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Rush Limbaugh can sleep well again; Hated shilling, but did it anyway
Topic Started: Nov 9 2006, 08:04 AM (308 Views)
Dave Spelvin
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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 are supposedly in favor of it can't even make the case themselves - and to have to come in here and try to do their jobs.


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Perhaps the entirety of his remarks would help put it into context:

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Now, I mentioned to you at the conclusion of the previous hour that people have been asking me how I feel all night long. I got, "Boy, Rush, I wouldn't want to be you tomorrow! Boy, I wouldn't want to have to do your show! Oh-ho. I'm so glad I'm not you." Well, folks, I love being me. (I can't be anybody else, so I'm stuck with it.) The way I feel is this: I feel liberated, and I'm going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don't think deserve having their water carried. Now, you might say, "Well, why have you been doing it?" Because the stakes are high. Even though the Republican Party let us down, to me they represent a far better future for my beliefs and therefore the country's than the Democrat Party and liberalism does.

I believe my side is worthy of victory, and I believe it's much easier to reform things that are going wrong on my side from a position of strength. Now I'm liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don't deserve it, to try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don't deserve it. I did not want to sit here and participate, willingly, in the victory of the libs, in the victory of the Democrat Party by sabotaging my own. But now with what has happened yesterday and today, it is an entirely liberating thing. 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. I don't say this with any animosity about anybody, and I don't mean to make this too personal. 


I'm not trying to tell you that this is about me. I'm just answering questions that I've had from people about how I feel. 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 are supposedly in favor of it can't even make the case themselves -- and to have to come in here and try to do their jobs. I'm a radio guy! I understand what this program has become in America and I understand the leadership position it has. I was doing what I thought best, but at this point, people who don't deserve to have their water carried, or have themselves explained as they would like to say things but somehow aren't able to, I'm not under that kind of pressure. Am I making myself clear on this, Mr. Snerdley? (interruption)

No, I'm not lying. Snerdley's concerned. I've not lied about anything I've said. Let me try this a different way. (sigh) I'm going to have to think about this. I tried to make it as clear as I can. I'm not going to eat my own, and I'm not going to throw my own overboard, particularly in a campaign, and particularly when the country is at war -- and I'm not going to do it for selfish reasons, and I'm not going to do it to stand out, and I'm not going to do it to be different. I'm not going to do it to draw attention from our enemies. I'm not going to do anything I do so that the Drive-By Media will like me or think that, "Ooooh, Limbaugh has changed! Ooooh, Limbaugh is coming around!" That's not my thinking. My thinking is: the left doesn't deserve to win. My thinking is: the country is imperiled with liberal victory. We may not have the best people on our side, but they're better than what we have on the left. But it has been difficult sometimes, when these people on our side have not had the guts to stand up for themselves, have not had the guts to explain what they really believe and why they're doing what they're doing. When they haven't had the courage to be who they are, when they haven't had the courage to be conservatives.


For what it's worth, I have heard him attack Republicans for not living up to Conservative ideals on many occasions. If he moderated that tone somewhat pre-election I can certainly see why. He feels, as do I, that we are better off with feckless Republicans than the alternative.
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Andrew is good for a laugh.. very clever sometimes.
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Nov 9 2006, 08:23 AM
Andrew is good for a laugh.. very clever sometimes.

I like him very much. He works so hard - I really don't know how he does it. Such drive.
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Even though the Republican Party let us down, to me they represent a far better future for my beliefs and therefore the country's than the Democrat Party and liberalism does.


Very much how I think about it.

And Rush's stock certainly rose on Tuesday.

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I think it's rare to enjoy a moment of such clarity from a public figure. He has admitted defending Republican bills with which he has disagreed because they came from Republicans, even when these bills have defied republican, conservative and Rush's own principles. Well, not all his principles, I guess.
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He's only a pundit, and therefore not as craven or repulsive to the political process as Jesse Jackson, Ted Kennedy or Al Gore who threw away their prolife principles and got in line with the probort Dems to further their political careers.
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More precisely, he is an advocate for conservative principles but, even more, he is an advocate for Conservative principles *winning*. That means he will do what it takes to keep the opposition from winning. That is called politics.
"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne


There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it".


Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody.

Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore.

From The Lion in Winter.
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Nov 9 2006, 09:14 AM
He's only a pundit, and therefore not as craven or repulsive to the political process as Jesse Jackson, Ted Kennedy or Al Gore who threw away their prolife principles and got in line with the probort Dems to further their political careers.

They decided that it was a personal decision to be made by a woman. I'm sure they would try to discourage those close to them from having abortions, but they aren't willing to impose these beliefs on society at large. I'd have thought that you'd recognize this position. It used to be called conservative.
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Dave Spelvin
Nov 9 2006, 10:20 AM
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Nov 9 2006, 09:14 AM
He's only a pundit, and therefore not as craven or repulsive to the political process as Jesse Jackson, Ted Kennedy or Al Gore who threw away their prolife principles and got in line with the probort Dems to further their political careers.

They decided that it was a personal decision to be made by a woman. I'm sure they would try to discourage those close to them from having abortions, but they aren't willing to impose these beliefs on society at large. I'd have thought that you'd recognize this position. It used to be called conservative.

:lol: They "decided" :spit:

Good one, Dave!!!
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With all the drugs he allegedly knocks back, I don't suppose he has much trouble sleeping whoever's in power.

Oh sorry, I'm being mean again. In the interests of balance, Michael Moore's a big fat porker!
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