RUSH: SANTORUM IS SNEAKING UP

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[Yosemitest]

Santorum is Sneaking Up
February 07, 2012

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RUSH: Beth in Boulder, Colorado. I'm glad you waited.
Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hi.

CALLER: Thank you, Rush. I appreciate you taking my call.

RUSH: You bet.



CALLER: I'm calling today from Boulder because I love freedom, and we're having our caucuses in Colorado today.
This weekend I've been listening to the debates, and I wanted to actually see some of the candidates and hear them before I made my decision.
I went to the Santorum speech that he gave up in Loveland on Saturday. And I was surprised.
I've heard a lot in the debate process about jobs and the economy and immigration, and those are vitally important issues, Rush.
But I feel like I feel like the most important issue in this election is freedom.
I've gotten glimmers of that in the debates.
You know, when Santorum was talking about health care and challenging Mitt Romney on that,
and when Newt was talking earlier in South Carolina, I've heard those glimmers.
But I haven't heard anyone come out and express to me as an American, talk to me about my freedom.
I went to this speech on Saturday, and it wasn't a stump.
For the next hour, Rick Santorum -- he came out, he had no notes, no teleprompter
-- had a conversation with us as Americans about our freedom.
And it was the most amazing thing. It was like the CPAC speech that you gave several years ago --

RUSH: No, nothing's like that.

CALLER: I'm not saying that, but it was beautiful.

RUSH: I get your point. Yeah.

CALLER: It was amazing. And he started with King George and the French Revolution and how Americans figured out after the French Revolution --

a war that was fought on our soil for the benefit of England really by Americans
-- that basically the government that gives to you can take away from you.
And he went from there to the Declaration of Independence and our Founding Fathers,
and he dialogued with us about this -- or not dialogued because it was a back and forth.
But he talked with us about this and how our Founding Fathers laid their lives on the line.
They pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor for this
and how the French Revolution was going on at the same time.
And they had the liberty, yes. They had equality. They had fraternity.
And it didn't work because their freedoms were from each other --

RUSH: Let me just...

CALLER: -- unlike our freedoms --

RUSH: Let me tell you something.

CALLER: -- in the Declaration of Independence of Independence, which comes from God.

RUSH: Santorum is sneaking up.
Public Policy Polling has a story out today (the North Carolina polling firm) that he's gonna do well in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado.
If all these things happen, it could have the potential, the possibility, to upset the applecart --
at least from the standpoint of inevitability for Romney. And I find it fascinating.
Romney all of a sudden...
Now there's a big opposition research file on Santorum.
Now they think they've banished Newt, so it's Santorum.
"The only difference between Santorum and a bag of excrement is the bag."
Last week Santorum was the nicest guy in the world!
"Sweet guy. So sad about his daughter."

Today, Santorum is no different than a bag containing excrement. That's it,
and I think it's too late to pull this. This is typical opposition research.
All of the people are sophisticated now.
All of a sudden, all this rotten stuff about Santorum?
He's a big government conservative?
He is talking about freedom, you're exactly right.
And this HHS, Health and Human Services, mandate against the Catholic Church is a great example of how we are losing our freedom.
It's about how it's being challenged on all fronts.
And I said:
Santorum, of the conservatives remaining, is the one with the least baggage
in terms of abandoning conservatism at times over his career.
I'm glad you called, Beth.
I appreciate it.

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[American Constitutionalist]

Acts 5:39

[Apollo5600]

Because it basically means that his greatest propaganda tool doesn’t work on me.

I’m a Texas Baptist and disagree strongly with Catholic theology. Therefore, the whole “I’m a Christian” thing butts heads with my problems with prayers to Mary, Saints, co-redemption, and so on and so forth. It neutralizes the propaganda and makes me immune, which allows me to weigh Newt and Santorum on an equal level without caring about all the pictures Santorum puts out with his wife and kids, with all that heavy makeup he wears and the sun shining and rainbows and puppies, etc.

[goldstategop]

My home state of Colorado voted to kill pro-life initiatives, twice. Its a moderate state, what you would call a “swing” state. Yet it voted against Mittens on his strongest stomping ground - voting for a social conservative candidate. Mittens isn’t out but he’s in serious trouble after his big Florida and Nevada wins.

[PjhCPA]

Newtbot or Newtwit? Which would you prefer?

[sushiman]

Anybody but Obozo , Newt , Mitts or Rupaul !

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

with all that heavy makeup he wears

Nixon didn't want makeup for the TV debates - how'd that work out for him?

Ronald Reagan said that nearly all movie actors had to wear heavy makeup or they just looked terrible on the screen. Reagan himself wore it at first, because that was the default - but someone suggested to Reagan that the next time he participated in a screen test of some newbie, that he not use the makeup to see if Reagan would be OK without it when he was acting for an actual move. Reagan did that, and afterward was allowed to act for movies without bothering with the makeup.

It was ironic when Reagan was running against Governor Brown, that the governor dismissed Reagan as "some actor in makeup" - but when they went on TV for a debate, Governor Brown was the only one wearing makeup.

The fact that he was able to act for the cameras without makeup wasn't what made Reagan a great president, tho . . .

[Evil Slayer]

When is Florida going to officially take those 50 delegate votes away from Romney that he didn't earn and split them between him and Newt? They are in violation of the rules that only FL primaries held on or after April 1 is "winner take all".

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

[aruanan]

They are in violation of the rules that only FL primaries held on or after April 1 is "winner take all".

The rule is that "winner takes all" states cannot hold a primary before April 1.

[dforest]

Congrats to Rick. I am sure these wins will help him in his fundraising efforts.

[Evil Slayer]

The rule is that "winner takes all" states cannot hold a primary before April 1.

You are right but mittens is still holding on to the full 50 delegates that FL allowed for having their primary moved up before April 1st. He shouldn't still be able to claim them. Instead, they should be divided between the others. What I can't understand is why it is taking so long to take those numbers down from his tally. If it stays at 50 when we go into the convention, their will be an interesting fight on the floor about this. Would be funny if the FL 50 causes him to lose the nomination on a technicality.

[aruanan]

I think all 50 delegates should be disallowed.

[corlorde]

All right! Go Rick!

[Diogenesis]

Chihuahua Romney - the Magic but ineligible, backstabbing RINO:
"Me. Me. Me.
I am entitled. Me. Me.
I chose. I decide. Me. Me. Me.
BAIN, Marriott, and I already destroyed every single
other potential conservative candidate, and
BAIN and I already PAID everyone in the media
FOR MY nomination.
So, it is MINE. MINE. MINE. "

[ZX12R]

Prediction (just guessing): Romney implodes. RINOS stampede in panic.

Romney failing AGAIN would be really sweet. I could vote for Santorum, but a Romney vote is out of the question for me.

[Lady Lucky]

You raise an interesting possibility but I believe they’re way too invested in Romney and they’ll double down. He’ll go Tonya Harding on Santorum if the next round of polls looks bad for him.
Jeb Bush is not an option. Mitch Daniels likewise. Bad as Romney is, he is better than any other RINO they could put forward.

[Tzfat]

So, who is the historical nitwit, the caller or Santorum? The French Revolution influencing the founders in the Declaration of Independence? Did she mean the French-Indian War, or did Santorum say the French Revolution?

[Elle Bee]

the elite GOP don't want to wet blanket all of that mittens enthusiasm so they will wait until they think it doesn't matter

can we now be spared the wisdom of the FOX ALL STARS?

enough of the Bill Chrystal, Chas. Krauthammer, Ted Baxter, Bret Beahr, Toyko Rove, Ann Colter, Sean Wannabe, et. al. Romney cheerleading squad

It's time for some honesty - the rank and file don't want mittens and don't want to be TOLD he's the chosen one

.

[WashingtonSource]

I saw that little bug and it tried to wipe it off my screen!

[WashingtonSource]

I saw that little bug and I tried to wipe it off my screen!

[Mr. K]

I don’t blame Santorum for endorsing Romney over McCain in 2008- Compared to McCain Romney was a conservative.