{"id":11439,"date":"2013-09-06T18:44:24","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:44:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-09-06T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T18:44:24","slug":"republicans_paralyzed_by_obama_s_race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/09\/06\/republicans_paralyzed_by_obama_s_race\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Paralyzed by Obama\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Senator McCain had a town hall meeting in Phoenix<\/a>. It didn\u2019t go very well because the people that showed up don\u2019t want any part of this, and they don\u2019t want any part of Republicans agreeing with this. I\u2019ll tell you, the Republican voters all across this country are beside themselves. If there was ever a time for an opposition party to be pushing back, standing up, trying to stop and teaching the American people just what kind of administration we have, it\u2019s now.<\/p>\n

Instead, we have a Republican Party that appears to be docile, silent — and if they take any action at all, it\u2019s in somewhat of an alignment with the administration. Now, I made a wild guess yesterday as to what could possibly explain this, and I have since seen at least two pieces, articles, that address the same thing — and it\u2019s race. There just is a paralysis in the Republican Party of opposing the first black president.<\/line><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s, I guess, the guiding theory that nobody will put their name to, but this is what\u2019s going around the inner circles of the Republican Party: “A black president cannot and will not be allowed to fail. Excuses will be made; second chances will be offered. It simply isn\u2019t going to happen.” You can call it what I called it the other day: The soft bigotry of low expectations. But the reality is that because of race, there isn\u2019t even any real criticism permitted, much less an assessment of failure.<\/p>\n

So they\u2019re sitting there saying, “There\u2019s nothing to gain by opposing the president in a traditional political way, because of race.” This is what\u2019s guiding them. Now, I understand that, but it wouldn\u2019t stop me. You know, I am the epitome of colorblind. The guy is president. His policies matter. He\u2019s the leader of the free world. He can do great harm doing the wrong thing for the country. I don\u2019t care if he\u2019s from Mars; it does not mean the opposition has to shut up.<\/p>\n

This theory, by the way, emanates from the Democrats and the media. Even though Republicans run the House, as the minority in town, as the minority in Washington, they\u2019re just cowed. And the racial component of this can\u2019t be denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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