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Listeners Wonder If Rush Limbaugh Snuck A Secret Santorum Endorsement Into Today’s Show

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For nearly a year now, the pressure has been mounting for Rush Limbaugh to give an official endorsement in the race for the GOP but, as of yet, he’s given nothing. Even today, hours away from the Florida primary, Limbaugh was explaining to a caller that he both can’t and won’t endorse anyone. However, that isn’t keeping some Limbaugh super fans from guessing that a comment he made right at the end of the show might hold a secret endorsement for Rick Santorum.

Here’s what Limbaugh told the caller earlier in the show when he was asked for the umpteenth time:

“If I don’t shut this down every call is gonna be somebody demanding or trying to pressure me. Snerdley is sitting in there thinking that I can change the outcome of elections if I would just say so. He really believes that. You and I both know that’s absurd, but he believes it. I’m just telling you, you could give me two more hours of this, I’m not gonna tell you. It isn’t going to happen, because when this is all over, I am not gonna be in a position where my credibility is such that I can’t support whoever the nominee is. ‘Cause I am not voting Obama. I’m not supporting Obama. So whoever wins this, I can’t sit here and pigeonhole myself in such a way that I don’t have credibility supporting whoever the eventual nominee is, because Obama is the end result. I’ll tell you right now, I’m not voting Obama. I’m the expert. And that’s really all you need to know.”

Sounds pretty definite, right? I mean, I got that very transcript from a post on Limbaugh’s own official website entitled “There Will Be No Rush Endorsement.” So, why are the good folks over at The Daily Rushbo posting a video entitled “Did Rush Limbaugh Just Endorse Rick Santorum In FL Primary?” These people know Limbaugh. I mean, they run a website called “The Daily Rushbo” for God’s sake. What did they hear?

This:

“I have to remind you, again, that Gingrich debated John Kerry on Global Warming at one point and they agreed on practically every point. Nobody is innocent. Everybody is guilty of some transgression somewhere against Conservatism…except Santorum. See you tomorrow.”

Whoa! Sure, Limbaugh didn’t endorse anyone, but he knows how powerful sending his listeners off with that thought can be.

My only guess is that Limbaugh does want people to vote for Santorum, however, not necessarily for president. Limbaugh has made it very clear a number of times that he wants this primary race to as long as possible, all the way till the convention. Meanwhile, folks like Marco Rubio are eagerly saying that tonight’s results will completely wrap up the nomination. They may be right…but not if Santorum suddenly has a big upswing and throws the whole Romney vs. Gingrich idea out of whack. Perhaps that’s what Limbaugh’s after.

Either that or he just said it so that stupid bloggers will write posts like this and waste their damn time. That’s also incredibly possible.

Listen to the clip and judge for yourself below:


(h/t The Daily Rushbo via The Blaze)

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Thrice-divorced Limbaugh the Viagra Vacationer likes Santorum because he protects the sanctity of marriage.

  • Centrist79

    I think it”is funny that Rush thinks he has credibility.

  • Duke Chesnut

    Rush Limbaugh’s Radio Show is carried by many cable outlets, however 62% of the stations are owned by Clear Channel [Bain Capitol] so he can’t endorse anyone. Non-story.

  • Charles Ulysses Feney

    “Piles” Limbaugh likes that Santorum sponsored serial pederast Jerry Sandusky for a Congressional “Angel of  Adoption” award!  After all, “Piles” was:
    - married four times;
    - Ruined his hearing and lost his teeth by using un-prescribed cracked Oxycontin – Google “opiate hearing loss”;
    - Dodged the draft to VietNam because of “extreme anal cysts”;
    - stopped at customs with a thousand un-prescribed Viagra tablets coming back from a “sex resort” in the Dominican Republic.

    His most amazing trick is that he has convinced millions of lower class Americans that the ultra rich shouldn’t have to pay taxes.  This moral disaster making over 57 million a year is a working class hero and a Republican icon!

  • Anonymous

    He’s been hinting that way throughout the process claiming yesterday that he’ll vote principle & not “who can win” proceeding to cite deficiencies of the the other two. But who knows what he’ll actually do in that booth, his entire career has been built on not telling the truth

  • Anonymous

    don’t care what rush says, but i like santorum a lot.

  • Anonymous

    Rumor has it that Santorum will suspend his campaign and throw his support behind Romney in exchange for Romney’s campaign paying off Santorum’s campaign debts. I hope it’s not true, but if it is, then you CAN buy an election.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_A74EJCCN62MXTMGTRP6KE4RCWM plls

    What exactly is a “Limbaugh super fan”?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    yup. Rush is a massive tool.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/EC7MZ5SSJLAOJ2AHZXBDLCNBFY sugarcupid.com

    We spend too much time looking for the right person to love or finding fault with those we already love, when instead we should be perfecting the love we give87978797

  • Anonymous

    “We spend too much time looking for the right person”

    Well, Rush and Newt certainly did.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aio.seven Aio Seven

    Wouldn’t a non endorsement make Limbaugh a “moderate”? You know, one of those people who wet their finger and put it in the air. I thought Limbaugh was sooooo sure of his conservative principles.

    I heard his show and agree that he gave a tacit endorsement of Santorum, but what a phony hypocrite he (Limbaugh) is. 

  • Anonymous

    From what I can tell, Romney is making his “I’ll pay off your campaign debts” offer to Michelle Bachmann before he makes it to Santorum.

    If Bachmann throws her support to Romney, you can be assured that Romney’s campaign is paying off her debts.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aio.seven Aio Seven

    Well, in general, they are missing a few teeth and are commonly called TeaBaggers.
    They are the dumbest among us from all the propaganda they digest from Limbaugh and the others that he has spawned on ReichWing talk radio, and Fox “News”.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    It doesn’t matter what Rush thinks, he’s an entertainer… just like Bozo the Clown was!!

  • Dale Hogue

    Rush does have influence with his regular listeners just like any talk radio host.  Those who listen to any political talk radio program or watch any political talk television program on a regular basis do so because they agree with the host of the show — that is a given, so it follows that they would be influenced to a certain degree by the opinions being expressed on these shows. 

    I’ve gotten pretty upset with Rush during this primary election season because he has spent an overyly amount of time being critical of Mitt Romney while appearing to give Newt Gingrigh a little more freedom to do what Newt does so well — talk, talk, talk. 

    Having written the above, I should add that I’m not a bit influenced in what Rush has to say about the person I’m supporting because I’m supporting the person I believe is the best qualified candidate the Republicans have.  While a member of the Tea Party group, I’m not a bit impressed by Ron Paul — however, I am impressed by his son, but not as a condidate for the Republican nomination for President.

    Mitt Romney is the best qualified of the candidates still in the race.  I like the way he talks and the way he walks and the way works the crowd.  I enjoy listening to his voice and I’m impressed by how “cool” his demeanor appears to me. 

    He has been a governor in a tough state to govern if your not a member of the Demcratic Party.  He is a moderate thinking Republican and that is okay by me.  I’m not impressed by those who call themselves conservatives.  To my way of thinking, conservatives  usually are more moderate than they are conservative otherwise they would never get elected to office in most communities.

    I don’t agree with too many of the so-called conservatives in the political party to which I belong and I get a bit upset when they act like they own the Republican Party’s political philosophy.  I might add this: they don’t own all of us, and maybe they don’t own any of us
    or at the very least they don’t own the way we think and the way we make our thoughts known to the world at large, politically speaking.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Though we are on two different ends of the political spectrum, I appreciate your thoughtful reply!!

  • Anonymous

    Very good point.  Comments like that really make people want to agree with you.  Very well said.  In fact just reading your comments make me realize how brilliant you are as compared to someone who watches Fox News or listens to talk radio. 

  • Anonymous

    Its amusing listening to the media continuously reports what Rush says.  Apparently they believe the mere mention of his name attracts viewers, and they are right, which says more about how poorly can attract an audience than Rush can…without being on the program himself.

    On one hand they ridicule him, on the other the treat his comments as those of a person with political power, which he admits he does not have.

    While the media tapes his show or read the online transcripts to stay current…Rush sits back, laughs them off, and reaps the harvest of $45 million year, remaining unashamed of being in the
    one percent category.

    He has been playing the media perfectly for 20 odd years!  He knows what to say to get them to respond. He has loyal listeners who enjoy his program as well as his philosophy that a govt that governs least governs best.

    He remains a conservative first, and a Republican second, and only supports the GOP because he believes the Democratic party’s past legislation has brought about many of the problems we are trying to fix today.

    Lastly, for those who do like Limbaugh…tune in for a couple of days…you might find what the media says Rush says is not  exactly true….

    Anthony Bruno

  • Anonymous

    Oh Snerdley…would you bring the car around front?

  • http://www.facebook.com/rikijane Riki Jane Wild

    Well put! I agree and feel the same way about Mitt Romney.  He is the only one who has what it takes – not only to beat Obama – but to help the country right now.

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