A hostile takeover of the right, one writer called it. http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/193999-mitt-romneys-hostile-takeover-of-the-right
Doubtless the GOP activist base will be asset-stripped before getting shipped to China.
First, if you listen to Rush regularly, you KNOW that Rush is critical of any number of Romney’s positions — and has been, CONSISTENTLY.
Second, Romney hasn’t been with Bain Capital for years, so even if Bain Capital DID own a part of Clear Channel, that Mitt would somehow be pulling Rush Limbaugh’s strings - not to mention all these other talk show hosts, is a ludicrous stretch.
Folks, despise Romney if you like. I don’t want him as the nominee either (though the Republican Establishment has made sure he’d be the one before a single vote was ever cast). But get real about Rush Limbaugh and so many of these other Talk Radio hosts, and even the Conservative Internet sites. They are all pretty much INDEPENDENT and call their own shots. Who pays Jim Rob for his support? Can he be bought? I THINK NOT. Nor do I think Rush and MOST of the others have a price that any of these politicians can afford.