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Jet Gorgon

Hatter still spewing drivel is he?
All this stuff about BO and Blago, and the first Vietnamese (and a REPUBLICAN!) winning congessional office over the libbie Jefferson in New Oeleans (55555555, Demo Jefferson indicted on 16 bribery charges, never mind the $90 grand they found in his bladdy freezer), and these libbies are still going after Palin? 55555555555555

sabang

Powell lashes out at Palin: I’m from the South Bronx, ‘and there’s nothing wrong with my value system.’»

In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that will air this weekend, former Secretary of State Colin Powell sharply criticized the Republican party and its “value system,” taking particular aim at Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK):

Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about how small town values are good. Well, most of us don’t live in small towns. And I was raised in the South Bronx, and there’s nothing wrong with my value system from the South Bronx.

And when they came to Virginia and said the southern part of Virginia is good and the northern part of Virginia is bad. The only problem with that is there are more votes in the northern part of Virginia than there are in the southern part of Virginia, so that doesn’t work.

Powell also said that with the changing demographics of America, the Republican party needs to start listening to minority communities, rather than “shouting” at them with “loaded statements” and “Republican principles and dogma.”

Think Progress » Powell lashes out at Palin: I’m from the South Bronx, ‘and there’s nothing wrong with my value system.’

Powell does raise an interesting point. The 'small town America' of The Waltons, and Little House on the Prairie is a distinct minority- most Americans live in cities and large towns like any other industrialised country.

Was the message that Palin was drumming home ultimately alienating to a majority of the Electorate? There is no question that this 'small town' or middle America is, mainly, pro Republican- but in pandering to that minority, which was safely theirs anyway, did they miss the bigger picture. Powell thinks so anyway.

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sabang

Limbaugh Blasts Powell for Criticizing Palin and GOP, Calls Him a 'Turncoat'

Rush Limbaugh isn’t letting Colin Powell get away with trashing him in public.
The conservative talk-show host unleashed a litany of complaints against Powell during his show Monday, calling him a “turncoat” for supporting Barack Obama, and someone who did “certainly nothing exceptional, you’re no George Marshall,” when he was national security adviser and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.
Rush’s wrath came after Powell, President Bush’s former secretary of state, told CNN that Republicans should stop listening to Limbaugh and said Sarah Palin helped polarize the party this election season.

Now, Limbaugh is arguing that the GOP hasn’t been listening to him – as evidenced by its selection of John McCain as the party’s 2008 presidential nominee.

Here are some of the juicier parts of what Limbaugh said:

You know what really has Colin Powell upset, it’s because I said his endorsement of Obama was about race, and I’m not supposed to say those things … The Republican Party nominated Powell’s perfect candidate. The guy’s going after moderates, independents, Democrats, a guy who is not conservative at all, McCain, didn’t stand up for much conservative, and he’s out there now saying he won’t support Palin if she seeks the presidency again, or he might not.

What’s going on here with this Colin Powell thing is that the Washington establishment — Powell’s not a Republican. McCain’s not a Republican. These guys are not even mavericks. They are Washingtonians. Washingtonians have their own culture and their own desires, and it is to matter.

There are exceptional military men and women throughout our nation who could have served as national security adviser or chairman of the chief joints of staff, to quote Rita X, many ex-military people who could have been the secretary of state. Hell, Hillary can do it, anybody can do it. I’m sure you did a good job, General Powell, certainly nothing exceptional, you’re no George Marshall. But I can’t think of a single occasion where Secretary Powell stepped up to the plate for the Republican Party or the conservative movement.

How can you even claim to be a Republican, General Powell? When have you ever stuck your neck out for Republicans and conservatives? Never. I mean sabotage George W. Bush with the Armitage leak and Scooter Libby, that’s just one thing, but Ronald Reagan, Bush 41, Bush 43 all helped advance General Powell’s career."

General Powell has no vision. He is not in touch with the public in any meaningful way. He’s a Washingtonian. He’s not in touch with the public. He lives in a bubble so he doesn’t have to expose himself to contrary arguments.

He said nobody lives in small towns and that’s why they’re small. "I’m from the Bronx. Something wrong with my values" he asked. What is this hatred for conservatives and small town people and Sarah Palin? It’s because they are effective. They represent challenges to the Washingtonians’ control of the Republican Party. I know a lot of people that are from the Bronx, General Powell, and if you think the values there in the Bronx today reflect the ones you grew up with, take a trip back and see if the street corners and the activities there are the same as when you were growing up, General Powell.

Limbaugh Blasts Powell for Criticizing Palin and GOP, Calls Him a 'Turncoat' | wowOwow


Republicans really should listen to Rush Limbaugh less, but this highly paid radio show talk host had to defend his turf I guess.

raycarey

^Maybe he's gone back to doctor shopping for 'hillbilly heroin' again.

raycarey

still no word if limbaugh is back on the 'hillbilly heroin', but palin's inlaws are apparently selling it!

The Associated Press: Mother of Palin daughter's boyfriend arrested

Norton

Considering the source this is another resounding endorsement of the accuracy of Colin Powell's criticisms.

Milkman

In addition to the posts on this thread, I have a question.

As I do not listen to Limbaugh, does Limbaugh like & support Palin.

Is he "pro-Palin" basically?

sabang

^ Limbo is a populist Right Wing Bimbo. He reaches an audience, and is paid upwards of $20mm annually for doing so. To the likes of Pat Buchanan, George Will and the late William Buckley he's a bit of an embarassment really.

He thinks Sarah could have won the election!

Milkman

I tried to wiki and google, to find out what Limbaugh average number of listeners are, I can never find the number. I'm sure it's out there.

Yes, he's an embarrassment. He's an entertainer. He's not very insightful. Once in a while he reads an article snippet from a newspaper, and then spins it. The callers that make it though are heavily screened, to promote the agenda.

If he thought Palin could win, he's slipping a lot.

I bet that his listening audience numbers have declined.

His target market audience may be getting smaller as the country has changed and the attitudes of Americans have changed.

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Butterfly

Jesus, sounds like easy money. I am in the wrong industry. I think I will become a liberal hating Republican.

Norton

No need to change stripes and renounce your God Chomsky! Plenty of Republican hating liberal radio show jobs you could get. In fact I have it from expert sources the entire news media are nothing but liberals bashing the Republicans.

Panda

In a country as large as US, (population wise), just about any nutter can find a big enough following to extract a living.

Palins only real claim to fame now is that she was an air head embarrassment to the country and that made her a very controversial figure. Its ironic that if she had been more sensible she would have been long forgotten by now.

People tend to remember the "odd ones" who stand out as different, even if its for all the wrong reasons. I suppose you could call it the idiots hall of fame.

panama hat

Reagan
Bush-baby
Palin
Quayle

Hmm, you're right

sabang

Limbaugh's radio show airs weekdays for three hours daily, beginning at 12 noon Eastern time in the U.S. It also is carried worldwide over the Armed Forces Radio Network , and in some markets is carried on FM stations.

As of 2006, Arbitron ratings indicated that The Rush Limbaugh Show had a minimum weekly audience of 13.5 million listeners, making it the largest radio talk show audience in the United States.

On July 2, 2008, Matt Drudge reported that Limbaugh signed a contract extension through 2016 that is worth over $400 million, breaking records for any broadcast medium — television or radio.

Rush Limbaugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Milkman

^ Sabang,

Thanks for this. When I wikied a couple of months ago the number of listeners was not included.

13.5 mill is impressive, but it's not enough to national elections.

And if the Armed Forces Radio plays it, - they had better play those with opposing views.

I am skeptical, however.

Jet Gorgon

^^ hmmm, Howard gets more...
Howard Stern's move to Sirius Satellite Radio may be his biggest challenge ever. ... Stern had signed a $500 million five-year contract that pays his salary ...
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/01/60minutes/main1090737.shtml - 95k -

Butterfly

100m a year for Stern ? he is one rich mother fucker !!!

spiff

Hmm, interesting.

Libbie-bashing is easy, maybe I could start with a blog or a weekly column on some wingnut site?

Jet Gorgon

^ Na, you got an accent even in print. Nobody would believe you.

spiff

Hey, that should add some rarity value - a defected Euro commie espousing the right way!

I've always wondered about Hussein's popularity with the tree-hugging leftists - is it because they love Muzzies and Blecks?
Conservatives vote for a person's policies, not their skin colour.

I wish we had an eloquent person with the guts to say it as it is, such as Palin. The libbies were witch-hunting her for being an outspoken woman, just as the Demos rejected Clinton because she's a woman, too. But the right voted Margaret Thatcher into office long before the feminazis were wagging their tails.

Race, sex, equal opportunities? Powell, Rice. The Republicans are the true liberals.
Leftists are fascist, we've known what they are capable of ever since the NationalSocialist 3rd Reich and Hitler's palling around with his socialist friend Stalin.