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So what prompted Limbaugh to proclaim himself and fellow talk radio hosts the only true conservatives?
Comment:
I wouldn't be too hard on Rush. I don't think everybody has to be in lock step with each other, but on the other hand, it is well to remember that some basic message discipline is worthwhile. I think what Limbaugh is arguing against is the "eat our own" type of rhetoric that so many are enamored with. I have commented upon that phenomenon myself with respect to the Herman Cain implosion.
Limbaugh says in his own book that you should think for yourselves. But at the same time you should also know that, at least some of this intraparty bickering is not helpful for the conservative movement. At some point, a line needs to be drawn. I think that is what Limbaugh is trying to do in some instances. Not that this is the sum total of what he is referring to in the Atlantic piece linked to via the above quote, but it is part of it.
Finally, the Atlantic isn't exactly conservative, now is it? It is amazing the kind of advice given to conservatives from those who aren't. So now those who aren't conservative will be the ones to say who is? That above quote seems far more presumptuous than what Limbaugh said.
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