*whew* THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for that reassurance. I am SO GLAD to hear that the post I read saying Rush had asked that was in error (either that, or I misread the post!). I only heard about an hour's worth of Rush's show today, and in the beginning, I was so proud of him because he was talking about how back in the Reagan days, Newt was doing all the things we WISH our Republicans in Congress would do know, and would have done in Dubya's time.
I had to leave the radio and tune in later, and it was .. well, it sounded like Rush was joyously embracing the state of not knowing his ass from a jackrabbit when it came to the legitimacy of attacks against Newt. It was disappointing.
Of course neither you nor I nor 90 percent of we conservatives who reject Rommey "hate" Romney. That word's appearance is a symptom of emotion overriding logic in arguing a point.
Thanks again for your kind reply. I am also leery of Santorum, but would vote for him every day and twice on Sunday against Romney. However, I think that people are fooling themselves if they think Santorum wouldn't get creamed by the liberal MSM and Obama or -- as may happen -- Hillary.
It's STILL up in the air, there's STILL a very real possiblity, that someone other than Obama may be who our guy runs against, and at this point, the most likely alternative would be Hillary.
A battle between Newt and Hillary would be Popcorn Time for America, and I believe Newt would win and it would be a wonderful battle to witness.
In a battle between Santorum and Hillary, Santorum would look like Wiley Coyote after a particularly nasty adventure with the latest Acme gadget. Hillary would pulverize Santorum, and he'd end up saying "Thank you, ma'm" at the end of it.
Republicans REALLY ought to be thinking in those terms, especially considering what happend in 2007-08, when the Battle Call was: "Anybody but Hillary!" Well, we got our wish.
What I found most disturbing is Rush’s contention that at the end of the day the party will coalesce around the nominee. I’m not so sure that will happen. I can easily see grass roots voting the heck out of the bottom of the ticket to try and get back control of Congress and skipping the top two boxes.