Posted on 12/23/2007 1:15:52 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Rush responds to Huck peace offering
Rush Limbaugh responding to Mike Huckabee's peace offering said today that he doesn't need to talk with the former Arkansas governor.
"I saw his comments and accept them as honest, sincere and genuine," Limbaugh wrote in an e-mail.
Still, the conservative talk show host indicated his continued displeasure at the anonymous remarks Thursday from a Huckabee backer suggesting he takes his cues from the "D.C./Manhattan chattering class" that sparked this conflagration.
"What was somewhat stunning about all this is that NO ONE in the GOP field, including advisers and staff, could possibly misread my 19-plus-year career the way Gov. Huckabee's D.C. supporter did," Limbaugh said. "Whoever said those things was essentially repeating the Democrat mantra of all these years: that I am just an entertainer, not an independent thinker, part of the Wall Street/D.C. axis. If it was someone on Gov. Huckabee's staff or support team, it was just silly, uninformed and thus curious."
Limbaugh, the most listened-to talk show host in America and an influential voice in the conservative constellation, devoted part of his show Friday to defending himself against the charges.
"I'm part of the Cape Girardeau-Middle America axis," Limbaugh said on the program, alluding to his Missouri hometown.
He also struck back, calling the attacks "Clintonian" and accused Huckabee's campaign of "trying to dumb down conservatism in order to get it to conform with his record."
In his e-mail, Limbaugh kept it up.
"Gov. Huckabee's campaign is engaged in identity politics at this moment, so I understand his adviser's/supporter's intent to put the focus on me rather than the substance of my commentary," he tweaked.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
You must be an identity voter as Rush described on Friday when he tried to find a reason why some voters in Republican camp support Huckabee when he has a track record of not being a conservative while there are real conservative candidates out there (Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter).
Isara - I think you correct in your assessment.
Huckabee is a mile wide and an inch thick.
Poke a little and out will squirt just another liberal democrat from Hope, Arkansas.
Thank you! But it is Rush’s assessment, not mine.
Yeah I know, thinking can get one in trouble when deal with Team Huck...
Let me paraphrase. You are automatically assumed guilty and get Tasered for EVERYTHING during the arrest process. Then the real fun begins.
“Who is Rush supporting?”
Rush does not endorse during the primary. Rush said the last time he did endorse during a primary was in 2000 when it was down to Bush or McCain. Rush endorsed President Bush because he does not consider McCain a real conservative. Today I would say that Rush does not consider Huckabee or Romney real conservatives either. So I believe if Rush were to endorse, it would most likely be Fred Thompson.
GO FRED! :)
Huck is turning into the Britney Spears of the GOP campaign.
If you are a Republican presidential candidate,
RULE # 1 : Don’t piss off Rush
:-)
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Just when you thought huckabee’s campaign couldn’t get any creepier...
Excerpts from the Cato Institute article:
Follow Huckabees Money:
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2007/12/20/follow-huckabees-money/
I read in Robert Novaks column this morning that Mike Huckabee held a fundraiser earlier this week at the Houston home of Dr. Steven Hotze. As Novak notes, Hotze is a leader in the highly conservative Christian Reconstruction movement.
Christian Reconstructionists, for those unfamiliar with the term, are Religious Right radicals who believe that America, and the rest of the world besides, should be governed in accordance with strict Biblical law. And yes, that includes stoning adulterers. Heres a snippet from A Manifesto for the Christian Church, a 1986 document from an outfit called the Coalition on Revival that was signed by, among others, Steven Hotze:
We affirm that the Bible is not only Gods statements to us regarding religion, salvation, eternity, and righteousness, but also the final measurement and depository of certain fundamental facts of reality and basic principles that God wants all mankind to know in the sphere of law, government, economics, business, education, arts and communication, medicine, psychology, and science. All theories and practices of these spheres of life are only true, right, and realistic to the degree that they agree with the Bible.
Yes, you are right ... Just when you thought huckabee’s campaign couldn’t get any creepier.
It looks like Huckabee just might have a little bit of a Christ complex.
First, I am a Christian.
Second - I saw a bumper sticker once that said:
“God, save me from your people.”
The people backing Huckabee for religious reasons are the people I’m hoping God will save our country from.
Not.
Agree.
Rush is not a fool, he won't come out with both guns blazing, unless he has verified that he is shooting at the right target.
He says he won't endorse a primary candidate, but he seems to prefer Fred.
I remember how I felt about Clinton and Huckabee seems to be carrying on the Arkansas pattern....”IT’S ALL ABOUT ME”.
Chuck Huck!
I already had one too many Presidents from Arkansas and Georgia....nothing personal about Southerners I consider myself a redneck!
Rush will support the Republican nominee.
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