Rush Limbaugh: There’s an All-Out Assault Against Ted Cruz by the GOP Establishment

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TPNN: Rush Limbaugh: There’s an All-Out Assault Against Ted Cruz by the GOP Establishment

Posted 09.17.13 by Matthew Burke, TPNN News Editor

 

Rush Limbaugh verbally nuked “supposed” conservative David Brooks on this radio program Monday (Audio Below), as well as the rest of the cowardly Republican Party establishment who have failed to show any leadership in the fight to defund Obamacare. Rush was livid at ultra-RINO Brook’s comments over the weekend and powerfully and passionately refuted them:

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH: There’s an all-out effort now, an all-out assault on Ted Cruz and others like him. There is an all-out effort within the Republican Party, within the Republican establishment to deal with Ted Cruz and his attempted takeover of the Republican Party. On The NewsHour on Friday night on PBS, David Brooks, the supposed conservative columnist

http://youtu.be/VU1RgKFrslY

 

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Tom Coburn: Wait, Im a RINO now because I disagree with Ted Cruz on tactics?

 

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Alternate headline: RINO surprised to discover hes a RINO. No, no, kidding. Its a testament to how much goodwill Coburn has earned with grassroots righties that he remains a minor player in the RINO/true conservative squabble over defunding despite having been one of the first big-name Republicans to publicly criticize Cruzs tactics. Or maybe Im wrong and hes simply being ignored because a more attractive target for right-wing wrath has inserted himself into this. Coburn gets a pass vis-a-vis McCain, I think, not just because of differences in their record but because Coburn takes no obvious personal pleasure in rebuking the wacko birds. When he tells you its too bad that Cruz is doomed to fail, you believe him. Not so Maverick. In fact, theres an odd symmetry between Coburn as low-key opponent of trying to defund and Mike Lee as a (comparatively) low-key supporter. Both of them are being overshadowed on their respective sides by guys who are lightning rods for criticism. The left (and Peter King) will come away from this declaring Ted Cruz some kind of terrorist but Lee will sail on undamaged.

 

I think Coburns right, though, that confusion about whats possible here risks disappointment and demotivation next year. Tactically, things have reached the point where even some grassroots conservatives who are following this closely arent sure whats going on. Heres something one of Orrin Hatchs staffers posted yesterday:

 

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Can we please take that word/term and bury it for the next 20-30 years? It has come to mean I don't agree with you.

BTW on the off chance people don't know the WH is loving this fight.

 

 

Tom Colburn