"What they are protecting is themselves"

I have noticed a subtle shift in emphasis in Rush Limbaugh's broadcast excellence. I used to think he was the most dyed-in-the-wool Republican. Recently, though, he seems more often to lump Democrats and Republicans together in something he calls "the ruling class."

This was perhaps, folks, one of the best illustrations of the whole concept that we've spoken here about on numerous occasions of the ruling class, the political class. It doesn't matter what party, they're all part of the ruling class, the political class in DC, and when the rubber hits the road, they all circle the wagons around each other. Well, the Republicans join in circling the wagons. The Democrats never do when it's a Republican involved, but for the most part they do. They close ranks, and they protect one another because what they're protecting is themselves.

They're protecting the ruling class, the political elites, and they're maintaining the status quo.

Read more here: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/01/23/the_cleansing_of_mrs_clinton_s_record