Posted on 11/19/2007 3:37:47 PM PST by wagglebee
RUSH: Mark in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Am I reading that right? Welcome to the program. Don't have my glasses on so I couldn't really read it, but I guessed and got it right.
CALLER: Yes you got it right, dittos, long-time listener, 24/7 member, and fellow talk show host inspired by you, my friend.
RUSH: Well.
CALLER: Been at it for five years on the Internet, think I've got the biggest show on the Internet, and I've got a big question for you.
RUSH: All right, ask away.
CALLER: All right. The question is this. I think the most conservative candidate that we have for president is Duncan Hunter, going through his website, listening to what he's got on the news, his different interviews and stuff, I mean he definitely meets the conservative agenda head on. And we're just not hearing a lot from him. And we're not hearing a lot from him, from you. And I'm wondering, sir, do you have any plans in the near future for interviews with him, for talking to him on the air? I mean, I did hear, you spoke about an e-mail update you got from him the other day, but other than that it looks like the best candidate here is not getting pushed by the strongest conservative people.
RUSH: Well, here's my answer to your question. I'm asked this a lot and historically I have not gotten involved in primaries, because if I had any of these people, and they have all asked to come on this show, and I respectfully say no, because I'd have to ask them all back. And I really don't look at this program as a campaign vehicle during primaries. Among other things, I, frankly, Mark, I have the belief that political candidates have a duty to get noticed themselves. It's an unfair process in terms -- Mrs. Clinton. Mrs. Clinton is strictly there because she didn't divorce her husband. In fact, she's strictly there because she married him. If her last name weren't Clinton, she'd be the dean of some all-girls' school in Albania touring villages at night and doing whatever you do in a village at night, when you run an all-girls' school. She's just benefiting from conventional wisdom. In the case of Rudy, the reason Rudy is getting a lot of attention is the northeastern bias in the media. The northeastern bias in the media wants two northeasterners to run.
Even some of our conservative journalist friends who are headquartered and work in the northeast, in New York and Washington, are willing to overlook, in some cases, the lack of genuine conservatism in some candidates because they're from the northeast. They have a geographical bias because of where they live. People in the northeast think it's at that it's the heartbeat and the pulse of the country there, and the rest of the country is flyover country and all of that. So it's tough to get out of the bottom tier. You need a really humongous debate performance, and you need an early announcement in some cases when you're going against somebody that's going to benefit from all the conventional wisdom, the media and others. But I sit and watch until one of them surfaces because that's what their job is to do, not mine.
While I haven't let Hunter supporters reflect on the man himself, I've had the same experience on Thompson threads. Even to the point of a Hunter supporter attacking my faith!
Do you realize that a good portion of Thompson supporters also support Hunter?? The attack tactic didn't turn me to Ron Paul either.
Well, isn't that special?
>I found out that Bracewell and Giuliani, Rudy’s law firm head-quartered here in Houston, TX – is legal counsel for Fox News. Yes, you read that right, Fox News is Giuliani’s client.
>Well, isn’t that special?
Yeah, it is. It’s a darn shame — use to be that Fox was the one shining beacon in the MSM — now it is clear that none of them are to be trusted. The fourth estate as we once knew it is gone — either for money or for currying favor with socialist, power-grabbing dirtballs. Or (usually) both.
Thank God for the internet and talk radio. That’s all I have to say. We are now the monks in the New Dark Ages keeping truth alive.
“Rush implies that Rudy and Romney are liberals”
BWAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAA
((((RUSH IS RIGHT))))
Nice try but Rush specifically mentions CONSERVATIVE journalists overlooking lack of genuine conservatism in candidates from the northeast.
Since candidates is plural, he is obviously talking about more than one and since no conservative is claiming that Hillary is a conservative, he can only be talking about the two northeast Republican -- that would be Rudy and Romney.
THAT's what he meant by "two liberals" in the race.
WRONG! Rush specifically mentions CONSERVATIVE journalists overlooking lack of genuine conservatism in candidates from the northeast.
Since candidates is plural, he is obviously talking about more than one and since no conservative is claiming that Hillary is a conservative, he can only be talking about the two northeast Republican -- that would be Rudy and Romney.
or edit the title!
Rush specifically mentions CONSERVATIVE journalists overlooking lack of genuine conservatism in candidates from the northeast. Since candidates is plural, he is obviously talking about more than one and since no conservative is claiming that Hillary is a conservative, he can only be talking about the two northeast Republican -- that would be Rudy and Romney.
I realize that this does not fit your agenda, but this is the ONLY way to interpret what Rush said. Had he said ONE northeast candidate, we could argue which one, but he clearly spoke of more than one and since there are only two he must mean both.
As far as changing the title, FR allows parenthetical comments and these are accurate.
Hunter not physically attractive? Not that it should matter, but he’s second only to Mitt Romney in the looks dept. when compared with the other presidential candidates. Are you telling us that Rudy, Thompson and McCain are more attractive? Yikes!
But as far as being “bland”, I agree that he is somewhat tame in his demeanor. I guess he’s a man of few words. But his actions and accomplishments are significant, and I am praying for breakthrough in his poll standings.
I am really sorry to hear that. It is a pity things have come to that.
From what I've read the past couple days, it looks that I was lucky to not have been around the past few months.
I noticed several years ago that on days when Rush is on vacation Hannity seems lost on his show unless there was "obvious" news to talk about.
“I tried to sign up to volunteer and put up a sign, but apparently that website isn’t Mac friendly. (sad sigh)
You know SOME Mac users are conservative!!!!”
Maybe our friend Paperdoll could help you volunteer without using a computer. :)
He is assuming nothing of the sort. Rush was clearly talking about how CONSERVATIVE journalists were willing to over look "genuine conservatism" of northeastern candidates.
The ONLY logical conclusion is that Rush was talking about Rudy AND Romney (because the word candidates is plural). Now, you could try to say that Rush mispoke and meant to say candidate in the singular form, in which case we could debate whether he meant Rudy or Romney. However, there is NO WAY to reach the conclusion that he was talking about Hillary since conservative journalists aren't giving her a pass and nobody is referring to her as a conservative.
If you have a problem with the fact that Rush said Romney isn't a genuine conservative you should take it up with Rush, but don't blame us for accurately interpreting what he was saying.
“Just dashed off a LTTE to my local rag.”
WTG!!
If every FReeper who supports Hunter writes an editor’s letter, we can cover a lot of territory in our great country. I usually include www.gohunter08.com for readers to get more info. and DONATE.
Also, call a talk show. :)
I'd follow up on this, but I'll be away for a few days. Have at it, freepers.
Whaaaaat? He has never disclosed this.
Geez, unbelievable.
Giuliani's Firm Lobbied GovernmentAnd now I gotta go! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
By SHARON THEIMER and DEVLIN BARRETT, Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON — Energy companies, FBI agents, a media tycoon and even a candlemaker: Rudy Giuliani's firm has lobbied for them all and dozens more in Washington, opening the door to a wide range of potential conflicts of interest should he become president.
If Giuliani were elected, his administration would be on the receiving end of regulatory requests, contract bids and policy proposals by the same clients of his Houston firm, Bracewell & Giuliani, that have contributed toward his personal net worth of millions of dollars.
(snip)
Giuliani's law and lobbying clients have included Saudi Arabia, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., and chewing tobacco maker UST Inc.
Yep, there was an article in the Washington Post in May 2007 about this possible conflict of interest.
Looks like we know how and why Fox is in the tank for the liberal Rooty.
I heard that conversation I am a Rush subscriber and he has never said that about Mitt in any time I heard him!
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