I'm sure you all have heard about the DNC looking for a slogan to put on a billboard close to where Rush Limbaugh lives. They decided that this would be a funny joke on Rush after he said that he wanted Obama to fail.

Well 80,000 submissions later they decided on one:

They seriously couldn't come up with anything better then this? A play on Rush's name? I would just love to hear what Rush has to say about this. I'm sure he is laughing his butt off.

Michelle Malkin had some good analysis on this:

"FAIL.

I mean seriously... aren't all the creative people on the Dems side? Apparently not.

I'm sure by now you all have heard and read many times about Rush Limbaugh's speech at CPAC. Even though I was not able to attend the conference (stupid midterm exams) I watched the video from the speech on Youtube.

First of all I really enjoyed the speech. I have always enjoyed listening to Rush and he is one of the factors that really got me interested in politics. His speech really spoke well to who we as conservatives are. We need someone like him leading our party. He is the real deal. Even if you don't agree with the way he comes across he is extremely well spoken and has really good ideas.

Now on to Michael Steele's comments. I think this guy is just upset that everyone says that Rush leads the party and he doesn't. Look, how many people listen to Rush everyday? 20 million? How many people listen to Michael Steele everyday? A couple thousand? Even if it is a million, Rush blasts Steele out of the water. Mr. Limbaugh is an entertainer, but he is a entertainer that influences and leads people.

I would be so happy if Rush Limbaugh was the leader of the Republican party. If he was the leader Republicans would not be the minority in both houses, Barack Obama would not be sitting in the Oval Office socializing our country, and Republicans would be cutting taxes and fixing this mess of an economy. But Rush isn't the leader of the Republican party, Micheal Steele is.

We need influential, well spoken, idealistic, conservative "entertainers" Like rush Limbaugh to be the leaders of the Republican party. If we had nominated someone other then John McCain, someone who was captivating, articulate, and ,conservative. We most likely would not be in the situation that we are today.

On a humorous note Steele needs to learn that you can't insult someone with 10 millions listeners nation wide when you are trying to unite the party. I love how his advisors have been doing damage control ever since his liberal pleasing, centrist comment was broadcast.

One other thing. I'm not really putting much stock in Steele's apology. He was on a liberal talk show, he said something that liberals liked. Coincidence? don't think so. Steele is just another centrist rhino Republican. Oh please, isn't there any conservative leader out there!

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The media has tried to make this thing into a battle between John McCain and Rush Limbaugh, as opposed to McCain vs. the fractured field. Rush Limbaugh has embraced this and today on his show, he refused to concede. Here's the video of his announcement and a select transcript:

RUSH: Thank you. Thank you. (wild cheering) Here is the bottom line, ladies and gentlemen. I think this is it. There was a lot of anxiety among a lot of conservatives about Senator McCain. It's simply indisputable. But there was no figure in our roster of candidates who rose up to challenge him or galvanize conservative support. All the candidates on our side, for various reasons, are uninspiring or worse -- and so, just as I predicted, the base has fractured. Some going here, some going there. Senator McCain's been able to cobble together enough votes to win in a few states. Fine. He deserves credit for that. But to pretend that Senator McCain is the choice of conservatives when exit poll data from every primary state show just the opposite... He is not the choice of conservatives, as opposed to the choice of the Republican establishment -- and that distinction is key. The Republican establishment, which has long sought to rid the party of conservative influence since Reagan, is feeling a victory today as well as our friends in the media. But both are just far-fetched and wrong. Thank you. Thank you very much for your steadfast support, and I trust it shall continue because I shall.

Rush Limbaugh does not like the man who is now the presumptive Republican nominee. Rush Limbaugh doesn't like people telling him what to say and what not to say. Hot Air has Rush Limbaugh's response to a woman asking him to stop talking about McCain:

What is readability? It's simply how smart someone has to be to understand a majority of the content posted on a blog or website. Using an automated system, I compared my site, Rush Limbaugh's site, and Al Franken's site. According to the system, my site requires a high school reading level, about where I expected. Rush, in his glory, has a site with the vocabulary of a genius. Meanwhile, Franken's Senate site is best-suited for junior high students. Go figure. Think of it what you may...

What do I think? I think this is simply because Conservatives have a great vocabulary, and the only words that will register as "upper level" on liberal websites are universal, in reference to healthcare, impeachment, in reference to our President, and probably lots of words for "rationalize" since they have to try to rationalize their own mentality.