Opening his Wednesday program, conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory is evidence that “conservatism can beat Barack Obama” and the Democratic Party.
Limbaugh basked in the Israeli PM’s victory throughout his show on Wednesday while mocking the mainstream media for predicting a loss for Netanyahu, especially CNN. The radio titan also added that the closest homegrown example to Netanyahu is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who has also shown that conservatism can win out, in Limbaugh’s opinion.
“There’s a lesson here. There are many lessons here. One of the big lessons is that conservatism can beat Barack Obama,” Limbaugh said Wednesday.
“Scott Walker has shown that conservatism can beat Barack Obama and beat the Democrat Party and beat the left in its own backyard. In Scott Walker’s case, Wisconsin, not just once, not just twice, but three times Scott Walker won, and then after winning, implemented his agenda,” Limbaugh said. “He implemented his agenda and it worked. It improved things in the state of Wisconsin for the vast majority of people.”
“There’s no question Netanyahu is a conservative, particularly if you use the American definition of the ideology, there’s no question,” Limbaugh continued. “And look at the array of forces against Netanyahu led by Obama campaign experts, and he still wins.”
“He had the socialist movements of Western Europe opposed to him. He had the American media opposed to him,” Limbaugh said. “He had most of the world media opposed. They had him dead and buried, politically. Barack Obama’s campaign experts raising money for, spending money for, advising Netanyahu’s opponents, and they still lost.”
“Conservatism can beat Barack Obama. Conservatism can beat the Democrat Party. I’ll tell you who needs to realize this is the Republican Party,” Limbaugh opined. “What we have learned is centrism will not beat Barack Obama. RINOs will not beat Barack Obama. Moderates will not beat Barack Obama. Republican Northeastern liberals, Rockefeller types, are not gonna beat Barack Obama. By Obama, I mean the Democrat Party, or Hillary Clinton, throw your name in there.”
“But a conservative candidate will, Scott Walker, Netanyahu, any number of other examples are readily available,” he added.