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To: LachlanMinnesota

Who says that Rush has such powers to annoint folks to the throne? All’s I is saying is that in this election, it was wrong of Rush not to back the only conservative running against the hoards/herds of RINO’s.


122 posted on 01/22/2008 9:56:45 PM PST by dit_xi (Duncan Hunter: No nose holding necessary come election day. Right on every issue, right every time)
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To: dit_xi
IN the transcript from monday, Rush explicitly notes that he has NO such power -- and he derisively explains that if he DID have such power, we wouldn't have had Clinton as President:
I've said this countless times, but people are wondering when, how, who I am going to endorse. Please get away from that. That is accepting the notion that whoever I endorse is put over the top. You guys are demonstrating out there that you're going to make up your own minds -- and I, frankly, like that. I participate here in, hopefully, informing and educating, and you do back and forth. We do together. But you're not mind-numbed robots. This endorsement business? Can I be bluntly honest? If I had this magical power to get everybody I supported elected, we wouldn't have had Clinton. You know, people like me who do what I do, we've gotta be realistic about what this is. It's a radio show that has an identity and a mission and a purpose, but it's not to get people elected. It's an ancillary thing, but that's not why I'm doing this.

143 posted on 01/22/2008 10:02:52 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: dit_xi
Assuming you are correct, then if Rush’s support did not make enough of a difference, what effect would that have on the county’s opinion of Rush? They would have said he’s washed up. Therefore, Rush could not win.

He needs to advance the cause of conservative philosophy, and, as he stated after the last election cycle, he is not carrying the water of any candidate. No one objected to his statements back then.

I like it better when he does not support a single candidate.

Unfortunately, the conservatives and the moderates need to decide which direction the party is going and they cannot expect someone like Rush to do if for them.

“We, the people,” must decide, not “He, the person!”

The right has lost its way, and until it finds its voice, the nation will be lead by the liberals, with the republicans in Congress fighting a rear-guard action until the leadership figures out where they are going.

That will not happen until the warfare between the Country Club Republicans and the conservatives battle it out and one side wins.

Right now, the Country Clubbers are winning.

159 posted on 01/22/2008 10:10:04 PM PST by LachlanMinnesota (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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