Yesterday, following the CNN Tea Party Republican Debate, Rush Limbaugh opened his show by saying that Ron Paul should join the Democrat Party. Yes, Ron Paul, the same candidate who is indisputably the most fiscally conservative guy on the stage, bar none. The candidate who has never voted for an unbalanced budget, never voted to raise taxes, supports 100% gun rights, is against the U.N., supports smaller government and actually means it, on and on. Ron Paul is a true "republican" in the old sense of the word, before the term became tainted with neo-conservatism.
Why would old Rushie say that? Is there no room for a real constitutionalist in his party?
First you must understand something.
Why does America bounce back and forth between statists from the Left and statists from the right? The answer is that you are trained from birth to accept the Left-Right Paradigm. You are taught to align yourself with one side and then mold your views so that you match up with the paradigm that the Establishment has framed for us. Both sides are framed as strategically supporting some rights and disparaging others. Most importantly, it keeps you thinking that these are the only two worldviews to adopt.
If you like gun rights and mildly lower taxes, then you must be a right-winger and you must also accept prohibition, foreign interventionism, a police state, and you must defend the continuous stream of douchebag Republicans whom the Establishment chooses to lead the party.
If you like other civil liberties and mildly less war, then you must be a left-winger and you must also accept a welfare state, class warfare, openly push for nationalizing agencies, and you must defend the continuous stream of douchebag Democrats whom the Establishment chooses to lead the party.
What does this have to do with Rush Limbaugh?
His job is to keep you stuck on being a "Right-winger." He will reel you in by making some economic sense. You will feel comfortable with him being the figurehead of modern "conservatism" and subconsciously shape your beliefs to line up with his. The more you embrace being a hardcore right-winger, the better. You are religiously taught to hate anything that does not fall into "Conservatism" as he defines it, most of all, liberals.
Soon like an invisible switch in your mind, you have a negative reaction to anything "liberal", associated with civil liberties, critical of war, critical of your Party leader, critical of prohibition, etc.
Somebody like Ron Paul shatters the Left-Right Paradigm, and makes people realize that they can coherently be for less spending and less war at the same time! They can be for less agencies and civil liberties at the same time! They can be for gun rights and for privacy rights at the same time!! This is incredible! I thought I was supposed to hate the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th amendments, since they are pro-criminal like Rush told me.
It is humorous to hear Rush Limbaugh speak about Ron Paul because it exposes him for being the Establishment Gatekeeper that he really is. You see, fiscal conservatism, is not Rush's goal. Instead, Limbaugh's career revolves around:
Understanding all of this will help you understand Rush's comments. The fact that Ron Paul is even being discussed on this so-called hardcore "conservative's" show is a sign that Paul is within striking distance of beating the Establishment candidates. Normally Paul would not be mentioned, if only briefly for a jab about him being a "kook."
Rush betrayed you. In your heart you know it to be true.
Limbaugh thinks that Ron Paul is so dangerous to the Paradigm, that he will destroy the whole Republican Party, when in reality, he's the best thing that the Republican Party has going for it on the national stage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7LBmNdL28
Why would old Rushie say that? Is there no room for a real constitutionalist in his party?
First you must understand something.
Why does America bounce back and forth between statists from the Left and statists from the right? The answer is that you are trained from birth to accept the Left-Right Paradigm. You are taught to align yourself with one side and then mold your views so that you match up with the paradigm that the Establishment has framed for us. Both sides are framed as strategically supporting some rights and disparaging others. Most importantly, it keeps you thinking that these are the only two worldviews to adopt.
If you like gun rights and mildly lower taxes, then you must be a right-winger and you must also accept prohibition, foreign interventionism, a police state, and you must defend the continuous stream of douchebag Republicans whom the Establishment chooses to lead the party.
If you like other civil liberties and mildly less war, then you must be a left-winger and you must also accept a welfare state, class warfare, openly push for nationalizing agencies, and you must defend the continuous stream of douchebag Democrats whom the Establishment chooses to lead the party.
What does this have to do with Rush Limbaugh?
His job is to keep you stuck on being a "Right-winger." He will reel you in by making some economic sense. You will feel comfortable with him being the figurehead of modern "conservatism" and subconsciously shape your beliefs to line up with his. The more you embrace being a hardcore right-winger, the better. You are religiously taught to hate anything that does not fall into "Conservatism" as he defines it, most of all, liberals.
Soon like an invisible switch in your mind, you have a negative reaction to anything "liberal", associated with civil liberties, critical of war, critical of your Party leader, critical of prohibition, etc.
Somebody like Ron Paul shatters the Left-Right Paradigm, and makes people realize that they can coherently be for less spending and less war at the same time! They can be for less agencies and civil liberties at the same time! They can be for gun rights and for privacy rights at the same time!! This is incredible! I thought I was supposed to hate the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th amendments, since they are pro-criminal like Rush told me.
It is humorous to hear Rush Limbaugh speak about Ron Paul because it exposes him for being the Establishment Gatekeeper that he really is. You see, fiscal conservatism, is not Rush's goal. Instead, Limbaugh's career revolves around:
- keeping you stuck in the Left-Right Paradigm
- electing the Republican Establishment
- preserving the Military-Industrial Complex
- keeping you occupied with the petty bashing of Democrats
- keeping your eyes from focusing on the unfolding Police State
Rush betrayed you. In your heart you know it to be true.
Limbaugh thinks that Ron Paul is so dangerous to the Paradigm, that he will destroy the whole Republican Party, when in reality, he's the best thing that the Republican Party has going for it on the national stage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv7LBmNdL28
