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08 Nov 2006 02:34:26 PM |
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Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign |
WND Exclusive ELECTION 2006
'Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign
Radio host: Conservative values not trumpeted by
'I'm-afraid-of-my-shadow Republican Party'
Posted: November 8, 2006
2:10 p.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for
their own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting
conservative values.
"You and I hunger for ideological leadership and we're not getting it
from the top. Conservatism, conservative ideology was nowhere to be
found in this campaign from the top," Limbaugh said today in his
post-election analysis. "The Democrats beat something with nothing. They
didn't have to take a stand on anything other than their usual anti-war
position. They had no clear agenda and believe me, they didn't dare
offer one. Liberalism will still lose every time it's offered."
Democrats took control of the House of Representatives for the first
time since 1994, with the fate of the Senate still uncertain.
Limbaugh said Republicans allowed themselves to be defined by Democrats
and the media, and says they instead should have gone on the offensive.
"It's silly to blame the media. It is silly to blame the Democrats. It
is silly to go out and try to find all these excuses," he said. "We have
proven we can beat them. We've proven we can beat Democrats. We've
proven we can withstand whatever we get from the drive-by media.
Conservatism does that. Conservatism properly applied – proudly, eagerly
with vigor and honesty – will triumph that nine times out of 10 in this
current political environment and social environment in this country. It
just wasn't utilized in this campaign."
(Story continues below)
Limbaugh, a longtime proponent of conservative ideology, believes the
primary reason Republicans didn't campaign on their beliefs is "fear of
criticism from those in the so-called establishment; and nobody wants to
be criticized and nobody wants to go through their life in fear."
He listed a number of benchmarks which should have been the basis for
successful campaigns including no terrorist attacks on the U.S. since
Sept. 11, 2001, gasoline prices averaging $2.08 per gallon, increased
take-home pay, a strong economy and an unemployment rate at a
historically low level.
"We all know that there's very positive things happening out there, but
it was not trumpeted by the people who should have been shouting it from
the rooftops because they were proud of it," Limbaugh said. "They should
have been shouting it from the rooftops, 'Look what we've done! Look how
America can improve. Look how your future is brighter!' ... instead of
allowing the template to be set by its critics. ... You have a
defensive, Gee-I'm-afraid-of-my-shadow Republican Party."
In answering questions about how he feels about the election results,
Limbaugh said, "I feel liberated. ... I no longer am gonna have to carry
the water for people who I think don't deserve having their water
carried. ... If those in our party who are going to carry the day in the
future both in Congress and the administration are going to choose a
different path than what most of us believe, then that's liberating. ...
"There have been a bunch of things going on in Congress. Some of this
legislation coming out of there that I have just cringed at. And it has
been difficult coming in here trying to make the case for it when the
people who supposedly in favor of it can't even make the case themselves."
During the last mid-term congressional election in 2002, Limbaugh
proclaimed the Democratic Party to be in total chaos, and advised it to
drop failed strategies if members wish to see political gains in the future.
"They're a party in total disarray, total collapse, total chaos," he
said at the time.
During the 2004 campaign, Limbaugh said the Democratic Party was
completely without a leader in its hunt to regain the White House, and
members were desperately trying to invent one.
"They are so absent leadership right now it's a joke," said Limbaugh,
"and everybody knows this in the media, and the Democrats are out trying
to manufacture one – they're trying to create one. And they've got this
list of nine candidates for the Democratic nomination, and nobody can
name one of them."
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08 Nov 2006 02:42:33 PM |
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"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
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WND Exclusive ELECTION 2006
'Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign
Radio host: Conservative values not trumpeted by 'I'm-afraid-of-my-shadow
Republican Party'
Posted: November 8, 2006
2:10 p.m. Eastern
By Joe Kovacs
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for their
own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting
conservative values.
But not, of course, Rush's despicable - but ideally timed! - character
attack on a national spokesman for a deadly disease.
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| User: "Michael T." |
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| Title: Re: Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign |
08 Nov 2006 02:49:24 PM |
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"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
news:Wc-dnTtjVb7Jos_YnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for
their own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting
conservative values.
<snip>
One has to wonder if Rumsfeld had been fired earlier it would have made a
difference.
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| User: "JimmyD" |
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| Title: Re: Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign |
08 Nov 2006 02:58:43 PM |
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Michael T. wrote:
"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
news:Wc-dnTtjVb7Jos_YnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for
their own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting
conservative values.
<snip>
One has to wonder if Rumsfeld had been fired earlier it would have made a
difference.
Our brave troops would have taken that as political move.
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| User: "WF Peifer" |
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| Title: Re: Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign |
08 Nov 2006 03:40:34 PM |
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"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
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Our brave troops would have taken that as political move.
Are you saying that our brave troops are so naive as to NOT be able to
recognize that this IS a political move? Regardless of whether it was done
last week in a blatant attempt to salvage the election, or done today to
make the President "appear" to be responsive to the obvious mood of the
American people, dumping Rummy is either way a purely political move. Sure,
Rummy's an incompetent idiot, but what makes him such an incompetent idiot
is that he blindly implemented a war policy devised by another incompetent
idiot. Getting rid of Rummy is a good start, but he's really just a
scapegoat. It's just that it's a lot easier for Bush to fire Rummy than it
is for the American people to fire Bush. Otherwise they'd both be gone,
along with Cheney and Rice.
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| User: "ouroboros rex" |
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| Title: Re: Liberated' Limbaugh flays GOP for lame campaign |
08 Nov 2006 03:10:43 PM |
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"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
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Michael T. wrote:
"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
news:Wc-dnTtjVb7Jos_YnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for
their own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting
conservative values.
<snip>
One has to wonder if Rumsfeld had been fired earlier it would have made a
difference.
Our brave troops would have taken that as political move.
They need to do a little bit more of that.
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| User: "POUTING GEORGIE Awww Pissed Off@the republican congress.org" |
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08 Nov 2006 08:17:13 PM |
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"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
news:iNqdneZvYquZ2M_YnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@comcast.com...
Michael T. wrote:
"JimmyD" <JimmyD@CutAndRun.co> wrote in message
news:Wc-dnTtjVb7Jos_YnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@comcast.com...
Radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says Republicans are to blame for
their own demise at the polls by failing to run a campaign trumpeting
conservative values.
<snip>
One has to wonder if Rumsfeld had been fired earlier it would have made a
difference.
Our brave troops would have taken that as political move.
Going home is NOT a, 'political move", Bush parrot.
The troops are tired.
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