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RUSH: Now, there are other factors, too, in presidential races that are impossible to account for. You never know how somebody\u2019s gonna come off to others on TV, for example, which is a big deal. <\/p>\n

You don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna happen in debates. I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s gonna be a dark horse. Nobody knows what\u2019s really gonna become of Trump, how long Trump\u2019s gonna hang in. The media\u2019s obsessed with Trump right now. They\u2019re obsessed. They\u2019re convinced that Trump\u2019s destroying the Republican Party — which they want, by the way. They would love nothing better than for that to happen. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got some Republican establishment types now getting very, very worried that all these assaults on Trump are gonna lead to him going third party. And if he goes third party, you can say hello to Hildebeast, because that\u2019s what\u2019s gonna happen. If any of these guys goes third party, it\u2019s hello Hildebeast. But here\u2019s one thing, folks. Those of you who are for the Trumpster, this is something I need you to hear me say. I need you to actually hear this. <\/p>\n

We\u2019re told that in a standard, ordinary, everyday campaign, it\u2019s fair game for all the Republicans to go for the grand prize. And, in the process of a primary, it is impossible not to attack your opponents. You have to. You have to beat your opponents. Sometimes the attacks, even within the party, get pretty vicious. But they\u2019re never so vicious that, when it\u2019s all over, they can\u2019t unify. It\u2019s a very fine line. It\u2019s a very close line everybody has to watch. You can\u2019t go so overboard in criticizing anybody that, if they get the nomination, you can\u2019t walk it back with credibility. <\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019m here to tell you that is happening with Trump. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve got people on Fox, you have Republican Party establishment types, you\u2019ve got Republican consultants who are out there now saying things about Trump that will be impossible to walk back. Meaning they\u2019re going so overboard in their criticism of Trump right now that if Trump happens to stay in this, and if Trump wins this, these people are not going to be able to just automatically rally, which is what everybody says after the nominee is chosen.<\/line><\/p>\n

“We rally around the nominee! We unify and we go forward.” Some of these people have said such over-the-top things that it\u2019s gonna be very hard for them to walk it back. Not saying that people wouldn\u2019t try to. (interruption) Examples? (interruption) Well, uh… I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m reluctant to mention names here \u2019cause it\u2019s not my point to focus on individuals. But let\u2019s just pick a name. Let\u2019s just say… I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Well, since he doesn\u2019t do it, let\u2019s just use Bret Baier. Since he never does this anyway, everybody knows I\u2019m not talking about him. I\u2019m just using him as an example. Let\u2019s say Bret Baier for 10 nights in a row on Fox just goes after Trump in ways that make it obvious that he would never support Trump. “Trump\u2019s a danger here. Trump\u2019s this, Trump\u2019s that,” whatever it is he says. And then Trump wins. <\/p>\n

How does Bret Baier all of a sudden unite behind Trump? Don\u2019t anybody call Bret Baier and say I\u2019m accusing him of this. I\u2019m using the most objective guy I can here as an example so as not to tie anybody to it. But it\u2019s really a fine line everybody has to walk within the party during a primary. That is why, when these things all go up — I\u2019ll give you a better example. You remember when Huckabee got together with McCain and basically pulled the rug out from Romney in 2008. This happened in West Virginia. <\/p>\n

Romney was on the way and then all of a sudden Huckabee decided to get out and throw all of his delegates at the time, happened in West Virginia, I think, to McCain, which put McCain over the top. At that point Romney could have just launched on those two guys, and he could have told everybody what a bunch of reprobates he thought they were. But he didn\u2019t. He didn\u2019t go personal. He didn\u2019t go overboard. He didn\u2019t go over the top, because he knew he was gonna seek the nomination again, and he couldn\u2019t say things in the heat of that moment that it would be impossible to walk back at a later date, such as, “Mr. Romney, you said that John McCain would be the absolute worst thing that ever happened to this country if he got elected. How can you support him now?” That\u2019s something they won\u2019t do. <\/p>\n

Well, they are doing it with Trump is my point. A lot of Republicans are doing it to the point that they can\u2019t walk it back. And if Trump is ultimately serious about this, that just gives him maybe even more desire, energy to go third party. If Trump is aware that all of these other Republicans, or enough of them, are saying such outrageous things that they can\u2019t walk \u2019em back and eventually support him if he becomes the nominee, if they\u2019re making it clear they won\u2019t support him if he becomes the nominee, which is the same thing as saying outrageous things you can\u2019t walk back, then that just further might push somebody to third party. <\/line><\/p>\n

So, look, again, just for clarification, I used Bret Baier as an example precisely because he\u2019s not the kind of guy doing any of this. It was just as an illustration. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Nathan, Tampa, Florida. Hey, Nathan, great to have you on the program.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. Good to talk to you. Thanks for taking my call.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I heard you just say something about the Republicans not having a chance to — or not being careful about what they say, so they don\u2019t have to walk it back later. And I kind of like what Trump\u2019s doing right now, I like that he\u2019s telling the truth. But he\u2019s also telling the truth about the other candidates. He\u2019s saying what he thinks and it would be hard for him to walk back if somebody else is the nominee. So I\u2019m wondering what scenario do you want right now? Do you want all the other Republicans not to say what they think about Trump and at the same time Trump can say these things —<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, no. I haven\u2019t — no, no. It\u2019s a good question because it\u2019s a logical conclusion. Okay, if I\u2019m warning people about saying things you can\u2019t walk back, then I must have some idea of what I want to happen. No. I\u2019m just making observances right now and quasi-predictions. Of course you\u2019re probably talking about, well, among others, Jeb Bush, when you talk about things Trump is saying that he would have a tough time walking back. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget, Trump is Trump. I think Trump, if he wants to, will be able to explain anything later on that he says about Jeb (imitating Trump), “Because Jeb called me, Jeb told me I was right, Jeb and I finally agree, Jeb\u2019s a great guy.” That\u2019s vintage Trump to do it that way. Trump I don\u2019t think would have a problem walking back anything he said. That\u2019s really the major concern. The major concern is if one of these conservatives gets the nomination will the Republican Party rally around him? <\/p>\n

You know, it\u2019s not just Trump, folks, that some of these so-called conservative media types are saying things are gonna be difficult to walk back. It\u2019s not just about Trump. Will the RINOs who want another McCain, let\u2019s be honest, they want another McCain, they want another Bob Dole, if they don\u2019t get that, will they support a conservative if one happens to be the nominee?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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