What conservatives believe

[Tex]

Cali's Obama-induced obsession with Limbaugh made me think this is well worth posting. Limbaugh is probably most articulate person out there as to what being a conservative means, and this is it:

Let me tell you who we conservatives are: We love people. [Applause] When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims. We don't see people we want to exploit. What we see -- what we see is potential. We do not look out across the country and see the average American, the person that makes this country work. We do not see that person with contempt. We don't think that person doesn't have what it takes. We believe that person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government. [Applause]

We want every American to be the best he or she chooses to be. We recognize that we are all individuals. We love and revere our founding documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. [Applause] We believe that the preamble to the *Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life. [Applause] Liberty, Freedom. [Applause] And the pursuit of happiness. [Applause] Those of you watching at home may wonder why this is being applauded. We conservatives think all three are under assault. [Applause] Thank you. Thank you.

The whole speech is excellent.

* For the nitpickers: he later corrects himself to say this is the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Tex

Cali's Obama-induced obsession with Limbaugh made me think this is well worth posting. Limbaugh is probably most articulate person out there as to what being a conservative means, and this is it:



The whole speech is excellent.

* For the nitpickers: he later corrects himself to say this is the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

So the most articulate description of "conservatism" (not conservativism, for those here named Tex) comes from a man who puts words into the Constitution which aren't there, and supported Bush's effort to give no effect to words which actually are in the Constitution?

Got it.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

So the most articulate description of "conservatism" (not conservativism, for those here named Tex) comes from a man who puts words into the Constitution which aren't there, and supported Bush's effort to give no effect to words which actually are in the Constitution?

Got it.

No surprise, you miss the forest for the trees.

[Tex]

Other good stuff:

We love the people of this country. And we want this to be the greatest country it can be, but we do understand, as people created and endowed by our creator, we're all individuals. We resist the effort to group us. We resist the effort to make us feel that we're all the same, that we're no different than anybody else. We're all different. There are no two things or people in this world who are created in a way that they end up with equal outcomes. That's up to them. They are created equal, given the chance - -[Applause]

...

For those of you just tuning in on the Fox News Channel or C-SPAN, I'm Rush Limbaugh and I want everyone in this room and every one of you around the country to succeed. I want anyone who believes in life, liberty, pursuit of happiness to succeed. And I want any force, any person, any element of an overarching Big Government that would stop your success, I want that organization, that element or that person to fail. I want you to succeed. [Applause]

[MikeWaters]

I was reading on thedailybeast that Rahm had twisted Rush's words in saying that Rush wanted Obama's policies to fail.

[Venkman]

Originally Posted by Tex

Cali's Obama-induced obsession with Limbaugh made me think this is well worth posting. Limbaugh is probably most articulate person out there as to what being a conservative means, and this is it:



The whole speech is excellent.

* For the nitpickers: he later corrects himself to say this is the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution.

Yes, it was a great speech.