The American Spectator

Ryan| 12.15.11 @ 10:35AM

Pay cut and loss of influence, probably.

Jack in Wi.| 12.15.11 @ 2:57PM

I listend to Lush Bimbaugh for 13 years on a regular basis. He and Hammity, O' Blarney, Bark Levin and all the rest , are nothing but chickenhawk sellouts to the elites. Their job is too keep the sheep peacefully in the pasture. They never met war for Israel that they didn't love, and a fat old Republican like Rove or Cheney, who's behind they didn't want to kiss.

jstplncrz| 12.16.11 @ 12:40PM

Cheez, do you like anybody?

William R| 12.15.11 @ 10:36AM

HillyBilly Heroin Hush Bimbo for President. I'll say it again, whoever gave you a job at the American Spectator needs to be fired.

Bob Grant| 12.15.11 @ 10:50AM

your posting is reminiscent of some B-rate comment at HuffPo or Daily Kos. If you're over the age 16 you should be embarrassed.

Kitty| 12.15.11 @ 10:50AM

You're jealous.

William R| 12.15.11 @ 11:28AM

Sorry, but Hush has been a disaster for the cause of limited government conservatism. He spent eight years defending the disastrous Bush administration. And no one is a bigger proponent of the NeoCon Wilsonian endless war philosophy than Hush Bimbo.

scotchieguy| 12.16.11 @ 1:49AM

Maybe people wouldn't think your were such a little twerp if you could just call him and any other person their real name, instead of pretending you are still in the third grade. You really look lame, dude. Grow up.

Bob Grant| 12.15.11 @ 10:43AM

For the same reasons Sarah Palin shouldn't run.

Not suited!

Besides, he's got the best gig in the country AND, at this point, could perform it in his sleep, like Pat Sajak and Jay Leno...

10-1 five days a week, no weekends, ...

W| 12.15.11 @ 10:54AM

Dont' agree with Rush's analysis of 92,96, 08 losses.
Bush 41 lost because Perot ran a third party campaign that took votes away from Bush. Perot did it again in 96. Dole was just an awful campaigner. He refused to attack Clinton on the character issues, Kemp was no better in his debates with Algore.

I read that McCain lost in 08 because he got 8-10% fewer Hispanic votes than Bush 43. This definetely cost him Florida. McCain got a larger turnout of the conservative voters than Bush 43, probably because of Palin, but McCain also got fewer moderate/independent voters that hurt him in Ohio, probably also because of Palin.

McCain's low Hispanic vote is puzzling because he advocated an amnesty program with TeddyK. Probably Palin again that accounts for the lower vote.
The Republicans must attract the Hispanic vote otherwise it will not win the presidency. They don't have to advocate total amnesty but they have to avoid the incendiary language of : deporting everybody, who needs them, and anti catholic baiting by some on this site.

Eta Marie| 12.15.11 @ 12:32PM

McCain lost because he went back to Washington D.C to help pass the stimulus package instead of staying the course on the campaign trail. He got as many votes as he got BECAUSE of Sarah Palin.

bobmontgomery| 12.15.11 @ 2:22PM

That's right.

jstplncrz| 12.16.11 @ 12:43PM

AMEN! without her There wouldn't have been an election! It would have been a Tsunami

Dai Alanye| 12.15.11 @ 2:56PM

Hispanic my Aunt Fannie! Bush 41 lost because Americans want a strong President, while he projected himself as a weakling. Without Margaret Thatcher to build his resolve there would have been no Desert Storm, and he entered into the campaign with Clinton as if playing for a tie. Bush's surrender on the tax issue was what made Perot effective.

Ironic as it seems, the Republican takeover of Congress in '94 saved Slick Willie in '96, by bringing the American economy out of the doldrums. Dole was a far from ideal candidate, however.

Joh McCain's big mistake was refusing to let Sarah be Sarah, and acting like a wuss himself. See his wildly funny speech at the Al Smith dinner, almost a campaign winner by itself until he goes into elegiac mode to make what is practically a concession to Obama.

Hispanics are like most Americans -- they respect a strong leader far more than a sensitive trimmer.

Dai (whose grandmother was named Lopes) Alanye

toadold| 12.15.11 @ 11:23AM

Rush has always stated that he is primarily an entertainer an that is what he wants to be. He has far more freedom to say what he wants in that role than he would as a politician. And as stated the money and the influence in his current situation is pretty good.

post*tenebras*lux| 12.15.11 @ 11:31AM

Without Rush, where would the plumbline be? Focus people, focus or as Barry would say, focus F.O.L.K.S. focus. Are there any GOP that are not enthralled in their own eliteness? Rush knows which side of his bread is buttered, makes no pretense about it and seeks to help people who are confused.

albert constantine jr| 12.15.11 @ 11:44AM

Rush stands for re-election every day, and wins in the race for ratings. He excels at what he does. Let us not try to push him for something he has shown no interest in doing. We should keep Rush informing and entertaining the troops of the conservative movement like Bob Hope with a lesson plan, and develop our political leaders from the ranks of those so educated and enlightened.

Bob| 12.15.11 @ 11:46AM

Go ahead make my day! Please nominate, Please!

steve in ohio| 12.15.11 @ 12:21PM

Four marriages and past drug addiction could be slight problems.

William R| 12.15.11 @ 12:35PM

Sorry Rush, but you're a NeoCon, not a conservative.

David R| 12.15.11 @ 4:37PM

Sorry William, you aren't a conservative, you are a libertarian. I can smell your kind a mile away. Don't confuse the two.

William R| 12.15.11 @ 4:52PM

Sorry David, but as Ronald Reagan said," the heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." Hush Bimbo is a Neocon.

Margie| 12.15.11 @ 7:08PM

Out of context quote. The rest of that quote, continuing on says that he wasn't in agreement with the Libertarians as a party. He understood the extremist Leftist nature of it.
Big diff between small l libertarianism and big L Libertarianism.

Caleb Plain| 12.15.11 @ 1:03PM

How about his history of racism? You seem to care an awful lot about that lately.

Unlike some candidate's ghostwritten newsletters, we have audio of Rush saying these things. Do you defend these Mr. Lord?

"To some people, banker is a code word for Jewish; and guess who Obama is assaulting? He’s assaulting bankers. He’s assaulting money people. And a lot of those people on Wall Street are Jewish. So I wonder if there’s – if there’s starting to be some buyer’s remorse there."

“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”

“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”

Dai Alanye| 12.15.11 @ 3:02PM

There's a major difference between candor and racism, but the politically correct seem blind to it.

Bob Grant| 12.15.11 @ 3:07PM

Where's the Racism?

Your first example was Rush simply connecting the dots.

In your second example, If indeed Rush made such a statement, I find no example of racism because at times the scuffles do have the appearance gang fighting. Nothing racial, just a comment about how some highly paid athletes cannot control themselves. A comment I've made on many occasions and yet I have not one racist bone in my body.

The third example, if he made the comment, was spot on because over the years powerful members of the NAACP have indeed made implicit threats of rioting...

...again, show me the racism.

Caleb Plain| 12.15.11 @ 7:46PM

There you have it Mr. Lord. Your readers, and Limbaugh's fans embrace and defend racism.

scotchieguy| 12.16.11 @ 1:57AM

You conveniently forgot to refute their repudiations of you. You are a mud-slinger. Maybe you are in the wrong party.

jstplncrz| 12.16.11 @ 12:58PM

He's in the wrong party alright...not ours!

William R| 12.15.11 @ 1:08PM

A foreign policy that puts America First.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?f.....NhRPo0WAo#

Robbie| 12.15.11 @ 1:13PM

I've been a listener to Rush since the Spring of 1993. Unfortunately, I've become less and less enthused by what I've heard from him over the last few years. In an effort not to be considered ruling class, he's become nothing more than a caricature of a reactionary conservative.

Rush now seems to live an alternate reality where only his version of caveman conservatism can win. He's totally coopted Reagan for himself and he seems hell bent on rewriting what it means to be a conservative.

Rush once realized that change can't occur unless elections are won. Now, he supports Angle, O'Donnell, Cain and other know nothings. He now seems to be operating under the impression the most conservative candidate will always win the general because he believes conservatism works every time it's tried.

I want a more conservative party, but backing idiots like Angle or Cain or Bachmann is the surest sign someone is not interested in winning. I think Rush knows this and realizes his show is a main hub as long as Obama is president. I don't think he has any problem with the Republican party becoming nothing more than a protest movement.

No to Rush. He's hurting the party.

Simon Templar| 12.15.11 @ 2:39PM

No, it is people like yourself that are hurting the party and have nearly destroyed it. One hundred years of progressive Republicanism not enough for you? You want a more conservative party but believe a conservative can not be elected nor that a conservative can act and speak like a conservative but has to stay in the closet.

You are troll. Rush has done just fine whether there has been a R or a D in the whitehouse. He endorses no one. If you actually listened you would know this.

post*tenebras*lux| 12.15.11 @ 1:23PM

Pray tell Mr. Robbie, would you give us a definition of conservative? Some F.O.L.K.S. don't even know what they are to the right or left of, much less what a conservative is.

Chuck| 12.15.11 @ 1:34PM

The trouble with Newt Gingrich is he talks too much. Also after taking a cheap shot at Palestinians to placate a certain ethnic group for political purposes a picture appears of him shaking hands with Arafat. Pretty stupid Newt.

Who Knows?| 12.15.11 @ 1:40PM

Is Rush Limbaugh still milking the conservative “cow”?

You know how much change there is in the makeup of the quintiles in the earnings of Americans over time. So, as a youth, someone might be in the lower one, but later as their skills improve, they make more money.

As one who spent time listening to him back in the day, when Slick Willie and songs about that guy being ”I’m too young to leave my momma” on the air, I stopped at least ten years ago. Same old same old.

Limbaugh has achieved his “presidency”, long ago. He isn’t going any higher.

R Martin| 12.15.11 @ 2:10PM

Rush has stated he would never consider the presidency, or any other elected office for that matter. He would be entirely unsuited for those jobs. However, there is one government position I think he would accept and, curiously, it is probably the only one for which he is completely qualified--Supreme Court Justice.

Qualified?, you ask. Yes. He can read (e.g. the constitution), he can think and apply logic, he understands the founding principles and he is highly political. Perhaps the last is most important, because the Court is nothing if not completely political these days. Plus it would be wonderful to hear him debate cases with those leftist women Justices.

Simon Templar| 12.15.11 @ 2:28PM

Some of you in this thread seems to think Rush is considering running and you are already throwing the knives. I think Lord was just making a joke.
Settle down.

What you need to be doing is listening to his analysis not the joking reference about him being president. The trolls need to give it a rest with the predictable and false charges of racism and all the other lame crap.

Margie| 12.15.11 @ 2:48PM

My ears perked up when Rush mentioned something about running for President today. He didn't say he would, but mentioned something.. whenever he does this, I await with baited ear. LOL.

My desire is YES! Beloved el Rushbo: DO consider.

Why not have even MORE fun than a human being deserves by running for President???

aware| 12.15.11 @ 5:45PM

Mine did when he went on a long monologue "educating" a caller on the "Ruling Class" establishment Republicans behaviour. How they get elected and then when they are out of power they become lobbyists. So they are always in the money and power game.

Wonder if he knew he was perfectly describing Newt while attempting to defend him?

Margie| 12.15.11 @ 7:13PM

Rush is honest, and doesn't defend the indefensible. I've been listening to him since '92 and can say that with a clear conscience.
I know that Rush wants what's best for the U.S.A.
He tells the truth no matter who the person, sort of like how Christians do.
He's no respecter of persons per se, and neither am I. I admire that in Rush.

aware| 12.16.11 @ 6:10AM

He has a giant blind spot, like you and too many "conservatives", he actually believes electing Republicans will change the pathology of the State. But it will still be a vast criminal gang of wealth stealing, liberty destroying, mass murdering thugs. And it will still be telling you what kind of light bulbs you are ALLOWED to have.

Newt is living proof there is big government conservatism. And currently his biggest defender is Rush.

jstplncrz| 12.16.11 @ 12:55PM

Lot's of criticism, but no answers...typical. We get it, you don't like Limbaugh, you don't like Newt, or Angle, or Bachmann, or Cain...so say who you do like... RP?

aware| 12.17.11 @ 7:43AM

I don't support politicians any more than I would the Mafia. You just keep thinking just what you are supposed to, conformist little hive member.

Elias| 12.15.11 @ 2:51PM

OK, then how 'bout Mark Levin instead?

Vineyardgal| 12.15.11 @ 3:01PM

Simon, EXACTLY right! These trolls are so predictable and laughable... Love to imagine them picking their noses as they feverishly type out their venomous talking points sent from the likes of Geo. Soros. So clever, aren't they?

Rush doesn't skip a beat and neither do any of we true conservatives because we can see you guys coming... and we aren't going to quit. Get off your butts and do some hard work. Then you won't hate achivers so much!

Cato the Younger| 12.15.11 @ 8:04PM

As much as I admire Rush, I also have to look at this reality: his polling numbers among women would be abysmal. You'd have the biggest gender gap ever. Oh, I know there are lots of gals who like him, but they are in a distinct minority! Also minority voters would give him an even bigger thumbs-down than they have given anybody before. Rush would be trashed by coastal elites purely on the basis of class solidarity and snobbery. I frankly don't see how he could win a general election. The demographics aren't there. (But it would sure be fun to nominate him! The Left would have a mass cardiac arrest.)

jstplncrz| 12.16.11 @ 12:56PM

HE ISN'T GONNA RUN STOP ACTING LIKE THIS IS SERIOUS