Eileen for Freedom/LibertyMarch 2nd, 2009 - 5:15 pm
Michael, Michael, Michael, are you serious?
It just confirms that there is alot of repair work to be done in the Conservative Republican party.
Rush Limbaugh is not an “entertainer”…his show is not incendiary or ugly…it is a show that allows America to hear the conservative side.
Granted that Rush does push the limit with this “talent on loan from God” but it is done “tongue in cheek” and his listeners understand that!
Jay Leno or David Letterman are entertainers…they provide a venue for other entertainers to emote their entertainment.
Rush Limbaugh is a commentator who has opinions and shares them with the public. He also allows the public to share their opinions with America.
That is not entertainment…that is truth…truth we used to expect from the MSM but don’t get anymore because they are in bed with Saul Alinsky Obama and his socialist ways.
So, Michael, I think you owe an apology to Rush and to conservatives like myself who appreciate what he, and you, bring to the table.
More of the Same Make No MistakeMarch 2nd, 2009 - 5:16 pm
This is unbelieveable. I thought it was bad after watching the State of the Nation, my take away was this: when did it become presidential to sign autographs like some rock-star? Watching Senator Reed standing behind Obama wiggling around like some schoolgirl seeing the Jonas Brothers in concert for the first time was frankly embarrassing. To me Obama seems like nothing more than the Pied Piper luring the rats and children. But the more I know of him and his associates the more I fear for this country. I admit I’m not a Rush listener but I did watch CPAC on CNN and I have to say Rush made alot of sense. The truth is Obama did not win the election in a landslide there were almost 50% who did not agree with the direction Obama wanted to take this country. The fact is guys like Steele and Gibbs are no different than Bush’s administration and to think for a second we can trust these guys is just crazy. Come on people listen to the pipe music! its playing pretty loud.. …. and we are going broke as we speak.
Ken Blackwell would have been a better choice than Michael Steele. Ken is a conservative Republican.
Steele is going the wrong direction. We cannot let him further drag the party with him. We have a political war to fight, Michael. If you are not up to it… RESIGN!
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USMC, RVN vetMarch 2nd, 2009 - 6:01 pm
Thank you, Michael! Truer words have never been spoken. Now don’t back down and apologize to this buffoon. There is hope for the Republican Party yet!
dude!March 2nd, 2009 - 6:08 pm
USMC, RVN vet. First, thanks for your sevice to our country. Second, we conservatives don’t want a p*ssy boy to lead our party. Seems like a marine like yourself could see that. Maybe Michael was having a “weak” moment chewing the fat so-to-speak with the nappy headed one, but we do not need weakness now! Come on, man, did you serve for the likes of Obama and the socialist agenda being put fourth by him and congress??
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyMarch 2nd, 2009 - 6:26 pm
I am sorry to hear that Michael Steele. It seems we have alot more work to do in the Conservative Republican party, yet. Save your attacks for the opposition…they deserve it…Rush doesn’t!
You are wrong, Michael, Rush is one of us. He is not our leader…he has a daily national platform to speak our views and opinions.
Jay Leno and David Letterman are “entertainers”.
Conservative radio is not entertainment, it is a venue to express our opinions and discuss platform and policies about a number of subjects…not just politics.
So, Michael, I am sorry you said that and I would think you would like to apologize to all of us conservatives who respect you and Rush for what you bring to the table and for each of your venues.
Please make sure and clarify your statement!
ElizabethMarch 2nd, 2009 - 6:37 pm
All the loyalty of an alley cat, Steele!. I am dismayed and truly disgusted. To quote a Shakespeare sonnet “For I have sworn the fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night”
ArjunaMarch 2nd, 2009 - 6:40 pm
One good reason to want President Obama and Congress to succeed is because this happens to be a democracy, and the people have elected them with the intent of seeing them succeed!!!!!!!
Wishing them to fail is to be in opposition to the will of the people!
LarseMarch 2nd, 2009 - 6:42 pm
OMG!!!
I am going to have to agree with Eileen on something…
Steele will be crawling back to Rush on his hands and knees begging for forgiveness.
Who does Steele think he is insulting Rush’s radio show as entertainment. That show is NOT entertaining at all. It makes me want to vomit!!
But there is no doubt now that conservatism’s new voice and the voice of Rush are one in the same. If the RNC does not like it, they can just fail and fade away. In fact, they already have…
USMC, RVN vetMarch 2nd, 2009 - 6:44 pm
Dude,
What we Conservatives don’t need is an empty headed mouth piece to do our talking for us. Limbaugh is an entertainer just like the Hollywood left wingers are. He really has nothing of substance to give and he often hurts the Conservative cause by making ignorant statements that are at best half truths. If Rush is one of our leaders, then we have a long way to go before we can recover the trust of the nation and gain back support from the rest of the country. Without that support, we cannot succeed.
GiveMeLibertyMarch 2nd, 2009 - 7:12 pm
Oh Michael….I cheered like crazy when you won the chairmanship of the RNC, but after hearing you talking to Hughley I’m truly disappointed. I thought you had more backbone than that. We NEED a strong CONSERVATIVE leader at the RNC, not a follower!
USMC, RVN vet, unless you are half as insightful and quick-witted as Mr. Limbaugh, your dismissal of him is about as meaningful as that of any other supposed conservative.
Mr. Limbaugh never says anything that isn’t true. He analyzes the events and puts them into perspective not provided by anyone else in the MSM.
He is no more a clown than you, sir. He serves this country every bit as much as you did by providing a voice for those of us the MSM derides and ignores.
As for Mr. Steele’s comments: VERY UNFORTUNATE. I supported the man but now I see he is every bit as weak and “moderate” as the other wimps in the RNC.
Time for him to go.
TubbyMarch 2nd, 2009 - 7:56 pm
Arjuna, and what of the 47% of the people that did not vote for Obama, do we just roll ove and pretend we agree with his big government, big spending agenda?
What of the members of congress that represent their own home districs that are not leftwing socialist Democrats? Would you advise them as representatives to ignore the will of the people back home and just go along to get along?
Arjuna, you need seek a high school education before you comment on such topics as the basic workings of a democratic republic like the one we live in.
Maybe in your soviet fantasy land we are all suppose to bow down to the dear leader and fall into line, but in the USA free men are able to stand up and tell their leaders they are wrong and we oppose their failed ideas.
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DanielTUSAMarch 2nd, 2009 - 9:37 pm
First we get a socialist president and then we get a liberal RNC chairman.
man_in_txMarch 2nd, 2009 - 9:39 pm
Seems Michael Steele is a pretty impressive entertainer in his own right: He played the part of a conservative Republican well enough to win the chairmanship of the Party. Now that he has won that position, the mask is off, and we see that he was apparently acting all along.
man_in_txMarch 2nd, 2009 - 9:45 pm
Michael Steele is finished before he even started, as far as I am concerned. He can slink back into the arms of his RINO Teddy Bear friends like Bill Bennett and Sean Hannity, but he’s clearly not up to hardball politics. To top it off, he also ingratiated himself to Al Sharpton and his lackeys at a function a few days ago where he whimpered that the “monkey cartoon” run last week by a New York daily was “insensitive” to blacks? Huh? He missed a PERFECT chance to mix it up with the race-baiters and call them out for what they were: Instead, he proved to be their enabler and sympathizer. Ken Blackwell was the man for the job: Leave it to the leadership of the Stupid Party to select another rubber-spined RINO to be their next party leader.
DanielTUSAMarch 2nd, 2009 - 9:50 pm
Hey USMC RVN VET, What part of Limbaugh’s speech didn’t you like? When he said big government isn’t the answer? When he said higher taxes aren’t the answer? When he said no national health care? When he said private business and idivdual effort have made this nation great? Or maybe when he said government can make no money, it can only confiscate it or print it? If you can’t get your arms around these simple ideas, you are an Arlen Specter Republican. In other words, a Democrat.
Azul Del FuegoMarch 2nd, 2009 - 10:06 pm
USMC, RVN vet, you are a hero, my man. Thank you so much for your service.
But I have to differ with you. Rush is clear thinking, articulate, and thought provoking. Yes, he also provides some entertainment value when the news gets dull or repetitive. He is incindiary only because he doesn’t use PC speak. He tells the truth – as far as the truth maps to our constitution – and like it or not, he is a major leader with conservatives. He doesn’t oppose Obama because of anything other than the fact that Obama’s plans are counter to both the constitution and conservative values.
And by the way, he’d be the first to thank you for your service as well and has done a lot to support our troops and public safety workers. I know that Rush wasn’t in the military and many malign him for that, but is talent is best used focusing us on what we need to do to continue America down the path of greatness.
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AnonymousMarch 3rd, 2009 - 3:20 am
The Hal Turner Show blog, in a February 26, 2009 entry, entitled, “FEDS GRANT EMINENT DOMAIN AS COLLATERAL TO CHINA FOR U.S. DEBTS!,” contains this statement in the second paragraph:
“On February 11, Bloomberg Business News reported that China was seeking “guarantees” for its US Government debt, and it now appears they got it. Well placed senior sources at the US Embassy in Beijing CONFIRM the formal written agreement was delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her recent trip to China.”
The third paragraph draws a conclusion:
“This means that in the event the US Government defaults on its financial obligations to China, the Communist Government of China would be permitted to physically take — inside the USA — land, buildings, factories, perhaps even entire cities – to satisfy the financial obligations of the US government.”
USMC, RVN vetMarch 3rd, 2009 - 10:56 am
Azul and Daniel,
It’s not WHAT he says that bothers me as much as the WAY he says it. There are legitimate arguments for opposing some, or many, aspects of the Administrations economic plan. His demeanor is sneering and condescending instead of an intelligent discourse. This may be his style as an entertainer and be grist for the more conservative members of his audience but if we are going to be successful, we will need more than them.
You don’t have to compromise your principles; just be more skillful in articulating them. Conservative ideas can be presented thoughtfully and intelligently and should be. You will get more converts that way. People like Limbaugh, and thus the ideas he presents, are easily dismissed. In the end conservatives lose.
Sean R.March 3rd, 2009 - 1:35 pm
You know, I didn’t hear Limbaugh, Coulter, Schmuckabee, Gingrich, Steele and other doctrinaire-Republicans mentioned either Borders, Language, Culture, or Illegal Immigration or the Drug Wars. All you heard was, “We have to get back to our conservative principles and beat the libearls”, that’s not quite enough.
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Michael, Michael, Michael, are you serious?
It just confirms that there is alot of repair work to be done in the Conservative Republican party.
Rush Limbaugh is not an “entertainer”…his show is not incendiary or ugly…it is a show that allows America to hear the conservative side.
Granted that Rush does push the limit with this “talent on loan from God” but it is done “tongue in cheek” and his listeners understand that!
Jay Leno or David Letterman are entertainers…they provide a venue for other entertainers to emote their entertainment.
Rush Limbaugh is a commentator who has opinions and shares them with the public. He also allows the public to share their opinions with America.
That is not entertainment…that is truth…truth we used to expect from the MSM but don’t get anymore because they are in bed with Saul Alinsky Obama and his socialist ways.
So, Michael, I think you owe an apology to Rush and to conservatives like myself who appreciate what he, and you, bring to the table.