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There Will Be No Rush Endorsement
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | January 31, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 01/31/2012 12:59:00 PM PST by Kaslin

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RUSH: St. Louis. This is Greg. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hello.

CALLER: Hey, Rush. God bless you, buddy. Been listening to you for a long time, and, like you, I'm an expert at what I do. I've got a painting company, funny story, I have the ability to listen to you at different job sites, particularly residential job sites, and it's a hoot when I'm at a liberal's house painting with Rush Limbaugh on. It drives 'em crazy.

RUSH: I can imagine that. I've heard such stories, guys on ladders with the radio on where the owner can't get to it. The wife, in particular, just goes batty.

CALLER: Yep.

RUSH: Husbands, too. They can't do anything about it other than fire the painter, which they don't want to do.

CALLER: Right. Yeah. It's hysterical. It's really amusing. It's funny. I can almost tell neighborhood by neighborhood, you know, what kind of clientele I have and whether or not I'm gonna drive 'em crazy.

RUSH: How can you do that? How can you tell by neighborhood what kind of clientele you're gonna have?

CALLER: Yeah, well...

RUSH: Okay, you don't want answer, I caught you. The host caught you. Yeah, yeah, yeah, expert painter knows when he's going to a liberal neighborhood or a conservative neighborhood.

CALLER: You can tell.

RUSH: You can tell. Yep. Whether you got a car on concrete blocks in the front yard or not, I know.

CALLER: Yeah, right, right, especially election time when all the signs get put in the front yard, it's even more of a hoot.

RUSH: Yep.

CALLER: But, hey, the reason why I'm calling, you know, you're the guy that I listen to the most, and you're the guy that I get all my information from. I get why you couldn't endorse someone, but, boy, it sure would be helpful for me and your listeners for you, at the end of the day, say, "Here's the guy," because you're the expert, man. You know who's full of it, and you know who's legitimate, and it would be awesome if you would just, you know, come out and say, this is --
RUSH: Ah, see, wait a minute. You say you understand why I don't endorse. In fact, you said you understand why I can't endorse. And then you very sneakily and slyly try get me to endorse. If I tell you who I'm voting for, that's an endorsement. You're trying to tell me I can do that without actually endorsing anybody. Snerdley, I'm gonna tell you something. 'Cause Snerdley's behind this, folks. If I don't shut this down every call is gonna be somebody demanding or trying to pressure me. Snerdley is sitting in there thinking that I can change the outcome of elections if I would just say so. He really believes that.

You and I both know that's absurd, but he believes it. I'm just telling you, you could give me two more hours of this, I'm not gonna tell you. It isn't going to happen, because when this is all over, I am not gonna be in a position where my credibility is such that I can't support whoever the nominee is. 'Cause I am not voting Obama. I'm not supporting Obama. So whoever wins this, I can't sit here and pigeonhole myself in such a way that I don't have credibility supporting whoever the eventual nominee is, because Obama is the end result. I'll tell you right now, I'm not voting Obama. I'm the expert. And that's really all you need to know.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012endorsements; endorsements; fl2012; rush; rush2012; rushlimbaugh; talkradio
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1 posted on 01/31/2012 12:59:04 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I’ve moved past Rush. His mouth just does not inspire me any more. Old, tired, blowhard. Don’t listen to him any more.


2 posted on 01/31/2012 1:01:02 PM PST by RetiredArmy (POLITICIANS: Promise the moon. Deliever the shaft.)
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To: Kaslin

3 posted on 01/31/2012 1:01:38 PM PST by Tribune7 (GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)
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To: Kaslin

Yeah right. Rush has taken the easy way out with the de facto support of Santorum. He has been trying to ride the fence in this election between the Tea Party Conservatives and the establishment RINOs. I thought he would have more guts than he has shown. Sarah Palin sure is not afraid to say what is on her mind. GO NEWT GO!


4 posted on 01/31/2012 1:03:13 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Kaslin

Fine, don’t endorse anyone. Just stop acting dumb when it comes to Romney. Go after him. Mark Levin is the only one who’s doing so at this point, and he deserves respect for it.


5 posted on 01/31/2012 1:03:45 PM PST by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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6 posted on 01/31/2012 1:04:12 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Kaslin

Ah, but we have another thread where a FReeper is telling us Rush is endorsing Santorum.


7 posted on 01/31/2012 1:05:03 PM PST by Clara Lou (nObama, noRomney (Obama-lite), noPaul-- Santorum in a pinch)
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To: Kaslin
I heard this idiot today and all I could think of is how pathetic he was.

It is not Rush's job to endorse anyone, it is his job to inform, to support the truth, and to endorse and promote conservatism.

If you need Rush to endorse someone so you know how to vote, then you probably shouldn't be voting.
8 posted on 01/31/2012 1:05:42 PM PST by Sudetenland (Anybody but Obama!!!!)
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To: CatherineofAragon

He has, repeatedly.


9 posted on 01/31/2012 1:07:23 PM PST by Sudetenland (Anybody but Obama!!!!)
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To: Kaslin
There Will Be No Rush Endorsement

He's too busy talking about how influential he is and selling Ice Tea. His last comment of the day did sound like a back-handed endorsement of Rick.

10 posted on 01/31/2012 1:10:25 PM PST by vortigern
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To: Kaslin

Rush must be an elitist, Establishment RINO, eh? < s/o >.


11 posted on 01/31/2012 1:12:00 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: Kaslin

At this point (other than ignoring the negatives on Romney) Rush has thrown plenty of bones to the Santorum camp, and the end result of this is an indirect endorsement of Romney. Encouraging Santorum to stay in the race is only hurting Gingrich, and it’s a chief strategy of the RINO establishment.


12 posted on 01/31/2012 1:12:50 PM PST by reasonisfaith (Or, more accurately---reason serves faith. See W.L. Craig, and many others.)
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To: Kaslin

He may be considered an expert in what I have no idea but he’s not a Patriot. This is a Patriot.

Before being hanged, Nathan Hale said: “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”

Rush won’t even speak for his country unless he knows he’s right. But who needs his endorsement? Don’t people have minds of their own? Can’t they even see the huge difference between Newt and mitt? It really isn’t rocket science that they need another’s input.

Why and who would be drawn to a KNOWN LIAR like Mitt? An initiator of gay marriages? Why do voters have a magnet towards evil.


13 posted on 01/31/2012 1:13:34 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Kaslin

We even have people here at FR putting words into Rush’s mouth, then slapping it on the TITLE.

I cannot imagine how pissed that would make Rush at FR.

He was clear he’s not endorsing anyone at all, and then some Santorum fan posts, “Rush endorsing Santorum”.

He must be doing angry back-flips.

I can’t believe there are Freepers that stupid and blatant.


14 posted on 01/31/2012 1:18:10 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Kaslin

Well, I have endorsed Newt.


15 posted on 01/31/2012 1:24:28 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Parley Baer

Sarah Palin sure is not afraid to say what is on her mind.

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She has something in common with Rush. She hasn’t endorsed amyone either.


16 posted on 01/31/2012 1:24:59 PM PST by dmz
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To: Kaslin

I finally just turned him off, today. He spent the entire part of the show I heard explaining why he doesn’t endorse. And how much it upsets people and how he doesn’t understand, yada, yada, yada......It was boring.


17 posted on 01/31/2012 1:27:21 PM PST by Jrabbit
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To: Kaslin

He’s voting for Santorum today......


18 posted on 01/31/2012 1:29:15 PM PST by Fawn (NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT!)
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To: gaijin
"He was clear he’s not endorsing anyone at all, and then some Santorum fan posts, “Rush endorsing Santorum”."

Limbaugh (David) did endorse Santorum in much the same way that Palin (Todd) endorsed Gingrich....

20 posted on 01/31/2012 1:31:41 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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