Rush Limbaugh, the unquestioned leader of the otherwise voiceless Republican Party, today had a rant today that was even more virulent and verbally violent than usual. Worse than his fervent desire that Obama fail and nuttier than his claim that our nation is now run by socialists who hate America.
Has it come to this? Rush Limbaugh spent the last eight long years complaining that the Democrats had only one purpose and one motivation -- destroying George W Bush because of the deep-rooted hatred for him. How did Rush forget so quickly and adopt so effortlessly the approach he so strongly rejected? And all this less than one month into a new president's term.
Here's what he said in his monologue on Wednesday (verbatim and fully in context but without the benefit of volume and vitriol that an audio tape would provide):
We're taking names. There's gonna be payback and it's gonna be hell.It's gonna be a bigger more powerful government and when we take control again. We're gonna use it against them [the Democrats and the left] in ways they can't even imagine.
We're gonna come after your favorite constituents.
We're gonna nationalize your unions.
When companies lose money the people who get canned are union workers.We're going to use the Justice Department ... we're going to sic the Justice Department and US attorneys on people, just as [the left] have been doing to the right and Republican Party for 50 years.
We're gonna turn the power of government against the left ...
because the day has passed when he can be passive about what they are doing.
If they are going to bastardize the American system ... we will build a massive army of patriots.You have even perverted them [the American people]
You have created that segment of the American people that has no faith in this country.Before these people on the left get through [finished], there's gonna be so much anger.
These people ... are trying to destroy America.
The Republicans surely are in good hands.
When then, is it time for a government to step in?
Or openly organizing call ins to senators or congressmen nationwide that are fake and meant to misrepresent?
He got away with enough during the election, he should be investigated like Coulter is, enough of this junk!
The election of Barack Obama provides us with opportunity and that is all. If we don't do the work that has now been laid out for us then we will watch that moment of victory taken down piece by piece by these militant taliban.
This level of paranoia is dangerous, though.
Not because he's a person of any real strength, though I don't doubt his ability to inspire a great deal of bad feelings and mischief. It's just that he almost sounded like he should be wearing a little black mustache with his right arm raised.
He's got an idea of nationalism that isn't patriotic. It's fanatascism and dictatorial. And he identifies groups and hollers "they are to blame!". And it's dangerous. Innocent people get hurt in an environment like that.
I think Limbaugh is becoming more than a nuisance. He's becoming a threat. And I would say the GOP should rein him in, but then weren't they recently saying they are going to take their cues from the Taliban? The two voices in each ear - Taliban and Limbaugh. There is a rot in that party and it's taking on the form of dictators and zealots. And I think it's really very frightening.
I feel like I'm looking at 1930s Germany. I really do. They said one group of people influenced by one man couldn't turn the world to chaos then. They were wrong.
And I feel like that's what I'm looking at now. Rush isn't some right wing radio host. A member of my congress recently had to grovel for his forgiveness. So......
He's talking about controlling the governors of law, and the enforcement of law. Just as you say. Now add to it that he's one of the key players in creating a propaganda news source to filter all news to their loyalists. There's 3 of the necessary items needed to get a "fascist" off and running. And then read what he says. Big, powerful angry government getting all naysayers under control. And making them sorry. Making them pay.
It scares the bejeebus out of me. And it should.
"It's gonna be a bigger more powerful government and when we take control again." - Aren't the GOP always railing for SMALLER government??? Remember Palin's "Get out of the way, government....." stance in the VP debate??
"These people ... are trying to destroy America." - Rush conveniently forgets that America is already on fire, after EIGHT years of GOP rule.
"You have created that segment of the American people that has no faith in this country." - THIS coming from the man who wished the PRESIDENT to fail, despite the impact of which being that AMERICA would fail.
"We're going to use the Justice Department ... we're going to sic the Justice Department and US attorneys on people....." - So much for the rule of law. So let's be clear - if the GOP get back into power (SHUDDER), all liberals and / or people who disagree with Rush and the Right will be.....persecuted by the DOJ??? Nice.
Thanks Rush for giving us even MORE reason to make sure you and your thugs DON'T EVER get back into power!!
They'll say they do. Read it again--you decide. They Constitution explicitly avoids creating a state church; these folks want laws based on nothing but their religious beliefs. The Constitution says: freedom of speech. These folks want those who disagree with them silenced. The Constitution creates three branches of government, with checks and balances, to avoid any one part becoming too powerful. These folks says: the President (well, when it was Bush) can do anything he wants.
The Constitution is, IMHO, the miracle of the modern world. I'm sticking with it, and not tossing it out because Limbaugh and his followers would rather have an oligarchy.
and regulate, that means no more pillaging of the citizens, and laissez-faire
government just has not worked.
hey Rush, your good thing is about to come to an end.
I think what riles me most is how the repubs keep shouting socialism,
it isn't so and the message is traveling the world as if it's true.