Rush Just Said, Maybe I Should Endorse Ron Paul

[fabijo]

What was his tone of voice when he said maybe we should rally around Ron Paul? He could have said it mockingly.

 

[speciallyblend]

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http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=118306

 

[speciallyblend]

they only have one choice RON PAUL,theres no maybe anymore


i suggest all that opposed ron paul,better start doing some serious ass kissing right about now

thats my take,if the republican party has any chance in the general election,they better do some serious kissing___, and make RON PAUL the biggest story in HISTORY and getting in line,until then THEY ARE DOOMED

 

[SWATH]

I wouldn't get too excited, he said it kind of off the cuff as an aside. I did not detect any sincerity, only that he was contemplating an absurb proposition.

 

[gjdavis60]

They should have endorsed him months ago. Instead they beat the drum for the open border, high tax, big spending, cival rights smashing liberals that infected our party.

They beat the drum for the warmongers!

 

[transistor]

it's messed up. when i listen to rush, i think his views are very close to ron's except for that on the war

 

[fuzzybekool]

Ron Paul has defeted most of the Neo-Cons and Liberal Republicans the media and the establishment had to throw at us. Why not endorse Ron Paul ? Better than McCain, Huckabee, Hillary, or Obama.

 

[klamath]

http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/document.php?id=612


GO EFFIN GET HIM PEOPLE WE NEED HIM RIGHT NOW

and someone tell campaign HQ to have Paul surprise visit Rush with a "Letter of Marque and Reprisal".

I totally agree with RP however as someone who has listened to Rush since the day he took over for Morten Downey on kFBK in Sacramento (early 80's) I listened to him rip liberatarians over legalizing drugs. One specific caller got ridiculed and slamed because he said he was addicted to MJ and didn't want to be a criminal because of it.
"Just quit" he was told.

 

[austinchick]

Rush likes to tease

 

[mczerone]

I wouldn't get too excited, he said it kind of off the cuff as an aside. I did not detect any sincerity, only that he was contemplating an absurb proposition.

This is even how I read the OP, how could one take it any other way: Rush was saying the the GOP is becoming so ludicrous to him that he might do something insane in retort, like endorse Paul.

At least Rush remembers Paul's name, its been a week and a half since anyone mentioned him.

 

[cameronb]

I was listening too -- he said something along the lines of the following:

Rush Limbaugh:
"I've been thinking.... maybe I should subscribe to the New York Times and then endorse John McCain" (clearly tongue-in-cheek)
"....or I could endorse Huckabee just because he keeps winning, hanging in there" (he's been bashing Huckabee for weeks)
"...or maybe we should all rally around RON PAUL, at least he actually believes in the Bill of Rights!"

The Ron Paul one is a QUOTE, the other two very close paraphrase. While he might be warming up to Huck a bit, I'd say in the overall context it was very positive. I really don't think he was serious with the Lieberman with McCain as VP thing.....

I think Rush is a spineless windbag, but this mention of RP was positive! His tone was not mocking at all when he brought up Ron Paul. He at least sounded sincere.... As others have said, too little, too late, and he didn't even stay on topic, he quickly moved on as might be expected. But, maybe better late than never?

 

[Truth Warrior]

ALL politics is theater.<IMHO>

 

[hawks4ronpaul]

Hypothesis: Popcon (pop-culture media "conservatives") statements about supporting Hillary over McCain were to make supporting Paul over McCain look conservative (not radical).

Many people WANT to like RP and it is our job to give them a face-saving path to do so.

http://hawks4ronpaul.blogspot.com/

 

[Henry]

Call him!!

 

[Revolution9]

While pondering who he should endorse, Rush Just Said, Maybe I Should Endorse Ron Paul, at least he believes in The Bill of Rights.

Steganography. The public telegraphing of a message from one faction to another. Rush may be working for the White Hat Constitutional Cowboys after his drug bust. Coulter and Limbaugh n the same weekend right before McCain explodes spectacularly.. I am telling you.. there is major shit with intel agencies and high finance going on in the background. Cheneys office did not catch on fire.. That was an explosion and firefight over documents needed to bust people hard.

Best
Randy

 

[SWATH]

If you call here is what to say:

-You are looking over the remaining Republicans trying to figure out who to support
-You don't like McCain or Huckabee from listening to the show
-You rememberred that there was someone else running but thought he dropped out
-Then you found out it his name was Ron Paul and that he didn't drop out
-You concluded that the reason you thought he dropped out was because he was getting NO MEDIA ATTENTION
-You remember Rush saying look to the candidate that the liberal drive-by MSM ignores
-So you researched him and it turns out that this guy Ron Paul is amazing and a true conservative
-Then ponder why you hadn't heard much about him at all. Could it be that the liberal MSM knows that he is the only one that could beat the Democrat nominee? Or is the media pumping McCain and Huckabee to deal a death blow to the already fracturing Republican party?

 

[steph3n]

Steganography. The public telegraphing of a message from one faction to another. Rush may be working for the White Hat Constitutional Cowboys after his drug bust. Coulter and Limbaugh n the same weekend right before McCain explodes spectacularly.. I am telling you.. there is major shit with intel agencies and high finance going on in the background. Cheneys office did not catch on fire.. That was an explosion and firefight over documents needed to bust people hard.

Best
Randy

Interesting, but I'd think they'd have ridden the white horse to rescue sooner. Maybe they needed to let the black fog set in first.

 

[Shink]

I want to see an endorsement. 'Til then, Rush is still on my shitlist.

 

[Henry]

If you call here is what to say:

-You are looking over the remaining Republicans trying to figure out who to support
-You don't like McCain or Huckabee from listening to the show
-You rememberred that there was someone else running but thought he dropped out
-Then you found out it his name was Ron Paul and that he didn't drop out
-You concluded that the reason you thought he dropped out was because he was getting NO MEDIA ATTENTION
-You remember Rush saying look to the candidate that the Drive-by MSM ignores
-So you researched him and it turns out that this guy Ron Paul is amazing and a true conservative
-Then ponder why you hadn't heard much about him at all.

Yes!!!

 

[charlotteronpaulguy]

He said something about Ron Paul again. He was talking about how no one in the race will bring the troops home because even the democrats wouldn't commit to it when they were asked about it a few months ago in a debate. Then he said something like, 'with the exception of Ron Paul. Who is a wildcard in this race, a true wildcard'