{"id":32333,"date":"2009-05-05T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T02:25:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T02:25:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T02:25:37","slug":"politicians_hate_to_make_waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2009\/05\/05\/politicians_hate_to_make_waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians Hate to Make Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: Ron in Sterling, Virginia. I\u2019m glad you waited, sir. It\u2019s great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Hello, Rush. My question is whether you think that the reason that elected Republican leadership does such a poor job articulating conservatism, is because you have done such a great job for so long?<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: No. Why would they&#8230;? If I\u2019m doing such a great job, why wouldn\u2019t they follow and do a great job? Or are you saying they\u2019re basically leaving it up to me and they\u2019re not trying?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yes, because they can lose the next election by being voted out, but they know that you and the conservative media that has been created in your wake will kind of carry the conservative water for them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125110.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" class=\"alignright\"\/>RUSH: Well, I think by now if they think that, they should have been shown they\u2019re wrong or that their thinking is wrong. If that was the case they wouldn\u2019t have lost in \u201906, and if that was the case they wouldn\u2019t have lost in \u201908 because I\u2019ve been standing up for conservatism every day I\u2019ve been behind the microphone. And the ones in Congress and the Senate that have been, too, won. Those who haven\u2019t been have lost. But I had a lot of people say, &#8216;You know, Rush you give \u2019em cover. They\u2019re afraid to take on these issues because they gotta get votes and you don\u2019t.\u2019 But I actually think, if you want know&#8230; You want to know the truth about this, Ron?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I think if the truth be known (and I probably should not say this publicly) a lot &#8212; not a majority but a lot &#8212; of elected Republicans wish I would go away, \u2019cause they buy into this notion I\u2019m polarizing and making it tough on them. I know they hate being asked, &#8216;Well, what do you think of Rush Limbaugh?\u2019 They\u2019re afraid to say they disagree, \u2019cause they think they\u2019re going to be slapped down, not by me, but by other people. But I think any time you\u2019re outspoken, unabashedly so, and you speak without fear, most people just are not able to do that and don\u2019t want to even if they are able to. If they think other people doing that cause them troubles, they really actually wish the person that\u2019s speaking out would go away. <\/p>\n<p>Now, I don\u2019t have political power to share with them. I don\u2019t have political power to bring them. Now, if I were maybe an elected official doing this kind of stuff and it was working, I think it would be a little bit of a different thing. I don\u2019t know how many of them it is, but there are a number of them, and you can hear them. There are several Republicans &#8212; the moderates, the Senate and so forth &#8212; have echoed some sentiments. &#8216;We really shouldn\u2019t listen to Limbaugh that much.\u2019 I think more of them think it than would ever say it, but it\u2019s not about me personally. I don\u2019t take any of it personally. I just think that it\u2019s&#8230; (sigh) You know, I make waves. These guys, they don\u2019t want to make waves. Politicians don\u2019t think they get anywhere making waves. 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