I listen to Rush for professional reasons almost every day. As a Newt supporter, I have had some “bad days” and some “great days.’ Frankly, I think he leans Santorum. Before that he was hoping for Perry to do great things, but that never happened. I would say he has said more negative things about Mitt than he has about anyone over the course of the entire primary season.
Bloody thursday, as you call it, had some good things about Newt as well, and on Friday, he called out Elliot Abrams harshly for misleading everybody about “bloody thursday.” He has also allowed Newsmax to quote him all weekend in a very anti Romney context.
Keep in mind Rush has been very consistent for 23 years on a few things:
A: he relies on humor, and no one is immune from that.
B: he hates any attacks by our guys “from the left” - and the Bain attacks were that.
C: he has said probably thousands of times that he never endorses in primaries
If you cannot accept these three things, and you are in the tank for a given candidate, you will convince yourself that he hates your guy. If you accept these things, then you hear it more clearly.
I have been listening to Rush Limbaugh since the third day that he went national, I know his show extremely well, I have 24 years of history with him and his style.
I knew that he endorsed Romney in 2008, and promoted him, you seemed to have missed that.
Bloody Thursday happened, Friday Rush was using Santorum and his brother as a beard, so that he could cover his tracks, while helping newt as little as possible.
You seem unable to get past your bias and hear the true balance that Rush has been offering between Romney and Gingrich, his “balance” was part of the pre Debate efforts in this all important Florida primary for Romney.