Posted on 03/28/2016 10:24:42 PM PDT by GilGil
If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, one of the main reasons will be that many in the conservative movement found him acceptable. And one of the main reasons that many conservatives are finding Trump acceptable is that the most influential political talk radio host in history, Rush Limbaugh, has provided his blessing.
Not his endorsement. Limbaugh takes pains to preserve neutrality between Trump and Ted Cruz, whom he describes as the obvious choice “if conservatism is the dominating factor in how you vote.”
But Limbaugh has also consistently defended Trump as a legitimate choice for those whose dominating factor is the humiliation of “the establishment.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I think Rush was losing ratings when he promoted Rubio or even Cruz.
Trump is the only guy with the balls and money to destroy the GOPe. The voters have figured it out. We want the existing political establishment out of power and government axed 20-30%.
The richest counties in America shouldn’t be anywhere near D.C.
Trump is the tool to destroy the power structure. He’s our revolution.
I’m not buying this.
Rush has not been favorable to Trump “AT ALL”.
It has been exasperating at times.
The idea Trump got Rush’s blessing is a pipe dream > IMO.
You are generous. A 50% cut in government would be very nice.
I agree. Rush has been very biased against Trump. I think he is losing big in the ratings and this is a way for him to mitigate the damage. I’ve seen a side of Rush where he cares a lot about his paycheck and I think he may be taking quite a hit on the revenue side.
Unlike Levin who is going down the tubes, Rush likes his private jet and 20,000 square foot house.
I would bet Everything I have that the Federal workforce could be reduced by 80 percent in most departments and still function fine.
The ones caught missing for a year but getting paid, looking at porn, working for the union their whole shift, they were CAUGHT.
God only knows how many others do nothing.
Limbaugh needs to get on the Trump Train he is losing viewer’s left and right...I will never listen to him again until he does, 2x viewers here since 1980...Limbaugh leave the Bushes and come back to who brung you to the dance...with a southern draw....
I agree. A 50% reduction in government would be very doable.
Agree.
Axing Dept of Education would be a good start.
Trump will save us trillions. Competitive drug pricing for medicaid and medicare alone will do that.
It’ll be a drastic change with lots of losers looting the system right now. That’s why they are ALL aligning against Trump. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the GOPe come out and endorse hillary.
Rush has said many times that he would ‘vote for any one of these guys’ over Hillary Clinton. No, not an endorsement - but I think his acceptance of Trump as a candidate is meaningful...especially while the party leadership is plotting third party games.
His ratings need to slip further.
I think his ratings are slipping big!
Government needs to be axed as close to 100% as is possible, and it needs to stay that way!
The Washington post has always been down with the stuggle to preserve conservatism...provided you accept the MWI way of explaing quantumn potentials.
I think the writer got it mostly right.
Rush is a little too lenient on Ted, but he’s overall fair to Trump. Surprisingly so at times.
Also keep in mind that Trump has not given Rush any interviews. Trump would be a huge boost for Limbaugh. Trump is perfectly happy going to other news outlets. Rush is missing out.
I worked at Chase, Citi and Lazard corporate offices in Manhattan.
I’d say my average up time was 65 to 70 percent.
These are PRIVATE, profit driven companies.
If they had room to cut 30 percent, just Imagine what the fd gov could cut!!
Pelosi said there’s nothing left to cut. Shortly after she said that, the stories about porn watching, some guy not showing up for years and other working for the union came out.
she, well so many, disgust me.
I have always liked Rush. I haven’t always agreed with him, and I have been disappointed at times.
This was a tough year. I tend to agree with you on at least part of what you said.
He said some good things about Trump but then almost seemed upset with himself that he had, and he tried to make up for it or something.
I was telling someone else that I thought he was somewhat gracious at times, and then he would almost seem sorry and try to make up for it by being hard on him.
I saw others that seemed to think he was pretty hard on him too.
Trump needs to keep on with what he is doing,It has worked well for him and us.Rush should have seen what was coming and he may be out in the cold now.Too bad imo
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