However, his statement is also true if Newt wins and I’m not ready to give up. You’re assumption is that Romney will be then nominee. I’m not ready to declare him the winner of the whole dang pie.
Cindie
There are MANY more primaries to go. You are absolutely right about that. I'm not ready to declare Romney the winner of the "whole dang pie" either.
But David Limbaugh is no idiot. He chooses his words carefully. And in his own words, he urges us to vote for the eventual winner of the GOP primary, whoever that may be.
But as David Limbaugh knows, no honest conservative can vote for the gun-grabbing, pro-abortion, pro-homosexualist, statism-loving socialist that is Mitt Romney. So he couches his words coyly, in an effort to appeal to the "reason" of conservatives. How does he do this? By claiming that as a Santorum supporter, he is a true-blue conservative. He understands us. He is one of us. He knows what is best for the country.
And then he drops the bomb: (Paraphrashing): "But if the conservative Santorum doesn't win, it is incumbent upon all of us, as good conservatives, to still support the GOP nominee to defeat Obama."
Limbaugh knows perfectly well that if the nominee is Gingrich, conservatives will support him. We already do. That's understood. So, in effect, Limbaugh is asking conservatives to vote for that which they vociferously oppose today: Romney.
That's why I claim Limbaugh's "support" of Santorum is disingenuous, misleading, manipulative, and cynical.