MarkMiller

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Limbaugh: Conservative base has 'fractured'

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Posted: 09:50 AM ET

Limbaugh is a strong critic of John McCain.
(CNN) — Calling it his "non-concession speech," talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh launched a fresh round of attacks Wednesday on newly-minted GOP frontrunner John McCain — the latest indication the Arizona senator is likely to witness a backlash from some conservative quarters as he seeks to wrap up his party's nomination.

Limbaugh, a longtime conservative critic of McCain, said the senator's rise is largely the result of "uninspiring" candidates, and a "fractured" party base.

"There was no figure in our roster of candidates who rose up to challenge him or galvanize conservative support," Limbaugh said on his daily radio program. "All the candidates on our side, for various reasons, are uninspiring or worse — and so, just as I predicted, the base has fractured."

McCain has long had trouble courting the most conservative members of his party — and exit polls from the early-primary states have shown the Arizona Republican has consistently lost among those primary voters who identify themselves as conservative.

McCain passed a key test Tuesday in winning Florida's primary — the first early contest that closed out Independents and cross-over Democrats — but exit polls out of the state show he still lost the conservative vote to Mitt Romney.

"He is not the choice of conservatives, as opposed to the choice of the Republican establishment — and that distinction is key," Limbaugh continued. "The Republican establishment, which has long sought to rid the party of conservative influence since Reagan, is feeling a victory today as well as our friends in the media. But both are just far-fetched and wrong.”

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Comment:

babylonDon

You know what's good to ease the pain of these kinds of fractures?

Oxycontin. Lots and lots of Oxycontin.

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JeffinCO

Actually, in a twisted sort of way, I believe the pot-bellied, drug addicted, "I'm goin to the Dominican Republic with some boner pills" Mr Limbaugh will benefit from a Dem win. He can once again be the voice of pissed off little dicked rednecks against the "liberal" establishment.

Much easier being an asshole if you can attack constantly, instead of defending the indefensible.

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JeffinCO

10 a day to be exact.

10 oxycontin ......A DAY.

Even Kieth Richards is like, "That's fuckin high."

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babylonDon

I wonder if it was enough to ease the shame.

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"America, the greatest, best country that God has ever given man, on the face of the Earth"- Sean Hannity, professional broadcast journalist.

“To the contrary, has anybody ever referred to torture as punishment? I don’t think so.”-Antonin Scalia

ThetaBurst

"Harder Nancy, harder! Afterall, we're FUCKED!"

Quirkygal

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HA! Good one!

cheapseats

I suggest for consideration the possibility that Limbaugh revving up criticism of McCain is BY DESIGN.

It is a good bet that EVERYTHING on the Republican side is by design...it is Democrats who flail around democratically.

Ultra-conservative, documentably-hypocritical Limbaugh poo-pooing McCain will be a source of comfort to moderate Republicans who are disillusioned with George Bush, or hate him outright, but who are abidingly loyal to party and understandably skeptical of Democratic fiscal ineptitude.

Spare me that the Bush Administration has been a COLOSSAL economic failure for all but The Few, The Proud, The Aristocracy. Moderates can EASILY dismiss that as a horrendous glitch, juxtaposed with longer standing bleeding heart-and-checkbook Liberals.

SUSPECT EVERYTHING, TRUST NO ONE. LOOK TO REALITY, NOT WORDS, FOR PROOF OF CLAIMS.

That would make me jaded...as well as racist and heartless and whatever else I've been labeled this week.

The Jaded label differs by being accurate, not to mention hard-won.

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itsmeeeeeee

in order to look at one's self in a mirror, it probably takes a LOT of pretty strong drugs to counter one's conscience and subsequent terror of god.

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mudwhistle

So you guys think Limbaugh is always wrong except this time.



We were going to have a divided base with a wide-open primary in any case. We will come together for the general election, unlike the Democrats.