{"id":9524,"date":"2014-04-28T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-04-28T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:40:08","slug":"the_republican_suicide_mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/04\/28\/the_republican_suicide_mission\/","title":{"rendered":"The Republican Suicide Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Let\u2019s get back now to the Republican Party and the suicide mission that they\u2019re on. Again this from the Spokane, Washington, Spokesman Review. “With the news this week that more than 600,000 Washington residents have acquired new health care plans through the state exchange, US Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said it\u00c2\u2019s unlikely the Affordable Care Act will be repealed.”<\/p>\n

<\/a>Well, slavery was repealed. Prohibition was repealed. Why not Obamacare? “Well, it\u2019s an entitlement, Rush, and we\u2019ve never repealed an entitlement.” Well, I know, but people are only now starting to realize how bad this is. Why didn\u2019t we just reform prohibition instead of repeal it? Why didn\u2019t we just reform slavery instead of repealing it? But somehow we can\u2019t repeal it. You know, the Republican Party, I must tell you, I guess I am a little surprised. Even though I\u2019ve said to you what I\u2019ve said, I guess I miscalculated just how shell-shocked they really are. <\/p>\n

I mean, I\u2019ve known they\u2019re shell-shocked. I have known that they\u2019re suffering posttraumatic stress disorder. I have known all of that, but I had no idea how bad it really is. This immigration, forget Obamacare for a second. This pledge to get immigration done by August, are they trying to sabotage their own efforts to win the Senate and hold on to the House? I have here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers — look, I know. Ruling class, establishment, I\u2019ve said it all myself. I just… you know me, I\u2019m an eternal optimist. I hold out hope that somewhere there is an opposition party or that there is, within the Republican Party, some opposition besides the Tea Party. <\/p>\n

Washington Post: “Why Immigration Reform Isn\u00c2\u2019t The Answer To Republicans\u00c2\u2019 Demographic Woes.” This is stunning that the Washington Post would publish this. “So, how can the GOP start winning larger shares of non-white voters? Reforming the immigration system might not be the answer. Why not? Because reforming the nation\u2019s immigration laws could very well create a whole bunch of new Democrats, including in some key swing states.”<\/p>\n

The hell you say. The Washington Post is saying this! You and I have been on this tear for months, bordering on years now. It\u2019s only common sense why the Democrats want amnesty. They need a permanent underclass. They need to register new voters. They\u2019ve got all the evidence that arriving immigrants are people that believe in Big Government and are more inclined to vote Democrat than Republican. We\u2019ve known this. This is statistically shown. There\u2019s been no question about it. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a debatable answer and it\u2019s always been curious — why are the Republicans falling for this? From the Jeb Bush wing of the party to the Karl Rove wing, any number of wings, there is this belief that the Republicans are never gonna win the White House unless they do something about the Hispanic vote. And then they have been convinced that the only way to get the Hispanic vote is to support and be responsible for and be seen as eagerly supporting and in love with amnesty. And the Democrats have been telling the Republicans, too, “You\u2019re never, ever gonna win the White House unless you get it right on immigration,” as though the Democrats are interested in us winning the White House again. So the Washington Post, it may as well be Harry Reid that\u2019s come out here warning the Republicans. I mean, this is incredible. <\/line><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s break it down. This is from the Washington Post story: “If many of the Hispanic non-citizens across the country became voting eligible citizens through immigration reform, some of those states become much more interesting politically. Take Texas, where only 22% of voters were Hispanic, but they make up 37% of the total population of the state.<\/p>\n

“The pattern is similar in Arizona, where 17% of voters were Hispanic but they accounted for 29% of the total population.” In other words, if illegal aliens get amnesty, more Hispanics will vote and they will swing Texas and other states into the Democrat column. Now, the Washington Post reports this today as though it\u2019s news to them, as though they\u2019ve just hit on something. This has been common sense for years. (interruption)<\/p>\n

Well, I know our own people dispute it. It\u2019s not disputable! This is indisputable, what\u2019s gonna happen here. But the Republicans have got themselves believing that they lost in 2012 because of Hispanics, and they\u2019re never gonna win again unless they do amnesty. I… I… This is Twilight Zone stuff here, and with the Washington Post even issuing a warning to the Republicans! That\u2019s alternative universe stuff as well.<\/line><\/p>\n

Yet the Republicans are plowing straight ahead. In fact, let me find the sound bite, because I\u2019m scattered all over the place. Maybe you guys can help me. Does one of you up there know? It\u2019s the one where Mitt Romney may run again if Jeb Bush doesn\u2019t. Is that a sound bite or is it not a sound bite? Did I read that somewhere? I don\u2019t know. Too many things on the desk.<\/p>\n

(interruption) Yeah, I can\u2019t find the sound bite either. (interruption) Oh, it is a sound bite? It\u2019s Bob Schieffer. Grab it. It\u2019s number 20. It\u2019s Bob Schieffer. Let me see if I can find the sound bite just so I have the transcript. Sorry about this, folks. This is Slay the Nation. Bob Schieffer is talking to the Washington Post political correspondent Nia-Malika Henderson.<\/p>\n

SCHIEFFER: You know, uh, uh, getting back to Republican politics, uh, Jeb Bush is apparently now thinking about running.<\/line><\/p>\n

HENDERSON: (chortling<\/p>\n

SCHIEFFER: And, you know, I have a source that told me that if Jeb Bush decides not to run, that Mitt Romney may actually try it again.<\/p>\n

HENDERSON: Huh!<\/p>\n

SCHIEFFER: They\u2019re very concerned that the party is not moving forward, that the party has moved so far to the right that, you know, they can\u2019t elect a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

HENDERSON: Right!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you know what that means? That means if Jeb Bush doesn\u2019t run, that Romney\u2019s thinking of going again to make sure that the conservatives don\u2019t get the nomination. Now, Romney has already demonstrated he knows how to lose. The Republicans have already tried Romney and Romney lost, and they\u2019re thinking of doing it again if Jeb doesn\u2019t go (this according to Bob Schieffer, now), because they have got to stop this suicidal move to the right the Republican Party is making.<\/p>\n

Except it isn\u2019t making a move to the right! <\/p>\n

Where is the evidence? <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Here\u2019s Sue in St. Charles, Illinois. Good to have you. Glad you waited. Welcome to the program. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi. Giga dittos.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay. So you were talking about the immigration reform and how it\u2019s gonna fall on the Republicans. I think it\u2019s gonna be bad, because imagine this. You\u2019re here illegally, you\u2019re working for not a lot, but you\u2019re working for cash. And once you get the opportunity to become legal, guess what? You gotta pay taxes. You\u2019ve gotta buy Obamacare. You won\u2019t be able to afford your job anymore, or your employer won\u2019t be able to afford to hire you anymore, and we\u2019re not just talking about people from south of the border. How about all those oriental restaurants who have a lot of illegal people doing the serving there.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, they\u2019re made to order. This is all made to order for the Democrat Party, is what you\u2019re saying.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Stay illegal.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, they\u2019re all made to order for the Democrat Party. I mean, if they can\u2019t afford Obamacare, fine, here it is, we\u2019ll give it to you. We\u2019ll subsidize you or what have you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, I suppose. So what about the taxes? Oh, yeah, and they\u2019ll be subject to a minimum wage and everybody\u2019s trying to get minimum wage to be higher? There are a lot of companies whose main employees —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, we\u2019ll think about this. I\u2019m glad you called.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m still trying to figure out what Sue\u2019s point was. As I understand it, Sue thinks, from Illinois — by the way got Illinois news here in a minute, hang on. She was making it sound like that in her opinion, once the illegals become legal, they\u2019re gonna find out how much being a citizen sucks and they\u2019re not gonna like it. They\u2019re gonna have to pay taxes. They\u2019re gonna have to all of a sudden come out of shadows. I mean, everything\u2019s on the books and subject to the law. They have to have Obamacare or pay a penalty and they have to do this and they have to do that and they\u2019re not gonna like it, and that there\u2019s gonna be a backlash.<\/p>\n

But I didn\u2019t get from her who she thinks is going to suffer the backlash, Republicans or Democrats. The problem with that thinking is that people who make low income don\u2019t pay taxes; they get money back. They have the earned income tax credit. They are net tax users, not taxpayers. They get money back from the tax system. They don\u2019t pay into it. The earned income tax credit is one way. There are other redistribution schemes that the Democrats have enacted. <\/p>\n

\"original\"The newly legalized illegals will be eligible for Medicaid, heavily subsidized Obamacare, Section 8 housing. I mean, they\u2019re made-to-order wards of the state. They\u2019re made to order Democrat voters. You talk about the red carpet being rolled out. If amnesty happens they\u2019re gonna be, for a while, the most privileged citizens that we\u2019ve got. The Democrats are gonna be celebrating. The Republicans are gonna be competing with Democrats to celebrate them. They\u2019re gonna telethons for \u2019em, prizes, any number of things. Free homes to win here, free car to have there, welcome to America, this kind of thing. “Aren\u2019t we great, look what we\u2019ve made possible for you?”<\/line><\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to be a big contest between the Republicans and Democrats to welcome these people into the system. Have you thought about that angle of it? Think about the day after amnesty. Think about where the Democrats are gonna be. They\u2019re gonna be wherever they think the shadows are to welcome people walking out of it, greeting them with handshakes and checks and who knows whatever else. “Welcome to America,” they\u2019re gonna say. “We made it possible.” And right next to Harry Reid\u2019s gonna be John Boehner. Right next to Boehner is gonna be Jeb Bush. <\/p>\n

I mean, there is gonna be a mad dash here wherever the shadows are for these people to be greeted so that proper credit can be given for having made it possible. Am I wrong? (interruption) I mean, as long as we\u2019re thinking about this, both parties are gonna vie for it. The credit is gonna go to the Democrats, because you\u2019re asking me who\u2019s the media gonna give credit. The media is gonna give credit to the Democrats. <\/p>\n

The Republicans are always gonna be portrayed as they didn\u2019t really want to do it but they saw it was the only way they would ever, ever have a chance of winning the White House again. They begrudgingly met with the new arrivals out of the shadows with the Democrats, but they really didn\u2019t want to be there, this kind of thing. You know it and I know it. No matter what the Republicans do. The Republicans can be single-handedly responsible for making it happen, and it\u2019s gonna be reported they did it with clenched teeth, with their hands tied or fingers crossed behind their backs, you name it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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