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Who Is the Candidate Most Opposed to Liberalism? (Rush Limbaugh)
Rush Limbaugh ^ | 9/30/15 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 09/30/2015 3:19:01 PM PDT by VinL

CALLER:...Out of all the conservative candidates that we have, which do you think -- and I'm deliberately choosing my words this way. Which do you think is the most hostile and intolerant toward liberalism?

RUSH: Well, can I rephrase that? Because those words "hostile" and "intolerant" do not describe the person that I would answer that question about. I know what you mean. You really want to know who among other candidates is most anti-liberal, is the most opposed to liberalism as part of his existence, policy and everything else? And there's one clear answer. Put your hand up if you know who it is. Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz is the answer to your question, Roberto. If you're looking for the Republican candidate who is the most steadfastly opposed to liberalism, whose agenda is oriented toward stopping it and thwarting it and defeating it, it is Ted Cruz.

If that's your criteria.

Now, if you want to ask, "Does that make him the most conservative?" That's another question. To a lot of people, that alone would make him the most conservative candidate of the bunch, too. The two probably do go together. But it doesn't mean he's the only one. There are some other candidates who are also anti-liberal in our field, both generally and issue to issue. But blanket, overall, I mean, an honest answer to your question would be Ted Cruz, pure and simple. Very clever of you, Roberto. I understand what you're doing out there, buddy. It's a very, very clever maneuver. You are a brilliant, brilliant caller out there. I know exactly what your game is, and I went ahead and played anyway. I answered your question right up front, top to bottom.


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KEYWORDS: antiliberal; cruz; limbaugh; rushlimbaugh; tedcruz
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To: cripplecreek

Cruz couldn’t win in most scenarios! I love the guy! He’d be a dream president. But he is half-palinized. He needs something extraordinary to get him into the WH in today’s America / media.

Which is why I’m voting for Trump, whom I hope will choose Cruz as Veep. That will get us, eventually, President Cruz.


41 posted on 09/30/2015 4:09:01 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Unfortunately, that alone will not get you the Presidency.

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Rush wasn’t talking about who would win. Rush merely said:

“If you’re looking for the Republican candidate who is the most steadfastly opposed to liberalism, whose agenda is oriented toward stopping it and thwarting it and defeating it, it is Ted Cruz.”

If you wish to support a candidate who is not the most “oriented toward stopping it and thwarting it and defeating liberalism”— well, that’s your choice.


42 posted on 09/30/2015 4:09:31 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

“The media like him enough to keep him in the forefront, eclipsing others in print and airtime, which keeps the pep-rally going. “

I would observe he has been in a firestorm of media for 3 months...

He has flourished and used its momentum to suck the oxygen out of the room so effectively, that few other candidates get airtime.


43 posted on 09/30/2015 4:09:43 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
I agree with Rush that Cruz is “the most hostile and intolerant toward liberalism?” as the caller phrased it.
That and $2.65 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks, if you choose a Grande size...
Unfortunately, that alone will not get you the Presidency.

It sounds like it will not even get your support. Without the support of conservatives, a true conservative stands little chance at wining.

44 posted on 09/30/2015 4:10:14 PM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: Yaelle

I didn’t ask who you were voting for.


45 posted on 09/30/2015 4:10:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: VinL

“He then voted for the agreement, in order to enforce it against Obama. He knew Obama would renege on the agreement, and when Obama did renege, Cruz sought to enforce it. Obama was, and is, in violation of the agreement and federal law.”

“He then voted for the agreement, in order to enforce it against Obama.”

Obama pushed for the bill; he helped guide it through passage. Obama worked with his good buddy Corker to get it done. You really believe that Obama would support a bill that could be used against him?

“...in order to enforce it against Obama:’

Cruz has a good track record of bending the Republican Senate to his will?

“Cruz was given lemons by the GOP-e, and made lemonade.”

Obama and Iran got EVERYTHING they wanted, plus the lemonade.

“Now, he has Obama dead to rights.”

Are you serious?

“You can’t blame Ted Cruz if McConnell and the GOP-e refuse to enforce the law.”

True, but with McConnell’s track record, and Obama’s track record, it would take an idiot to think he could single-handedly force them to conform to his will.

Cruz is not an idiot, which is why I can’t trust him. What you just repeated are just suggestions for the suggestible.


46 posted on 09/30/2015 4:10:59 PM PDT by odawg
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

No, people who plan to vote for Trump over Cruz are just flat out cowards and straight up ignorant.

Reading Donald Trump’s positions, he seems to be for everything so he can be for “your” side at one place, then switch at the other:

(1) “Let’s have competition in healthcare and make it the best healthcare free market ever vrs we gotta take care of women and children and I will do this whether it’s a Republican thing to say or not.”

What is it? Single payer or free market or both?

(2) “All illegals need to leave, but then we’ll let the most productive ones immediately back in, back that won’t be related to H-1B Visas, but the more productive, the meriier.”

What is it? Anti-Amnesty, Pro-Guest Workers or both?

(3) “Tax those businesses taking those jobs overseas and make it unprofitable for them, but then offer a 1 time 10% repatriation tax to bring money back into the states.”

What is it? Punish overseas companies with high tarrifs or give them a tax break?

The list of contradictory positions could go on and on. But it’s easy for a guy like Trump to pull this off on the fly when he’s not really embedded in the issues at the core.

I want to vote for a conservative, not a guy that’s hired a bunch of consultants that’s trained him on how to rile up the conservative base but lacks the core beliefs of the base.


47 posted on 09/30/2015 4:11:02 PM PDT by parksstp ("Truth is NOT Rhetoric" - Sen. Ted Cruz (The obvious conservative choice for POTUS))
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Cool, I hope you get a chance for a meaningful vote.


48 posted on 09/30/2015 4:11:02 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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To: DaveyB
"It sounds like it will not even get your support. Without the support of conservatives, a true conservative stands little chance at wining. "

I'm not supporting anyone yet.

Not a single primary candidate I ever supported has ever been a possible winner by the time the primary came to PA.

And frankly, I don't see Cruz leading. I like him, like what he believes and think he's very intelligent. That is all different than inspiring people to follow you. It is early. Maybe it will develop as time goes on for him.

49 posted on 09/30/2015 4:13:37 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: VinL

“Cool, I hope you get a chance for a meaningful vote.”

Thanks, but unless I move to a red state, I don’t think it’s happening.


50 posted on 09/30/2015 4:14:20 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
When you are in business, the most effective way to eliminate competition is to become THE talk of the town. If no one even discussed or hears of your competitors, you have won. Trump is a shrewd businessman, and has been for some time. He owes his financial success to that, and is applying that (plus some notoriety and prior media exposure from the tabloids to above the fold) to parlay that into political success.

That, however, does not mean he will necessarily be aligned with Conservative goals once elected.

51 posted on 09/30/2015 4:14:47 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: parksstp

“No, people who plan to vote for Trump over Cruz are just flat out cowards and straight up ignorant.”

Thanks for sharing. I see it differently.


52 posted on 09/30/2015 4:15:25 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: odawg

You don’t get away with that- answer the question— is Obama in violation of the Iran Agreement. Yes or no?


53 posted on 09/30/2015 4:15:55 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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To: erod

Please add me to the Cruz PING list. Thank you for taking it over .


54 posted on 09/30/2015 4:16:56 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: VinL

It really IS worth your time.
55 posted on 09/30/2015 4:18:21 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: cripplecreek
There are a lot more Cruz supporters here than you realize its just that many have gone dark over the constant Trumpgasm. We have considerable conversations going on in FReepmail where we can chat without the endless interruptions.

Yup. No sense in wrestlin' with the pigs... You get dirty, and the pig likes it.

56 posted on 09/30/2015 4:18:56 PM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just Socialism in a business suit.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright; CatherineofAragon

“Rush emphatically affirms that Ted Cruz is the candidate most opposed to liberalism” ping ...


57 posted on 09/30/2015 4:20:22 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Smokin' Joe

“That, however, does not mean he will necessarily be aligned with Conservative goals once elected. “

Who has been?

They all go lame when they get in office. It is a matter of time.

Even Reagan failed to restrain the growth of government, legalized illegal aliens, etc.


58 posted on 09/30/2015 4:21:28 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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To: roamer_1

People make the mistake of assuming that shouting someone into silence makes them disappear.

It doesn’t, it just means they won’t hear them coming.


59 posted on 09/30/2015 4:21:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: cripplecreek

The Cruz campaign should pay you for your graphics, my friend.


60 posted on 09/30/2015 4:23:01 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, then to consent to wrong.)
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