Posted on 11/19/2007 3:37:47 PM PST by wagglebee
RUSH: Mark in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Am I reading that right? Welcome to the program. Don't have my glasses on so I couldn't really read it, but I guessed and got it right.
CALLER: Yes you got it right, dittos, long-time listener, 24/7 member, and fellow talk show host inspired by you, my friend.
RUSH: Well.
CALLER: Been at it for five years on the Internet, think I've got the biggest show on the Internet, and I've got a big question for you.
RUSH: All right, ask away.
CALLER: All right. The question is this. I think the most conservative candidate that we have for president is Duncan Hunter, going through his website, listening to what he's got on the news, his different interviews and stuff, I mean he definitely meets the conservative agenda head on. And we're just not hearing a lot from him. And we're not hearing a lot from him, from you. And I'm wondering, sir, do you have any plans in the near future for interviews with him, for talking to him on the air? I mean, I did hear, you spoke about an e-mail update you got from him the other day, but other than that it looks like the best candidate here is not getting pushed by the strongest conservative people.
RUSH: Well, here's my answer to your question. I'm asked this a lot and historically I have not gotten involved in primaries, because if I had any of these people, and they have all asked to come on this show, and I respectfully say no, because I'd have to ask them all back. And I really don't look at this program as a campaign vehicle during primaries. Among other things, I, frankly, Mark, I have the belief that political candidates have a duty to get noticed themselves. It's an unfair process in terms -- Mrs. Clinton. Mrs. Clinton is strictly there because she didn't divorce her husband. In fact, she's strictly there because she married him. If her last name weren't Clinton, she'd be the dean of some all-girls' school in Albania touring villages at night and doing whatever you do in a village at night, when you run an all-girls' school. She's just benefiting from conventional wisdom. In the case of Rudy, the reason Rudy is getting a lot of attention is the northeastern bias in the media. The northeastern bias in the media wants two northeasterners to run.
Even some of our conservative journalist friends who are headquartered and work in the northeast, in New York and Washington, are willing to overlook, in some cases, the lack of genuine conservatism in some candidates because they're from the northeast. They have a geographical bias because of where they live. People in the northeast think it's at that it's the heartbeat and the pulse of the country there, and the rest of the country is flyover country and all of that. So it's tough to get out of the bottom tier. You need a really humongous debate performance, and you need an early announcement in some cases when you're going against somebody that's going to benefit from all the conventional wisdom, the media and others. But I sit and watch until one of them surfaces because that's what their job is to do, not mine.
Rush is obviously referring to Rooty Toot and Romney here.
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It’s still early but my feeling is that Duncan Hunter will gain some ground - if we continue pumping $ into his campaign - and will become a major contender the closer we get to nomination day.
WOW!
NYC zing!!!!
Don’t forget one of the reasons Rush left NYC because of the confiscatory taxation.
I hope you’re right because we are running out of time. I agree with Rush’s policy of staying out, but I think he should make an exception since Hannity seems to spend every possible second pushing Rooty.
As much as I would like to see Rush push some folks, I wouldn’t like to think that a guy won the top spot just because of him. It’s up to a candidate to develop their own organization, desiminate information, develop financial support and traverse successfully through the process.
I’m willing to listen to opposing views on this, but I think doing these things demonstrates the ability to lead. Getting a good recommendation from Rush really doesn’t.
I’m cover my bets and have sent money to Hunter and Thompson.
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Rush does not need to imply that Rudy and Romney are liberals. Their records prove they are liberals.
The thought is not just held by me, it is starting to show up on the web.
The field of Pigmy's as Newt called them, is getting old.
He is not running and is to busy, but the name starting up come off of peoples tongues, and that is Alan Mulally.
WE need leadership, I am not feeling it folks with our current crop, I see it in Mulally.
When posting there is a restriction on how long the title can be, otherwise I would have explained it better. I think the “implication” comes in because Rush didn’t specifically identify the “northeast” candidates, but it’s obvious who he meant. I also think there was a thinly veiled jab at Hannity in there.
I was thinking the same thing.
I mean its so obvious that hunter is the ONLY real conservative candidate!
what is Rush waiting for? I pray not only rush, but others like dobson, etc would get off their butts and endorse hunter!
We need Duncan as POTUS
And the flip side of that is Rooty and Romney will lose ground, which I believe will happen. Paul will probably lose ground, since his support is largely Dems that are crossing over, I believe. The Huckster will be a force to reckon with, but he's broke, as it stands.
I understand Rush’s reluctance to be the “king maker” here, but he should have tried to stop Hannity from pimping for Rooty day in and day out.
The guys at the top have “generous” friends in the business world. Both parties are desperately trying to ignore the fact that Americans all across the spectrum are growing increasingly angry with a government bought and paid for by the big money.
I think it’s going to be a very interesting election.
Endorsing a candidate in the primaries is nothing but a downside for Rush because if the candidate loses, people will say Rush doesn’t have the influence he thinks he does and if the candidate wins then people will say the only reason he won is because he was “Rush’s boy”.
So, Rush is doing what is politically smart for Rush. The real question is whether more talk about Toomey or Schundler (not even an endorsement, just talking them up), for example, might have given them a bigger push in terms of money and notoriety.
Look how much money Rush was able to generate simply by putting a letter up for auction. If he were to talk up a particular conservative, it’s possible it could translate into momentum to defeat an incumbent RINO in a primary or beat a Democrat in the general election.
I think he misses some opportunities to do just that yet each time he did that he’d be putting his own reputation at risk.
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