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Rush Limbaugh: May Not Support GOP Nominee
newsmax.com ^ | January 22, 2008 4:34 PM | staff

Posted on 01/22/2008 9:14:16 PM PST by kellynla

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh stunned his listeners by announcing that he might not support the Republican presidential nominee in this year’s election.

Limbaugh said on Monday’s show: "I can see possibly not supporting the Republican nominee this election, and I never thought that I would say that in my life."

The reason: “You don’t have a genuine down-the-list conservative” among the GOP candidates.

“Wherever you go here in this roster of candidates, you're going to be able to point out ‘not conservative, what he did there is not conservative’” Rush said.

The Republican front-runners want the nomination “because it's their turn,” he also stated. “We tried that in '96 with Bob Dole and now they're running the same scenario…

"I'm telling ya, it's gonna come down to which guy do we dislike the least. And that's not necessarily good."

After Rush’s pronouncements, Los Angeles Times blogger Andrew Malcolm wrote: “Across the country, people were dropping their coffee cups, choking on sandwiches, fainting and driving off the road. The king of conservative talk radio not supporting the Republican nominee?”

But Limbaugh’s remarks are not quite so surprising in light of statements he made about GOP candidates Mike Huckabee and John McCain last week:

“I'm here to tell you, if either of these two guys get the nomination, it's going to destroy the Republican Party. It's going to change it forever, be the end of it. A lot of people aren't going to vote. You watch.”


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; gop; potus; rino; rushlimbaugh
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To: Senator Goldwater
If you don’t put in Cheney because of health, and if Romney turned out to win the votes for nomination, why not put Cheney in anyway and run Romney as the vp?

Of course Cheney may not like the idea of running under those conditions, but maybe he wouldn’t mind. If his health started to deteriorate, he could resign and let Romney take over. He could be president for a couple of years and then retire.

What do you think?

241 posted on 01/22/2008 11:49:00 PM PST by broncobilly
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To: EyeGuy

And so Rush, when it might have really helped, why didn’t you give Duncan Hunter some much needed name exposure before your vast audience?
________________________
Yep Rush....you could have influenced this election.
You may not vote but I’ll crawl over broken glass to
keep Hilary and nasty Bill out of the White House for
another 8 years.


242 posted on 01/22/2008 11:49:29 PM PST by cowdog77 (Circle the Wagons)
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To: cowdog77

Rush only helps those who help themselves.


243 posted on 01/22/2008 11:52:00 PM PST by ari-freedom (The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government)
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To: roses of sharon

I like Rudy a lot, and I’d certainly vote for him over any Dem, but you cannot be defiantly pro-choice and expect to win the Republican nomination.


244 posted on 01/22/2008 11:53:03 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: HawaiianGecko

Thanks for the link. I’ve decided to vote for Keyes in the primary..again.

Great link here too.
http://www.alankeyes.com/pdf/iowa_tabloid.pdf


245 posted on 01/22/2008 11:54:29 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops.... http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/)
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To: kellynla

Given a ticket of Dick Cheney vs. Clinton or Obama;
just who do you think Republicans and the majority of registered Independents would vote for?...I’ll take Cheney any day and Cheney would hand either one of the ‘Rats their lunch in a debate!!!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

I really like Cheney, too, but to have to listen to people blathering on about Haliburton for 4-8 years would be torture. Maybe not as bad as having to eradicate Clinton cooties from the White House again, though.


246 posted on 01/22/2008 11:56:07 PM PST by Mjaye (Some folks close their mouth only long enough to change feet)
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To: kellynla

From my years of visiting many and various forums, It is my considered opinion that Cheney is almost as unpopular as Hillary.


247 posted on 01/22/2008 11:56:32 PM PST by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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To: All

“RUSH LIMBAUGH: I like Duncan. I have great admiration for Duncan Hunter.”

snip from: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_072707/content/01125121.guest.html

So why didn’t Rush support Duncan Hunter when he had the chance? Yeah, yeah, Rush doesn’t endorse anybody (sigh).

So who’s sorry now?


248 posted on 01/22/2008 11:58:54 PM PST by Sun (Duncan Hunter: pro-God/life/borders, understands Red China threat, NRA A+rating! www.gohunter08.com)
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To: awakened
Great! So then if the Republicans don’t vote, the Dems win by default??? Not one of Rush’s better ideas.

OTOH, if we continue to support non-conservatives simply because they're not Dems, then the GOP has almost no chance of EVER getting back to where it belongs. That's a realistic point, that perhaps it's worth the pain of a loss in order to finally and unequivocally transmit the message to the GOP that we will no longer tolerate a GOP that can barely be distinguished from the Dems.

Then there's the argument (and a powerful one) that the time to make such a radical point is NOT when Hillary is the Dem nominee.

In any event, the GOP is in mortal danger. I have always believed that a Hillary nomination would turn EVERY Republican into a broken-glass Republican. I'm no longer certain about that. Conservatives are seriously fed up with the GOP's utter failure to uphold conservatism, govern with a spine, etc.

MM (in TX)

249 posted on 01/23/2008 12:00:58 AM PST by MississippiMan
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To: Mjaye

See #241


250 posted on 01/23/2008 12:02:49 AM PST by broncobilly
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To: SAJ
I loathe McQueeg. Doesn't mean I'd vote for Mengele junior instead.

But if you hold your nose and vote for McRino (and he wins) he will tell you that you really do love him and that he knows what's best for you and now that he's President we're going to find out WHO STOLE THE STRAWBERRIES!!!!

251 posted on 01/23/2008 12:05:07 AM PST by skeptoid (A.A. U.E. M.B.S. [with clusters})
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To: PA_Country
No, its not crazy, its based on his actions in the Senate. There is little point in enumerating them as that would most likely only lead to pointless bickering. For the purpose of this thread it is enough to say that there are Republicans I would not vote for and why.
252 posted on 01/23/2008 12:08:50 AM PST by SeaWolf (Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century US Congress when he wrote 1984)
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To: kellynla

If the RNC can’t field a candidate I sure can’t cast a vote.


253 posted on 01/23/2008 12:10:38 AM PST by TigersEye (McCain is unfit for office. See my profile page.)
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To: EyeGuy

Hunter doesn’t own Clear Channel. I don’t think Rush really liked Hunter because of his trade position. Rush thinks free trade at any cost is conservative as do a third of all Republicans. The free trade chickens are coming home to roost along with the unwise lending practices. Wall St. started whining and the Fed cut rates and Bush and the Dems are working on a stimulus package. Yes, they really are that dumb. :)


254 posted on 01/23/2008 12:17:59 AM PST by WildcatClan (The epitome of irony is that few entities exist, less common, than common-sense.)
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To: monkapotamus

Cheney’s nomination and election would be a validation of the success of the GW Bush administration and recognition of what a Great President he is.


255 posted on 01/23/2008 12:20:03 AM PST by FFranco
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To: lone star annie

I wont vote for McAmnesty either.


256 posted on 01/23/2008 12:21:11 AM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: weegee

That’s pretty heavy defeatism. I don’t believe we should ever stop fighting for what is right and truly American.


257 posted on 01/23/2008 12:24:26 AM PST by FFranco
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To: SAJ
" . . . voted four separate times for a bill in the IL Senate that would allow a mother, after a botched abortion and her baby was live-born, to kill it after the fact."

That was actually a bill in Illinois? Are you talking about Obama? Did the bill pass?

258 posted on 01/23/2008 12:25:02 AM PST by Eastbound
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To: Inyo-Mono

Don’t even think about. You’re alredy claiming she will be elected.

God deliver us from evil.


259 posted on 01/23/2008 1:11:29 AM PST by Lily4Jesus ( Jesus Saves)
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To: kellynla

Rush is having his Dobson moment. When all the candidates are “unacceptable”, where do we go from there?


260 posted on 01/23/2008 1:29:33 AM PST by Tall_Texan (No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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