Posted on 01/24/2008 7:26:26 PM PST by Pyro7480
CNN correspondent Carol Costello’s report on Thursday’s "The Situation Room" would have you believe that Rush Limbaugh and conservative talk radio have "lost influence," and the supposed proof is John McCain’s success up to this point in the Republican race for the presidential nomination.
During the report, which aired at the bottom of the 5 pm Eastern hour, Costello proclaimed that Republican primary voters have "betrayed" conservative talk show hosts, and the evidence that this is the case is John McCain’s primary victories in New Hampshire and South Carolina. She used a sound bite from former Republican Congressman Bob Barr to reenforce her point. Barr opined that McCain’s success is "a sign that no one or two talk show hosts really wield the influence that they did two or three [election] cycles ago."
Costello did not mention several details involving McCain’s victories. Both New Hampshire and South Carolina were open primary states where McCain struggled with the Republican vote. In New Hampshire, McCain won less of the primary vote this time around than he did in the 2000 primary, and in South Carolina, much of the conservative vote was split between Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson, who has now dropped out of the race....
By ignoring the above and by pointing to "Time" magazine’s coverage of McCain, Costello is actually proving once again that McCain is truly the liberal media’s Republican darling.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
LOL, I love Rush and whatever he says is gold.
Ya.....they wish!
ah! an old clintonista trick,,never work on rush or his listeners,man,he has kept me from getting down about stuff for years.
That’s a goo done!
Oh, the liberals WISH this was so.
I suppose they will keep saying it over and over again to make it so. It’s too bad conservatives don’t take their cue from LIEBRALS.
Bingo!
LOL, as if CNN power isn’t Diminishing faster.
They surely do wish. And I wish not. However, I had this thought myself when Huckster did so well in Iowa after picking a public fight with Rush.
Has McCain even gotten more than 2/5ths of the vote in any primary or caucus so far? That is hardly a resounding vote of confidence in him.
People are moaning about Rush but give them 6 months perspective.
LOL...they wish.
Mega Dittos to all the brain-washed Rush bots!
Well, Rush has a bigger audience than CNN. So...
Methinks they doest protest too much.
roflmao!
If Limbaugh’s “power” is diminishing, why do the liberals continue to obsess over the guy?
McCain is going to lose to Romney because there are no independents to save his campaign.
These media fools are never right.
Bob Barr must have had a lobotomy; he should know better.
More of CNN’s wishful thinking.
BTW, CNN: how’re your ratings holding up?
Hmmm?
The media thinks that by calling and e-mailing Rush and re-defining conservatism, they’ve taken him over. As Ann pointed out, the media supports Huckabee, maybe McCain too.
McCain is only doing well because there were alot of candidates in the early races ... he would have fared much worse if the vote wasn’t split as much as it was.
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