Rush Limbaugh on Arlen Specter: Take John and Meghan McCain with You!

Just how entertaining is the Arlen Specter defection for Democrats to watch? Pretty damned entertaining (is one allowed to curse that way after what the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday?). But if it seems that the overwhelming majority of the country who do not identify themselves as Republicans (79% to be exact) is experiencing a bit too much schadenfreude, one only need look to Rush Limbaugh for a reminder of how the GOP came to find itself in this particular pickle.

Reacting to the "Benedict Arlen" defection today, Limbaugh upped the ante for purging more traitors from the ranks of the hardest of the hardened remnants of the Republican die-hards:





So, the stick-to-your-rusty-guns philosophy persists among many in the incredible shrinking party. To these folks, the problem is not one of philosophy, it's bad PR or something. So they rant and rail against Specter. And while that frustration is understandable (yes, he most certainly did jump ship in order to get re-elected) it still doesn't address the underlying reasons as to why the GOP has shrunk so much over recent years.

What seems strange to me is that Limbaugh and Co. don't seem to realize that purging so-called RINOs (Republicans in name only), means the party will become even less popular than it is now. Talk about lowering a limbo (Limbaugh?) stick.


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