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RUSH: Last night on CNN\u2019s Larry King Alive, the guest was General Powell. And Larry King said, ‘I think any American would agree that Colin Powell is a great American, a former secretary of state, moderate Republican. What is a moderate Republican?\u2019 And this is why I\u2019m playing this for you. We all are now going to be treated to the ultimate definition of moderate Republican. If you\u2019ve wondered just what that is, here it is from General Powell himself.<\/p>\n

POWELL: Someone who believes in a strong national security and defense policy, who believes in low taxes, who believes in keeping government as small as necessary but making sure it\u2019s a government that performs the functions that the American people want. But a moderate Republican in my judgment is also someone who is quite sympathetic to the social needs of our citizens, who is open toward immigration. Immigration is keeping this country thriving. And the issue of civil rights and the issue of taking care of those in our society who are not doing as well as the rest of us, I think that should be a part of the Republican mantra, too.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So a moderate Republican is essentially a conservative who\u2019s also down for the struggle. So that\u2019s your definition — basically big government, open borders, believe in the social welfare role of the federal government. In other words, a liberal. A moderate Republican is essentially, you just heard it here from General Powell, in his judgment — that\u2019s, by the way, elite-speak. Let me give you a little heads-up. If you\u2019re listening to people interviewed, like Chris Dodd\u2019s famous ‘in my view, Larry, in my judgment, Larry, in my view,\u2019 these are code words for ‘I know what I\u2019m talking about. I\u2019m one of the club.\u2019 You hear people using phrases like that. And there are many such phrases that these people use. ‘Clearly\u2019 is another. ‘Clearly, Larry,\u2019 blah, blah, blah, blah. If you hear those terms, you know you\u2019re listening to somebody who thinks that they are in the ruling class. But General Powell has just done the service here, defining for us, a moderate Republican equals liberal. Except low taxes. How do you believe in low taxes and vote Obama? But he did. Next Larry King says, ‘You recently suggested that the Tea Party movement might well be a fad unless it converts itself into something that\u2019s a real political organization. That\u2019s a quote from your appearance on Meet the Press two months ago.\u2019<\/p>\n

POWELL: I thought it would just be a passing fad. Well, it turned out to be something much more than that, and I hope that all of our political leaders in Washington, whether you\u2019re a Democrat, Republican, moderate, conservative, or liberal, reflect on the fact that this is a movement of Americans who are concerned about the future of our country and don\u2019t dismiss them as a fad.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Meaning we got a problem and we\u2019re gonna figure out a way to deal with these people. We thought they were a fad, but they\u2019re not, they\u2019re serious, they do pose a genuine threat to us in the ruling class, and we\u2019ve gotta take \u2019em seriously. I think General Powell probably had advance notice that there was a poll to be published today in The Politico which indicates that the DC elites — they\u2019re self-identified this way in the poll — that Washington elites have a totally different view of the Tea Party and the country than anybody else. ‘The midterms not only dealt a big shock to Democrats but also sent a message to President Barack Obama. According to the new POLITICO Power and the People poll, only 26 percent of the public believes he will be reelected as president in 2012.\u2019 And the other aspect of this is ‘Washington elites have little faith that tea party candidates will be able to bring change and say grass-roots conservatives have been the most negative in spreading their message, according to a new POLITICO poll released Tuesday. Washingtonians involved in the political or policy process believe overwhelmingly that tea party candidates will not ‘be able to bring change to Washington.\u2019 Only 11 percent of D.C. insiders polled said they thought the tea party could bring change, compared with 77 percent who did not.\u2019<\/p>\n

Now, they asked Doug Schoen about this. Let\u2019s go to audio sound bite number 11. This was this morning on Fox, Martha MacCallum was speaking to him. And she said, ‘Doug, any surprises out there? Basically the content of this survey shows that Washington elites don\u2019t think much of the midterm elections, the Tea Party, or Sarah Palin.\u2019<\/p>\n

SCHOEN: This is proof positive that Washington elites are absolutely out of touch because the midterm elections were a repudiation of the Democratic Party and the administration. They were a ratification of much, if not all of what the Tea Party movement was saying, and if Sarah Palin had any impact or result on the election, it was to see her stature enhanced, given the success of the candidates she endorsed around the country.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re listening to a Clinton pollster here, and he\u2019s analyzing this Politico poll. He says the Democrat Party is out of touch, absolutely, the DC elites outta touch. General Powell, I am certain, before going on Larry King Alive last night, knew of this poll, and that\u2019s why he said, (imitating Powell) ‘These Tea Party people are not a fad. We\u2019re gonna have to deal with these people. We gotta take \u2019em seriously before we knock \u2019em off.\u2019 Larry King said, ‘What about the stories, though, that the central aspect of the Republican Party doesn\u2019t even like the Tea Party people? In a sense it\u2019s going to affect them?\u2019<\/p>\n

POWELL: Some of the things that the Tea Party movement is asking for are unachievable, and I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s right. It\u2019s not doable to say we want to cut spending, we want to reduce the deficit, but we don\u2019t want to increase revenue. This algebraic equation will not work. Don\u2019t tell me you\u2019re gonna freeze spending. Tell me what you\u2019re gonna cut. What service are you not gonna provide to the American people that they now are expecting? The only way to reduce the size of government is to cut things, not freeze things and not pretend that we\u2019re only gonna give it a certain percentage of increase. You\u2019ve gotta eliminate things.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah. Totally right. But he\u2019s saying you can\u2019t do it. The American people won\u2019t put up with it. A 10% across the board budget cut, you could do it, and you could show you could do it, 10% across the board. But see, this is the straw dog. Powell joining the Democrats, (imitating Powell) ‘Okay, Democrats, what would you cut? What would you cut? You tell us what you would cut. You want to cut Social Security? You want to kick old people out of their houses? Do you want to deny them food? What do you want to cut?\u2019 That\u2019s the straw dog that they create, and thus the Tea Party can\u2019t succeed. And, by the way, a freeze, even factoring for inflation would be huge in terms of reducing the debt and spending because of baseline budgeting, because of baseline bulletining a freeze would be a genuine cut, compared to the baseline. Why is it impossible to cut spending without increasing revenue? That\u2019s another misnomer when he says you can\u2019t cut spending without increasing revenue. No. You gotta cut spending because we don\u2019t have the revenue, pure and simple. Anyway, that\u2019s moderate Republican. That\u2019s what you need to be if that\u2019s what you want to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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