Posted on 02/19/2010 2:47:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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RUSH: Here's Don in Prescott, Arizona, great to have you on the Rush Limbaugh program.
CALLER: Pleasure to speak with you, Rush.
RUSH: Yes, sir.
CALLER: My question is in regards to Sarah Palin's support of John McCain in the Arizona senatorial race. She's allied herself with the tea party movement, but I can assure you, the Arizona tea party folks are not supporting John McCain. The chair of the Maricopa Republican Party -- you may have of heard this last week -- went on the news last week and stated that he doesn't even regard John McCain as a Republican. So I went to a J. D. Hayworth campaign rally on Tuesday of this week sponsored by the tea party, and John McCain got mostly boos when his name was mentioned. So I understand that Palin sees some allegiance to John McCain, but it's really terribly misplaced allegiance. So my question is, can anything be done to get her to support J. D. Hayworth, or is it too late at this point?
RUSH: Oh, it's too late. She's not going to bounce off of this.
CALLER: What are the implications for her -- you know, certainly she's supporting a candidate that's held in very low regard to the tea party movement.
RUSH: Yeah, but --
CALLER: What are the implications for her in all this?
RUSH: We talked about this the other day. I know a lot of people think that this is the part of cronyism in politics that's gotta change.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: However, if you're Sarah Palin, the one thing you know is that if it weren't for John McCain, nobody would know who you are right now.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: And there's, you know, she has some loyalty there. I'm more puzzled by Scott Brown endorsing McCain and then having McCain come into his district so Brown can campaign for him.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: Palin's not doing that.
CALLER: We're hoping that J. D. Hayworth's going to make it, but certainly Sarah Palin -- probably independents in Arizona would like the fact that she was here and supporting John McCain, but certainly the tea party movement is not in line with that.
RUSH: Well, I know. It's tough thing. I know why she's doing it. Look it: I haven't spoken to her about it, and I don't even want to put words in her mouth. I can only address this were I to be in her shoes. And she's a Republican, and she's made the case that she's a Republican, and this guy put her on the ticket, and had that not happened, she'd be "Sarah Who?" She owes him something.
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RUSH: Okay, now, look, those of you out there in the tea party that are miffed at Sarah Palin and at Scott Brown, I just want to remind you of one thing, like I said the other day. If Sarah Palin had not endorsed McCain, can you imagine what the press would do to her? Can you imagine the refrain: "Oh, he's perfectly fine to be president, you'd run on the ticket with him as president, but he's not good enough to be Senator from Arizona?" They would kill her. And in the case of Scott Brown, McCain was the first senator to openly support Scott Brown. He was being totally ignored by every other Republican in the Beltway. It's the same deal, folks, it's just loyalty. It just is.
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Yes, she has. I wholeheartedly agree with that.
Backing McCain undoes a lot of that good.
Only to liberals and Palin-haters. The rest of us understand why she's doing this, and continue to support her.
Bet you slammed Sarah for resigning the Governorship, too.
Nope, thought it was the best move she could make.
Still do.
Depends on what she does with the time she bought.
No more open Borders---bailouts---Cap n Trade----no mas!! And no Conquista de la Estados Unidos!!!! Esta NUESTRAS NATION!!!
Now, who do you want in 2012?
I hope your answer is "a conservative" as opposed to "the person I've welded my future to before the thing actually plays out"
NO,it was my LAST EVER bowing to the argument of the lesser of two evils! I WILL NEVER, EVER AGAIN DO THAT! That comprimise has brought us the cluster f*ck that is the current political situation.And no I`d never vote again for ANY Republicrat, I don`t care if Satan the Prince of Darkness himself, horns, pitch fork, and brimstone were running against him.
RUSH: “However, if you’re Sarah Palin, the one thing you know is that if it weren’t for John McCain, nobody would know who you are right now.”
I disagree with Rush Limbaugh on this response.
I knew exactly who Sarah Palin was before McCain picked her for her VP. I even lobbied for her on this form before he did facing much criticism from fellow FR posters in this forum for even doing so.
The hell you did, you voted for John McCain. And if John McCain was good enough to get your vote for President, why isn't he good enough to be Senator?
See how you can twist that kind of logic around?
well i guess luckily for McCain you can’t vote for JD cuz you’re from Ohio
Of course you did, but most people didn't and wouldn't know anything about her today but for John McCain.
I knew about her before Rush, from William Kristol way before she was picked. IMO, she’d better off if McCain hadn’t picked her. I hope she runs for Senate.
Well I for one was ready for a fresh face in the old while men Republican party and knew Sarah Palin was dynamic. If others didn’t, that’s their own fault for being uninformed.
I get the feeling he likes her brand of Kool-aid.I`m tired of the whole left-right kool-aid, I`d prefer my Constitution,you know,that Natural Rights thingy.
I must be right on target for the all the flak that is being thrown up.
Actually I voted the lesser of two evils,never again.Deal with it!
here is a bill McCain is currently pushing: http://sonoranweeklyreview.com/?p=2531
Ain’t it just amazing. Two posters in a 30 post thread who actually knew about Sarah Palin before McCain chose her for his VP.
I haven’t listened to Rush Limbaugh for years, and this is just one example of why I don’t.
But lucky for me,I`ll never vote the lesser of two evils.
But you see when you decline to vote for the lesser you get the greater out of default.
McCain knows damn well the position his request for support from Sarah would cause. HE is trying to manipulate her popularity AGAIN for his benefit only, even if it destroys Sarah’s conservative credentials.
McCain is the snake he always has been...
Sarah is just an honest victim AGAIN!!!
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