Message from the squawk box

Among the many infuriating things that Limbaugh did and said during his keynote speech at CPAC, he thought it important to let everyone know what conservatives really stand for. And, I'm not a conservative, but I'm not convinced he did a bang-up job representing his party. On the surface, he makes it sound like there is no biased toward any groups, that conservatives (based on his definition) love everyone:

"When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims. We don't see people we want to exploit. What we see -- what we see is potential. We do not look out across the country and see the average American, the person that makes this country work. We do not see that person with contempt. We don't think that person doesn't have what it takes. We believe that person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government."
--http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/01/transcript-rush-limbaughs-address-cpac/ (emphasis mine)

But there is a very dangerous message in those words. The idea that the "average American" has not yet attained the best he or she can be, implies that they are somehow inferior. This is the very reason we have such strong class divides, the very reason that rates for smoking, drinking, and drug abuse rise as income decreases; we are telling the average worker, "Joe the Plumber," if you will, that what he does isn't good enough, that they haven't attained all they can.