McCain´s ass-kicking in 2008 should have exploded that myth once and for all. He was every Democrat´s dream Republican.

We´ll only know if a true conservative can win when we nominate one and cut him or her loose to campaign as one. What do we have to lose?

It´s always about Rush.

I agree #2...

The media people Rush claims to be in competition with love nothing better than to promote him and keep him relevant. He did more to hurt the GOP with his week long diatribe against Sandra Fluke than Todd Akin did. No one denigrates and tears down Republicans like Rush. Who propped up Christine O´Donnell and made fools of Republicans. Thanks Rush. Go sell your overpriced tea.

Rush is the best spokesperson for conservatism.
Of course the Republican moderates want to silence him. They want complete control of the party.

Rush is not only hated by liberals he is also hated by Karl Rove sycophantic RINO weak sticks who blame the TEA Party for their losses.

Rush is too conservative for the leadership of the Republicans, who are content to be 2nd banana forever as long as they are in charge of being second banana.
He is about right for a conservative party, which I hope will emerge soon. It could represent the social conservatives, the fiscal conservatives and the religious right, as well as the limited government crowd and the non-communist democrats. They can be what the GOP should be but isnt.

#1, Amen.

The US electorate has always gone for the conservative, when there was a clear difference between the contenders. When one is a ´light´ version of the other, why not get the real thing? Thus has it ever been, thus it shall ever be...

# 4 Right On.
Limbaugh has never supported a single Republican presidential nominee , since 1992.
He has besmirched and slandered and lied about every honorable man , duly nominated by the Republican voters in the primaries.
Limbaugh promotes the most bizarre theories and makes the most outlandish and unsubstantiated claims about all Republicans.
He echoes the Democrats in falsely trashing the Republican Party.
His 100% made up 3 day diatribe about Fluke played right into the Democrat´s hands and validated every phony stereotype the left and the media were promoting
about Republicans.
He had to know what he was saying about Fluke for 3 days was a total lie.
He and Akin turned young women against the Republicans and contributed to the 2012 devastation.
In the 1990s Limbaugh was fun and innovative.
He´s now a dishonest and deceptive old man who hurts the conservative cause.

Inordinate amount of Trolls on this thread. Everytime they spy a Rush story they can´t wait to bash... so transparent.

The moderates and RINOs are the problem--

They side with big government types and invite the libs into the bedroom so they won´t be labled as intolerant.

The Boehners and his ilk have sold us down the river by not standing firm to principles of conservatism because they want to be liked.

Those of us out here away from DC have been betrayed in large part by the big-government supporters in the BOP.

Senator Ted Cruz is about the only one staying on message and taking it to them! The libs are afraid of Senator Rubio and so they hatch some stupid inane attack for him drinking some water....

What´s worse is rather than support the members of their own party, the RINOS attack the conservatives to avoid being cut down and made fun of by the media liberals.

Hey you moderates who are bashing RUSH, get lost, leave!!

Ted in Michigan

#9 Rush was just being his "entertainer" self. Just what total lies did Rush tell for three days about Sandra Fluke? That she is a slut?

I enjoy a good round of Rush almost everyday.

I can´t count the number of people I know who have awakened to politics by listening to Rush. Thanks, Limbaugh.

For all the detractors; The name of the show is the "Rush Limbaugh Show"! Of course it is about Rush, just as Hannity, Levin, Huckabee and everyone else does a show about themselves.

If you don´t like it, don´t listen. I don´t like the other shows I mentioned, so I don´t listen to them. There, problem solved.

Anyone who believes that the Republicans can out-pander the Democrats with the tax-sponge and race-pimp parasite demographic groups deserve what they get. The trouble is, the rest of us are "getting" it too.

Limbaugh understands that.

If it comes down to a choice between Rush and the namby-pamby "We have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency" RINO party, I will side with Rush every time. If we actually ran a REAL conservative, we would win, but the party is afraid and embarrassed of real conservatives because of abortion mostly.

IMO, Sandra Fluke should have been mostly ignored, but the dems were going to smear Romney with the fictional War on Women no matter what. Their plan was already well underway before this happened. (Remember George Steffi´s question re: contraception last January?)

Rush´ loyalty is to conservatism not the Republican party. And the weak stabs at him on this thread suggest, a lot of Republicans are not conservative.

What do you stand for?

When my wife and I on a road trip we do enjoy listening to him. Unfortunately, when driving around town I don´t bother because he has too many commercial breaks...and long ones at that. My timing to be able to listen to him rather than those endless commercials usually does not work out. More Rush...less commercials. Mostly I agree with him.

Rush is ever a fountain of wisdom. I will not sit by silently while RINO´s bash him - not unlike their similar sentiments expressed toward Sarah Palin.