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Bob Dole Defends John McCain in Letter to Rush Limbaugh – You Decide 08!

I used to listen to Rush but I don’t anymore.  I’m 42, working hard to give my family the best and tired of angry mindless airbags like Rush.  

The way he spins, is no different then Hannity or the other liberal loud mouths.  For example, he sums up what he thinks is a slam at Dole – saying Dole told Hannity that he didn’t support McCain, this is from Rush’s website and radio talk show:

From Hannity’s show: “DOLE:  My heart’s kind of with McCain, but you know, again, I’ve stayed out of it. I don’t have any dog — I don’t want to say dog, some may say that’s saying we don’t have a good candidate, but I don’t have anybody in this fight.”

From Rush’s show (they weren’t talking to each other) RUSH: 

“So he sends me the letter. He wants to sing the praises of McCain and he ends up saying on television last night, he doesn’t have anybody in this fight.  Let me read to you the letter. "Dear Rush:  I’ve not seen yo…”

“…. All I know is they raise huge question marks.  But to sit here and to witness the manipulation of Bob Dole with a letter to me leaked to the public, to criticize Mitt Romney for attacking a war hero when no such thing happened; when Bob Dole’s letter is not an endorsement of anybody; when Bob Dole’s le…”

“….Here’s the quote: "If I believe the country will suffer with either Hillary, Obama, or McCain, I would just as soon the Democrats take the hit rather than a Republican causing the debacle, and I would prefer not to have conservative Republicans in the House and Congress paralyzed by having to support out of party loyalty a Republican president who is not conservative."

….."If I believe the country will suffer with either Hillary, Obama, or McCain, I would just as soon the Democrats take the hit rather than the Republicans cause the debacle."  By "if," I meant it’s unknown yet.  It’s in the future.  This is February, folks.  The general election is November, and what I meant when I told this to Howard Kurtz, "if," parentheses, "down the road I think…" It’s an open question yet, and yet everybody reading this thinks that I’ve just said, "Screw it! I’m voting Hillary or Obama."  That’s not what that meant to say.  I clarify it.”

Rush you don’t know what you meant to say or what you are saying half the time. Dole said his heart is with McCain – he does support him, he just isn’t sure he can win.  Does Rush actually think Huckabee or Romney will win?  I think Rush wants Hillary to win so he has something to talk about on his show for the next four years!  That is disgraceful!

The conservatives in this country are really disappointing me with the way they are attacking McCain and Dole.  This is a damn good letter and very reasonable.  Mitt’s just saying what they want to hear and polarizing with positions on Abortion and Immigration that just create an enormous amount of insane focus on issues that won’t determine my children’s future.  All the talk about McCain not supporting tax cuts is half-told. If the congress would cut spending he would support them.  I like his positions there too.  I’m more concerned with psychotic fundamentalists blowing up my countries buildings, out of hand spending in congress and by our current president, and the promise of a president the world will respect.  I don’t see that with Mitt, Huckabee is a good talker but I don’t see it there either and certainly not with the Democratic candidates.  Come on, an egomaniac and a child?  Grow up people and lets fix the real problems. 

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