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So much so, the right is unable to even have an honest debate about it because it's considered heresy to suggest Limbaugh hurts the republican's efforts to court non-conservatives to vote for them.
Here's a fascinating roundup over the spat over at National Review http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs...servative-heretic.aspx . A CATO Senior fellow, Jerry Taylor, made a not-too-controversial post over at NR's blog, the corner suggesting that Obama hopes to project Limbaugh and Hannity as the GOP's leader because they're unpopular and hurts the GOP's efforts to court more voters.
http://corner.nationalreview.c...IwYjA2YTkwNWRmODMxNmY=
The rest of the NR writers absolutely tore apart Jerry in subsequent NR blog posts (notice how vicious the language they use against Jerry is). If you notice, Jerry makes reasoned arguments while the rest of NR makes non-sequitors. For example, Jerry would point out that Rush Limbaugh has only a 19% approval rating, suggesting that it hurts the conservatives ability to convince non-conservatives that their ideas are right. However, Mark Steyn points to Limbaugh's show as being the #1 radio show in America, as if Limbaugh preaching to the choir somehow relates to what Jerry is talking about when it comes to non-republican voters.
And why does the Obama admin want Rush and Hannity front and center and gives them so much attention? According to Kathryn Jean Lopez, it's because they're effective! That's right, the left is willingly being generous to the GOP; they believe Rush and Hannity are really good at convincing people to join the conservative movement so lets give them more attention! Tortured logic anyone (no pun intended)?
This, my friends is what is going to kill the GOP. There's absolutely no introspection and self reflection. To accept nothing but ideological purity is madness. And this is why you will be out of power for a long time to come (and the country will be better off for it)
Here's a fascinating roundup over the spat over at National Review http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs...servative-heretic.aspx . A CATO Senior fellow, Jerry Taylor, made a not-too-controversial post over at NR's blog, the corner suggesting that Obama hopes to project Limbaugh and Hannity as the GOP's leader because they're unpopular and hurts the GOP's efforts to court more voters.
http://corner.nationalreview.c...IwYjA2YTkwNWRmODMxNmY=
The rest of the NR writers absolutely tore apart Jerry in subsequent NR blog posts (notice how vicious the language they use against Jerry is). If you notice, Jerry makes reasoned arguments while the rest of NR makes non-sequitors. For example, Jerry would point out that Rush Limbaugh has only a 19% approval rating, suggesting that it hurts the conservatives ability to convince non-conservatives that their ideas are right. However, Mark Steyn points to Limbaugh's show as being the #1 radio show in America, as if Limbaugh preaching to the choir somehow relates to what Jerry is talking about when it comes to non-republican voters.
And why does the Obama admin want Rush and Hannity front and center and gives them so much attention? According to Kathryn Jean Lopez, it's because they're effective! That's right, the left is willingly being generous to the GOP; they believe Rush and Hannity are really good at convincing people to join the conservative movement so lets give them more attention! Tortured logic anyone (no pun intended)?
This, my friends is what is going to kill the GOP. There's absolutely no introspection and self reflection. To accept nothing but ideological purity is madness. And this is why you will be out of power for a long time to come (and the country will be better off for it)
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