In ackowledgment of what he says is the Republican Party's counting on "fear and loathing of Hillary Clinton" to bring together Conservatives and Establishment Republicans behind now presumptive Party nominee John McCain (now that Mitt Romney has suspended his effort), Rush Limbaugh this afternoon announced that he is considering raising coin to assist her in her attempt to win the Democratic nomination over Illinois Senator Barack Obama.
Rush said that since Obama does not illicit these sorts of feelings, and the Republicans would therefore be left without anything on which to run in the fall, he might try to raise funds for Hillary to help get her over the primary finish line and thereby deliver the GOP their desired opponent.
This comes on the heels of her recently announcing she is kicking in $5 million of her very own to help continue her run.
We now await his decision ... .
*****Update at 2:22PM by Noel Sheppard: Rush's proposed campaign slogan -- "Keep Her In It So We Can Win It!"
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Come Back to the Borg
February 7, 2008 - 15:41 ET by candanceAfter bashing McCain for two solid weeks on the air, Rush, Sean and Neal Boortz are ready to forgive and forget. I'm going to get a kick from hearing them carry McCain's water.
Ann Coulter is the only one who is actually keeping it real.
However
February 7, 2008 - 16:07 ET by drillanwrI think you will not hear a mindless, selective-memory fawning from these conservative talkers, like you will with the MSM when Hillary does get the dem candidate nod (oh, you know she will), but a very heavy-handed push from these talkers for McCain to get his crap together, straighten-up and fly right ... literally RIGHT ... or he's going to "auger in" (pilot term for a spinning nose dive into the ground).
The first order of business is for McCain to pick a Veep runningmate with conservative gravitas ... THIS will be the first push you will/SHOULD hear conservative talkers make in waving their "support" for McCain's run under his political nose. Without the conservative branch of the GOP McCain is a leaky boat out in the political waters without outboard or oars.
candance,
February 7, 2008 - 17:38 ET by R D HelmSean will probably be singing McCain's praises by tomorrow, as he was utterly mesmerized by Rudy.
I don't think Rush will roll, though, as he genuinely cannot stand John McCain.
As for Neal, I think he is just playing around with his audience right now, as I am guessing he will wind up supporting the libertarians like he always has. In fact, I probably will be voting that way too, come to think of it.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
From what they say, and how they say it,
February 7, 2008 - 18:54 ET by FastEddoes the term "tongue in cheek" come to mind?
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
I disagree. It's a matter
February 7, 2008 - 19:00 ET by motherbeltI disagree. It's a matter of how much time, but I think Rush will fold.
mb, If Rush folds...
February 7, 2008 - 19:11 ET by R D HelmOur fair republic may very well be doomed.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
I've been listening to
February 7, 2008 - 15:53 ET by bigtimerI've been listening to Rush, he is at least keeping a half-a$$ed smile on my face at times like this...I loved the line "Keep Her In It To Win It!"
I hope we do...Obama is going to be harder to defeat.
Btw...Laura Ingram (sp) was great today with her speech introducing Romney..she really slammed McCain...calmly that is...heheee
This comes on the heels of
February 7, 2008 - 16:05 ET by motherbeltThis comes on the heels of her recently announcing she is kicking in $5 million of her very own to help continue her run. Seton Motley
Seton, "kicking in" is not exactly right. She is loaning her campaign the money. That's not quite the same as spending her own money, like Romney did. She intends to pay herself back, no doubt at the first opportunity.
Rush commented that someone should ask her if she appreciates the Bush tax cuts that allowed her to amass all that wealth.
Myself, I can't wait for her speech when she talks about that money, and once again gets to drop in the line that she and her husband are among the "wealthiest Americans" (like they always manage to do) and that's how she can afford to do this.....
You are 100% correct, and I stand so.
February 7, 2008 - 16:06 ET by Seton MotleySeton Motley
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While he is at it...
February 7, 2008 - 16:07 ET by funkdome..Rush should be raising money for Al Queda. Clealry Rush cares more abot his own ego than winning the war. How unpatriotic can you be? Way to stab the troops in the back, Rush.
Let's see. McCain isn't a conservative because he voted for McCain-Feingold. What does that make a Republican who votes for Hillary?
funkdome... You just
February 7, 2008 - 16:09 ET by Clear thinkerfunkdome...
You just don't get it, do you?
The Conservative movement is about to be reborn.
No he doesn't. His
February 7, 2008 - 16:22 ET by motherbeltNo he doesn't. His reasoning on bringing Rush's ego and the troops into this would really be interesting, if I cared at all.......
McCain...one trick pony
February 7, 2008 - 16:41 ET by LionKingMcCain's only conservative policy and even its lukewarm.
funk... Cute by half...
February 7, 2008 - 16:10 ET by bigtimerfunk...
Cute by half... as usual.
my idea
February 7, 2008 - 16:45 ET by soosanHere's what we do.... we all give money to the GOP under the condition that none of it can be used for McCain. The Party gets the message and we stand a chance of surviving. Hey - I'm just trying to be hopeful about something.
Rush, if you're reading this, pretend for a minute that you are not in charge of the GOP or the conservative movement, and shut up already.
Calm down, son. You should
February 7, 2008 - 16:33 ET by fitzfongCalm down, son. You should be deliriously happy right now. Your man Teflon John completed his non-violent coup of the Republican Party this afternoon (with a boost from his "Minister" of Misinformation, Mike Huckabee) and the rest of us are stuck with a choice between bad and worse. Pardon us if it's too early for us to tell which is which.
rubber
February 7, 2008 - 16:15 ET by WesenRush yesterday characterized a callers question as a trick question when asked what his position would be if McCain took the nomination. He weaseled out saying it was speculation and he wouldn't answer. I am growing weary of Limbaugh's antics. He really doesn't need callers anymore. If you put him in a rubber room he'd run the show all by himself. He needs a long vacation.
Wesen... Here's an
February 7, 2008 - 16:22 ET by bigtimerWesen...
Here's an idea...don't listen to his show.
Way to go, bt!!! Reminds
February 7, 2008 - 16:25 ET by motherbeltWay to go, bt!!!
Reminds me of that other guy who hangs around all the time posting "What does this have to do with media bias?"
You gotta wonder......
imitation
February 7, 2008 - 20:55 ET by Wesen"imitation is seldom good taste, seldom undetected; it wants nature, and in these things nature is good taste, and attracts". jnd
id
February 7, 2008 - 20:41 ET by WesenAs a matter of fact, I don't listen anymore. I had to force myself yesterday.
Many years ago we drove from Billings down to Dan's Bake Sale, so I know what it is to support Rush. He left me, I didn't leave him.
Have you not ever listened
February 7, 2008 - 16:28 ET by compmanHave you not ever listened to his show before? It's pretty clear that Rush will not vote for McCain. I will not vote for McCain either.
We need to start getting information on Third Parties.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. - Sir Winston Churchill
No...
February 7, 2008 - 16:21 ET by JungusI can't allow her back in the White House. Leaving out all of the vandalism, privacy invasions, and social engineering disasters I fear she is simply after the living room set and silverware.
They want to improve upon their "Legacy".
McCain sucks
February 7, 2008 - 16:42 ET by SlicksterHe's not a conservative and he isn't much of a war hero, (he got shot down and then handed a bunch of medals because of his father, being captured is horrible but it doesn't automatically make you a hero) the only solution is to force him to accept a very conservative VP and then concentrate on electing an even more conservative congress.
"He's not a conservative
February 7, 2008 - 22:49 ET by red_dragon311"He's not a conservative and he isn't much of a war hero, (he got shot down and then handed a bunch of medals because of his father, being captured is horrible but it doesn't automatically make you a hero) the only solution is to force him to accept a very conservative VP and then concentrate on electing an even more conservative congress. "
nice...that really took balls to say but I do agree
"... being captured is horrible but it doesn't automatically make you a hero..."
so McCain is a hero for being a pow...then what does that say about all the guys at Gitmo?
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
Eliciting Comments
February 7, 2008 - 17:21 ET by geno8808Sean,
I love Newsbusters, but try and keep the malapropisms to a minimum. Obama does not evoke illegal or ilegitimate feelings, he elicits them.
Yes, ,McCain (D-AZ) sucks.
February 7, 2008 - 17:30 ET by ArchConservativeI have never been a McCain (D-AZ) supporter and I never will. I keep being told by this idiot that I need to shut up and come aboard the Straight Talk Through Your Ass Express. Well I won't. I'm not going to be one who throws his core beliefs into a well and walks happily along. The senator wants to glad-hand all and every (d)emocrat that crosses his path and is willing to sell our country and party down the river at the same time. There is no difference between him and them anymore. He wants to work with (d)ems, not defeat them. He wants to compromise instead of holding steadfast to conservative principals and converting them. Bipartisanship is the refuge of the defeated and the senator seems all too comfortable rolling over.
You support the troops by supporting the mission! If you don't support the mission, have the guts to say you don't support the troops. (And that includes keeping Gitmo open and keeping terrorists out of our homeland, McCain!)
Obama is worse for us!
February 7, 2008 - 17:46 ET by planetrepublicanObama will not just be harder to beat in the November, he will be hard to beat anytime during his administration. Read this article in American Thinker. He will be very hard to lay a glove on, that's for sure.
planet... Excellent
February 7, 2008 - 18:02 ET by bigtimerplanet...
Excellent article.
Like I have posted before about Obama, be wary, very wary.
His sweet nothing speeches are being delivered with more and more expertise for all the masses...it is plain spooky what lemmings will do.
If you have an 'R' after your name you are going to get criticized no matter what you say with the spin form the msm...look at what happened to the Billary team...lol!
This has been well planned...and delivered...so far.
Obama would "end the culture
February 7, 2008 - 18:58 ET by motherbeltObama would "end the culture war" simply by being the first black President. Anyone who dared to oppose him would be cast into the politically incorrect "Outer Darkness." He wouldn't be Teflon; he would be Kevlar.
The voting Booths have curtains
February 7, 2008 - 20:43 ET by JayTeeWatch for a secret ballot movement.........you just won't be able to pull the lever for B-HO come November.
It will be Dr. Strnagelove Grabbing his Hand in Agony......
the one problem I have with
February 8, 2008 - 02:34 ET by red_dragon311the one problem I have with barry obama is when he talks to a crowd of people he seems like he is trying to immitate MLK ( albeit badly)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3843253003017918729&q=obama+victory+speech&total=220&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0
and when he is infront of a camera on TV he sounds "white"
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
bt - have had the same feelings
February 7, 2008 - 19:01 ET by FastEdbut what will happen when there a questions that really require an answer? One can only side-step the Q, especially with the msm(Lsm) smelling blood. If the Obama man tries to be too cute, even the lameo's who call themselves "reporters", will press for an answer, looking for that "moment" that will get them there own BigTimeer spotlight.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Just think of all the face time he will spend with TED KENNEDY
February 7, 2008 - 19:11 ET by upcountrywaterIn the oval office.. buffing their craft. <hurl>
iranian uranium; iranian uranium, iranian uranium..
4 (unthinkable) H-bombs, NOW THAT'S SOME CHANGE
Keep the change Bob. h/t Sam Peckinpah
ucw,
February 7, 2008 - 19:27 ET by R D HelmWell, that's just gross! Lol.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. -J.W. von Goethe
TMI!!! TMI!!!
February 7, 2008 - 19:30 ET by motherbeltTMI!!! TMI!!!
is it jst me or is Obama
February 8, 2008 - 02:35 ET by red_dragon311see above
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
Put your money where your vote is
February 7, 2008 - 18:05 ET by Captain RepusI believe the best way for me to express my total disgust of the actions of my party for the past 13 years, and the underhanded way in which I must now be forced to support a RINO who I have zero respect for is to do what I am doing today - I am changing my registration from Republican to Independent.
If enough of you do the same it will send a message to the party leadership and candidates that we have had enough. If I must cast a vote for John Keating5 McCain to keep Bill Clinton out of the White House, I will cast that vote as a registered Independent. I will not contribute another dollar to the Republican party until it returns to the conservative principles I grew up with.
Make Your Voice Heard
February 7, 2008 - 18:46 ET by BuffNBoneNext time you get a mailing from the RNC you can:
1. Ask to be removed from the mail list
2. Return it saying "Sender No Longer Lives at Their Address"
3. Say you are now registered as an Independent
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
Write-In
February 7, 2008 - 18:55 ET by fishshakerRonald Reagan...Come Nov McCain gets his ass handed to him and the GOP figures out pretty quick the need to re-engage "eyes right".
Obama
February 7, 2008 - 19:26 ET by iveseenitallSomeone wrote recently that B.O. is a "cult" candidate.I see this in his speeches. But don't count him out for it. Hitler was a "cult" candidate too, although he was more specific about what he wanted to do. As with Hitler, many blindly follow B.O.because of his ablility to raise their emotions. Obama scares me as much as Hillary does. That being said, he may win and the Republicans ( and many Dimocrats) will have at least four years to regret their mistakes.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Rush isn't folding and RUSH HAS A PLAN
February 7, 2008 - 19:39 ET by Lame CherryWake up people. Have you ever known Rush Limbaugh to not be planning something in what he is doing???????
You think Rush Limbaugh would ever raise a dime for Hillary?
I will postulate a little insight. IF Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are raising a storm.........which they are, then perhaps there is a plan to gum up the works.
Liberals and globalists did this McCain route..........but what in our Republic is in place to undo what they have done???????
Think children, THINK! What is the one thing the GOP Conservatives can still influence and win this??????????
Ever hear of a thing called the Republican Convention?
Ever hear of people called DELEGATES??????
It wouldn't be now that the most influential people in the GOP would be fostering such an upheaval that John McCain just might be abandoned at the Convention and a real GOP nominee selected now would it???????
Talk about press coverage and talk about the biggest of Conservative influences in the party.
IF the Conservatives can stop Harriet Miers and get Sam Alito, stop amnesty and all else with Bush 43 in power.........then Rush Limbaugh and others leading this party in a fight at the Convention can trump a John McCain.
This ain't over people. The fat lady has not sung and Rush Limbaugh is up to more than raising money for Hillary.
THINK PEOPLE!
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
(...I love it when he
February 7, 2008 - 20:05 ET by balboa(...I love it when he refers to everyone as "children"...)
Uh..Uh..I is a thinkin, Lame
February 7, 2008 - 20:31 ET by JayTeeGovernment of the people, for the people, and by the people shall not perish from this Earth. McCains only gots 35% of the peoples.
Rush and company have gots 20,000,000 peoples........Now that there's a Big Tail Gate party a waitin to happen outside the Republican Convention walls.
I damned sure like the
February 7, 2008 - 23:33 ET by Gary P JacksonI damned sure like the idea, but just how does one effectively hijack the convention? And, if it works like the 1968 dim convention, which the 2008 dim one just might, why would we want that kind of scene?
Gary P.- - we don't have to act like Dems at a convention
February 9, 2008 - 13:27 ET by JayTeeA tail Gate party at a Republican Convention, might be a Religious experience ?
Besides, It's in Colorado ? Is it in the Summer ? Where IS the RNC convention this year.....
indeed JayTee
February 9, 2008 - 13:39 ET by botglets not get all wild here
Supreme Court, National Security, Borders, Fiscal Restraint, my litmus test for President.
I DON'T think Rush can save her from the MSM
February 7, 2008 - 20:25 ET by JayTeeAs we are seeing Britney Spears on the MSM, so shall will see the Rock Star Obamarama be put upon by the MSM and TV networks. I'm patiently waiting to see the Helicopters flying over B-HO's limosine in a few months. The MSM is going to make us thankful that Hillary loses.
They don't wanna Obama Peak too soon, we might get bored with Hope and Change....and promises of more Change and Hope, and hoping things on the MSM wall to wall coverage will Change.
Didn't News Busters point out that Bill Clinton received MORE MSM news Face time than ANY Republican Candidate ?
Be prepared to be forced Fed Obamarama 24/7.......his time is coming !!
Hope and change, change and
February 7, 2008 - 21:13 ET by motherbeltHope and change, change and hope. Talking about hope. Talking about the importance of talking about hope and change. Promising to talk more about hoping for change.
And ending it all with "YES WE CAN! YES! WE! CAN!
Uh, yes, we can....what, Senator????
Obama-rama ding dong
February 7, 2008 - 22:35 ET by momof4I love that motherbelt. I heard Mike Gallagher today and he said that Obama talks like he's quoting from "Life's little instruction book" --- full of platitudes. I will look forward to people hearing what actual plans and policies he wants to implement. As I also heard, when he says, "yes, we can", he is telling others, "no, you can't!!!"
You're not actually
February 7, 2008 - 22:45 ET by balboaYou're not actually expecting substance from a political stump speech, are you?
Sean Hannity praised Rudy G
February 7, 2008 - 20:34 ET by WiggySean Hannity praised Rudy G so often, one had to wonder if he was being paid. It was disgusting, and part of the reason I stopped listening to that idiot.
I did not listen to all of Rush's show today, but I could tell that he was starting to lean towards supporting John McAmnesty. He may bend and toe the party line, but I won't.
Wiggy, Just what did Rush
February 7, 2008 - 20:37 ET by bigtimerWiggy,
Just what did Rush say today to indicate that he was leaning towards McCain?
I must of missed that...I need you to fill me in please.
Thanks....
Listening to Rush
February 7, 2008 - 22:00 ET by TBARYou must remember that when you tune in to Rush's program, you should have large quantities of salt on hand. A "grain" is not nearly enough.
Life is too short to be serious
Remember when....
February 7, 2008 - 22:48 ET by GForceRemember when Rush said he was voting for Clinton?? He had us going for a few days if I recall.. It was way to funny.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it"-Aristotle
Rush and McCain
February 8, 2008 - 00:33 ET by missvotingforreaganRush said from the beginning he would support the Republican nominee. Time will tell. Right now John McCain can prove to me more about his desire for president if he resigns his senate seat.
Would C or O make that committment?