I looked at some 2008 transcripts, and I found some evidence supporting your assertion that Limbaugh was not really for McCain, but instead was against Obama. In the same way, I voted in 2012 not really for Romney, but rather against Obama.
I have agreed with Limbaugh on some issues, but sometimes I think he is simply wrong. I don't take him that seriously, but he can be entertaining.
So just think of my ping to you as FYI.
10-4...no problem.
As an aside, going back and looking at a transcript here or a transcript there is illustrative to a point, but does not give you the over all tenor of the show over a period of weeks or months. Rush thought for weeks that Mitt would win, and perhaps comfortably. That is the overall impression of his show, if you listened, and heard the nuance and the context. You could go back and cherry pick archives to both support that and dispute that - taken out of context and without nuance.
In 08, he was hopeful but not optimistic about McCain. Oh, there were moments here and there, but overall, he was down on McCain as a candidate. To anyone who listens, this is not in dispute.
Also, Newsmax is in the business of selling emal blast advertising. They are always twisting and tweaking words of famous people to get people to click on their emails. To quote one of their little blurbs as if it were “news” is to totally misunderstand what they are all about