Huckicide: Taking on Rushbo

Huckabee is barely keeping ahead of the avalanche coming up on his heels (his record). So why in heaven's name would any self respecting Republican, especially one with his eye on the prize, take on the mighty mighty Maharushie? Singularly the most self destructive campaign move in the race.

You want this man in charge of the world war on Islamic Jihad. His decision making skills seem sort of shot.  Schmuckerbie. Over at The Washington Times here

Mr. Limbaugh has e-mailed a response, but not to me. Not that my feelings are hurt. Like I said (see below) Rush is the hardest "get" in the world, and he doesn't know me from Adam's housecat. -- RSM

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An unnamed Mike Huckabee supporter last week badmouthed Rush Limbaugh, accusing him of parroting "talking points from the DC/Manhattan chattering class." This anti-Limbaugh attitude was subsequently echoed by Huckabee adviser Ed Rollins.

As Michelle Malkin says, somebody "Hucked Up," and gave Mr. Limbaugh -- who frequently describes himself as head of the Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies -- the opportunity to teach a lesson on the dangers of dissing a man with a nationwide radio audience of 20 million listeners on more than 600 stations.

El Rushbo says:

Huckabee is using his devout Christianity to mask some other things that are distinctively not conservative. He is against free trade. He really doesn't believe in the free market.

Now Huckabee himself is trying to put out the resulting fire:

"All I can do is hope Rush will love me as much as I love Rush. Cause I think he's terrific and he's been a very clarion voice for the conservative movement. ...
"If he'll call me, I'd love to visit with him, cause I'd certainly love to clarify if there is any issue there. I think he's a person who would probably love to see my candidacy to succeed if he knew me."

As Larry the Cable Guy might say, that there's funny, I don't care who you are.

Rush Limbaugh is one of the hardest "gets" in the world. Because of his huge audience, Rush is the kind of celebrity whom everyone in the press would like to interview. But he's been misrepresented so many times -- check out this 1995 Time magazine cover absurdly warning, "Electronic populism threatens to short-circuit representative democracy" -- and he doesn't really need any more publicity, so he very rarely grants interviews.

As Rush has often told his listeners, if he started giving interviews to every reporter who wanted to interview him, he'd never have time for anything else.

Now here is Huckabee, on the cusp of a potentially big win in Iowa, getting hammered by Limbaugh because of his supporters' statements, and reduced to pleading with Rush: "Call me."

UPDATE:  RSM over at The Washington Times:

 

UPDATE 8:05 p.m.:

 

Atlas Shrugs adds "Schmuckerbie" to the dictionary. -- RSM

 

Comments

[Surak]

I'm still waiting for the Fred surge among consistent conservatives. It seems like the other 4 leading Republican candidates have gaping holes in their resumes. I see that Huckabee is surging among a certain group who see him as very like them in values. He is a good poser, but doesn't stand up to scrutiny. My best hope right now is Fred. Go Fred go!