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OK Rush: You Own Santorum Surge (Whether Limbaugh wants the credit or not)
American Thinker ^ | 02/13/2012 | C. Edmund Wright

Posted on 02/13/2012 7:00:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: C. Edmund Wright
I am not going to write a three thousand word article.

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IOW...you can't support that which you declare to be clear.

But, you have had no problem at all casting innuendo of a particularly smarmy nature about Santorum's wife. Remember, you have to climb down into the sewer to get dirt like that.

I am sure that you consider yourself a pundit of high character but the facts are "clearly" in contradiction of that.

81 posted on 02/13/2012 7:28:55 PM PST by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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Fair criticism about the wife - (but don’t think that won’t come up down the road) - I had just had it with the forty millionth iteration of Newt’s three wives.

Now, I’ll point out the two main days I was referring to: but keep in mind certain thing are really beyond dispute and we operate within the confines of 900-1000 words give or take for these editorials:

The biggest clearly pro Newt day was the Tuesday of the week of the SC primary when almost the entire three hour show was a Newt infomercial with many repeated replays of the standing ovations from Monday night’s debate. After that day, I thought Rush might be leaning Newt (but I changed later).

The biggest pro Mitt days were after the Bain Capital attacks started, and Rush defended Mitt and capitalism.

The thesis of this article was that while he said good things about all candidates at times, he never said anything bad about Santorum. He also let it be known that his personal email buddies preferred Santorum and he also had that excerpt I put in the article.

I still think he will have buyers remorse, and in fact he pulled back somewhat today and actually said very little about anyone but Obama today.

I guess we’ll see.


82 posted on 02/13/2012 8:11:35 PM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: SeekAndFind

I only said “wow” because I thought the statement was ridiculous.


83 posted on 02/13/2012 8:14:20 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (..................go Giants!!!.....heh-heh (Champs!!))
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To: C. Edmund Wright

How do you know I’m not? You don’t.


84 posted on 02/13/2012 8:15:53 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (I declare for Santorum)
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To: lonevoice

I’d attribute Rush’s not watching the debates or seeming to be quite so interested in politics to his loss of hearing some years back. To do his show he has to read a computer/translator as he’s speaking with callers. After 3 hours of that, which has to be exhausting, who would blame him for doing no more than reading news articles?

I’m not convinced in any case that Rush’s near-endorsement has much to do with Santorum’s surge. GOP primary voters have been in search of the non-Romney. When Newt did poorly in FL, thanks to a vicious, relentless Romney-led attack, those voters decided to give Santorum another look. Could be, and probably is, just that simple.


85 posted on 02/13/2012 9:22:52 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I think it's the height of bad manners to blog some essay on another site, then hype it's irrational content over here on FR.

You host of this site has objected to this from time to time IIRC.

86 posted on 02/13/2012 9:47:19 PM PST by SierraWasp (I'm done being disappointed by "He/She is the only one who can win" and being embarrassed later!!!)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Fair criticism about Santorum's wife?????

All you did was post smarmy innuendo and then run.

And, since when is Santorum's wife's past (or any candidate's spouse's past)pertinent to that candidate's ability to effectively run the country?

You are trying to ennoble your own sewer cruise. You should remember --- anyone who swims in the sewer comes out smelling like shit.

87 posted on 02/14/2012 5:02:09 AM PST by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: wtc911

no, your criticism fair of me.


88 posted on 02/14/2012 5:18:23 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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To: C. Edmund Wright
I still think he will have buyers remorse, and in fact he pulled back somewhat today and actually said very little about anyone but Obama today.

I don't know about that. He may have spent less time talking about the individual candidates yesterday, but this line from Rush was so reminiscent of Chris Matthews' thrill up the leg that it actually made me uncomfortable:

RUSH: "I agree with you, I think conservatism is in Santorum's bodily fluids, and, because of that, he's able to articulate it without thinking about it."

Now, how could Rush possibly not support someone who has "conservatism in his bodily fluids"? Yikes.

89 posted on 02/14/2012 9:18:56 AM PST by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much.)
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To: lonevoice

YUCK. I missed that line.

First of all it’s not true. Second of all it would be a creepy thing to say even if it were.

Tells me Rush is ignorant of the true Santorum.


90 posted on 02/14/2012 10:55:46 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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Creepy without a doubt. If I wanted to hear a man wax eloquent about another man's bodily fluids, I sure as heck wouldn't be tuning into the Rush Limbaugh show. Or so I thought. It's an embarassment. Not only that, but Rush seems to think his comment is worthy of immortalization.

He gave it a large, bolded headline on his website, along with the transcript. Scroll down and check out the large graphic he put smack in the middle of the transcript too.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/02/13/rick_santorum_has_conservatism_in_his_bodily_fluids

91 posted on 02/14/2012 11:25:47 AM PST by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much.)
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To: lonevoice

I gotta go take a shower now!!!!!!!!!!!!!


92 posted on 02/14/2012 11:39:19 AM PST by C. Edmund Wright
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