A recent poll aid that Rush Limbaugh was the country’s most influential conservative. In addition, there has been talk about the GOP instituting some sort of purity test to qualify for support from the party.
I think the test could be reduced to simply identifying those candidates, party leaders, and those who be the party’s bosses who are NOT conservatives and are actually RINOs (republicans in name only). So let’s look back at a previous posting and see what a conservative is and is not and who we have to say goodbye to.
1. A conservative makes his point with facts and logical points of debate. (goodbye Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Palin, Bachman…).
2. A conservative does NOT resort to embellishments, distortions, and misinformation. (goodbye Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Palin, Bachman…).
3. A Conservative does not resort to name-calling and other childish and immature behavior directed at those who disagree with them. (goodbye Limbaugh, Beck…).
4. A conservative loves his country and does not let his opposition or hatred of a person get in the way of that even if that person is the President of the United States of the other party. He would not cheer when the US lost the Olympics, nor would he raise a stink at the President winning the Nobel Prize. (goodbye Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Americans for Prosperity,…).
5. A conservative wants to get the conservative message out and win converts to the party, not work to see how many people they can keep out or drive away. (goodbye Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Palin, Bachman…).
Looks like identifying the RINOs is pretty easy (Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Palin, Bachman…). So let’s get rid of them and those who pander to them and the damage they are doing to the party and let the real conservatives come forth and win elections.
As for the poll, Limbaugh is NOT the most influential conservative, as he is NOT a conservative in the first place.
December 13, 2009 at 6:31 am |
Good post. I must admit that I listen to Limbaugh from time to time – mostly for pure entertainment purposes than anything. But I do not like the fact that his image is branded as the de facto image of the GOP. Personally, I’m more of a fan of a low-key, intellectual style – like that of Mitch Daniels or Judd Gregg. Just out of curiosity, do you have a particular candidate that you would like to see head the GOP ticket in 2012?