Video: Limbaugh on the “Rush effect” in Hillary’s victory
posted at 9:22 pm on March 5, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Yes we can … because McCain can’t (or won’t) lay a beating on Obama like the one Hillary’s about to administer. Or the one Obama’s about to administer to her.
Do my ears deceive me or do I detect a backhanded endorsement of John McCain near the end here?
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When he finally said jump, his listeners said “how high” - which is sad now that McCain has clinched the GOP nomination more or less. Rush’s influence would have been helpful back before McCain was so far ahead of everyone with a stronger Conservative feature set.
Neo on March 5, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Reading the liberal comments at that link was like Lewis Carroll for me. Would it be unfair to start calling liberal comments Jaberwocky? Because they are absolute nonsense to me…
blankminde on March 5, 2008 at 9:35 PM
Nope, you didn’t.
TwinkietheKid on March 5, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Rush has minimal influence, as do other pundits & endorsers. People have a plethora of places to peruse for information, & we form our own opinions.
jgapinoy on March 5, 2008 at 9:36 PM
Love the Fatman to death, but he’s kidding himself if he thinks lots of Conservatives ignored him during the primary season. They’re smart enough to know that Maverick was our best chance to win and acted accordingly. I also love that Mav has taken the high moral ground in this campaign when it comes to attacks. No reason to get all bloody choppin’ up the corpse when Rush, Hannity, Levine, and Ingraham will do it for him.
THE CHOSEN ONE on March 5, 2008 at 9:37 PM
All your delegates are belong to us
TheBigOldDog on March 5, 2008 at 9:39 PM
For Liberalism to not triumph this fall, we need somebody other then McAmnesty.
opusrex on March 5, 2008 at 9:39 PM
All of us conservatives want to see liberalism defeated.
I don’t go along with people disliking Hillary as much as Rush is saying, as a matter of fact I feel many of us dislike Obama even more, which is very wild, but that is what I see has happened and I don’t give Rush all the credit that he or others might believe for Hillary’s victories yesterday.
Conservatives R Us on March 5, 2008 at 9:42 PM
I find highly annoying that the media fawns when Obama mentions “Obamacans”, but swoops down and poops on Republicans who have legally voted in a primary in their state!! ANNOYING I tell you!
There is one HUGE loser in particular in Hillary’s wins last night, and that’s black voters. She won Ohio and Texas-and the other states she’s won-without much support from them. She will definitely throw them under the bus in August, too. Watch and see. I will have the popcorn ready for Denver! It will be interesting to see if they line up behind her, against her, or don’t line up at all. (I’ll pick the latter). Too bad the Republican party isn’t ready to court them in a serious way.
SouthernGent on March 5, 2008 at 9:43 PM
The best part about this?
Some fire-breathing lib is going to get all up in arms and issue Special Action Alerts and try to do something to derail an event on the GOP side — and fail spectacularly.
Purple Fury on March 5, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Ridiculous. Rush is in denial about his lack of influence on the Republicans who voted for McCain. Yes, there were some I’s & D’s, but it was overwhelmingly R’s who picked J-Mac.
jgapinoy on March 5, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Does that mean we are Clintacans or Hillacans?
TheBigOldDog on March 5, 2008 at 9:46 PM
It means you’re smart. ;-)
SouthernGent on March 5, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Hey Team Obama, please don’t forget to mention HillaryCare whenever you’re talking about the “most secretive politician in America today.” Thanks
ninjapirate on March 5, 2008 at 9:50 PM
Am I dreaming, or did I hear something about more Republican crossover votes were for Obama? It wasn’t in this clip of course, but I swear I heard it somewhere.
blankminde on March 5, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Court them how? Throw more government money at them? That’s precisely how the Republicans lost in 2006.
steveegg on March 5, 2008 at 9:54 PM
I’ve always sort of thought that the notion that either party is more for or against any particular race is pretty racist. By “court” do you mean setting up an information campaign that exposes the actual impact of liberal government on minorities? I think even that would be dangerous, but there’s a chance we could do it without getting wrapped up in the racism canard.
blankminde on March 5, 2008 at 9:59 PM
If Obama put’s hillary on that ticket, then tries and claim ANY Republican support it will be even more laughable than it already is.
Chakra Hammer on March 5, 2008 at 9:59 PM
I guess since we don’t like any of the candidates, we might as well have fun with them.
Kini on March 5, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Of course not. Play up the official party platform. Repeat as often as necessary what the party stands for. It’ll be good to hear for more than just black voters. At the very least, have that lady’s voice reading part of the democrat platform and invite voters to vote for us. Better yet, have John McCain read it. It’ll do him good, too!
SouthernGent on March 5, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Rush had his chance to make a difference when the Republican field was large and the vote fractured, but played coy with his listeners for the better part of December and January, hinting at times that he might possibly, maybe, could be, kind of is leaning towards Fred Thompson, but being unwilling for whatever reason to make the big commitment. It wasn’t until it was clear that McCain was in the driver’s seat after South Carolina that Limbaugh and other radio talkers like Hannity went scrambling into the Mitt Romney camp — too little and too late, as it turned out.
As for Texas, I posted in the other thread it was Obama’s abysmal performance among Hispanic voters overall, and Hillary’s rock-solid support among Hispanic women, that was the bigger factor in Hillary’s victory. Even with her sudden U-turn on NAFTA to woo Ohio voters, Obamamania never made a dent in the area of Texas south of Interstate 10, and that was enough to offset its effects of the African-American voters in the Houston and D-FW areas and East Texas, along with the liberal trendies/bi-costal wanna-bes in Austin.
jon1979 on March 5, 2008 at 10:02 PM
I find this whole situation hilarious and scary at the same time.
My grandfather who is a big Rush fan (he’ll even pause saying grace if Rush says something interesting) would have laughed in my face if five years ago I told him about this.
I sure hope Rush knows as much as he thinks he knows.
darclon on March 5, 2008 at 10:11 PM
You are indeed a gent.
baldilocks on March 5, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Bottom line:
Republicans are COWARDS.
Why not going after Hussein Barack?
How are you going to win an election if you let your opponent off the hook?
Why are you afraid of his color, his race, his religion or his empty baggage?
These questions makes sense to me, but never to the Republican Party.
Losers!
You deserve what you get. You deserve McCain.
You deserve to LOSE!
Indy Conservative on March 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM
The only point that makes sense is that we deserve McCain (a fine American hero).
jgapinoy on March 5, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Looks like you’re hoping for a change.
Hope really, really hard. I heard it works if you cross your fingers and toes, contemplate your navel and drink a gallon of kool-aid.
No kidding. Try it.
/reality reappears
fogw on March 5, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Rush’s influence, if there is any, is being overplayed. Informing listeners and encouraging them to write their representative about something like illegal immigration amnesty, or some equally silly legislation, yes his voice is a great thing to have.
But to believe American citizens, especially Republican American citizens who have a nasty habit of thinking for themselves, voted for Clinton because Rush said so if fantasy.
I also don’t understand the fear of Obama in the general election. Just this week, Obama showed all that were watching that he is long on talk and short on substance. Obama’s facade has as many holes as a chain link fence. And God bless her, that wife of his is nothing but an anchor around his neck.
Hog Wild on March 5, 2008 at 10:35 PM
Calm down man. Might be a good time to switch to decaf, join a yoga class, watch trees, write haikus, etc..
If you’re this upset already, you’re gonna make yourself go catatonic by the time the general election rolls around.
Just saying, you’re sounding like the guy from Office Space who screams that he has great PEOPLE SKILLS!!
darclon on March 5, 2008 at 10:36 PM
You’ve been reading too much SCO!
LMAO
belad on March 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Rush is right-on with this comment. Remember the New York Slimes endorsement of McCain? Then in McCain’s victory speech last night, he thanked the Inds and Dems for voting for him.
cjs1943 on March 5, 2008 at 10:46 PM
I can’t man.
I can’t calm down.
I tried all of the above.
I even had sex with a whale.
It didn’t work.
Indy Conservative on March 5, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Just like the media is overplaying Rush’s effect in Texas, people are overplaying the media’s effect on the Republican primary. How in one breath one can claim that Republicans think for themselves and would never mindlessly follow Rush, blah blah blah, but follow the liberal media mindlessly, I don’t really understand it.
Is it so hard to think that people voted for McCain because *gasp* they think he was the best for the job?
amkun on March 5, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Hey there…former fear monger here. Last night I was (not quite) where you are today. Everything really is going to be fine.
But that, of course, means that my new definition of fine is President McCain.
Geez. Fine just isn’t what it used to be.
Dorvillian on March 5, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Rush is as desperate to stay relevant as he is committed to covering up his college deferment and medical excuse to avoid the draft (boil on his behind).
Claiming credit for stuff he cannot possibly proves is the mark of a good marketer. The Huckabee of talk radio?
Bradky on March 5, 2008 at 11:41 PM
I do not know why a conservative would vote for McCain in the primary.
Johan Klaus on March 6, 2008 at 12:02 AM
President McCain????
I’m going to commit suicide!!!!
That’s it.
Where is the noose?
Indy Conservative on March 6, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Unhinged.
The_Freeze on March 6, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I just got a “please donate” letter from McCain.
*Lurch’s voice* Uhhhhhhhh…
Mojave Mark on March 6, 2008 at 12:42 AM
“Stay relevant”? You must have missed the massive amount of coverage this suggestion of his garnered in the press. The big story before was how he was irrelevant because McCain was choosen…now the big story is that he ‘won’ Texas for Hillary.
What you fail to understand is that Rush was the big story both times…it’s difficult to call someone irrelevant if people keep talking about him. In fact, you took the time to post irrelevant personal attacks in a thread mentioning him. If you could unpack your point on the draft deferment and how it pertains to Hillary winning Texas, I’d love to hear it.
Seems he’s even relevant to you…lol.
Asher on March 6, 2008 at 1:09 AM
I always chuckle at his incense burning neophytes. He didn’t submarine McCain as he wished nor is he responsible for Hillary winning Texas — but like the X Files “Asher wants to believe”
Bradky on March 6, 2008 at 1:18 AM
Isn’t ironic that the first time there ever actually was a real “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy” regarding the Clintons, it actually was to HELP Hillary keep her Presidential dreams alive?
I got an email from him this morning asking for money and other less precisely defined ’support’.
The funny thing is, it came to one of my ’semi-secret’ email addresses. I NEVER got spam on that one before, and I have had it for several years.
So I have to wonder where he is getting his mailing lists.
Maybe from some buddies in the CIA, DIA, NSA?
I wanted to send a strong, negative message back, but I didn’t want to verify that email address as a valid one.
LegendHasIt on March 6, 2008 at 1:21 AM
He does. And more.
fourstringfuror on March 6, 2008 at 1:42 AM
My opinion, and it is worth 2 cents, Rush was big before Fox News and the Internet got going big with blogs and the likes.
Fox News was big in the early 2000, and still is to an extent, but I think people spend a lot of time online. I have never listen to Rush, though I value him and would listen to him tomorrow and every day, but just dont.
I enjoy Fox News, could watch Hannity every night for 2 years as I did in the past, but just dont.
I am on the internet anywhere from 10-16 hours a day.
I think that Rush has influence, but so does the internet, along with Cable News. It may be 33% radio, 33% Cable, 33% blogs and 1% newspapers.
So, all should credit.
WoosterOh on March 6, 2008 at 3:04 AM
That should not read, I have never listen to Rush, of course I had in the past, it should say, I never listen to Rush, meaning maybe two hours the last two years.
WoosterOh on March 6, 2008 at 3:06 AM
It’s getting to the place that I am listening to Limbaugh less and less these days. The guy is starting to come across almost like a buffoon who seems to believe he has influence on the masses. I’m listening more to Mark Levin, who isn’t afraid to say it like it is and doesn’t care who he peeves off in the process. Limbaugh needs to concentrate less on comedy and being more of a firebrand like Levin is.
pilamaye on March 6, 2008 at 8:39 AM
I don’t listen to political radio at all - wall to wall sports or music, but crossing over to vote for Hillary made sense on a primal level. I didn’t need direction or encouragement, just common sense and a flair for the dramatic. The nutroots is burning, and like Shake n’ Bake - I helped.
rhodeymark on March 6, 2008 at 9:16 AM