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RUSH: Evansville, Indiana. This is Kelly. I\u2019m glad you called. You\u2019re next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. Can you hear me?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m so excited to talk to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I am an Indiana voter, and I have three new teenagers that are gonna be voting this year. I\u2019m letting my twins take the day off from school tomorrow to go to a Trump rally. I rely on you for my sanity. I listen to you every day so I can understand what\u2019s going on out there. I listen to you for your leadership, your guidance. But, Rush, I\u2019m really worried, and I think… I know we will never be able to talk you into running for president, but there\u2019s one thing that you can do, and I think it\u2019s time. We need you to stand up and lead us and tell us — I know you don\u2019t want to, but I need, and we need. you to tell us — who to vote for, Cruz or Trump?<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that would require me seriously to violate the policy that I\u2019ve had since the beginning days of this program, and it\u2019s rooted in so many things. One of those things is, I have utter, utmost respect for you being able to decide on your own based on what\u2019s important to you. The other thing is, I don\u2019t like to tie myself to candidates. I don\u2019t like endorsing, \u2019cause I don\u2019t control what they say from day to day. I don\u2019t control what they believe. I don\u2019t control what they do, and I just don\u2019t want to assume responsibility.<\/p>\n

I mean, I don\u2019t want to tell you that somebody is the cat\u2019s meow and then later find out that they\u2019re not. It\u2019s tough enough for me to stay on the straight and narrow without having to worry about somebody else doing it. But it raises another point. Do you know this this actually kind of it does surprise me a little bit. There are any number of places you can read on the internet, blogs and websites, who actually think that the reason Ted Cruz is not winning everything is because conservative media hasn\u2019t aligned behind him.<\/p>\n

As though it\u2019s my fault and other people\u2019s fault. And we\u2019re not running! That\u2019s what boggles my mind. Folks, I\u2019m not trying to be in any way falsely humble here. It just… I\u2019m not running! I\u2019m not in charge of Cruz\u2019s campaign. I haven\u2019t one thing to say about his strategy, the way he\u2019s going about this. The idea that he would be doing better if I had been in the stable from the get-go? I don\u2019t know. I guess it\u2019s what some people think, but it honestly does surprise me. <\/p>\n

And Kelly, I\u2019m not evading you. I\u2019m not. I\u2019m not. This is not a new position for me. I could tell you to follow the Buckley Rule, and that is: “Vote for the most conservative candidate who can win in the general election.” That\u2019s the Buckley Rule. (interruptin) That\u2019s the point! I\u2019m not hiding behind anything! You vote for the most conservative candidate who can win in the general. That\u2019s what you do. When you don\u2019t have somebody that you\u2019re already wedded to, that\u2019s how you decide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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