"Bipartisan DEFINED !" : RUSH LIMBAUGH | CPAC Convention 2009

The conservative radio star talks about the realities of bipartisan politics. * * * * * ---- [ FEB 28 2009 ]

(CNN) - Rush Limbaugh brought a cheering crowd to its feet several times Saturday in Washington as he called on fellow conservatives to take back the country in the keynote speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

"We conservatives have not done a good enough job of just laying out basically who we are because we make the mistake of assuming that people know. What they know is largely incorrect, based on the way we're portrayed in pop culture, in the drive-by media, by the Democrat party," the conservative talk show host told a mostly-young crowd of energized supporters.

"We want every American to be the best he or she chooses to be. We recognize that we are all individuals. We love and revere our founding documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independent. We believe that the preamble of the Constitution contains an inarguable truth, that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, freedom. And the pursuit of happiness," he said, pausing several times for enthusiastic applause.

Looking ahead to the 2012 election, Limbaugh said conservatives will have to choose the right candidate to take the country back.

Limbaugh's impassioned remarks, punctuated by chest-thumping, fist-pumping and chants of "USA" from the crowd, capped off three days of talk at CPAC focusing on rebuilding the Republican Party.

"He played to his crowd here," CNN Political Editor Mark Preston said. "And this crowd is now energized, something we haven't seen from Republicans, certainly not conservatives, since the November election."

Limbaugh used his self-described "first national address," which ran more than hour longer than his allotted 20 minutes, to criticize President Barack Obama for inspiring fear in Americans in order to push a liberal agenda of "big government."

"He wants people in fear, angst and crisis, fearing the worst each and every day because that clears the decks for President Obama and his pals to come in with the answers which are abject failures, historically shown and demonstrated. Doesn't matter. They'll have control of it when it's all over. And that's what they want," Limbaugh said.

"They see these inequalities, these inequities that capitalism produces. How do they try to fix it? Do they try to elevate those at the bottom? No, they try to tear down the people at the top. "

Limbaugh praised Obama as one of the most gifted politicians he has seen, but said, "It just breaks my heart that he does not use these extraordinary talents and gifts to motivate and inspire the American people to be the best they can be. He's doing just the opposite."

Limbaugh also dismissed the notion of bipartianship as a "false premise" given the diverging views of the Democrat and Republican parties on a variety issues, among them, the recent $787 stimulus package signed by Obama.

"Bipartisanship occurs only after one other result. And that is victory," he said.

"What they mean is we check our core principles at the door, come in, let them run the show, and then agree with them," he said.

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[bobzilla211]

rush pretty much sums up the modern republican party: grossly overinflated, ideologically obsessed, uncooperative, militant, out of touch, oh and don't forget old, white and ugly as hell.

[GoingToFast]

The Republicans left 'office' with an 11 TRILLION DEFFESIT, I think they should keep there stupid mouth's shut and let the PROFFESIONALS take care of business. By the way, the 11 trillion is actually 66 trillion, good luck America, you are in deep shit.

[whoo689]

Remember who you're up against, Democrats. THESE are the folks you wanna "build bridges" with in Congress?? FUCK EM! Fuck their stupid-ass "mandate from the tea party." The tea party can SHOVE IT UP THEIR ASSES. They're a bunch of no-good hyperbolic ignoramuses who are tools of a corporate agenda. I mean, I'm all for balancing the budget in the long-term and ending the national debt and whathaveyou, but it's gotta be DONE RIGHT, not just done randomly.

[Unclesamslair]

@questionmarkjones could you please elaborate?

[Unclesamslair]

so basically bipartisanship means being ultra-partisan? And you wonder why democrats "rammed" this health bill "down our throats". Had the republicans been willing to compromise and negotiate they could've lessened the impact of this bill and seriously weakened it. Instead they went the other route doing every goddamn thing to prevent the dems from doing anything in congress so that they'd look bad and people would vote the gop back in. The dems said fuck you we don't need your votes and did it.

[Vetwolf13]

What drug is this nigger on?

[atarimuseum]

The Republicans need to be the adults in the room, craft a halfway meet set of bills and proposals, they'll have to forfeit a for things as the Dem's will have to. Its called COMPROMISE and in the end both sides will at least move a few steps forward with their goals and interests.

Now it is true we need to undo all of the socialist, near-Communist damage that has been done as of late, but again Republicans/Conservatives....

We need to be the adults in the room and not be petty liberal brats

[atarimuseum]

The Republicans can't now get drunk and stupid and blind (or put their blinders on) and already start to get into the frame of mind "okay, now we will get the Dem's to do what we want"... its going to be 2 more years of bullsh*t with people pointing fingers and saying - see the Repub's and Dem's, they are both STUPID and neither side gets it.

Sorry Rush - you are flat out wrong...

to be continued next post...

[atarimuseum]

To say - "they will now have to side with our point of view once we clean their clocks"...

Guess what? That is EXACTLY what the Dem's said to us in 2006 and here we are today having them run off into locked rooms for private bill creations, then emerge, plop THEIR bills on the table and say to the Repub's - come over and sign and be bi-partisan and of course we are going to say "NO" because we have NO SAY in any part of THEIR bill...

to be continued next post...

[atarimuseum]

See - this is where things go wrong and already the Republicans are looking forward with the blinders on and this is why Conservatives need to hand pick and replace not just Democrats, but obviously a lot of Republicans too.

I like Rush, but his statement is reckless...

to be continued next post...

[mrb811]

but if I don't get health care I get fined? I do not believe any of his policies will have any lasting long term dividend to help this country. They are your typical tax and spend policies that do nothing but stagnate the individual and grow the size of govt. That is inexcusable. That is not my Idea of the pursuit of happiness, making gov more powerful that is. They need to keep our borders and streets safe. Other than that, go away. If you like big gov move to one that exists. Leave us be.