Once again, it's not what it appears with liberals. Their exploitative effort in the wake of the Charleston church massacre to eradicate the Confederate flag is masking a larger target they'll go after soon enough, warns radio host Rush Limbaugh.
With trademark clarity and perception on his show Tuesday, Limbaugh described liberals' latest obsession as yet another example of misdirection while they are purportedly enraged about one thing while possessing an ulterior motive they cannot acknowledge.
Coming right on the heels of Limbaugh's eerily accurate prediction last week about social media intruding upon pro sports, don't be surprised if this prophecy comes true as well.
In making his case, Limbaugh initially referred to South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley calling for removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state capitol in Columbia, and receiving paltry credit from liberals in response (audio) --
The fact of all of this is that it's really not about the flag. The flag did not pull the trigger and the flag, I mean, Dylann Roof, wasn't even wearing this flag. Not arguing to keep it, that's not the point, we're so beyond that. The point is that as with everything else the left does, what they tell you they're irritated about is not where it ends. This effort to have the battle flag of Northern Virginia removed is really an attempt to segregate and isolate the entire South and to sort of Alinsky it, you know, the rules for radicals, you seek the target, you isolate it, you attack it, you humiliate it.
This flag represents what the left believes is the last remaining Republican electoral stronghold in terms of presidential politics and that would be the South. So this is an effort going far beyond the American, or the Confederate flag or the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. This flag represents to the left a symbol of everything's wrong, not just South Carolina but North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, you name it, and that's what the objective here really is and that's why when Republicans make these efforts to appease, to please, and even if they think they're doing the right thing, it never is enough and it's never genuine and it's never accepted, or very rarely is it accepted. Very rarely do the Republicans seeking to gain political points with their opponents or their enemies actually pull that off by acceding to their demands.
So just keep a sharp eye on this because you'll see, even after the flag comes down it's not going to be the end of this. After the flag comes down, after the flag is removed, you're going to continue to hear what it stands for, what it stood for, how rotten it is, and how even though it's gone you can bet they will report that Southerners all across this country in heart and in mind and even geographically will be displaying the flag in their homes and on their cars, with bumper stickers and so forth. Just keep a sharp eye 'cause I'm telling you, the flag is a symbol and it's a symbol to the left and it represents a far more wide-reaching objective than just getting the flag removed from public view.
Later in the show, Limbaugh elaborated on his premise and warned of what's to come (audio) --
OK, look at me ... I have a prediction, just said it's not going to stop with the Confederate flag because it's not about the Confederate flag. It is about destroying the South as a political force. It's about isolating, targeting, and identifying the South as Dylann Roof, not Charleston, S.C., the South. That's what the leftists' effort on the Confederate flag are. Do not doubt me, folks, and I'll make another prediction to you -- the next flag that will come under assault, and it will not be long, is the American flag. Do not look at me that way, it makes perfect sense. If you take a look at the timeline of progression of events, the speed and rapidity with which the left is conducting this assault on all of these American traditions and institutions, if you don't think the American flag's in their crosshairs down the road, you had better stop and reconsider.
The American flag is what? It's the symbol of America. The left, what? Doesn't like this country very much and never has and is getting angrier and angrier about it seemingly every day. The American flag stands for the United States of America and, as such, everything that's wrong with it. And you wait, it isn't going to be long before the American flag is going to cause chills, fear, scary thoughts, it's going to make me nervous, American flag, when I see the American flag, it's just, it's a symbol of hate, you wait, folks, you wait. And then what are Republicans going to do? Who'll be the first among them to say, yup! We need a redesign. Yup! We need to get into the 21st century. Just saying, I'm just saying. Hang in there, be tough.
After a break, Limbaugh cited a Washington Whispers story by Paul Bedard from 2011 titled "Shock Study: U.S. Flag Only Boosts GOP -- Exposure to Even a Tiny American Flag Turns Democrats into Republicans." Bedard wrote --
Just a brief exposure to an image of the American flag shifts voters, even Democrats, to Republican beliefs, attitudes and voting behavior even though most don't believe it will impact their politics, according to a new two-year study just published in the scholarly Psychological Science.
What's more, according to three authors from the University of Chicago, Cornell University and Hebrew University, the impact had staying power. ...
Theirs is the first study to look at the political impact on Americans who have seen an American flag, and it seems to back up another recent Harvard University professor's study that found that kids who attended a July 4th parade ended up leaning Republican when they grew up.
So while liberals wrap their disdain for the American flag in high-minded claims, their actual motivation is more craven, Limbaugh points out (audio) --
Now, you may be laughing at this and you may be scoffing at it, oh this is ridiculous -- no, no, no, no! Folks, a bunch of leftists did this. And I'm here to tell you, they believe these results. They believe the American flag has mystical powers to turn people away from the Democrat party. That's what they'll see here. It's not so much that it makes people vote Republican, although the survey results say so. The way it'll be internalized and exper-, my God, that flag, that flag makes them leave us! We own the TMZ audience and that flag, somebody spots the American flag and -- they'll look at this as the flag results in them losing support and they'll believe this. ...
And then the bit about the Fourth of July parade, kids who attend a Fourth of July parade end up leaning Republican when they grew up and what's the meaning there? Well, the Fourth of July parade, Independence Day, that is uber patriotism! And that, uber patriotism, is showing Dracula the cross.
So I'm just here to tell you, I'm here to warn you, I'm not going to make a flat-out, time-sensitive prediction, but I am going to tell you that the day will come when what's happening to the Confederate flag or the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, is going to happen to the American flag, the seeds have been planted four years ago. ... It is going to happen, we are trending that way, and you know as well as I do that part and parcel of being a socialist or a leftist is animosity to one degree or another for the United States in general. And then it intensifies once you get specific about aspects of the United States they find objectionable.
Limbaugh also expects that controversy over the Confederate flag will soon be overshadowed by the Supreme Court's looming decisions on same-sex marriage and Obamacare, which should dominate the news cycle after their release.
