Posted on 04/30/2016 6:29:51 AM PDT by bray
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Ephesians 4:15 KJV
Rush you made this conflict yourself by teaching your listeners to think for themselves and they are. You have circled the wagons for Ted Cruz with the rest of the conservative media while a majority of your listeners have chosen Donald Trump. They have heard all of your arguments for your preferred candidate and have logically decided he is not as good a choice as Trump. The disappointing part is after your fans have stuck through thick and thin in your life you have thrown them overboard for the crime of thinking for themselves about Trump.
Many of your longtime listeners have turned the dial and wonder why you have become so strident in your pushing of one candidate over another. In past elections you have remained neutral or held your preference to yourself and simply analyzed the candidates objectively which is why they enjoyed turning into your program. This election you have your favorite while having an obvious dislike for Donald Trump and make fun of his supporters who you call “Trumpists” like they are stupid. You do not understand that is like being called a name by an old friend who you have stood by for years when the world tried to destroy him and then he won’t support you when the same people come with knives.
As conservatives you are used to being made fun of by the Establishmedia, what you don’t expect is to be made fun of by Rush Limbaugh. It is like being in a war and being fragged by one of your own Generals and him enjoying it. We can understand attacks by the enemy, but not by our own leaders and especially someone as influential as Limbaugh while he has no real curiosity as to why this phenomena is happening. The reason they are moving in huge numbers to Trump throughout the country is he is saying the same things Rush has been saying for decades and not afraid of the media like everyone else is. The fact that he is still standing only shows the media is a paper tiger and he has a match and gasoline.
The main reason he is leading is The Wall. Americans are tired of not having a border and being told we should accept every Mexican that comes across it. We are tired of the crime and drugs that comes with that invasion and there is no way to stop it without a fence. The last thing Americans want is a fence in a free country, but we cannot withstand forty million poor people, our infrastructure cannot afford it and Trump is the only one who will get that fence built. Without a wall when the Dems take back over they will pull back the border patrols and let their future voters in to stuff their ballot boxes. They cannot do that with a wall, it will still keep them out.
Politicians will talk about what to do with the Hispanics that are here and whether to deport which is a great debate tactic, but building the wall is the only debate that matters. If you do not close the border there is nothing to discuss. We hear about touchback amnesty and all sorts of clever phrases, but if you do not close the border with a physical wall you are only shoveling sand into the sea and amnesty makes no difference. Once the wall is built then you can talk about what to do with the illegals who are here.
The second reason people are flocking to Trump is his economic solutions. When politicians are running and especially Repubs they are taught to say jobs, jobs, jobs. We will balance the budget and bring our fiscal house in order which will lead to more jobs and blah, blah, blah as the people’s eyes glaze over. Trump has real solutions to the problem and first and foremost is stopping companies from moving to other countries for cheap labor. Yes it will be a pain for a while as the prices of products go up using higher priced US labor, but it will be American workers being paid; now if we could get rid of the unions we would have a perfect world.
His other solution is getting rid of the Global Warming hoax and opening the coal and oil resources to promote cheap American energy. The fear of most politicians to take on the environmental lobby has destroyed the economy. Our reliance on Middle East oil and inefficient Clean energy has sucked our coffers dry as we try to appease the Marxists who want to destroy us. He understands this and rather than fight them on political terms he is brilliant enough to stay with the economics and say he does not believe in Global Warming putting them in a box. Developing our own oil while bringing our jobs back to produce for the biggest market in the world can return us to our once great nation or at least stop the leakage.
His third major appeal is to blow up Obamacare or socialized medicine. He has said he wants to see it torn up and start over with free market solutions. The major problem with fixing it is that once the Insurance Industry has been destroyed like it is now, how do you say, never mind? Now there are millions of uninsurable with insurance since Obamascare said to insure everyone and give the uninsurable lower rates and the insurable higher. How do you cover people who have illnesses that are uncoverable with a policy when they should not have one? How do you go back, that is going to be a major factor and exactly what Pelosi and Obama wanted to happen to force Nationalize HC and all the horrors that go with it?
Rush, the collective mind of Americans and especially Conservatives is extremely intelligent. Millions of Americans put together are what makes this country work and they have been weighing this race. They see which candidate is speaking to their frustration and which one will do what he says and they believe Trump is their man. He does not speak political speak, he speaks English; New Yawker English, but almost the same thing. He is not going to say one thing and then when he gets there say never mind it is too hard and we will just play along with the Democrats like has happened every other time including Bush. He talked Conservative and the first thing he does is teams up with Teddy Kennedy to destroy the education system and Medicare as a way to get along. They don’t see that in Trump.
The last big thing America sees is someone who is not afraid to be politically incorrect. He is driving the left absolutely crazy with calling a spade a spade. Now that is the shortest trip known to man, but the permanently offended are rioting with the thought of someone calling illegal immigrants what they are. They are apoplectic having their Sanctuary Cities being taken away and not allowed to rape and kill without consequences. To actually say that Islam is a problem makes their heads explode as we watch gang rapes happen around the world and he points that out. Political Correctness is destroying our civilization and he touches that third rail over and over again to the cheers of ordinary Americans.
Rush, many of your listeners who are supporting Trump see him as you in many regards. He has changed the dialogue and taken the Marxists to task and forcing them to explain themselves. Yes, he uses invective humor and is modest just like you to do to them what they do to us only he does it better. He finds their weakness and exposes it to the world and like you say good humor has to have an element of truth and his does. When he goes after Crooked Hillary it is going to be devastating and stick to her like a skunk stole. The American Conservatives are not ignorant or gullible with Trump, they see a rough General who can lead this country back from the Marxist abyss and articulate what capitalism is and why it is the best system ever devised. We see one of the last people we would have chosen as the best choice to articulate what you have been saying for three decades and America is tuning in.
Pray America wakes
I have a lawyer working on my mother’s estate now. 6 months. Can’t wait for that bill. Lawyer’s Bar here we come!
How Dickensian. Jaundice still in practice...?
Yes, his name is Richard.
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1) The Republicans operate as if they own the "franchise" on conservatism---the way McDonalds own their brand and franchise. They think if you don't make a burger the McD way, you can't make their burgers at all. Trouble is, none of us really signed that franchise contract they act like we've signed...
Or have they thrown Rush overboard because he's thinking for himself about Donald Trump?
If you're thinking for yourself about Trump, don't you -- doesn't some little tiny part of yourself -- think it might just turn out to be a big mistake?
Vote for him or don't vote for him, but recognize that people who have qualms or hesitation may have good reasons.
I guess the same goes for Cruz and other candidates. Politicians always disappoint, but Donald has a lot of baggage that not everyone can ignore.
That’s helpful. thanks FRiend!
I believe my Bush votes were a mistake. I believe my support for W inIraq was a mistake. The more I read about that tribe, the more they seem a disease and a curse...down to my local school dustruct’s disastroys Common Core. I really wonder—
That would make sense. I might have been hearing what I wanted to hear but even then, I never sensed that Rush was all that enthusiastic in his support of Romney. I suspect that if Rush were asked who he wanted to be the 2012 Republican nominee, he would have named a hundred people before he would have mentioned Romney.
Kick some PC Ass!
Rush is in a difficult position. He is stuck between two “my guy and nobody else” groups who drip hate toward anyone not on their side. He will be fine once the nominee is crowned.
**** “Start your own radio program localy, if you think you can. It only take a lot of hard work” ****
Turn on / against your listeners and see how long you last.
Was he lying then when he built his business or is he lying now when he is carting GOPe water. (He said he quit doing that once, also said he quit drugs, which do we believe? Or do we believe both?)
Better than a letter to Rush would be to the Radio Stations in your area that broadcast him.
Spell it out “From X time to X time I will not be listening to your Station because that is when .... Rush/Beck/Levin etc will be on”
Individually = nada ... many = results as that is how they came on the Air in your area in the first place.
Reap what you sow Rush, reap what you sow.
I have never seen Rush so out of touch with the middle and working classes of America. Money gone to his head.
You are correct.
Not sure where you stand, but I want to use the occasion of your post to make a point. Nothing personal to you.
“Rush likes Trump but Trump will never be conservative.”
This is exactly the problem with conservative zealots, which Rush is one. It’s the religion of conservatism. Anyone who is still a Cruz supporter is one. Rush, Beck, Levin for example. Cruz himself is NOT one. He’s a fake conservative.
The problem with this is that Trump is just what the country needs at this time. For the good of the country, no, to SAVE our country. It’s our very last chance.
We need ACTION. Only Trump has what it takes to accomplish what needs to be done. This isn’t just a beauty contest or horse race like in the past. Why be so against Trump?
He can’t win against Hillary. BULL$HIT!
He won’t appoint conservatives to the court. NONSENSE! He said he would, justices like Scalia and Thomas, what could be better than that?
He’s gonna build the wall. HE WILL DO IT! I can’t tell you how mad I am at George W Bush for LYING about building the border fence. He promised, he LIED!
Look you know all the campaign themes.
Trump is not a politician. He hasn’t accepted bribes from lobbyists like EVERYONE else has. He is owned by no one.
Trump is just what our country needs. Swallow your conservative pride and get on board.
Trump is conservative ENOUGH to get done what needs to be done.
GO TRUMP!
What an article! This guy nailed it.
There is NO WAY that Rush has not seen this. It probably was sent to him by the hundreds.
I will be tuning in tomorrow to see what he does. There are only TWO good options for Rush.
1. Accept everything this guy has said. Apologize to his listeners, and endorse Trump. (not likely)
2. Ignore it. Take no calls about it. Say NOTHING! Since it’s unlikely that he will see the light and he won’t be able to stop himself from commenting which brings us to number three, the disastrous option.
3. Rush will (unsuccessfully) try to “explain” how this guy has it all wrong. That Rush is still right and how Trump isn’t a “TRUE” conservative.
The END of Rush Limbaugh. He’ll be FINISHED. Stick a fork in him.
I will tune in to see what happens, but I’m almost sure it will be number 3.
“He hasn’t nailed Cruz because Rush thinks Cruz should win on second ballot. He is helping Cruz “win”.”
It will be interesting if he really thinks that now, because earlier on he made it PERFECTLY CLEAR that neither Trump nor Cruz had a prayer on a second ballot, as the GOPe would take control of the process and put in Paul Ryan or equivalent.
My next posting will give be a little psychoanalysis of what might be going through Rush’s mind.
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Another thought might be that his mind is starting to fade, and when it does, often people go back to ‘comfort zones’ from the past.
The last time Rush was deluged with listeners that didn’t agree with him was in 1992, when Perot was running. Back then Rush relentlessly attacked Perot, who even so, was a very strong candidate. Rush may be looking at Trump not being a model conservative and thinking that many of his listeners have gone off the rails again, so Rush is trying to bring them back.
But there is one HUGE DIFFERENCE between now and 1992 - Perot was running Third Party and basically only to settle a personal score with Bush. Trump is running as a REPUBLICAN - he is doing EXACTLY what we’ve been told to do if we want to win, instead of just be a spoiler - which is to do our dirty work in the Primaries, which we are doing.
Rush was right in 1992 - Perot was terrible news for the Republicans as Clinton was a very weak candidate back then. Rush is wrong 24 years later - while there are similarities between Trump and Perot (with trade being a huge one) this is NOT a repeat of 1992 - this isn’t even close.
Perhaps his mind is starting to cloud up a bit.
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