{"id":13102,"date":"2013-02-27T17:41:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T17:41:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-02-27T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T17:41:33","slug":"my_argumentative_statements_become_an_issue_in_a_connecticut_mayoral_campaign_because_of_an_endorsement_i_didn_t_make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/02\/27\/my_argumentative_statements_become_an_issue_in_a_connecticut_mayoral_campaign_because_of_an_endorsement_i_didn_t_make\/","title":{"rendered":"My “Argumentative Statements” Become an Issue in a Connecticut Mayoral Campaign Because of an Endorsement I Didn\u2019t Make"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: I have managed to find myself inserted into a mayoral campaign in Stamford, Connecticut, even though I have said nothing about it and, in fact, didn\u2019t know anything about it. But I supposedly endorsed one of the candidates, and the guy I didn\u2019t endorse is ripping the hell out of the guy that I didn\u2019t endorse because it was reported on Facebook that I did endorse. It\u2019s hilarious. Even when I\u2019m not someplace, I\u2019m there — and even when I\u2019m not involved at all, I am the deciding figure.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Late yesterday afternoon in Hartford, Connecticut, on WTIC-TV, Fox Eyeball News at four o\u2019clock, the coanchor, Laurie Perez, reported this about the Stamford, Connecticut, mayoral candidate, the former lieutenant governor, Michael Fedele, and me.<\/p>\n

PEREZ: Michael Fedele announced his campaign for mayor of Stamford. He\u2019s already got his first endorsement: Rush Limbaugh, the controversial right-wing r-radio host, who\u2019s made headlines for his argumentative statements, is publicly supporting Fedele\u2019s candidacy. But Democratic candidate William Tong says Limbaugh\u2019s endorsement has no place in this election and is calling on Fedele to renounce it immediately. Fedele has not yet responded.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Fedele didn\u2019t respond because he was clueless. He had no idea what this Tong guy was talking about, because I didn\u2019t endorse him. Until this morning, I\u2019d never heard of Michael Fedele nor had I ever heard of William Tong, nor did I know that I\u2019d “made headlines” because of my “argumentative statements.” Did you know that\u2019s why I\u2019d made headlines? That\u2019s what the coanchor there, Laurie Perez said. Anyway, this happened… We have here the Hartford Courant website, a little story called, “Mega Dittos, Mike Fedele.”<\/p>\n

“A link for Republican Mike Fedele\u2019s Stamford mayoral campaign has appeared on a Rush Limbaugh Facebook fan page, prompting a swift response from Fedele\u2019s Democrat opponent.” They quote this Tong guy saying that I represent “why politics has become dysfunctional and polarized,” and that\u2019s because I make “argumentative statements,” I guess. This Tong guy, the Democrat, said, “I believe strongly in the First Amendment, but I also believe in honest, sincere, and well-meaning dialogue, and Mr. Limbaugh does not fit any of those categories. He should have no role in Stamford\u2019s mayor\u2019s race…”<\/p>\n

Tong, what are you worried about?<\/p>\n

You ought to let this thing go. If I\u2019m that bad, this guy doesn\u2019t have a chance of winning, right?<\/p>\n

Tong\u2019s worried.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: So to wrap this up — the mayoral race in Stamford, Connecticut — there\u2019s a Rush Limbaugh Facebook fan page that I have nothing to do with, and that Facebook fan page says that. Whoever runs this fan page at Facebook, they make it clear that the page is not affiliated with or run by me. I have nothing to do with it. That disclaimer is at the top of the page. But it didn\u2019t stop the low-information voter media and the low-information voter Democrat mayoral candidate. Again, this guy\u2019s name is William Tong, and he\u2019s just outraged that I would have endorsed his opponent. Mr. Tong, do you know what I would say?<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m that bad, you should have encouraged my endorsement of Mr. Fedele. But you\u2019re acting awfully defensive and awfully worried that I somehow got involved in this campaign, and you\u2019re doing everything you can to get me out of it. That doesn\u2019t sound like the course of action you would take if I am that reprehensible. You know, I\u2019m seriously thinking of endorsing Mr. Tong here just for the fun of it, to see what he would do with that. What do you think of that, if I endorse William Tong for mayor, the Democrat? I mean, we\u2019ve done this before. We helped save Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign with Operation Chaos.<\/p>\n

So, anyway, I “make headlines” for my “argumentative statements.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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