Posted on 01/17/2008 11:23:00 AM PST by Route66
...You can hear it in Limbaugh’s voice and see it in his face. He badly wants to throw the full weight of conservatism behind that candidate. He so desperately wants to that his teeth probably hurt. He’s waiting, waiting for someone to take the lead. Get noticed. He’s waiting for someone to give him the go ahead to cream the opposition.
You can hear the excitement in Rush’s voice when he talks about the South Carolina primary. It’s “The Passion.” The passion of conservatism emerging when he talks about that primary. Why, you ask? Because, for the first time since the primaries have begun, conservative Republicans will be voting for fellow conservative Republicans...
...Rush Limbaugh believes in conservatism. It’s engrained in his soul. He introduced me to it, and now it’s engrained in my soul. I can recognize it like a tick on a white dog. It’s as obvious as that.
I recognize it in Senator Fred Thompson, and so does Rush Limbaugh. He’s hinted, he’s implied, and he’s even begged conservatives to see what he sees in Fred Thompson. He sees conservatism, the same kind of conservatism he saw in Ronald Reagan. He doesn’t want long, bloated policy. He wants simple, effervescent conservatism for Americans to unfold before their very eyes...
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We could just post it as a vanity. “Dream it, Claim it”.
Is there a Special Olympics punditry event?
Now, I *am* surprised that the NRA hasn't jumped into this fight yet. It'll be over and they'll still be on the sidelines.
No. But he is the most conservative among the front runners. Fred cannot be considered among the front runners unless and until he wins SC.
If memory serves, I think it was the now famous “Chard” thread. Fred up to 19%
Huck’s very aggressive and would do it in a minute IF he wasn’t worried that he makes himself and McCain look bad and lets Romney and Thompson rise. He has to make darn sure he’s got an excellent ad to do it.
Hey Cousin. Checking the posters history you'll find he's a Huckster.
Why is everyone sitting around waiting for Rush to tell you who to vote for? Why not choose a candidate of your very own and go with it? Just asking.......
He impresses me as a good manager. A good VP. Someone that you give a big project to and say "Handle this", then have him come back in a few months with Grade A material.
But leader of the Free World? I think the jury is still out.
No, he meant it. Fred Thompson is obviously a conservative, and as of last week, he was clearly in the race.
But some people seem to think Rush didn’t mean it when he listed Romney first in his discussion about “true conservatives”. Not saying that Romney was first because he was the most conservative, just saying that he didn’t add Romney as an afterthought to his list of what he thought were true conservatives.
If Rush thought Romney was not a conservative, he would say so. He said so of McCain, he said so of Huckabee. IT’s not like Rush is shy about his opinions. But instead, he said Romney was a true conservative.
Can you give the link to the “famous” “chard” thread. I don’t know whatchuaretalkingabout.
His campaign told the press he was going to. He's been "including" him in criticism, pretty much like Thompson has.
I think neither of them want to offend the military voters. Many of them in SC. They better both do some straight talking about McCain!
Why am I not surprised. Huck has his minions playing dirty pool.
It’s not just the carefully-crafted phoniness, it’s that his apparent default perspective is to figure out a government-led solution to any problem, and that ends up being a technocrat’s big-government solution.
The problem is that 4 of our top 5 candidates (I’d put Rudy and of course Huck and McCain in there as well) have real flaws for that three-legged conservative stool AND in electability. Polls show voters think differently. They hear the MSM and think the others are more electable, but I believe they are misinformed.
No he wouldn't. His nose is so far up McCain's rearend that his neck is swallowed.
LOL.
Whatever, talk to the hand, cuz the ears ain’t listening.
Go Fred!
Do I think he has a “chance of winning”? Yes.
Can he? Yup - if all the dumbasses actually stop paying attention to the freakin’ poll crap and actually VOTE for a CONSERVATIVE.
No, Mitt Romney is not a Conservative, his daddy was a hard core liberal and the apple didn’t fall THAT from from the tree folks.
When Rush Limbaugh AND Jim Robinson get behind a candidate, you can bet that guy is the real deal.
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