/Begin Sarcasm/ I think none of us should vote this year. Eight years of Clinton can't be that bad! Besides, that'll teach those crazy Republicans! /End Sarcasm/
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.”
We are going to start wishing for lazy, slow, old Fred Thompson.
I am, already. I’m looking at Romney...but there are so many questions for a real conservative.
Very depressing.
Maybe because that it's not Rush's job to go around "endorsing" candidates?
I agree it’s not looking good, but we can always hope and pray that some unforeseen event will shatter their ambitions.
yes
Well Rush .. why didn’t you come out and endorse one (Fred or Duncan) while you had the chance ...
“the media?”
Anything that the media has done to Dick Cheney should be worn as a “badge of honor.”
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!!!
the Write-in President
At this point, he's got my vote
If McCain is at the top of the “Republican” ticket - I’ll not cast a vote for president, but vote on the rest of the ticket for the best folks available...
There is NO WAY I will cast a vote for McCain...
The clothespin manufacturers are going to make a fortune selling to conservatives this election.
Come on, Rush, don’t be like that. Good Lord, we rolled over for Clinton I. Why in the world would we even think about a Clinton or NObomba Presidency?
The biggest issue by far is our own security. I’ll take a McCain or Guliani over ANYTHING the cowardly Democrats have.
And it’s not even close.
Let’s not be fools here. What’s that about cutting off one’s nose to spite the face?
What’s Mitt’s position on self-defense?
We just got the castle doctrine a liberation of gun transport regulations in Missouri. It was like a breath of fresh air.
No steps backward. This FredHead needs some convincing about Mitt.
Absolutely. Why was he silent when he could have changed things?
There are worse things than losing an election, such as having a Republican win who would work diligently to delegitimize conservatism.
“Rush said before the primaries that he would not endorse any candidate this early in the race.”
Yes, Rush’s “rule”.
I don’t get it. The man does 3 solid hours of commentary, 5 days a week, roughly 48 weeks per year and he won’t endorse or at least discuss the validity of Presidential candidates. Particularly when the MSM has propped up the nothing candidate, This Year’s Girl, Obama (did you know he was half white?), and a stable of RINOs.
I’m stumped.
Sorry Rush, but that is obtuse Obama
/Begin Sarcasm/ I think none of us should vote this year. Eight years of Clinton can't be that bad! Besides, that'll teach those crazy Republicans! /End Sarcasm/
I’d have to cover my heart too...
Rush isn’t there to tell me who to vote for. I can figure that out for myself and so can you and everyone else who calls him- or herself a conservative. If republicans can’t figure out who is conservative, then it tells me that the GOP as a whole has no interest in conservative candidates. So I think this means it is time (past time really) for a new conservative party to emerge.
We keep saying that, but we don't vote that way. We had Thompson and Hunter in the race, and the simple fact is they didn't get the votes. I have no idea why anyone would vote for McCain, but they did.
Most of us on FR are political junkies, and we know a lot more about the candidates than the average voter. Proof of that is that Huckabee and Thompson ended up competing for the same voters. These guys have very different positions, but both have a folksy southern charm. A lot of voters vote personality.
Most people voted for Reagan for his personality, not his positions. We got a great man with the personality, but he didn't win because of his policies or positions. He won because he connected with people.
I hope Rush is not serious. This would be stupid.
Thompson spoke conservative, but he was not a “down-the-list” conservative.
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you will never find such a thing
Not Reagan or Newt or anyone
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