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Rush Limbaugh is our Party's Leader? Don't get distracted.

Posted by Heath Volmer on Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:53:17 PM
FDR had a way of doing things during his early years as President.  He and his brain trusters would throw ideas out there, programs would be implemented.   When things failed or were found unconstitutional, FDR would simply distract from that by throwing out new ideas, creating new bad-guys and calling for even more programs, often under the cover of fireside chats.  Let's see when this starts to sound familiar.

This idea of Rush Limbaugh as the GOP's leader is nonsense that was created by President Obama and his administration.  It's a wonderful distraction.  Get conservatives caught up in this and there's less focus on the important issues, like the insanity that is Washington at the moment.  Obama says it's a good time to buy stocks – Not as long as he keeps opening his mouth.  Many of us didn't believe Obama's rhetoric from the beginning, many are wondering if they were caught up in it.  Don't get detoured by distractions.  Don't fall for it.

The GOP has it's philosophical leaders, and Rush is one of them, but he isn't calling the shots – there's no king of Republicans.  He is an extremely popular figure because he reinforces and puts power behind our beliefs as conservatives.  We need our elected leaders in the party to do the same, and for too long they haven't.
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Responding to another anti-Rush foamer in the Denver Post

Posted by Heath Volmer on Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:54:59 PM
I had to respond to a letter writer in this morning's Denver Post.

The original post is here:

Below is the original letter, plus my comments:

Pandering to a very conservative voice
by DP Opinion on March 4, 2009


Re: “GOP chief apologizes to Limbaugh,” March 3 news brief.

I find it amazing to see one Republican pundit after another make comments against Rush Limbaugh, then one after another fall to an apology for “mis-speaking.” Well, you have to be questioning why the Republican Party is being run or intimidated by an ex-drug-abusing radio show host. Yes, the big bad Rush is just an entertainer. If you want to be outraged, he will fuel your fire. If you want to feel wronged, he’ll give validation to your feelings. He plays them like a violin. I can’t believe people are willing to be used by this shameless man.

In this day of horrendous past-administration wrongs and the need to take desperate measures to correct them, we need patience and a willingness to work together and not fuel this adversarial waste of energy.

Honestly, folks (to quote an honestly wronged man), can’t we all just get along?

Sue Cole, Parker

This letter was published in the March 5 edition.

  1. This myth about Rush being the leader of our party was started by our President and his administration as a clever distraction, which is how I suspect this administration will operate. Unfortunately our party chairman, Michael Steele got caught up in the whirlwind surrounding this and spoke out of place. He needed to apologize

    I’ve been a Limbaugh fan for many years, but I’m not quite sure how I have been played like a violin. He is not just an entertainer, although his show is often entertaining. Rush puts power behind what a great number of people in the United States think and feel. We aren’t being programmed by a super-powered radio host, but listen to Rush and other similar shows because they speak about things that are important to us. We have no voice as powerful as the left with their public education, colleges, newspapers, television news, magazines and unfortunately now their government.

    Yes, we are fired up, but not because Limbaugh is “fueling” us. We are outraged at the way the foundations of our country are being torn down at an alarming rate and most of us feel powerless to do anything about it. We are also outraged at the way the left-people like Sue-have been raging a war against American ideals and our conservative leaders with irrational, ad-hominem attacks. When they can’t attack our ideas, they go after drug-use or college transcripts. That is “shameless.”

    Finally, Ms. Cole has to bash our former president. The left love to speak of a lying George W Bush, but rarely have any facts to back up their assertions. I would agree that there have been “past-adminstration wrongs”: Taking “desperate measures” to fix the problems caused by the wrongs of the last 70 years. Bailing out banks, auto companies, unlucky or unworthy homeowners.

    The Bush administration did a knock-up job of caving in to the frenzied masses and media-induced panic. Instead of letting the system work, which means people and businesses would have to fail (the horror), they chose to try shoring up the system, which only delays failure. Those wrongs have been dwarfed by the colossally irresponsible actions of our Democratic Congress and President Obama in just these last few weeks. Commusism, Socialism and the New Deal have been tried and have failed, but here we go again.

    Comment by Heath Volmer — March 5, 2009 @ 10:13 am

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A Paul Harvey Memory

Posted by Heath Volmer on Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:43:05 PM
I haven't really been a regular fan of Paul Harvey over the years that I've been listening to talk radio, but I loved his style and adored his professionalism.  Since his death last week, I've been hearing the wonderful tributes and memories of him during his time slots on KOA and I recalled one story to mind that Mr. Harvey told years ago.  I'm of course paraphrasing, but gist of the story is what's important.

After he and his wife had moved to Arizona from Chicago, with a studio in his home, he would get up in the morning and go to work, like so many of us, without leaving the house.  For some of us, every day is casual Friday.  

After a while of doing this he noticed that his work ethic and even his quality had started to slide.  The routine of dressing up, driving into work, doing the daily grind, and repeating the next day had been broken.  Now many, perhaps unwittingly, strive for this in life, but he soon realized that there were certain aspects of his sometimes hum-drum, structured daily life that were important.  

Instead of slapping on the typical around-the-house apparel, he put on the shirt and tie that he had lived with for so much of his career, and walked down the wall to his studio.  Sure enough, being in clothing that was familiar in his working environment restored his ethic and quality to a familiar state.  In order for his productions to remain as professional as they had been for so many years, he had to maintain himself in the same professional manner that he always had.  

I spend many days sitting at my desk, or my kitchen table, often in sweatpants or shorts, working on projects.  Sometimes when that lazy, unproductive feeling comes over me, I get up, take a shower and dress in the clothing that I wear out and I feel much better.  Dressing lazy makes lazy.  I always remember Mr. Harvey's words when I feel that way.
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