{"id":15828,"date":"2012-05-01T16:35:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-01T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T16:35:09","slug":"campaign_advice_for_mitt_romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/05\/01\/campaign_advice_for_mitt_romney\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign Advice for Mitt Romney"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: You know what Ray Kroc said, the great capitalist and founder of McDonald\u2019s? He said when your opponent\u2019s drowning, you don\u2019t throw him an anvil. You put a garden hose in their mouth and turn it on. That\u2019s what he said. That\u2019s what Ray Kroc said. If the guys over at Burger King are drowning, here\u2019s a garden hose right in the oral cavity. Bam! You turn it on.<\/p>\n

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You know, Romney\u2019s quick response is good. He said, “Look, will you get off of this President Obama? We gotta get serious.” I like the Romney rapid response here. But in the overall general campaign, Romney is going to have to… This is where people are nervous about Romney, I think. This is what he\u2019s going to have to do. This is an election about two visions of America. (interruption) What Jimmy Carter would do? (interruption) Who said that? Romney said even Jimmy Carter would make the call? Well, yeah, but Carter\u2019s helicopter would have crashed into some desert if he did it.<\/p>\n

I tell you, I was more impressed that Zsa Zsa Huffington opposed it. And she was so plainspoken, she didn\u2019t need a translator. Zsa Zsa Huffington thinks that what Obama\u2019s doing with Osama Bin Laden <\/a>is “despicable.” That\u2019s her word. That\u2019s what Zsa Zsa thinks, and she\u2019s so well spoken and so passionate on this, you did not need a translator to understand she was saying “despicable.” You could understand it yourself. (interruption) Eh, Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter. “If I had a son grew up to be president, he\u2019d look a little like Obama, and he would complete my second term.” Jimmy Carter? The Democrats don\u2019t even like Jimmy Carter, the upper echelons.<\/p>\n

Because Carter was running around conducting foreign policy on his own after the Nixon funeral trying to get the Nobel Peace Prize and become relevant. Habitat for Humanity wasn\u2019t working for him. “This election,” as I was saying before being rudely interrupted by everybody that thinks they can do this better than I do, “This election is about…” I warned you people that this has the potential to be a rough day here. (interruption) Well, I\u2019m such a nice guy that when I have to get tough, I get guilty. (long sigh) Okay. Anyway, this is an election not about an economy. This is an election about two visions of the country.<\/p>\n

And Romney can run against Obama\u2019s economy, and he can run against various specific Obama programs or issues that have failed and so forth. This is where people say it\u2019s ideological. This is right versus left. You\u2019ve got Obama and his goal is clear. What did he say? He wants to transform America? That\u2019s what it was: “Fundamentally transform America.” What does that mean to you? What does “fundamentally transform” mean? I\u2019ve shared with you my opinion. I know, I\u2019m confident… When I say, “I know,” I don\u2019t really know.<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m confident that this guy has not liked this country from the days that it was founded. He doesn\u2019t like the way it was founded. He has a chip on his shoulder about it. He said in Osawatomie, Kansas: America as founded has never worked. Capitalism, essentially, never worked. He views his presidency as the first one in 200-plus years to have a chance to fix the flaws inherent in this nation\u2019s founding. Obama and his crowd don\u2019t like the Constitution.<\/p>\n

Romney is going to have to point out that this election is not about just defeating Obama, it\u2019s about holding back the hordes. It\u2019s about turning back the tide of the worldwide left that wants to essentially get rid of capitalism — individualism, rugged individualism, liberty, whatever — and replace it with a command-and-control central authority that they run. I don\u2019t know if Romney believes that — or not “believes it,” but I don\u2019t know if he thinks that. I know, \u2019cause he\u2019s told me, that he fundamentally disagrees with Obama and what Obama\u2019s trying to do, and its effect on his kids and grandkids. Romney\u2019s. I know he has a problem with Obama, but does he know that there are a gazillion other Obamas waiting in the wings?<\/p>\n

And that even if Obama is defeated, there are gonna be a bunch of little Obamas still populating the bureaucracy over at the EPA and stuff? It\u2019s going to be a long fight. This is an ideological battle. And that\u2019s what the Tea Party\u2019s all about, and that\u2019s what conservatism\u2019s all about. It\u2019s about saving America, preserving this country as founded. It\u2019s not just about defeating Obama. That\u2019s, of course, required. But the campaign to do so has gotta be much more in-depth than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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