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RUSH: Mark in Orlando. It\u2019s great to have you. You are first today. Welcome to the program.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thank you very much, sir. I appreciate your taking my phone call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, I would just like to praise you, if I may. I think that your handling of the Cruz and Trump situation has just been magnificent. I think you\u2019ve been getting a lot of negative feedback which, truth be told, just doesn\u2019t make any sense whatsoever. I mean, I think that we all understand that you\u2019re the grandfather of conservatism. We all understand that Trump is not 100 percent conservative. I\u2019m a Trumpster, Trumpist, whatever you want to call it. I absolutely identity with Trump on a personal level, I have no idea why, it\u2019s just for some reason I think I myself along with millions of other people just connect with him on a very personal level. We believe that when he\u2019s speaking, he\u2019s speaking to us and he\u2019s not speaking on a global scale.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: So what you mean is the fact that you know he\u2019s not a conservative, and that doesn\u2019t bother you that much, is that what you\u2019re saying?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I think that there\u2019s more at stake than just pure conservatism. I mean, I think that we are in the process of losing our country. As much as I love what Ted Cruz stands for, I just don\u2019t think that he really gets what is actually going on here. Because this is deeper than Donald Trump. I mean, this is something that is almost spiritual in a way.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Bow, that\u2019s an interesting observation. And, by the way, I want to thank you. I\u2019m not trying to offend anybody, but Mark here is the first caller that we\u2019ve had who\u2019s actually nailed it. He says, “You know what? You\u2019re not saying critical things of either, and that\u2019s why everybody\u2019s mad at you.” And his point is, whatever else, I\u2019m not the one damaging either one of these people, \u2019cause one of them is gonna be the nominee. And the real enemy is Hillary Clinton. <\/p>\n

But you just said that you don\u2019t think Ted Cruz understands instinctively the degree to which we are in crisis, not like Trump does. And I want to tell you something, Mark. He does. What you have put your finger on is a communication reality. Trump comes off as a guy you\u2019re sitting next to at a ball game or the bar or on the couch watching TV, and Cruz sometimes sounds like somebody you\u2019re listening to, not talking with, and it sometimes is off-putting. But Cruz gets it every bit as much as you do. Do not doubt me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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