[ilgipper]

Huh? First, Newt got crushed here in Florida by Romney - much to my dislike, as I voted for newt as the best anti- Romney alternative - and it had nothing to do with anyone on radio. Rush in particular NEVER expressed any desire for a Romney nomination. He grappled with the situation throughout the primaries because he know Romney was the odds on favorite and did not want to say anything on record against him knowing he was going to be the standard bearer. Newt lost on his own accord, and frankly would have had almost zero chance in November. He just can’t win over women’s votes. Plain and simple.

Rush spend much of the primaries playing clips of Newt during debates and praising him for his strong advocacy of conservative ideas. If there was one guy he championed for his ability to articulate conservatism, it was newt.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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I reside in Tampa, Florida, worked the Gingrich campaign.

Rush went on vacation right after Newt won the South Carolina primary. Mark Steyn sat-in for Rush for several days over a ten-day period.

EVERY DAY Mark Steyn ridiculed Newt, over and over again. I was ###### beyond all imagination.

Meanwhile, Mark Steyn made an occassional remark about Romney, but there was no comparison.

Another poster has suggested that Limbaugh genuinely supported Newt, but I disagree.

Mark Steyn had Rush's PERMISSION to launch attacks on Newt, day after day after day.




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