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Drive-Bys Push McCain, Huckabee; Aim to Disqualify Fred, Mitt, Rudy

RUSH: Let me just tell you what’s happening. It is absurd and you’re going to have to really gut it up here because the Drive-By Media is doing everything it can to disqualify the true conservatives on the Republican side. They’re saying, “Romney, he can’t win. If he loses Michigan, he’s done.” They said that about Romney in Iowa, they said that about Romney in New Hampshire. Now Fred Thompson apparently scored. Did you watch it last night, Mr. Snerdley? Fred Thompson was just fabulous, and people said, “Where has this been? All of this time, where’s this been?” And I can’t answer that, but now the Drive-Bys are saying, “Well, yeah, he was pretty good last night, but it’s too late.” We’ve had two states! It’s too late for Fred Thompson? And, of course, “Rudy, why, he’s lost all of his momentum, Rudy’s out of it.”
So if you listen to the Drive-Bys, and these people that got it all wrong in New Hampshire, what we’re being told is that the only two candidates left that have any chance whatsoever are McCain and Huckabee, which is exactly what the Drive-Bys want. They want a liberal, moderate nominee, and even a liberal, moderate vice presidential nominee because they know, or they think, that whoever the Democrat nominee is can smoke — they don’t want a conservative nominee on the Republican side. Obviously. The Drive-Bys will always tell you, folks, who is a conservative and who isn’t by virtue of who they try to destroy and by virtue of who they try to prop up. And right now they’re trying to prop up McCain, trying to prop up Huckabee. Last night, Thompson went after Huckabee big time, which is cool. He’s gotta go after McCain, too. Now, I’ve been told that Thompson and McCain are good friends and that Thompson is a little bit reluctant to go after McCain. I think one of the reasons here is everybody hates Romney, apparently. A lot of these Republicans just despise Romney. They’re trying to take him out so that they can move on to others.

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I actually agree, or I should say, Mitt agrees with most of my ideas.

But, I don’t trust him. So, it doesn’t matter.

I like about half of McCain. I trust about 80% of McCain. Unfortunately, a lot of what I trust McCain on, I don’t like.
But I trust him.

Mitt is a one term guy, of which he was mostly liberal, which he has been his whole life, as his father before him. Now he says he is a conservative. Please. It’s insulting.

what has Romney done to get everyones goat?

Mitt, to me, really looks like someone who will say whatever he has to to get elected. If he really was caught saying "make all the promises you have to" to his supporters, it would only strengthen my distrust. I don't know if he really said that, I'd love to see a link. But right now it wouldn't surprise me.

Mitt is talking very conservative now that he is running in the primaries. I just see him "moving to the left" if he were to make it to the general...after all, this is the strategy "du jour" preached by the MSM. The dem nominee is "supposed" to move right once (s)he secures the dem nomination and the GOP nominee is "supposed" to move left. I think many conservatives are sick of "softening views" and would stay home if this were to occur. I've been unable to shake the suspicion that Mitt would follow this strategy, and Fred would not, but would run on the merits of conservatism and federalism.

To me, the latest "Fred doesn't want it" mantra coming from opponents is a distortion of the fact that Sen. Thompson is unwilling to sacrifice conservative principles, make empty promises, or pander for the Presidency. My impression of Gov. Romney is just the opposite.

This is only my opinion. I can respect the fact that we may disagree.

I agree.

Mitt is a long way from being the ideal candidate but may be the only one with a realistic chance of wresting the nomination from McCain AND winning in November.

If McCain is nominated look for a replay of the 1996 election.
Either Hillary or Obama would beat McCain like a $2.00 mule.

Running McCain against Hillary or Obama is like running Bob Dole against Bill Clinton in ‘96 with the exception that Bob Dole is a Republican.