Limbaugh On Romney’s Attitude Towards Base: He Thinks It Just ‘Takes Incendiary Comments To Turn You On’
Radio host Rush Limbaugh weighed in on Mitt Romney‘s earlier assertion that, while it’s “easy to excite the base,” he is “not willing to light my hair on fire,” specifically when it comes to saying “incendiary” things about President Barack Obama.
After venting a bit through clenched teeth, Limbaugh asked what Romney’s stance is telling voters about how he views the GOP base. “That it takes incendiary comments to turn you on,” he answered. “That all you want is somebody beating up on Obama.”
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“Romney people,” he pleaded, “you gotta know I love you, but I’m not the one saying what he’s saying. I did not raise the white flag in Michigan! I didn’t say ‘I’m not going to say incendiary things just to attract the base.’ At least McCain waited until the general campaign to make it clear that anybody criticizing Obama would be fired. Here, it’s happening in the primary!”
Meanwhile, he added, “Obama can say whatever he wants about us, and does. And the media can.”
Have a listen, via The Rush Limbaugh Show:
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