Rush: They'll always tell us who they fear.

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Thursday, Rush Limbaugh talked about the establishment Republicans who are being played like violins by the Left and their media lapdogs:

What do you think the Palin business is? You know, Palin is a great example of what I'm talking about. They tried to embarrass as many Republicans as possible into not supporting Palin from the moment she was named the vice presidential running mate by McCain, and it continues to this day. They're insulting her, attacking her, making it embarrassing to support her...'

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I'm listening to people complain about Democrats, complain about Obama, complain about liberals -- that they fully understand Obama is the worst thing that could happen to America in terms of our economy, traditions and so forth -- and then Palin's name comes up and they say, "Well! (snort) We can't have her! She's not smart enough, she's not bright enough."

I look at them and say, "Compared to WHO? Compared to Joe Biden? Compared to Harry Reid? Who's she dumber than? Would you rather have Obama?"

"Well, no, but I want somebody that can win."

"You tell me who packs arenas more than Palin does right now." At the time we're having these discussions it's last summer and after the Convention and so forth and after the election. "Who's creating more excitement among Republicans, in an electoral sense, than Palin is?"

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"How do you even know what she knows or doesn't know? You're falling full prey to what media critics and the Democrats are saying about her. Why do you want to be so easily swayed? Why...?" I asked these people, and on a couple of occasions, I was really shouting. "Why do you want to echo the very people that on every other day of the week you rip: People like the media, people like Democrats, people you know you can't trust? You know they lie. Why all of a sudden do you start talking about Palin and now any of the other tea party people like Sharron Angle? Why do you want to believe 'em?"

So the dichotomy is people want outsiders and they want challengers and they want people who have not been part of the system, and then when some people show up who are outsiders and not part of the system, some of our people that want that then say, "Weeeell, I don't think they're good. They're not polished enough." What do you mean "not polished enough"? If we're gonna fix this, it's going to have to be made up of people who have enough passion and care enough to run the gauntlet of having their personal lives exposed, running the risk of having the political establishment -- both Republican and Democrat in the media -- destroy them and their lives, their families and so forth, with never-ending criticism publicly.

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If you enter the political arena, and you're not a liberal Democrat, you know that the moment you show any potential of rallying people or winning an election, they're gonna come out and destroy you. Palin is a classic example of that. They'll always tell us who they fear.

That's another thing I said to this guy: "If they really thought Palin was the blithering idiot that they say she is, they wouldn't be worried about her."

- JP