Chris Matthews is so obsessed with Rush Limbaugh's influence within the Republican Party, that he repeatedly dared, on Wednesday night's "Hardball," GOP strategist Todd Harris to speak ill of the radio talk show host as he mockingly challenged: "Would you live in a country where he wrote the Constitution?...Would you live in a country where he wrote our rights?...Say something nasty about Rush Limbaugh!"
After playing a clip of a "Saturday Night Live," skit – in which two Republicans argue over who is smarter, Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh -- Matthews asked his guest panelists Harris and Democratic strategist Steve McMahon, to evaluate how powerful Limbaugh was within the GOP in the following exchange, as it was aired, on the February 18, edition of "Hardball":
CHRIS MATTHEWS: That joke, which was, "That we wouldn't want to speak anything unfavorably of Rush Limbaugh, our god-
TODD HARRIS, REPUBLICAN STRATEGIST: Thou shall not speak ill of Rush Limbaugh.
MATTHEWS: -the oracle of thieves, you know, the great oracle of Delphi," rather. Is he that big in your world? I mean really do you look up to him as the smartest person in America?
HARRIS: I don't know.
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HARRIS: No, I don't think he's-, no.
MATTHEWS: You don't? Do your confers?
HARRIS: I'm sorry.
MATTHEWS: Do your confers? Your colleagues on the Republican side look up to him as a great thought person?
HARRIS: Yes a lot of people do. A lot of people-
MATTHEWS: A deep thinker?
HARRIS: Yeah and sure, sure.
MATTHEWS: Okay.
HARRIS: And, and he, look, he is the intellectual lightning bolt of a lot of people on, on the conservative side and a motivator. And he, and he directly can turn out people to the polls and because of that he's very powerful.
MATTHEWS: Would you live in a country where he wrote the Constitution?
HARRIS: I don't know. No, I-
MATTHEWS: Would you live in such a country?
HARRIS: No I'm happy to live in this country. But, but-
MATTHEWS: Would you live in a country where he wrote our rights? Listed our rights? Where he listed our rights. Would you live, would you live in that country?
HARRIS: No because, no because I want to make this point he is no more powerful or influential within the Republican Party than the labor unions, MoveOn, SEIU on, on, on the Democratic side.
MATTHEWS: Oh here we go. "Oh so's your old man." This is "so's your old man." I would expect more of you Todd than "So's your old man," kind of arguments. In other words, "You guys have idiots too on the other side." Andy Stern and Rush Limbaugh. About the same? Yeah.
...
MATTHEWS: Is he a sacred cow?
HARRIS: Limbaugh?
MATTHEWS: Yeah. In other words you dare not speak evil of him if you're a Republican?
HARRIS: I think if you're an elected Republican it makes your life very difficult-
MATTHEWS: Ha!
HARRIS -if you speak ill of Rush Limbaugh. Yeah Limbaugh, he has a lot of support.
STEVE MCMAHON, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Or if you are a commentator on "Hardball." But-
MATTHEWS: But you're not afraid to take him on are you?
HARRIS: Oh yeah. No I'm gonna go-
MATTHEWS: Say something, say something wrong, say something nasty about Rush Limbaugh!
HARRIS: I could probably beat him in arm-wrestling.
MATTHEWS: Okay you chicken.
—Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Looking for that TINGLE in all the wrong places.
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:16 ET by CTThe pissy one is set on starting a fight, he must need a ratings boost.
Ah, UNITY
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:41 ET by sawing battaThis must be the "postpartisan" leadership in action...i can just feel the unity tingling up my leg.
Matthews bristles if a guest says anything negative about Barry or Iran or Cuba, but please, oh, please say something negative about an American private citizen....please, i dare you.
Chris, it's sad to see you go so far downhill...cash it in, brother.
"so's your old man"
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:41 ET by TruthMonger"so's your old man" BULLSEYE:)!! hee hee hee
expected "better from you" matthews
what a dick
You know
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:36 ET by BobAnthonyI guess hissy sissy fit Matthews still wants that thrill between his legs...WITH MY RIGHT FOOT!
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So let me get this
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:18 ET by gopcongressSo let me get this straight.
The world is going to hell in a handbag, and all Matthews and the PMSNBC network is left with is bashing Rush and trying to drum up support for prosecuting Bush/Cheney/the entire republican party.
I guess they want to portray repulican "guests" as clueless, and this is the only way they can do it... to try to get them to say something irrational. Good of Harris not to bite.
Moderate... Democrat... Liberal... Progressive... Socialist... Communist.
The progression is clear as day.
Time for a Straitjacket
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:18 ET by bradbenj5952I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the crew at MSNBC around Matthews keeps a straitjacket handy just-in-case. Perhaps someone should advise them that just-in-case has long passed.
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." Acts 16:31
Finally, an admission!
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:18 ET by MichelleCIn other words, "You guys have idiots too on the other side."
Chrissie just admitted that MoveOn, the labor unions and SEIU are idiots. Priceless, and he's too much of an idiot to realize it.
Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July. Democrats believe every day is April 15th ~ Ronald Reagan
Michelle, funny he had
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:44 ET by reality vs libsMichelle, funny he had another admission in the same sentence. By saying "you guys have idiots too on the other side" he without even knowing it admits that he is on the other side. Of course anyone that has seen him in action and has a pulse already knew that. Oh, Chris is funny!
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."
Calvin Coolidge
I'll say something about Rush
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:19 ET by ChaitealoverHe doesn't suffer fools gladly. Are you listening, Chrissy?
Chai
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" Margaret Thatcher
We thought the left was
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:23 ET by bigtimerWe thought the left was terrified of Palin...they are scared shiteless of Rush....more and more obvious every single day.
I LOVE IT!
Rush/Bolton 2012!
How many of you...
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:26 ET by Jarhead68would pay good money to see Limbaugh debate Chris Matthews AND Keith Olbermann at the same time?
It would be so entertaining and the two gay boys would walk away with a thousand cuts to their egos.
How 'bout we call Rush and do a pay-per-view event on HBO? We could make a fortune just from the Rush listeners who'd tune in.
Rush would never do it - he
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:46 ET by TruthMongerRush would never do it - he needs a challenge
TM... ...and he has more
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:49 ET by bigtimerTM...
...and he has more class than to lower himself to their level.
Jarhead, he would mop the
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:48 ET by reality vs libsJarhead, he would mop the floor with them both on ideas and issues, they would just use personal attacks.
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."
Calvin Coolidge
My guess is most people
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:30 ET by 10ksnookerMy guess is most people don't have the same reverence for pissy and his tiny little brain as conservatives do for Rush.
Jealous little fart isn't he,
"...speak unfavorably of
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:39 ET by SickofLibs"...speak unfavorably of Rush, our God?"
Rush is treated as a God???
Ah aha hahahahaha - ROTFLMYFAO!
And this whackjob thinks he's Senator material. (Actually wait, considering the recent crop, he may be, now..."Oh no, Senator Burris, no, that's not the men's room, that's a broom closet! Somebody get towels, quick!")
Actually SickofLibs Chris
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:46 ET by reality vs libsActually SickofLibs Chris is perfect Senate democrat material.
"Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong."
Calvin Coolidge
he's way more qualified for
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:48 ET by TruthMongerhe's way more qualified for potus than the current empty suit
God
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 09:03 ET by sentforth5I love the way sickass matthews tries to spin the "messiah" stuff around to Limbaugh.
We conservatives only have one God...the dems have several and they know it. Chrissy is trying to put that stuff on Rush...a private citizen. He holds no office, he has no legislative power, but the left understands that he is a more powerful force than Obambi, Peloser and Hairless Reid all put together!
Sad.
chris...
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:47 ET by katainkentyou gotta give the guy some credit. Obama said "Fetch!" and he's still running to find the ball.
Mr. Harris should have
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:48 ET by MidAmericaMr. Harris should have said "OK, you say something nasty about obama. You go first.".
Better Reply
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 11:48 ET by UtherpendWhat he should have said was, "No, sorry Chris, I don't get any tingles up my leg like when your Messiah is talking."
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you."
§ Crissy AVOIDED calling Rush a name!!
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:52 ET by TheSterI noticed that Spittle DID NOT THROW A BOMB at Rush!!
LOL!!!
He is scared of Rush.
Ricky Shanchez is trying to pick a Fight with Rush for Ratings!!!
Hmmm....I thought Rush was IRRELEVANT??? What Happened?? Now he is the LEADER?!?!?
Hmmmm....
Ster.
My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
I don't look up to Rush as
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 18:58 ET by Trix RabbitI don't look up to Rush as the smartest person in America, but I do look down on Tingles, Überdork, and all the other sexually frustrated misfits at MSNBC as the lowest, meanest, and stupidest cro-magnons that ever crawled out of a toxic waste dump.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
I think the point was
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:00 ET by nwahsI think it was to make the point that conservatives do not allow dissent, and conservatives have an attack machine as well as liberals. Both points are true.
Listen to Chrissy.
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:12 ET by superconFor him trying to bait and mock somebody for admiring somebody is the height of ridiculous hypocrisy.
All Todd Harris had to say was "No more than you adore Obama" and then Matthew's head would have exploded.
If there is any man in America who has a bigger man crush on another guy than Chrissy has for Obama than I don't know who it is.He never continues to amaze me in his foolishness.MSNBC is a joke.
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
Chrissy called Rush a thief,
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:19 ET by eaglewingz08Chrissy called Rush a thief, the man who worships the Commander in Thief and his porkulus crap sandwich bills? Incredible.
I'd sooner trust Rush with the Constitution
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:24 ET by nkviking75I don't think even Rush wants to live in a country in which he gets to write the Constitution. He reveres the founders far too much for that. But I'd sure take Rush over Chrissy, Olbermutt, Schuster, et al.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
MATTHEWS you Idiot!
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:29 ET by urbuggenmeHey "Little Tingles"
Would you live in a country where you didn't have the right to Free Speech?
Yes even you... "Little Tingles" have the right to voice your opinion. (Which I personally would have never, ever heard what you said unless I read it here...since I'm not one of the 25 idiots in this country that listen to anything you, Olber-dubber; or "Strap-on Madcow have to say.)
Rush is an American Citizen and as such has the right, under our Constitution, the Right to Free Speech.
Matthews
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:29 ET by Two DogsIt is just NOT possible that Hardball makes a profit with this type of programming. Why has MSNBC not been shut down? Even Balmer said it was a loser as far back as 1998. How do you continue to run a business without making a profit?
Ungrateful
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:42 ET by richb313As I recall, and I might be mistaken, didn't Chris Mathews work on the Rush TV show and was a guest host for that show? It seems to me besides being ungrateful that Chris Mathews does not have any core values except self promotion.
Fact is Rush and Chris
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:47 ET by nwahsRush and Chris are friends.
nw... I really doubt that
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:59 ET by bigtimernw... I really doubt that the two are anymore...anymore than he is with Joy Behar, who he also worked with at the same station I think it was once upon a time.
WE all have had some acquaintances with others in life, briefly, that may never have been the same later as life goes on.
Rush mentions msnbc now and then, and it isn't with admiration.
I, for one, am glad he doesn't give Chris the time of day when he is on the air...something Chris most likely craves, yearns for.
No, they are still friends
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 20:09 ET by nwahsThey are still friends, without a doubt.
nw... How do you know
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:08 ET by bigtimernw...
How do you know they are such good friends?
I'm just asking, I'd like to know the information you seem to have.
Both party in New Orleans
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:09 ET by nwahsThis
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side.
Rush tore Matthews a new one!
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 15:30 ET by bigtimernw...
Rush just tore Matthews a new one today...wiped the floor with him.
Me thinks you were wrong...big-time!!!!
You can be sure Matthews will be whining about this today, along with the rest of msnbc.
Olbie will be really miffed.
Thank YOU Rush!!!
He's just being a Troll
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 19:15 ET by Sergeant ROCKI heard Rush talking about lil' Chrissy too. There was nothing friendly about it. So, yeah.. shawn is full of sh:t.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
Hi Rock... ...oh I know
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 19:21 ET by bigtimerHi Rock...
...oh I know that, just couldn't believe how priceless this was today after going back and forth somewhat here with nw about Rush/Matthews last night.
Like Rush said, her rarely mentions Matthews etc, but did he ever unleash.
Yeah, their pals alright... lol...(I knew better anyway)
I will looked for the link earlier, wasn't there yet... will again soon if I get the chance.
Rush Rips Matthews
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 19:32 ET by Sergeant ROCKYeah, I was cracking up. Rush was firing on all cylinders today. Poor Chrissy, even if there was a 'Fairness Doctrine' he'd still suck and wouldn't gain one viewer.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
Bath-tub Boy
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 19:38 ET by bigtimerRock...I was so mad today, here for the first time in ages I turned it at three to see what Chrissy's response would be...and he had Barnicle there...
He must still be hiding in Olbie's bath-tub.
nwahs
Fri, 02/20/2009 - 11:12 ET by Rush Fanbigtimer is correct. Rush Limbaugh is NOT friends with Chris (tingle up the leg) Matthews. Rush can't stand leg tingle or anyone else at KOSMSNBC.
Read this transcript of Rush commenting on tingleuptheleg"s show. Rush says to Matthews in part:
"Your worried about my rights, what I would do to oppress you? I love the Constitution. I hope it survives. I have my doubts, because you are a slave to a demagogue symbol who you haven't even taken five minutes to try to understand. You are the one doing a great disservice to the Constitution. You're the one doing a disservice to the United States of America by openly accepting what's happening now without one bit of curiosity or one question. The media is a disgrace. You have forfeited any notion that you once had of respect. You worry about what people like me would do if we rewrote the Constitution? "
Doesn't sound too friendly to me, without a doubt!
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“Some of you people in the media, I'm serious, you tell me why he has to succeed regardless. You tell me what it is about Barack Obama that makes it imperative his policies, regardless what they are, succeed. You tell me. And then let me ask you some questions. Did Obama and the Democrats hope Bush succeeded? Do they hope Republicans succeed? Does Obama hope I succeed or does he want people to stop listening to me? You people in the media, answer these questions for me.” ~ Rush Limbaugh
Rush and Chrissy were never "friends" per se
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 05:29 ET by thebutlerdiditIIRC, and my hubby says yes, Chris was bugging Rush for radio time, trying to get his career out of the dumper. After his time as speechwriter for Carter, and the disasterous "Malaise Speech" that made everyone in America want to slit their wrists, Chrissy wasn't exactly in demand after that administration. He wanted a different career path. So Rush would occasionally give him time as a fill-in for him. He wasn't very popular with the listening audience, but he was 1,000 times more restrained than he is now. He actually attempted to have political discourse, and didn't talk over people and say insane stuff such as this episode. So "friends" is an abiguous term for someone trying to help someone else out. For Rush's kindness, Matthew's has paid him back, in the typical lib fashion, of spitting on his shoes. Kind of like Olbermann and Roger Ailes. It just never pays to help some people. Didn't I just read where that biblical scholar Joy Behar said Jealousy was a sin?
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
whoops, double tap on post
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 19:43 ET by richb313whoops, double tap on post
Mr Harris,
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 20:01 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonThe correct response would have been, "All I know for certain is that Rush has an extremely larger audience, broader appeal, and seriously higher ratings."
http://gjresult.com
You're Being Kind Willis
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:02 ET by CaringwhiteguyI didn't see the segment, I only read what's written here. Seems to me like Todd Harris was way out of his league (and being out of your league when you're up against Chris Matthews takes some doing).
Matthews picks his fights carefully and would never dare take anyone like Rush on face to face. He wouldn't dare take on 1/2 the posters on this site face to face. He knew who he had and went for the jugular.
Harris seems exactly like the kind of guy his party should not be sending out (and I don't think he was acting as a party spokesperson) to represent it. After all, he was part of that rousingly successful McCain campaign. He surely didn't distinguish himself (then or today).
Could you list a few names
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:07 ET by nwahs" He wouldn't dare take on 1/2 the posters on this site face to face."
Could you list a few handles so I could track their posts?
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side.
Maybe You
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:23 ET by CaringwhiteguyMatthews might even have trouble with you nwahs. Although he'd probably have more trouble with someone who didn't state he was a "Conservative anti-dittohead. Rush Limbaugh is probably most responsible for the demise of the GOP".
Reading your profile might give Matthews another tingle up his leg.
I doubt it
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:34 ET by nwahsI suspect Ronald Reagan would have considered Rush political porn. As steadfast as Reagan was, he was never juvenile or crass. He was a gracious man. I resent dittoheads claiming Reagan's legacy. Consider me a dissident.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side.
→ Reagan had his moments
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:38 ET by Cool Arrow"My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I’ve
signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in
five minutes." - Ronald Reagan
I think Rush and Reagan would have a swell time.
That was a quip
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:44 ET by nwahsThat was a quip while testing a microphone. Not exactly an attack machine aimed at other Republicans.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side.
→ So what?
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:57 ET by Cool ArrowIt qualifies as juvenile behavior. An endearing and memorable quote in my book.
I wouldn't go that far
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:02 ET by nwahsI'm sure he didn't expect to be quoted. Life would be boring with no humor. It was a funny deadpan, far from juvenile.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side.
nw... YOU suspect that
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:13 ET by bigtimernw...
YOU suspect that Reagan would have considered Rush political porn.
I suspect the complete opposite.
You are a riot at times...
You are a fan
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:17 ET by nwahsYou are a big Rush fan. I don't expect you to agree with me.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side.
nw... Of course I don't
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:33 ET by bigtimernw...
Of course I don't agree with what you posted regarding what Reagan would have thought about Rush.
What Reagan thought of Rush
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 06:16 ET by thebutlerdiditNow, I am going to go out on a limb here, and say Reagan really liked Rush. Though they never met, Reagan sent letters to Rush. Here is a portion of one of them:
Thank You so much for your support of me. I'm comforted to know our great nation is in the capable hands of a gifted young man like yourself. It is you and your listeners who make up the back bone of this country, and make it what it is today. You are solely responsible for continuing the vision of our conservative values. God Bless You for believing in the future of America,
Keep up all the good work,
Ron.
Interpret as you wish.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Hmmm, I posted answers to both of Nwahs
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 15:39 ET by thebutlerdiditascertations, and didn't get a response from either. \
The first thing he ascertained was that he knew Rush and Matthews were friends. I explained their past.
The second thing he ascertained was that he was sure Reagan would have considered Rush "porn." I then posted a portion of a personal letter from Reagan to Rush.
No Reply?
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Chrissy, or any of the
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 20:22 ET by general companyChrissy, or any of the other loons in old media never use an example of what Rush may have said about a particular subject, they alway use his words way out of context or just bash him in general. You would think if they dissagree with him so much they would challenge himon the real content of his speech. Maybe they are really afraid of the message?
"That we wouldn't want to speak anything unfavorably of Rush Limbaugh,
Harris should had challenged him to say something bad about Obama,
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Did any of that
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 20:28 ET by RD Kinginterview make any sense? Even to anyone with 1/2 their brain tied behind their back just to make it fair. I personally would like to live in a country with the constitution as it exists, being defended and upheld by a righteous decent servant of the country, instead of the lowlife AA president select that is in office now and doing his best to shred and destroy it and the American economy.
What a couple of jealous
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 20:32 ET by msh1973What a couple of jealous immature morons...I mean really. I wonder if these guys ever think before they speak?
Write our rights?
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 20:36 ET by ArminiusI wouldn't want to live in any country where humans write our rights. Matthews obviously believes that rights come from the government.
Rights
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:00 ET by iveseenitallJust what I was thinking, Arminius. Americans are "...endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...". What a dolt Matthews is.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Chris Tingle is really
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:12 ET by semolina_filcherChris Tingle is really pushing it...what gool ol' shrill needs is a good smackdown the dognobbin'
Do us a big favor and disappear from our eyes, clown!
Not Suprising
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:37 ET by seesalrunLooks like Mr. Tingle is seeing the writing on the wall - or perhaps his paycheck is shrinking.....on the bill he espoused will save the "union"? Doubts are creeping for this creep - perhaps a job with the administration coming soon?
>>> HARRIS: No because, no
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:42 ET by seanrobins>>> HARRIS: No because, no because I want to make this point he is no more
powerful or influential within the Republican Party than the labor
unions, MoveOn, SEIU on, on, on the Democratic side.
This guy doesn't get it, neither does Mr. tingle-leg, either -- because no one who holds Rush in high esteem (such as myself), gives a Rat's-Ass about the Republican Party - it is irrelevant unto itself. The only thing that matters is conservatism and conservative principles.
The "New" Republican Party, as defined by the "moderates" and other freaks, such as Arlen Specter and Lindsay Graham, has no more to do with real conservative principles than the Dimocratic Party does - and who wants to be part of that vomit?
They just don't, and never will, get it.
sean robins
blog.seanrobins.com
Leeches
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:45 ET by owlpelletsDon't kid yourselves. The primary reason these guys bash Rush is that their handlers feel that it will increase their ratings. Olberman in particular does this continually. What's funny is that Rush or OReilly will seldom utter his name. Olbie is like a little kid trying to play ball 6 levels beyond his age. The same goes for OReilly. Nobody in that business has been at 20% Rush's level none ever will. I love the respect that Rush shows for F. Lee though.
Don't blame me....I voted for Palin...
MATTHEWS: "Would you live
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 21:48 ET by SmartypantsMATTHEWS: "Would you live in a country where he wrote our rights? Listed
our rights? Where he listed our rights. Would you live, would you live
in that country?"
What kind of inane question is this? I wouldn't want to live in a country where Barack Obama wrote our rights either, but what the heck does that mean? Would anyone want to live in a country where Chris Matthews wrote the constitution? Jeez, what an idiot.
"The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet."
Poor tingle...
Wed, 02/18/2009 - 22:43 ET by ScrapironPoor old Tingle down my leg now knows it was warm piss running down his leg.
His envy of Rush comes from the fact that a million people know about and listen to Rush for each (one) person who ever heard of Prissie. I don't know one person who watches the news on the loser networks.
Old, Retired and glad of it.
I'm sure Rush is fine with
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 06:02 ET by RR GOPI'm sure Rush is fine with the way the Constitution is right now as are the rest of us Conservatives. We would just like to see it followed by the government, the courts and the police.
It is the Communists who are obsessed with re-writing it.
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
The premise of his question is the main flaw...
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 09:37 ET by JTPWould you live in a country where he wrote the Constitution?
If they actually LISTENED to Rush, Hannity, Levin they would know that these guys love the constitution we have now and are trying like hell to preserve it!
"I need more cowbell!" SNL
Talk about chicken!
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 13:51 ET by CobraManMatthews, it's very easy (and safe!) to sit there and say things about Rush when he isn't there to defend himself. That's what cowards do, is it not?
I DARE you to debate Rush on his show. All you have to do is pick up the phone and give him a call. I'm sure he'll gladly take that call. If you don't, and it's obvious that you won't, then it's apparent who the real chicken is, isn't it!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities
of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
Mathews on Rush
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 14:24 ET by jessieHJessie R. Hamby Rush is not the smartest man on earth. I AM! He just agrees with me. I will say he is smarter than everyone in congress, though that isn't saying much. My dog is smarter than congress. He's more loyal & honest, too.
jessie... I love your
Thu, 02/19/2009 - 14:28 ET by bigtimerjessie...
I love your sentiments here.
That is the point, that is why he is so popular, he is a voice for us, and how we think.