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Eric Cantor Tries To Distance Himself From Rush: ‘I Don’t Think Anyone Wants Anything To Fail’
thinkprogress.org - 3/1/2009
Eric Cantor Tries To Distance Himself From Rush: ‘I Don’t Think Anyone Wants Anything To Fail’
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This morning on ABC’s This Week, host George Stephanopoulos asked House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) whether he subscribes to Rush Limbaugh’s hope that President Obama fails: STEPHANOPOULOS: So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the President fails is not the Eric ...
Tom DeLay Channels Limbaugh: I Want Obama To Fail
thinkprogress.org - 2/28/2009
Tom DeLay Channels Limbaugh: I Want Obama To Fail
— thinkprogress.org — Just days before the Inauguration, Rush Limbaugh famously declared, “ I hope [Obama] fails .” Since then, some conservatives have been hesitant to embrace this view. Pat Robertson said, “ That was a terrible thing to say .” ... (more) Tom DeLay Channels Limbaugh: I Want Obama To Fail

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Santorum At CPAC: ‘Absoultely We Hope That’ Obama Fails, ‘I Believe His Policies Will Fail’
thinkprogress.org - 2/28/2009
Santorum At CPAC: ‘Absoultely We Hope That’ Obama Fails, ‘I Believe His Policies Will Fail’
— thinkprogress.org — Just before President Obama was inaugurated, hate radio host Rush Limbaugh declared, “ I hope he fails .” Though some Republicans have distanced themselves from Limbaugh’s sentiment, conservatives at CPAC have fully embraced it.  ... (more) Santorum At CPAC: ‘Absoultely We Hope That’ Obama Fails, ...

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Cantor Rejects Rush Limbaugh Rhetoric
blogs.abcnews.com - 3/1/2009
Cantor Rejects Rush Limbaugh Rhetoric
— blogs.abcnews.com — During our exclusive interview on "This Week," Republican Whip Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., rejected comments made by Rush Limbaugh at the CPAC conference. Defending his attacks against President Barack Obama's economic plans, Limbaugh said Saturday to ... (more) Cantor Rejects Rush Limbaugh Rhetoric

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Daily Kos — CPAC attendees prefer Mitt Romney in 2012. Newt Gingrich was runner-up. The battle between so-called fiscal conservatives and the religious right rages on. Rush Limbaugh and his followers continue to hope America fails. Note to Rush: we've had eight long years of FAIL. Enough. Surprisingly moderate Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. skipped conservative meetings this week for feared he would be booed.....for making sense. Some fly fisherman want to toss Dick Cheney back after he was invited to an annual fundraiser ...

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ABC News Does Hit Job on Eric Cantor. Claims Cantor Rejects Rush Limbaugh.
redstate.com 3/1/2009 — ABC News thinks it has a big story this morning. They’re highlighting it all over their website. According to George Stephanopolous, Eric Cantor (R-VA) publicly rejected Rush LImbaugh’s rhetoric. It is an absolute lie.  ...
Cantor Declines To Reiterate Criticism Of Rush
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 3/3/2009 — So is House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) going to criticize Rush Limbaugh, or not? Earlier today, Rush told Greg Sargent that Cantor's comments on ABC's This Week , saying that neither he nor other Republicans want President Obama to fail, was ...
Boss Limbaugh strikes again — Daily Kos
House Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor tells the world that Limbaugh's ideas are “what I’m about” just five days after soundly rejecting Limbaugh on This Week with George Stephanopoulos . Clearly, the Democratic Party forced Eric Cantor to make such boneheaded ...
Different Sheet of Music Alert: Contra Steph, the DNC Claims Eric Cantor, Rush Limbaugh are on the Same Page — RedState: Conservative News and Community
Remember ABC host George Stephanopoulos’s claim last Sunday that House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) was rush ing to repudiate Rush Limbaugh himself, along with Limbaugh’s willingness to fight for conservative principles and for American (rather than Obaman) success? Well, it ...
Stephanopolous Propoganda, Inc. — NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
The latest Stephanopoulos entry on ABC News needs a reality check, in a big way, and Erick Erickson of RedState hit it perfectly . The Democrat-turned-born-again-journalist posted the following story on his ABC News blog today , claiming that Eric Cantor had repudiated Rush Limbaugh's CPAC ...
House Republican Leadership Refuse To Say If Rush Limbaugh Is The Leader Of Their Party — Think Progress
Following a closed door caucus meeting this morning, the House Republican leadership — Minority Leader John Boehner (OH), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (VA), and Caucus Chairman Mike Pence (IN) — held a press availability. Asked multiple times by a reporter whether or not the leadership ...
Forgive Me, Rush Limbaugh, For I Have Sinned — Politics Daily
You may have noticed that Rush Limbaugh , the talk show entertainer who has never held elected political office, is much in the news these days. In fact, one could certainly argue that the man has never wielded more influence over our elected officials than he does at this moment in history. ...
I’m in a rush, rush (gotta keep on movin’) — SteveAudio
What we've all been waiting for: ImSorryRush.com You can fill out a form and create your own apology, well, actually, you can create apologies by Michael Steele, Phil Gingrey, Mark Sanford, or soon, Eric Cantor. And wonderful freshman Congressman has issued his own apology ( h/t Howie ): ...
Rush Limbaugh Opens New Verbal War Front Against ABC’s Stephanopoulos — The Moderate Voice
Conservative talk show host and GOP powerhouse Rush Limbaugh has opened a second front in his national verbal war — this time against ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. He insists that Republican leader Rep. Eric Cantor really DOES want President Barack Obama to fail despite what Cantor ...
Tight Spot, Eric? — Talking Points Memo
As we've noted, a Republican can't go much longer than a day criticizing Rush Limbaugh before having to recant his offending remarks. Now, over the weekend, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor criticized Rush's 'fail' rhetoric about Barack Obama without doing so far as to criticize the Great Leader ...
Rush Limbaugh Says Eric Cantor Is Gutless — Daily Kos
Rush Limbaugh, the de facto leader of the Republican Party, has called House Minority Whip Eric Cantor gutless. Really, there can be no other interpretation given that Limbaugh said: The dirty little secret ... is that every Republican in this country wants Obama to fail, but none of them ...
FLASHBACK: In 2007, Cantor Sent ‘I Stand With Rush’ Petition; Created StandWithRush.com — Think Progress
Yesterday, as ThinkProgress noted, on ABC’s This Week, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) tried to distance himself from Rush Limbaugh’s now-infamous statement that he hopes President Obama fails: Q: So the Rush Limbaugh approach of hoping the President fails is not the Eric ...
Queen Pelosi Has An Enemies List — JammieWearingFool
Used to be having a documented enemies list was grounds for you to become Public Enemy No. 1. Heck, Richard Nixon has been out of office for nearly 35 years and dead for 15 and we still hear about his list of enemies.Alas, it's perfectly fine if you're a Democrat to have an enemies list. Heck, ...
The Orchestrated Effort to Start Limbaugh vs. Cantor — RedState: Conservative News and Community
I told you yesterday that the ABC News story saying Cantor rebuked Limbaugh was an organized effort on the left. Today we find out why. The Politico publishes a list of the people Nancy Pelosi hates. Rush Limbaugh and Eric Cantor are the top two guys on the right that she hates. It’s ...
HotAir — News
Allahpundit points out that RNC Chair Michael Steele and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) dismissed talk show host Rush Limbaugh's "I wan't [Obama] to fail" manta on Sunday. And Ed Morrissey gives his final thoughts on the Conservative Political Action Conference over the weekend.
Rahm Emanuel Smacks Down Rush Limbaugh — Politics Daily
Rush Limbaugh, desperate for attention and relevance, has been running around like a little kid who just learned a new curse word, telling anyone who'll listen that he hopes Barack Obama fails. On Sunday, Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told Rush, in so many words, "We heard you. We just don't ...
Another Sunday Show, Another Media Fantasy — The Sundries Shack
It didn’t take long for the administration’s pet journalist, George Stephanopoulos to start twisting Rush Limbaugh’s speech last night at CPAC into something he could get a leading Republican to criticize. During our exclusive interview on “This Week,” Republican ...
TPMDC Sunday Roundup — Talking Points Memo
Eric Cantor distances himself from Rush Limbaugh's public desire for Obama to fail. That and other political news in today's TPMDC Sunday Roundup .
AUC targets Limbaugh in new ad — News
Below is the new American's United for Change and AFSCME TV ad that is hitting airwaves today. The ad is interesting for two reasons. First, rather predictably, the ad seeks to paint the GOP as the party of 'no' for opposing President Obama's stimulus package. We've already seen this coming from ...
Rush, the GOP's one true Supreme Leader — AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
This weekend, at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), which could be called the "We want Obama to fail" conference, they're all anxiously awaiting the leader of the GOP. No, it's not Newt or Mitt or Mitch or even that painful Eric Cantor. Their one true leader is Rush. He's kind ...