(Rush)Limbaugh: I have power to anoint GOP nominee (Downplays Ron Paul's chances)

World Net Daily ^ | May 16, 2007 | Joe Kovacs

[The_Eaglet]

That radio windbag is part of what is going wrong in the GOP and he's been one of the main cheerleaders of it.

That was not the case back in 1992 and 1993, but he seems to have emerged as the champion of liberal Republicans.

I still like his books, "The Way Things Ought To Be" and "See, I Told You So," but I rarely listen to his radio program given how he seems to attack conservatives like Ron Paul and avoids coverage of other conservative candidates.

[The_Eaglet]

I notice that Rush never actually disagreed with Ron Paul's assertions about why Osama's Saudi terrorists hit us on 9/11. Certainly, any tie to Iraq or Saddam is far more tenuous than connections to the Wahabbist Saudis. Paul in fact presented the correct view, derived from Osama's own fatwa, CIA analysis, and the mediocre 9/11 report.

That is a good observation. Rush's attack was almost as baseless as Giuliani's.

[cva66snipe]

That was not the case back in 1992 and 1993, but he seems to have emerged as the champion of liberal Republicans.

That's true. But his show isn't about political ideas as much as people wish it was. He said quite a few years ago his show was for entertainment. To keep his ratings up and not to step on political toes he sings from the RNC songbook in key.

[izzatzo]

“Tongue-in-cheek” is my thought, too. Even if Rush thought he had the power, I don’t think he would make that sort of statement in earnest.

[Jet Jaguar]

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