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RUSH: Grab audio sound bite number 25. Those of you who have made up your minds and are for Mitt Romney to win the Republican nomination, I mentioned something at the beginning of the program, and I warned you that it was coming. I have waited and waited and waited. I didn\u2019t put it in the news, but it\u2019s out there. Romney at the debate said this. It\u2019s audio sound bite number 25. In Mesa, Arizona, John King, the moderator. “Governor Romney, the Speaker compared you to President Obama, saying that you infringed on Catholics\u2019 rights in Romneycare, governor. Did you do that?”<\/p>\n

ROMNEY: There was no requirement in Massachusetts for the Catholic Church to provide morning-after pills to rape victims. That was entirely voluntary on their part. There was no such requirement. I worked very closely at it leaders of the Catholic Church. I met with the Cardinal a number of times, and with his emissaries.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. Now, that\u2019s what Governor Romney said. There is — and I found it on a blog. I mean, it\u2019s everywhere. Now, I could have pretended I didn\u2019t see it and I could have said, “You know, I\u2019m gonna skip by this. This is too obscure. It\u2019s off the beaten path, and I don\u2019t want to hear about social issues.” But they fact-checked that. There\u2019s a website called The Boston Catholic Insider, and the headline of the post is: ” Did Romney Lie About Cardinal and Contraception During Wednesday Debate?” and it starts this way: As readers know, if there is one thing that gets under our skin here at BCI, it is deception.<\/p>\n

This one by former Gov. Romney about a situation here in Massachusetts affects how the country perceives values important to many Catholics, so BCI felt we could not let it sit without a response. In the Republican Presidential debate Wednesday … Gov. Mitt Romney said he never infringed on the rights of Catholics as governor of Massachusetts by requiring the Catholic Church to provide morning-after pills to rape victims — it was ‘entirely voluntary\u2019 on the part of the Catholic Church. If providing morning-after pills was ‘voluntary\u2019 on the part of the Catholic Church, then that would mean that Cardinal O\u2019Malley volunteered to have Catholic hospitals give out abortifacients,” and that\u2019s simply not true.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s right here in my nicotine-stained fingers, and then they offered a link to the transcript of the debate. They say some of the quick prescriptions a little off but the gist of it is accurate and they publish what I just played for you. And after the text sound bite has been transcribed here, they then say: Problem is, what Gov. Romney <\/a>said in the debate is not correct. [Boston Catholic Insider] reported all of the details in our post last month, “‘Pro-family advocates misrepresent Romney\u00c2\u2019s record on life.'” This goes on for three pagans as they fact-check this. That\u2019s all I\u2019m gonna say about it, but it\u2019s out there. It is. It\u2019s just… It is what it is.<\/line><\/p>\n

Patrick in Arlington, Virginia. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Maha Rushie. I consider myself a spawn of the great El Rushbo. I\u2019ve been listening to you since 1989.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wow. That\u2019s almost from the get-go. I appreciate that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir. Former Air Force air traffic controller and I am not asleep in the tower. I watch.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, I am fascinated by what you do. I\u2019m fascinated by that job, air traffic control. I don\u2019t know how you guys stay sane and organized for as long as you do it on those shifts. I have such respect for what you guys do.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, thank you, sir. We\u2019re resilient and taught that way. I\u2019m also a Roman Catholic, and I appreciate you taking that thing off the microphone. (laughing.)<\/p>\n

RUSH: It is. It\u2019s gone. And, by the way, in the interests of fairness and balance, we\u2019ve got the sound bites, Arlen Specter says that Santorum is lying, too, in the debate.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. Well, having lived in Florida, I don\u2019t care for jellyfish. I just wanted to call real quick, Rush, when Obama\u2019s talking about drill, drill, drill, I thought he was talking about late-term abortion. I wasn\u2019t sure. I was a little confused there for a second, having been familiar with his infant born alive act.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I can understand how you\u2019d be confused on that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Air traffic controller and all, yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing) Mitt Romney —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Climb and maintain flight level three five zero.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You got it, sir, cleared for takeoff. Of course it\u2019s IFR conditions here inside the Beltway, which is where I am. A shout out to my father in conservative upstate New York. So I wanted to get to this. In 2006 — and this is where Governor Romney takes a turn downward. Under Governor Romney, Catholic Charities lost their tax exemption, not because of abortion, but because of gay marriage. The Catholic Church does not promote adoption services to gay couples.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hm-hm (affirmative.)<\/p>\n

CALLER: Now, you can find the article, of course on our glowingly conservative public broadcast system and —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I understand. I just need to check this with the Ron Paul campaign for veracity.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing) Not a big fan of his, either. I know military regulation and the Constitution, which is why I can\u2019t support Rick Santorum because I understand that all taxes should be uniform.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, as I was saying, Santorum said that Arlen Specter promised him he would support all of Bush\u2019s judicial nominees. So the news media went out and they got Specter on there and Specter, “I didn\u2019t make any such promise. I didn\u2019t make any promise. I\u2019m not gonna make a promise to nominees I didn\u2019t even know, I didn\u2019t do that.” So Specter threw Santorum under the bus today. The Boston Catholic Insider threw Romney under the bus. Meanwhile, as I told you, I thought that if Newt had a great performance that he would maybe reemerge and there are some stories in the media about Gingrich reemerging. He\u2019s not playing in Michigan. And Ron Paul is not in Michigan. He\u2019s running ads there, but he\u2019s not competing, he\u2019s not contesting, nor is Newt. Anyway, I appreciate the call, Patrick. Thanks much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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