The conspiracy kooks are out in force eh?
It’s become typical of every election, it seems. Rational discussions are more and more difficult to have. It wouldn’t be so bad if everyone who refuses to acknowledge the faults within the candidate they support now wouldn’t be the first ones screaming for their head when that candidate betrays conservatism. (Remember Scott Brown?)
Caller Accuses Host of Backing "Socialist" Romney January 26, 2012
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RUSH: Here is Jed in Boise, Idaho. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hello. .....
CALLER: What I called about is I hear you and a lot of the other conservative talk radio hosts supporting Mitt Romney, yet we all know that he's a socialist and nobody ever pushes that forward. .....
RUSH: I'm getting worn out! I got Romney calling me wanting to come see me trying to get me to stop being so hard on him. ....
RUSH: You think I'm sitting here supporting Romney. I spent most of a full show last week analyzing what Newt did in a positive way as to why he was getting the applause. You're reading from some script here. You're talking to the wrong host.
RUSH: I'm not choosing anybody.
CALLER: No, sir. No, sir, Rush. I have heard you yourself say that if Romney wins the nomination, that you're going to vote for him. Okay? RUSH: Yeah?
CALLER: That is supporting him. That lends a credibility to a Republican-socialist agenda.
RUSH: I'm gonna vote for any Republican over Obama! So's everybody else.
CALLER: So what...? What makes a Republican socialist any better than Democrat socialist who is in office now?
RUSH: I don't think Romney is a socialist. ....
RUSH: All right. Who are you for? Okay, Romney's a socialist. Who are you for?
CALLER: I'm for any one of the other three. But if I'm voting in the primary, I'm gonna vote for Gingrich.
RUSH: Okay.
CALLER: But if any of the other three win, I'll vote for them because they're at least conservatives. ...."