obama from totally controlling all the branches of the government.
And so the fact that there's not gonna be a Republican nominee anywhere to depress that turnout,
the Democrats are right to fear it.

The Democrats are very wise to fear a 2010-like turnout in 2014.
And that's WHY Obama has delayed by one year the implementation of the employer mandate,
because it's nothing but albatross.
It's nothing but a negative.
I'm still amazed.
They sold this bill as the panacea.
They sold it as utopia.
They sold it as the final solution,
all anybody would ever need for finally getting affordable, cheap, plentiful health care.
So wonderful, so beautiful,
and yet from the first day it was signed into law, we had to grant certain people waivers because it was actually so bad.
And now it is so bad and so punitive and so damaging,
we have to keep delaying the implementation of it so that it does not harm the people who are responsible for it becoming law,
i.e., the Democrats.

In a sane world, this alone,
in a sane and informed world, this act alone would lead the Democrat Party down this road to becoming a minority party.
People would see the fraud and the deceit for what it is.
But they don't yet.

END TRANSCRIPT

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[Yosemitest]

Be sure to read the rest of it in comment #63.

[GVnana]

FreeRepublic was THE driving force behind the public protests of the 2000 election recounts in Florida. The focus had shifted from Clinton to a demand for a broader application of conservative principles and government accountability.

[VRW Conspirator]

Hey Bushbacker1, who are these bitter-clinging, gun-toting, racist-sexists radicals?

[Fresh Wind]

Does anyone besides me remember the time Rush let the phrase “barf alert” slip out once on his show?

I wonder what his FReeper handle is?

[Carriage Hill]

Thanks for being here, FR.

[Twinkie]

When I first began hearing Bush talking about how he “reached across the aisle and worked with the Democrats in Texas” when he was Governor, I thought, “Ha! You reached across the aisle, and you still have a hand left?” - But, then he happened, and he continued to reach across that one-way street aisle, allowing Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to lead him around by the nostril. I didn’t like it; but he was all we had, and he did hang on to a few things - but not nearly enough. Even now, I find him to be too cooperative with Obama’s photo-ops. Also, Jeb’s connection to the Latino contingent is just too muddled..

[TennesseeGirl]

Lurking since ‘99. Freeper since ‘05.

[Bikkuri]

And sadly some Lib(ertarians) FReepers are trying to catch some of the glory :/

[Road Warrior ‘04]

You recognize them? Seekthetruth & roos girl

[Mozilla]

The thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3037800/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

[justlurking]

LOL. I was waiting for you to challenge it.

Then, I would cite hugh, series, in the shower, (not) guilty, stuned beeber ,and are you logged in?

I miss the old memes.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Twinkie. Your and my thoughts are similar. I appreciate the note.

[Taxman]

The LIEberal left could not believe that Conservatives would do such effective and meaningful “Street Theater!”

We showed ‘em, beginning with the March for Justice on Oct. 31, 1998!

Kinda “soft” through the Bush years, but I have a feeling that our time is coming back!

For a trip down memory lane, check this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3038820/posts

Eagles Up!

[Taxman]

Yes, but is your beeber stuned?

[exist]

Same here. Lewinsky.

[lonestar]

Noob

[lonestar]

Beat me.