A Bad Week for Michael Steele: GOP Group Defends Rush Limbaugh

March 4, 2009 RSS Feed Print

It continues to be a bad week for Michael Steele, forced to apologize to conservative talker Rush Limbaugh, whose anti-Obama comments the Republican Party boss called "ugly." We reported yesterday that some GOP leaders want Steele to either shut up or go, and now a group calling itself "GOP Trust PAC" is issuing a strong defense of Limbaugh. Here's what it says:

GOP TRUST PAC DEFENDS RUSH LIMBAUGH

Scott Wheeler: "Attacking Rush Limbaugh Is Political Suicide, He Gives Voice To The Hopes And Concerns Of Conservatives Nationwide"

( Washington , DC ) - National Republican Trust PAC (www.GOPTrust.com) executive director Scott Wheeler today defended conservative icon Rush Limbaugh against baseless and foolish attacks ... from Republicans.

"Attacking Rush Limbaugh is political suicide for Republicans, he gives voice to the hopes and concerns of conservatives nationwide and has been doing so successfully for 20 years. Our focus should be misguided policies liberal Democrats are trying to impose on the country in a time of economic distress," Wheeler said. "Our nation is facing one of the most difficult times it has ever confronted. As conservatives we need to stand unified, speaking with one voice, finding solutions to alleviate the economic, social, and international hardships challenging us as a nation.

Wheeler noted that any Republican leader who would attack Rush Limbaugh doesn't have a clear understanding of the party's conservative base.

"Republicans find themselves in the minority and out of power because, in large measure, they disconnected themselves from their basic principles and values—such as Arlen Specter and others voting for pork payoff masquerading as an economic stimulus package. Rush rightly labeled that bill a 'porkulus' package and Republicans need to reconnect with their principles and values if they want to become a majority party again," Wheeler said.

 The NRT PAC spent the third largest amount of any independent organization in the 2008 campaign; $6 million in advertising through the November election, and $750,000 in the runoff for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.

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1. Rush is Against Labor Unions.

2. Rush is Against Increasing The Minimum Wage.

3. Rush is Against Laws that would Enable Workers to Receive a Greater Share of the Profits They Help Produce.

4. Rush is Against Expanding Medical Insurance to Cover Millions of Uncovered Americans.

5. Rush ridicules Homeless People who own Cellphones.

6. Rush ridicules Homeless People who say they and their families would rather live in a Home than in a Car.

7. Rush believes that AIG executives should keep the $165 million in bonuses they received from taxpayer bailout money, and

he is outraged that the government might try to take these bonuses back.

8. All of Rush's sympathies are with America's wealthiest 2%, and he scorns and ridicules the poor and the homeless, whom he derides as America's "Losers".

9. Rush deceives his Dittohead followers into supporting tax policies favoring America's Top 2% and against the financial interests of the Dittoheads. Few Dittoheads earn over $250,000 a year, or have estates exceeding $10,000,000. Yet, Rush persuades his Dittoheads to vote for income and estate tax policies that favor the Super Rich -- helping the Rich Grow Richer -- while harming people who earn less than $250,000 a year, which includes most Dittoheads. Rush convinces them to vote against their own interests by using sly propaganda phrases like the "Death Tax" instead of the "Estate Tax". It's not a tax on Dying -- it's a tax on large Estates. Rush is the Dittoheads' own special Fifth Columnist and Trojan Horse.

10. Rush is a White Racist. Virtually every time he tells a "joke", it is a racial putdown of blacks, Hispanics or some other minority. Deliberately confusing the names of "Barack Obama" and Rush's fictional African leader, "Barack Ogabe", is the latest example. Or, opining that the media gave football Quarterback, Donovan McNab, "a lot of credit he doesn't deserve" simply because he is black (although McNab led his team to two championships in his first three seasons with the NFC).

11. Rush firmly believes in the Golden Rule: "Them that's Got the Gold Makes the Rules."

12. Rush wants America to Fail. Rush would rather see America fail than have Obama save the USA by applying Liberal programs, such as massive government deficit spending, increased regulation of the financial markets, broader health care coverage, tax breaks for the middle class and tax increases for the wealthy, etc. We have seen Conservative policies of massive tax cuts for the rich and de-regulation of the markets bring America to the brink of Depression. Yet, Rush only prescribes more of the same. Rush is a narrow-minded ideologue who would rather see America fail through continued application of failed Conservative policies than to see the country revived through the institution of Liberal ideas.

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CJPR of FL 11:01AM March 26, 2009

You make us Democrats very happy!!

And keep the National Republican Trust PAC on board for all of your campaign marketing. Wheeler closed a 12 point gap between dem candidate Murphy and repub candidate Tedisco in just 2 short weeks with their advertising. Murphy is now in a statistical tie. A few more ads from the PAC and Murphy has the election sewn up!

I LOVE your work!

Democratic Voter

Greg of CT 1:44PM March 20, 2009

Listen to what an eloquent voice the National Republican Trust PAC has in Michael Wheeler:

http://wonkette.com/407128/wingnut-provides-comical-audio-regarding-tedisco-murphy-house-race

Greg of CT 1:30PM March 20, 2009

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