Originally Posted By mawnck Or at least, he's going out of his way to set it up: >>RUSH: You're going to have to get a grip. It's not time to panic yet. I will tell you when it's time to panic and it's not time to panic yet. I understand how hard it is. I understand how hard it is. I told some people, I did a little barnburner of a speech in San Antonio last night; and it is very, very clear that Senator McCain has decided on a campaign that doesn't give people reason to vote for him. I mean, he went out at his convention, and do you remember the big finale at his convention? CALLER: Yes. RUSH: "Fight with me, fight with me, fight with me, fight! Join me, join me! Fight with me!" He's not fighting. CALLER: Right. RUSH: Sarah Palin goes out and says, "There's only one man that's fought for you in this campaign." He's not fighting. Now, this is their strategy. He's not giving people a reason to vote for him. He could, but for some reason, he won't. You can talk about earmarks and -- CALLER: Right. Right. But why doesn't he give it? Why doesn't he give people a reason not to vote for Obama? Why doesn't he bring these things up about Ayers and Dohrn and Raines and everybody else? RUSH: I don't know!<< <a href="http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100308/content/01125111.guest.html" target="_blank">http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/ho...est.html</a>
Originally Posted By ecdc >>CALLER: Right. Right. But why doesn't he give it? Why doesn't he give people a reason not to vote for Obama? Why doesn't he bring these things up about Ayers and Dohrn and Raines and everybody else?<< LMAO! That's *all* McCain's doing right now and he's getting destroyed. Democrats aren't going to vote for him and Republicans are. He needs to appeal to the middle and he's failing because they aren't interested in this crap this time around. A new poll shows undecideds moving decidedly towards Obama.
Originally Posted By mele << I will tell you when it's time to panic and it's not time to panic yet.>> And they'll eat it up when he does. Disgusting.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Rush is an idiot. I still don't know a single person who listens to his show ( he still has a show right ? ) -- and i live in a GOP area. this is what I want gone from my party.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney << I will tell you when it's time to panic and it's not time to panic yet.>> Just tell us when you are retiring and it will be the first time I will agree on something.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I know lots of folks that listen to Rush. And Michael Savage. And they watch FOX and *only* FOX. And it's absolutely no surprise to me that Rush and Rove are expressing displeasure or disappointment with McCain at all. He has never been a "true" conservative in the minds of a lot of folks. In the 2000 campaign I had a lot of friends who wanted him stripped of any and all affliation with the GOP because of his lack of faithfulness to the party. That has never really gone away.
Originally Posted By mawnck It went away when it looked like he was going to win. It went away when Winky came struttin' onto the scene.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I am curious about one thing though. If Rush himself thought he gave a " bit of a barnburner" in San Antonio, what exactly did he say?
Originally Posted By mele <, If Rush himself thought he gave a " bit of a barnburner" in San Antonio, what exactly did he say?>> Eh, he probably spends 20 minutes congratulating himself in the mirror everytime he farts. I can't imagine his speech was any different or better than his usual claptrap.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Limbaugh has to blame someone, anyone but himself. As the mouthpiece of the far right, he's been the one who for all these years has been "carrying the water" as he call it for the GOP. After the loss of congress and the house in late 2006, he had a real tantrum about it, vowing to never again be the one doing all the heavy lifting. Of course, he left out the troublesome fact that the policies he bellowed most loudly in favor of were all disasters. But you know that old saying about success having many fathers... Just a month ago, Limbaugh was calling McCain "McBrilliant" for selecting a "hot babe" like Palin. His website showed close ups of her legs. Then a funny thing happened. After the bumbling appearance with Katie Couric, you couldn't find a mention of Sarah Palin on his site to save your life. No leg photos. No nothing. I hope they follow Limbaugh's advice and get real nasty. Because that is exactly what moderates and independents are sick of. Go on and keep appealing to the "base" of dittoheads, it's worked so very well for them as recently as 2006.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<And it's absolutely no surprise to me that Rush and Rove are expressing displeasure or disappointment with McCain at all. He has never been a "true" conservative in the minds of a lot of folks. In the 2000 campaign I had a lot of friends who wanted him stripped of any and all affliation with the GOP because of his lack of faithfulness to the party. That has never really gone away.>> Wasnt Rush one of the loud mouths idiots that was telling people not to even VOTE if Mccain got the nomination?? I reemember hearing that somewhere. Since McCain wasnt a 'true conservative', they were just going to call this election a 'wash' or something like that. Of course, now things have changed, or have they? Maybe he still doesnt want McCain in there and just think they can wait it out in 4 years and try and get someone who speaks to the heart of his paycho party. Maybe he briefly changed his mind when Palin was announced and like EVERYONE in that party it seems, he was an automatically smitten....until she had to actually start responding to questions and he just gave up again.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <went away when it looked like he was going to win. It went away when Winky came struttin' onto the scene.> Not with this group. They have never forgiven him. Some won't be voting at all, others will hold their noses but do it. Bottom line is they know this next president is getting handed a verrrry bad hand to play and they would like to see McCain suffer through it as "punishment" but that would hurt the party too much. So they would be let it hit the fan with Obama at the helm because that would hurt the Dems more and Dems deserve it because it's their fault anyway. Then, with Obama taking the hit for the next 4 years, the GOP could come in like a cowboy on a trusty steed in 2012. Palin-Romney 2012!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Palin-Huckabee or Pelosi/Reid ? death is not an option my God are we in trouble
Originally Posted By DAR <<I know lots of folks that listen to Rush. And Michael Savage.>> This is a little scary but Rush sounds like a bastian of tolerance compared to Savage. Savage is on really really late at night here and for good reason
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Savage is on really really late at night here and for good reason<< Here in San Francisco he's on during the afternoon drive time. Which explains why there are so many wrecks at that time of day. I truly think Limbaugh is hoping for a democratic win. He'd much rather spend time wailing away at the party in charge rather than being reduced to the role of GOP apologist like he has been for most of the time since Bill Clinton left office.
Originally Posted By DAR <<Here in San Francisco he's on during the afternoon drive time. Which explains why there are so many wrecks at that time of day.>> And people aren't outside with torches and pitchforks?
