rush limbaugh who is an important part of the republican

[DesertFlower]

party said "McCain is unacceptable".

was i hearing things? is rush limbaugh that important?

[tabasco]

1. Rush probably wants a chickenhawk like himself.

But who knows what goes through the mind of a drug addict pervert.

[wake.up.america]

2. Anyone who would vote twice for Bush, listens to Rush.

[JohnnyLib2]

6. For sure, and we should not ignore that.

He seems to be touting Thompson (!) and not knocking Romney much.
Hard to figure.

[wake.up.america]

16. I look at Rush as a self serving individual who has zero scruples...

He is trying to place himself in a position to get higher ratings at all times. Ratings - the name of the game with this guy. His political thought is without real substance.

[TwilightGardener]

3. He helped sink McCain in 2000 in favor of Chimpy. If McCain ends

up being the nominee, I expect he'll have to unenthusiastically support him, or lose his listenership.

[SoFlaJet]

4. He's the official

waterboy of the neo-cons-he even admitted it himself after the losses the GOP suffered in November '06

[MnFats]

5. he HATES mcCain....not "Pure " enough for his taste...

...part of it is the mccain feingold bill.....rush and his ilk see that bill as damaging to free speech, if you can believe that.
i

[CoffeeCat]

7. David Gregory....

...was on MSNBC discussing the White House and their inside opinions on the
Republican primary.

I thought it was interesting that Gregory said that senior WH staff does not like
Romney, and that they do not want him in the White House. Romney is campaigning on
a "Washington is broken" meme, so I guess that makes sense. However, Romney seemed to
kow tow to BushCo's line on "torture"--and he wouldn't condemn waterboarding. I though
for sure, he was their guy.

Now, we hear Limbaugh dissing McCain. Clearly, McCain speaks out against torture and
has been more reasonable than the raging neocons on human-rights issues. Who does
Limbaugh want? He had said that Huckabee is a liberal in preacher's clothes. If
Limbaugh is leveraging Romney, he's clearly going against BushCo, and has toed the
BushCo line during Bush's tenure.

Interesting...

I think this is kind of amusing. The Republican party is in complete disarray.

[DesertFlower]

8. they are in a mess, but

never underestimate them.

if hillary is the nominee you can bet that Clenis will come back along with whitewater and vince foster's suicide.

[sallyseven]

9. Does anyone care what

the idiot says. How come david gregory is so tight with the repuks?

[DesertFlower]

13. apparently, his audience does. nt

[CoffeeCat]

15. David Gregory...

...is a White House correspondent.

He makes his living interviewing people who work in the White House.

[DrDan]

10. I listened to pigboy's show the other day . . .

he was really going after McCain . . . almost as much as Hillary . . . .

[no name no slogan]

11. Rush is SELF-important

But I doubt anybody outside of himself and a few Rushbots think he's Important.

[Renew Deal]

12. I read that somewhere last night.

That's true.

[cobalt1999]

14. Imagine his head exploding if it ends up being Hillary vs. McCain.

I might even have to tune in to listen to hear his conniption. :)

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. It's not just Rush

Mark Levin described both McCain and Huck as "liberals" on Thursday; he urged SC voters to go for Thompson. Oddly, he described 9u11iani as "someone who has done liberal things, bus is not basically a liberal."

<<Is rush limbaugh that important?>>

Yes. He is both a mirror of the right, and a giver of marching orders. Like many righties, Rush can commit all manner of moral failing, but somehow it does not matter.