Serving Up Red Meat at CPAC
ByI was busy earlier and missed Ann Coulter’s remarks this afternoon so I watched here. She got the crowd riled up, but was nothing compared to Rush Limbaugh. I’m feeling just a bit under the weather so I indulged myself and rested on the couch while enjoying Limbaugh’s speech.
From the time he entered the room to The Pretenders “My City Was Gone” (his theme), to the time he exited the stage, Limbaugh inspired the over-flow, packed audience, and enjoyed countless standing ovations.
Limbaugh cautioned conservatives to quit thinking of themselves as the minority and mocked Obama and the media by saying, “For those of you in the ‘drive-by’ media watching, I have not needed a teleprompter for anything I’ve said.”
He also waxed philosophical: “Freedom is the natural yearning of the human spirit as we were endowed by our creator,” Limbaugh said.
Limbaugh praised Obama’s political talents, and said “It just breaks my heart that he does not use these gifts to motivate and inspire the American people.” He also added that Obama, “could wipe out the Republican Party if he would inspire this country to be the best it could be.”
At the time of this writing video isn’t available, as soon as it is I’ll do an update (if I’m still awake).
Earlier in the day Mitt Romney won the CPAC straw poll.
Romney took 20 percent of the vote, followed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal with 14 percent, Texas Rep. Ron Paul with 13 percent, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin with 13 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich with 10 percent and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with 7 percent. Others on the ballot included South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Nine percent were undecided.
Popularity: 3% [?]
