Damn RomneyBots — can’t believe they gave him a national radio show to spout his pro-Rino Romney-love stuff corrupting our political process.
I heard the original broadcast, and your posting of the transcript confirms my impression of the time: Rush refrained absolutely from praising Romney's politics. It makes me feel so good that apparently, by all the evidence I've heard, when it comes to Romney's political beliefs, Rush and I share the same opinion. Indeed, Rush indirectly said that Romney was NOT a conservative when he stated, the day after a Republican Primary debate in which Romney took part: "Folks, there was only one conservative on that stage last night, and that candidate was Fred Thompson." I.e., none of the other candidates, including Romney, were what he considered "conservatives."
Praising Romney's eloquent defense of religion in America was just that and only that. Rush's lack of praise of Romney's political ideals has remained conspicuous and, for me, validating.