GOP has been Rush Limbaugh's bellhop ever since he got influential
Thanks, Poppy. Probably the second biggest mistake you ever made. And now, the Repubs can't rid themselves of him.
At 25, Limbaugh show still rules GOP
By LZ Granderson, CNN Contributor
"CNN) -- If you want to know why there's little cooperation in Washington these days, I'd start with a campaign promise made in 1988 by presidential candidate George H.W. Bush.
"Read my lips: No new taxes."
So, when he raised taxes two years later, quite naturally, voters, particularly conservatives, were upset.
If you want to know why so little is being accomplished in Washington these days, I'd start with that broken promise and what Bush did in an attempt to get those conservatives back.
He carried Rush Limbaugh's bags.
That's right. In 1992, President Bush invited Limbaugh for a sleepover and personally brought his guest's bags into the Lincoln bedroom for him..."
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/01/opinion/granderson-rush-limbaugh/index.html?hpt=hp_t4