Rush Limbaugh: Why No Push for Duncan Hunter? (Rush implies that Rudy and Romney are liberals)

RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 11/19/07 | Rush Limbaugh

[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.

[Man50D]

I think we’re on the same page. If Hunter can get more money he should be able to get more exposure.

Hunter can't do it alone. He will get more exposure if supporters move aggressively to spread the word by calling talk shows, emailing media outlets,writing letters to the editor, talking to family, friends and neighbors etc...

[Man50D]

PLEASE write out a generous check to: Hunter for President, and TODAY send it to:

Doesn't my donation by credit card count? ;O)

[Man50D]

It’s obvious we can’t wait for talk shows to discuss Hunter on their own. We need to force them to discuss Hunter by calling them just as the caller from Great Barrington did today.

[wagglebee]

If we could somehow get this thread up to several hundred posts, Rush would probably talk about it on the air.

[Mamba56]

I know Rush is great but I didn’t know he has a Hannity remote control.

[wagglebee]

Hannity would probably back off if Rush asked him to.

[RJL]

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.

Rush is obviously referring to Rooty Toot and Romney here.

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And Rush is obviously referring to New York's Sean Hannity's constant boosting for Rudy.

[Man50D]

If he just talks like a statesman, he'll never get noticed.

He's getting noticed by many Freepers and others. The reality is Hunter can't do it by himself and supporters shouldn't wait for him to burst on the scene. Supporters need to take the initiative to let media outlets be known Hunter is the best candidate. As much as we may disagree with the Paulites they are implementing this strategy very effectively.

[dandiegirl]

Does it take money to get more questions in a debate? They practically ignore him and he’s always spot on when he does get to answer.

[wagglebee]

He is definitely talking about Hannity.

[Mr. Mojo]

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.

lol...classic.

[Man50D]

Hunter's blandness is why I don't think he'll make any real headway. He's not physically attractive and he does little to inspire people.

That statement doesn't hold water. Abraham Lincoln wasn't exactly considered a stud and he certainly didn't wow the crowds with showmanship. In fact William Seward was the odds on favorite going into the 1860 GOP convention. He was a straight forward no nonsense man as is Hunter.

[dandiegirl]

Like I have said before, Sean supports “celebrity” candidates so he can say that they are his “good friends”. He likes to get invited to all that “celebrity” stuff so he can talk about it. He’s just starstruck.

[Man50D]

I think Hannity is simply proving to conservatives that he has never been one of us.

Hannity is employing the same flawed thinking the GOP has been using for several years. He is trying to attract the largest voting base possible simply for the sake of winning. That means reaching out to those who are not conservative. The result is incremental socialism in the Republican party. Hunter's steadfast Conservative principles as President can reverse that misguided thinking.

[Man50D]

I sure do like Hunter and wish he was doing better

He will if people get involved and help him instead of waiting for something to happen.

[cowdog77]

Hannity for some reason will back a liberal named Rudy. I don’t know why because Hannity claims to be a devout Christian. That would impress on to me that he is against killing an unborn child. Yet, he gives air time to Rudy.”
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That perplexes me as well.....??!

[Tall_Texan]

You can’t compare campaigning in 1860 to campaigning in 2007. That’s like comparing television in 1950 to television today.

In fact, the 1960 campaign was considered the first of the TV era because when Nixon debated JFK, Nixon won with radio listeners but Kennedy won with tv viewers. There are intangibles that come across on tv that you don’t pick up any other way. Before television, candidates could be ugly as sin and still get elected. Afterwards, no chance.

[StormEye]

"but look here we have two of them at the top of the party. Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. At worst they are a a Rockefeller ... "

We had two of them at the top. They have been deceased for some time now.

[Man50D]

I agree. He needs a bump from somewhere.

That bump starts at the grassroots level as it does for any politician. That can only happen if people get involved in the process.

[dandiegirl]

I think Hunter is an attractive, nice looking man. He’s honest (as far as I know) and that in itself is an attractive quality. He’s much prettier than the beast who is as nasty inside as she is on the outside.