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Posted on 01/18/2008 6:24:34 AM PST by rface
"Rush is right," Tommy Haygood, 65, a retiree from a meatpacking business in Columbia, S.C. said yesterday. "He goes after Huckabee and McCain because, hell, they're both libs in Republican outfits." ........
In the wide-open Republican presidential contest, Mitt Romney boasts an influential fan who has the ear of millions of voters.
Rush Limbaugh, the cigar-chomping conservative stalwart, has been on a tear over the last few weeks, talking up Romney and taking whacks at John McCain and Mike Huckabee. And in a race where no candidate has been able to unify the base of the Republican Party, Limbaugh's chatter matters. With 13.5 million listeners on 600 stations, the nation's most highly rated talk-radio host could give Romney a big boost.
"Of course it helps," said Stuart Stevens, a media adviser for Romney. "He's like the NPR for conservatives."
The talk-show host gushed about Romney's speech last month on religion and politics, in which the former Massachusetts governor, under pressure to confront suspicion about his Mormon faith, discussed the nation's religious heritage and declared that Jesus is his savior and that "freedom requires religion."
Limbaugh called the address courageous and "the kind of stuff I've been dreaming of hearing in a presidential campaign ......
Romney himself seemed unaware that he was being singled out for praise by the man who calls himself El Rushbo.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
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Rush would never say anything good about a RINO, would he? Heh heh... ;-)
And Romney isn't?
Huh? I thought Rush had all but endorsed Thompson?
Already posted 7 stories below. You should check before posting and this story is pure BS anyway.
Trying to take something Rush said a month ago about one speech and spin it into support. Laughable!
.....not that I can tell
I guess Rush gave up on Fred since he hasn’t pulled ahead. Taking the next best candidate in lieu of McCain, Huckabee or Giuliani is the best course of action.
Less so, especially on immigration and taxes.
He’s had good things to say about Fred. But it’s been clear for a couple of weeks now that he’s also favorable towards Romney. He referred to Romney as a conservative.
Rush has definitely had good things to say about Romney. Pretty sure he was at it again yesterday.
Duncan Hunter or Fred just don't have what it takes.
Then we are going to have a Dim for president.
Duplicate thread.
(Thompson / Hunter 2008!) .... dead in the water
you might get what you want
I think he writing is on the wall for Fred.....
Rush should start tacking on “my employer” every time he mentions Romney’s name.
Spin, spin, spin.
Please show me where I said I WANT a Dim for pres or STFU!
I think Rush knows Thompson is done if he loses South Carolina.
Tell us, oh wise one, what does it take?
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