Rush Limbaugh dings Newt Gingrich, Day Two

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Rush Limbaugh dings Newt Gingrich, Day Two

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 1/11/12 5:12 PM EST

Rush Limbaugh spent a second day lacing into Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry over their hits on Mitt Romney about Bain Capital, providing extremely useful cover for the front-runner — a candidate whose praises he has not often sung during the primary:

This is not conservatism. It's the polar opposite of conservatism. It's the language used to take away economic freedom. Vulture capitalism, bleeding companies dry? This is not what happens. Don't mistake me. I'm all for going after Romney or any other candidate and candidates going after each other. I understand that there is (although I don't feel all that confident about it, but there is) something to be said here for this providing an opportunity for Romney to learn how to defend himself against these kind of charges when they come from Obama, because they will. You try to find the rainbow at the end of every pot. It's their duty to go after each other — candidates, I mean.

I'm all for vetting candidates — I'm all for finding out just exactly who they are and I'm all for finding out if they can defend themselves — but I don't think you tear down the engine of freedom or any other conservative principle in the process of doing all this. And that, I fear, is what's happening here. Capitalism already under enough of an assault. It already has too few defenders.

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Rush cares about not being irrelevant so he keeps his options

He is no warrior

Mark Levin today was a warrior....he let Romney and his minions have it

I felt pride for him

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Rush cares about not being irrelevant so he keeps his options

He is no warrior

Mark Levin today was a warrior....he let Romney and his minions have it

I felt pride for him