{"id":4303,"date":"2016-02-02T17:45:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-02-02T17:45:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T17:45:44","slug":"reagan_conservatism_dominated_iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2016\/02\/02\/reagan_conservatism_dominated_iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Reagan Conservatism Dominated Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: The establishment\u2019s out there going nuts, folks, thinking that they have made a giant recovery here. <\/p>\n

But at the end of the day, what do we have? We have Rubio. We have Ted Cruz. And I\u2019m gonna throw Ben Carson in because this is a crucial point. We have two genuine disciples of Ronald Reagan in the top three places in Iowa. We have a very strong outsider in Donald Trump, who is showing the way in illustrating how to oppose the establishment and what not to be afraid of. And then we\u2019ve got Ben Carson. And I would have to say Ben Carson is a disciple of Ronald Reagan. When I listen to Ben Carson talk, I hear Reaganisms.<\/p>\n

I know I hear them when I listen to Cruz, and Cruz openly admits he\u2019s a Reaganite. Ditto with Marco Rubio. So three of the top four finishers last night are Reagan disciples with a party that is urging — its establishment is urging — that we get rid of “the Reagan fetish,” that we finally realize “the era of Reagan is over.” It isn\u2019t. It\u2019s the salvation! We have tried it the establishment\u2019s way I don\u2019t know how many years starting back in Bill Clinton\u2019s era. We have tried it with the Northeasterner moderates. I mean, we even nominated a nice guy, Mitt Romney.<\/line><\/p>\n

We nominated a guy who was the architect of Obamacare on the premise that we\u2019re gonna repeal Obamacare. It was… This is one of those things Saturday Night Live makes jokes about. Sixty percent of the Republican vote in Iowa last night went for two Hispanics and an African-American, and 100% of the Democrat vote went for a couple of tired, old, decrepit white people. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I got a couple of Cruz sound bites I want to get into here and another point that I want to emphasize. These sound bites will help me transition to it. This is Cruz in New Hampshire talking about Ronald Reagan. I think this is huge. I think the outcome last night in Iowa and who won and how and what it all means is really important to note. First of two sound bites from Ted Cruz, already back in New Hampshire on the campaign trail for the primary there one week from today.<\/p>\n

CRUZ: When was the last time we broke the Washington cartel? 1980. Thirty-six years ago. And, I\u2019ll tell you, the Granite State played a critical role in making that happen. You know, back in 1980, all the media said, “This guy, Reagan, he\u2019s a crazy right-wing kook. He\u2019s too extreme. And, by the way, he\u2019s really down in the polls.” That\u2019s what the media said over and over again.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And they did. For people that experienced Reagan, he was a two landslide victory president and the memories of Reagan are of a dominant and adored, respected president, but in the campaign of 1976 and the campaign of 1980, it was down and dirty. And the Republican establishment was anti-Reagan at every turn, and the media was, and Reagan was every bit as despised by the media as George W. Bush has been despised by the media, albeit for the different reasons. <\/p>\n