Posted on 06/22/2016 5:52:34 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: Let me address something. I've had a couple of emails today, and I should mention this so that you don't think I'm trying to sweep anything under the rug here. I've had emails today from people who say, "You sound awfully enthusiastic about this guy. You know, Trump's not a conservative, Rush. You should be out there pushing Ted Cruz. With all this talk about getting rid of Trump, it's an opportunity to get Ted Cruz back in as the nominee. You're a conservative leader. You ought to be leading that movement."
I said, "Wait a minute. I have not misled anybody at any point during this campaign. From the moment the primaries began, I have been blunt-force up front with everybody about the objective here, which is to beat Hillary Clinton. I don't care with what. There isn't anything worse." We can't... Folks, we can't withstand -- culturally, economically, politically -- we can't withstand another four years of what we've just had the last eight, and that's what it would be, and it would be worse because it would be four more years on top of what are already 7-1/2 (by that time eight) years of genuine destructive politics from the highest office in the land.
For me, this has always been about one thing, and that's about beating Hillary. Whoever the nominee of the Republican Party was going to be was going to get my support. "What about conservatism, Rush?" I don't think I've changed a whit here, folks. Other people have. But for 27 years you've been able to tune in here every day and be confident of what you're gonna get, and you've been able to be confident that it's being honestly spoken to you.
Do I wish Trump were better at certain thing? Do I wish Trump were more instinctive? Of course. But I think no matter who the nominee was, we were going to have problems. Some people would have more problems than others, given who the nominee was. But I can go through the list of people that might have been the nominee and I can pretty much recite what objectives from various Republicans would be. But the greatest unifying aspect we have in this race is Hillary Clinton.
And, look, I know, folks. Within the conservative movement and within the Republican Party and any other group that's, by definition, not liberal there are all kinds of people worried to death that various things are being abandoned here. Various concepts, precepts, principles are being abandoned. And I know that there are people who think that we're gonna get slaughtered no matter what we do. And, worse, I know some people who want us to be slaughtered.
There's all kinds of people on our side who think the best lesson that could happen is if Trump gets beaten in huge landslide so that we don't make this mistake again. I've heard that philosophy argued one way or the other since the beginning days of this program. And there's one thing I've learned: I don't ever see the advantage in losing. I just haven't been able to find it. I haven't been able to find victory in losing.
And in this case, defeating Hillary and everything else that goes along with that is paramount to me. I'm by no means confident that it can happen, and I want to be, so I'm looking for hopeful signs that this can happen, and I do think they're there. I think she's a weak, weak candidate. I think she has vulnerabilities left and right. She is not loved. She's not adored. Her negatives? You talk about Trump? Her negatives are almost as high as his are to the point they cancel each other out.
But my support for defeating Hillary Clinton is not meant and does not in any way signal that I am -- what's the term? -- going soft on core beliefs or core principles. You know, my favorite phrase has become a cliche. But I still like it. "It is what it is." You have to be... I'm the mayor of Realville. You have to deal with what you have to deal with. It doesn't do anybody any good to wish things were different. Unless you have an opportunity to make them different. And I don't think that makes much sense right now, but we shall see.
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One shot deal, we do not get another opportunity to save the country.
Thank-you Mr. Limbaugh for giving your support.
There is no way that anyone who listened to or read Trump’s speech today can say he did NOT hit on all conservative points...
He may not be a “conservative” in some people’s view, but he talked today like an extremely strong conservative...
Just my opinion....
This is it folks....if you can’t support Trump, then leave the Country...go live in another part of the world...
We Americans that love America have found a true leader in Donald Trump, we want him to lead our Country back to the top of the World...
He has beat out 16 candidates; he has brought in more voters into a party than anyone in History has; and he is way over the delegate count he needs...
Those that are still butt hurt need to take the diapers off, the binky out of their mouths and grow up...
Yes , it’s Trump or Purgatory
Exactly...Well said...
REAL Americans need to rally behind Trump...
You go girl!.......;)
Rush Embraces Thee Obvious
Surely, we will soon have seen the last of them brazenly imposing their selfish and inordinate thirst for power, all the while they enrich themselves from the incomes of poor citizens whom they claim to want to "help."
It’s the ONLY choice. Trump MUST win.
>> Those that are still butt hurt need to take the diapers off, the binky out of their mouths and grow up...
They said all along what they were going to do.
I don’t care what they said, if they want to continue to be ‘babies’ then go somewhere else, we have work to do, and we don’t ‘baby sit’!!!!!
Limbaugh, Rumsfeld, Cheney
Who’s next.
I hope Levin will come to his senses and make peace. Time is of the essence.
Better late than never, fatso. This was a speedy decision. By comparison it took Rush over a decade to admit that there is an illegal alien problem.
That theme comes up every election. People are not happy that the "pure" conservative didn't win the primaries, and withhold their vote on the hypothesis that once the rest of us see how bad the liberal is, we'll come around and vote for the "pure" conservative on the next election. The problem with that hypothesis is that there is no limit to how bad things can become under the left. I'd rather take the non-perfect candidate now than wait forever for that "perfect" candidate who will never exist.
How is this a hard choice? It took Rush this long?
Captain Obvious.
Do you want to deport them? Or just compel them to vote for Trump?
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