{"id":1045,"date":"2009-03-26T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T16:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jealousbrother.com\/blog\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2011-11-06T18:08:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T23:08:54","slug":"rush-limbaugh-good-repulican-party-jealousbrother-guest-post-robert-barr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jealousbrother.com\/blog\/rush-limbaugh-good-repulican-party-jealousbrother-guest-post-robert-barr\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Rush Limbaugh Good for the Repulican Party? A JealousBrother Guest Post by Robert Barr"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMy name is Robert Barr, and I voted for Barack Obama. I voted for President Obama because the Republican Party of today is not representative of the Republican Party I grew up with. <\/p>\n

You see, I was a Republican, and I voted for Bush – once. But somewhere along the way the GOP stopped caring about my vote. Maybe because I am a conservative that believes in a strong military but also thinks that a woman has the right to chose, or that there is much to be gained from stem cell research and we should fund it with the full throated support of the U.S. government. Maybe it\u2019s my northeast liberal upbringing, but I could care less if a man wants to marry another man, for we should all know the trials and tribulations of love and marriage.<\/p>\n

And I think the GOP knows that they need to be a bit more progressive too, but they also know that that can never happen as long as the face of the party remains that of Rush Limbaugh\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Because Limbaugh and his ilk and their never ending rants against anyone who isn\u2019t so far right that they fall over is what has pushed me into the loving arms of the Dems. I mean, it\u2019s easy to say you believe in everything one party believes in right? You don\u2019t have to think, you can just say, hey, I\u2019m a Republican, so I have to think this way.
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\nBut to come out and say you are for bombing Iran back into the 12th century but that you also want your daughter to have the right to have an abortion takes some logical, rational thought doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

And in the end, it may very well be the wrong way of thinking, and I will be judged by my creator just like you will, and some of us are going to be right, and some of us are going to be wrong.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t think the likes of Rush Limbaugh should be telling me I am wrong, considering his own checkered past. Which leads me to my question, on the heels of some of Limbaugh’s most controversial statements, I want to know from the Republicans out there, is Limbaugh the voice of the Republican party and does he represent your point of view?<\/p>\n

Or, in perfect Jealous Brother parlance, is Rush Limbaugh good for the Republican Party?<\/strong><\/p>\n


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About the Author:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderRobert Barr is the founder of blabrmouth.com, a political commentary weblog that cuts through the media hype of today’s top political news! He also founded Philabustr.com which covers Philadelphia Business News in the Raw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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