Limbaugh fires back at ‘crusty conservative’ label

Published November 7, 2011 5:00am ET



We still don’t know what Herman Cain did.” Rush Limbaugh said today about the Cain sexual harassment allegations, adding that Politico’s Jonathan Martin had no new details for his Sunday appearance on CNN’s ‘Reliable Sources.’

Limbaugh scoffed at the distinction Martin made about younger conservatives, “who have roots in reporting” who seem to give the story some credit as opposed to commentators like firebrand Ann Coulter and Limbaugh .

“Older conservatives mean the ones who have not caved.” Rush said, “This is not an age thing.  We are the conservatives who haven’t buckled.  We’re the conservatives who don’t give a rat’s rear end what the leftist media thinks of us.”

 

“So younger conservative means the conservatives who are concerned with being accepted by the liberal media, the younger guys, that’s the code.  Limbaugh added, citing National Review’s Rich Lowry as an example. “There are members of the conservative media in Washington who live there, and we know what happens when you live there.”

“We don’t deal in innuendo,” said Limbaugh, noting that “older crusty conservatives” are not afraid to name their sources.

Limbaugh also mocked “voice of God for inside-the-beltway conservatives” Weekly Standard editor William Kristol, for saying on Fox News Sunday that Cain “was never going to be the nominee.”

Limbaugh repeated his opinion from last week, suggesting that Politico went live with a thin story only confirmed by anonymous sources.

“It’s not a fact, its an allegation.” insisted Limbaugh, “What kind of wusses run the world now? Every day we feel uncomfortable about something. We are a nation of whiners and complainers who want to get paid!”

Limbaugh added a humorous parody ad touting Politico publishing, “All the news fit to whisper.”