Rush Limbaugh Attacks One Of His Own

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host who is known for his inflammatory rhetoric, has done something that will surprise many people. He has gone after Fox News! And why has he done this?  With regards to the Republican Presidential candidates, Rush said that  "Fox wants these people to tear each other up. Cause they want approval from the mainstream media, cause that's what the mainstream media would do."  So his complaint is that Fox is fueling the fire to try and get the GOP candidates to attack each other instead of Obama and this is done because they want respect from the mainstream media.

Another example Rush used is when Byron York asked Michelle Bachmann what she meant when she said she would submit to her husband.  In the past Bachmann said her husband had told her to go to college and become a tax attorney even though she did not want to do it.  She says it is biblical for a wife to submit to her husband.  Then on the Thursday night debate, she changed the meaning of submit to respect, a complete dodge of the question.

It is unclear to me exactly what Rush Limbaugh's problem is.  The Republican primary is supposed to be the place for Republicans to differentiate themselves from each other, point out the flaws of their opponents, and tell why their vision of America is superior to that of Barack Obama's.  This means that partisan infighting is something that cannot be avoided.  Perhaps Rush's real problem is that the candidates are actually pointing out flaws in each other instead of Obama, and this could possibly cause doubt in voter's minds once the Republican nominee has been chosen and been run through the grinder by his/her fellow candidates.  Tis the nature of politics, and Rush should not complain about something that in ultimately inevitable, even if it means his ideology is challenged because the candidate that wins is not the perfect conservative over the evil doer Obama in his black and white world.  The real world ultimately requires many shades of gray.