Cantor Rejects Rush Limbaugh Rhetoric

The Republican Party has produced some thoughtful and wise leaders in my lifetime, people like Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan and General Colin Powell. There are Republicans today, like Charlie Crist and hopefully many others, who don't seem to toady to the obnoxious right who are so puffed up and sanctimonious that rational people recoil from them. The problem is the more moderate voices of the Republican Party are lost in the din.

For myself, a moderate Democrat who votes Republican when the candidate merits my vote, the opportunities to go in a more conservative direction are increasingly limited. Rush Limbaugh makes me cringe. If he is the leader, the Repubs will surely wander in the wilderness till somebody better steps up to the plate and takes visible control of the rhetoric.

I still cannot understand how a failed DJ from Pittsburgh without a single college course in Political Science,who is a bigot and a drug addict gets so much credibility.

What's wrong with Rush Limbaugh's rhetoric

I hope that Rush and the Republicans fail every day. The difference is that my hope has now become reality.

Reality for the past two elections.

YES WE CAN
YES WE CAN
YES WE CAN

The Republican rhetoric these days reminds me of an old W.C. Fields joke. Fields comes into a bar one afternoon and asks the bartender: “Did I by any chance spend $20 here last night?” “Yes”, says the bartender, to which Mr. Fields says: “Thank God, I thought I had lost it”.

This joke characterizes the nation’s financial strategy during the Republican era, borrow and make stupid investments. Individuals were encouraged to borrow and make stupid investments. They are now loosing their homes. Companies who borrowed and made stupid investments are now going bankrupt all across the country, as those of the nation’s financial institutions who made stupid investments collapse. The Government borrowed and made stupid investments, and as a result our kids are left with record debt and deficit, and little to build on for the future. We borrowed roughly half a trillion dollars a year during the Bush administration. Did we spend it on something, or did we just lose it?

Like businesses and individuals, government sometimes must borrow for investments in the future. The Obama administration is borrowing to build schools, roads, hospitals, power grids, and to promote the health and education of our youth. These investments will be foundation of future prosperity in the country. The Republicans, in the meanwhile, oppose this, and would rather continue to borrow half a trillion dollars a year and spend it on themselves.

Wow....some common sense. Rush Limbaugh hurts the republicans more than he helps.

For the Republicans to be "re-born" from the ashes of the reactionary right, people who seem to be level-headed, such as Eric Cantor, are their only hope. If Republicans chose to follow the rhetoric of "political commentators" (aka talking heads) like Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter, then their extinction is likely. These folks make their money by stirring up the pot, much like what left-leaning groups such Green Peace have become. In all of these cases pot stirring and an audience (or contributions) is critical for their existence.

We all need to listen to our hearts and Do the Right Thing....

CANTOR is a sell out !!!! I hope he loses re-election.

So for the Republican Senators and Congressman can plat politics again after sitting on there hands and losing the house and senate,were suppose to move away from our beliefs and become liberals???? No!!!! That is not why I put you in office.

I still cannot understand how a failed DJ from Pittsburgh without a single college course in Political Science,who is a bigot and a drug addict gets so much credibility.

Posted by: MBNA Joe | Mar 1, 2009 10:59:43 AM
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What better representative could the GOP have?

He is a self confessed proud bigot - That is the GOP in a nutshell. I think Steele was the only black at CPAC.

He is spaced out spouting mindless drivel - The GOP's mantra for the past 8 years.

BOTH Lintball and the GOP are out of touch with America.

He's the GOP's EF Hutton. When those huge massive jowls flap, the GOP listens

Limbaugh is still news worthy? And I like Bush!

phoenix lady,

I agree with you 100%! The Republican party allowed its party to be high-jacked by single-minded loud mouthed idealogues years and years ago. As long as Republicans embrace the Sean Hannitys, Rush Limbaugh's, Anne Coulters, and Bill O'Reillys of the world (not to mention Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber) they will not get my vote. And I am an Independent not a Democrat. Unfortunately I see only one party as a party of ideas with a plan to pull us out of this mess.

MBNA Joe, my thoughts exactly. But then again mediocrity is celebrated in the conservative movement.

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I still cannot understand how a failed DJ from Pittsburgh without a single college course in Political Science,who is a bigot and a drug addict gets so much credibility.

Cantor is one of the Liberal Republicans that has to go. He has got to be targeted by the GOP for replacement. Saying the GOP needs to be "more inclusive" is ridiculous. It is ridiculous because the Liberal Left Demoncrats are the least inclusive in politics. They like to say they are inclusive but they are truely not. Cantor cannot see the forest cause the trees are in the way.

Fiscal conservatism is what this country needs. Not social conservatism.

Please!! George,
No Carl, if I want to hear that jack-ass I turn Fox on, and I don't see that happening.

Wow....some common sense. Rush Limbaugh hurts the republicans more than he helps.

I watch This Week, every week, and I am disturbed by the tone of this round table...George does not seem to be able to moderate the group effectively. I am not able to follow the discussion. Could it be the new members?

marlene

I would go as far as saying lunacy is celebrated in the conservative movement.

Just had a thought.

Since everyone is throwing the GOP under the bus, why not change the name to the Conservative Party. Blackwater changed their name once it became mud.

Omentum (11:09); Steele is not the only black Republican out there. I have black friends from N. Carolina and they voted for McCain! Same thing with my gay friends from S. Carolina. So much for your pigeon holes.

Doug's Bottom Line:

I turn you off when Mr. Rove appears.

The difference between Libs and Conservatives is that Liberals NEVER tell you where they stand, and Conservatives will tell you EXACTLY how they feel. Hence, the reason Conservatives are held to a higher standard. You have NO baseline to judge character with Liberals because they are so 'Wishy Washy'...Not to mention they weaken the defence of our country...

George:

We watch your program every week. I will turn it off if you have Carl Rowe on again. He thought he was still on FOX and he could talk over everyone and not let the others talk! He was rude, but then what else can you expect from a FOX person and someone who misled our gov't. I thought Katrina was an excellent addition, she talked soft and made sense! Even George Will seemed upset with Carl!! I realize this isn't the right spot to post this, but not sure where to go since I don't normally do this.

Deanna

I want to see a cage match between Randy Rhodes that liberal talk queen and Rush Limbaugh in which no one survives.

Please! Carl Rove on This Week? The man is at worst a criminal, at best a hack. George - we deserve better.

indy_voter (11:09 AM); Yeah, this one party rule is working out great isn't it!

TOO Badd Rush was right. The Obama Sees American as a Soup Kitchen and not a land of opportunity. Thats a man whose only hope is to STOP as many people as he can from success to make others FEEL better. Failed President Failed policies LOOK at the market if you want to see how great Obama's plans are being accepted. How about the tea parties.