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.”
....Good signature material - and absolutely correct.
““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.””
I don’t believe a word of this. McCain will be the nominee and ask a very well respected conservative to be his running mate. Rush will come around, and even if he doesn’t I can’t see him supporting Hillary.
“dropping their coffee cups, choking on sandwiches, fainting and driving off the road. “
I did not drop my coffee cup, choke on my sandwich nor faint nor drive off the road.
I do not support any of them either.
We’ll just have to somehow survive 8 years of a marxist in the White House, with gun seizure, compulsory abortion, homosexual marriage, arrest of abortion protesters and anyone who speaks against abortion or homosexual marriage, high taxes, “hate crime” laws that jail all White Christian males before they open their mouths to talk.
McCain has shown many times he does not have the mental temperment for the presidency. Anyone who follows politics closely knows that. Unfortunately, that is a small portion of the Republican Party.
For anyone really listening to the program this is a total misrepresentation of the context of Rush’s words. He said this in the context of “just say no to McCain”. To not vote at all in November was not what he meant.
He’ll support Hillary. I quit listening to Rush months ago when all he could talk about was Hillary and the Dem candidates. It was all Dems all the time. If he’d put that much effort into the GOP candidates - analysis, background, etc. - we might have a decent one now.
Dear God - he’s helping Hillary win!
Rush let the TRUE CONSERVATIVES drop off one by one-Tancredo, Hunter, Thompson- without a whimper. He helped cause the problem that he is complaiing about.
And in reality, since he never even bothered to register to vote until Bush Sr., he never “supported” Reagan.
IMO - he was banking on Fred
Yes, he would also support his friend, Rudy Giuliani.
Fortunately, the readers here can simply look at what he said, and don’t have to depend on your incorrect interpretation.
I posted quotes from Rush to avoid responses that suggested I was lying about what he said. People can read his words.
Rush Limbaugh makes a living communicating his thoughts. He’s perfectly capable of doing so, and does not need people mischaracterising or reading into what he said. If Rush wants to say someone is unacceptable, he will.
For the record, on the day after Rush’s comments, his flagship station in DC, 630-WMAL, had a discussion with callers about Rush’s comments about not voting. They understood exactly what he meant, and the question was would people follow his lead if McCain was the nominee.
They don’t work in a vacuum — Rush does communicate with the local affiliates to ensure his own stations understand what’s up.
Don't I wish. And with Fred as his VP. Wow!
Romney,yes. McCain, never.
“I suspect Thompson is still alive in all of this and may swoop in during the convention?”
with no delegates, you can put a fork in him...
“I like Dick Cheney, but he would get absolutely murdered in the general election by any fool the left put up. Outside of the base, Cheney is not popular at all?”
well that’s where you & I disagree...
Cheney vs. Hitlery?
and you only have to say one word: “Supremes”
and Republicans & Independents would resurrect out of their graves to vote against her. LOL
Rush never endorses during the primaries. But, if you would think about it, he would only endorse a conservative, thus whom do you THINK he would have supported??? Thompson of course. So, knowing the man's beliefs, you would KNOW who he supports. You certainly should know he would not support McScream or the Huckster.
Table-pounding BTTT!
If getting the party back means prying a lot of cold, dead fingers off the various levers, then fine. Just don't let Ken Mehlman sneak up behind me.
As Caligula (played by John Hurt) said to Tiberius and Claudius in I, Claudius, "First we need to make a list. A long, lonnnnggg list!"
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