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 years election.
Limbaugh said on Mondays 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 dont 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 Rushs 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 Limbaughs 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.
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?
And so Rush, when it might have really helped, why didnt you give Duncan Hunter some much needed name exposure before your vast audience?
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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.
Rush only helps those who help themselves.
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.
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
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?...Ill 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.
From my years of visiting many and various forums, It is my considered opinion that Cheney is almost as unpopular as Hillary.
“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?
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)
See #241
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!!!!
If the RNC can’t field a candidate I sure can’t cast a vote.
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. :)
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.
I wont vote for McAmnesty either.
That’s pretty heavy defeatism. I don’t believe we should ever stop fighting for what is right and truly American.
That was actually a bill in Illinois? Are you talking about Obama? Did the bill pass?
Don’t even think about. You’re alredy claiming she will be elected.
God deliver us from evil.
Rush is having his Dobson moment. When all the candidates are “unacceptable”, where do we go from there?
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