PALM BEACH, Florida – With the announcement
Tuesday by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush that he plans to “actively explore” a run
for president in 2016, radio host Rush Limbaugh says the real reason Jeb is
seeking the White House is to choke the influence of tea-party conservatives
out of the Republican Party.
“You want to know why Jeb Bush is thinking about
running?” Limbaugh asked on his top-rated program Tuesday.
“He’s … being looked at as savior by the
big-money donor class and the consultant class – the establishment of the party
– to head off the tea party. They’re gonna pull out all the stops to make sure
that a tea-party-type conservative doesn’t get the nomination.
“It could be a sacrificial run just to make sure
that a conservative doesn’t get the nomination in 2016. There’s a whole bunch
of stuff under the surface here that’s percolating and effervescing and it’s
all about us being the No. 1 enemy of these people.”
In a message posted on Facebook on Tuesday, Bush
said he’s discussed his plans with his family. “As a result of these
conversations and thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership I
think America needs, I have decided to actively explore the possibility of
running for President of the United States,” Bush said.
He added, “In the coming months, I hope to visit
with many of you and have a conversation about restoring the promise of
America.” Limbaugh said Bush is going to run “in a unique way.”
“He’s going to do it by ignoring the base. Jeb
Bush is out telling donors … that he is not gonna compromise his principles
like others have in order to get the nomination, meaning he’s not gonna pander
to the tea party. Nope. He’s not gonna pander to conservatives. He’s gonna show
that you can win the Republican Party nomination without securing the base.”
“The Republican Party is dominated now by what
is called in the parlance of the day, the donor class … the big, big donors,”
Limbaugh continued. “So when you hear Jeb, or anybody else, seek the Republican
nomination and start talking about doing it without winning the base … they’re
trying to all come up with a way to win the party nomination without owing anything
to the tea party. Their wildest dream is to render the tea party, conservatives
an irrelevant factor.
“And one of the primary reasons for that is
that’s what the donors want. The donors rule the roost. The donors are the big
money. And the donors determine in large part what the party does. Clearly
that’s what happened here in this budget deal. It’s clearly what’s happening
with amnesty. …
“A lot of this talk about the Jeb candidacy is
an attempt to see if they can actually, once and for all, in a primary setting,
relegate the tea party and members of it who are elected – such as [Sens.]
Ted Cruz and Mike Lee – impotent.”
On Monday, Bush appeared in the right-leaning
state of South Carolina, delivering the winter commencement address to some
14,000 people, including about 2,000 graduates at the University of South
Carolina.
Warren Tompkins, a
longtime South Carolina strategist who steered former President George Bush’s
2000 campaign and has been talking with Jeb Bush’s advisers about a 2016 run,
told the Washington
Post the state’s politics
are “fundamentally different” now.
“We’re much more conservative than we were in
2000,” Tompkins said. “There’s a perception that [Jeb Bush] is a moderate.
Here, we’re a classic three legs of a stool primary electorate: you’ve got to
be right on social issues, on fiscal issues and on foreign affairs. You’ve got
to navigate all those waters. His challenge will be to prove that he’s
fundamentally sound and in sync with us here.”
Source:http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/limbaugh-why-jeb-bush-is-really-running/
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