{"id":21515,"date":"2003-05-21T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:20:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T07:20:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:20:24","slug":"what_happened_to_limited_government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2003\/05\/21\/what_happened_to_limited_government\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To Limited Government?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><BR\/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/0009.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"247\" height=\"331\" class=\"alignright\"\/>A memo by Reagan official Donald J. Devine of the American Conservative Union: &#8220;Journalistic conservatism is silent about this growth of government, which is especially fueled by neoconservative dreams of empire and which threatens the whole project of American liberty.&#8221; So fear not those of you who have gotten mad at me for criticizing the Bush administration and GOP Congress for spending more and growing government on the education bill, farm bill, etc., and saying that conservatives should be outraged that the federal budget spends $2.3 trillion a year. Apparently what I say doesn\u2019t matter. <\/line><BR\/>Devine claims that &#8220;most conservative pressure ends up as simple cheerleading for the White House.&#8221; I have said that Republicans are spending right along with Democrats, and that the president has gone along with them. I have demanded to know how in the world $50 billion in tax cuts so far equals a $400 billion deficit, yet spending $2.3 trillion somehow has no role in it &#8211; especially when tax cuts increase revenue. I have said that the more of our money the government spends, the less money we have to spend and reminded everyone that CFR is an attack on the First Amendment and that the Constitution limits what government can do, not what individuals can do. <\/line><BR\/>The Founding Fathers, in their infinite wisdom, saw the need to leave all journalists alone &#8211; not just the New York Times, but the National Enquirer and guys like James Callendar who smeared for and against Thomas Jefferson. Ralph Z. Hallow cites this Divine memo and others in his Washington Times column headlined: &#8220;Activists on the Right Fear a Waning Influence.&#8221; He makes this point that there is &#8220;nobody&#8221; carrying the banner for limited government. He cites conservatives who urged Bush to fight for Senate confirmation of judicial nominees, even those &#8220;moderates&#8221; from the Clinton administration. <\/line><BR\/>That was the &#8220;new tone,&#8221; and I\u2019ve ripped it from day one! (But apparently I\u2019m not heard in the Beltway.) I\u2019ve said that you\u2019re nuts if you think you can get along with liberals. I guess people like you and me don\u2019t matter until it\u2019s election time &#8211; and then these Beltway blowhards come calling hat in hand and <emphasize>act <\/emphasize>like what you want matters. Since it\u2019s too far from Election Day, they just talk to each other and decide that they\u2019re all that matters. If only I had an address inside the hallowed boundaries of I-495, I could be a voice that the self-appointed conservative intellectuals would recognize. What a bizarre piece. Clearly these guys never heard that so long as I\u2019m here, it doesn\u2019t matter where &#8220;here&#8221; is.<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>&amp;lt;span id=&#8221;Par_0008_col&#8221; style=&#8221;font-family:arial; font-size:12px; color:003399; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;&#8221;>Read More of Rush\u2019s Brilliance&#8230;&amp;lt;\/span>&amp;lt;\/td>&amp;lt;\/tr><\/line><BR\/>&amp;lt;tr> &amp;lt;td>&amp;lt;img src=&#8221;\/0.gif&#8221; width=&#8221;1&#8243; height=&#8221;0&#8243;>&amp;lt;\/td>&amp;lt;\/tr>&amp;lt;tr width=&#8221;484&#8243;>&amp;lt;td width=&#8221;484&#8243; valign=&#8221;top&#8221;>&amp;lt;span id=&#8221;Par_0008&#8243; style=&#8221;font-family:arial; font-size:12px; color:000000;&#8221;>&amp;lt;a target=new href=&#8221;\/home\/eibessential.member.html&#8221;>(&#8230;right here in Rush 24\/7\u2019s EIB Essential Stack of Stuff)&amp;lt;\/a>&amp;lt;\/span>&amp;lt;\/td>&amp;lt;\/tr><\/line><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/windowsmedia\/en\/download\/default.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/0009.Par.0005.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignleft\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A memo by Reagan official Donald J. Devine of the American Conservative Union: &#8220;Journalistic conservatism is silent about this growth of government, which is especially fueled by neoconservative dreams of empire and which threatens the whole project of American liberty.&#8221; So fear not those of you who have gotten mad at me for criticizing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Happened To Limited Government? - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2003\/05\/21\/what_happened_to_limited_government\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"What Happened To Limited Government? - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A memo by Reagan official Donald J. 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