RUSH: No, there\u2019s no president that\u2019s gonna pressure a Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
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CALLER: I mean — Romney — you know, pressure the Supreme Court, to rule against something he supports, the individual mandate? And one more thing —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Wait, hold it. I\u2019m losing you on this. Maybe it\u2019s the language you\u2019re using. I\u2019m not following. Romney pressures the Supreme Court to rule against something that he supports, the individual mandate. <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah, he\u2019s not gonna pressure the court to rule against an individual mandate because he supports an individual mandate, just like Santorum brought out of him last night. What\u2019s gonna happen, the Supreme Court is gonna have —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, if the Supreme Court rules that the mandate\u2019s constitutional, it doesn\u2019t matter. Your fear is that Romney will cave if that happens?<\/p>\n
CALLER: No, he\u2019s gonna be on Obama\u2019s side when it comes to ruling on the individual mandate. That\u2019s my fear. He supports it. And, Rush, can I please ask you another question? In a few days you have to vote. Sarah Palin was brave and told us who she would vote for. Are you gonna show courage and tell us who you\u2019re voting for?<\/p>\n
RUSH: (laughing) See, my way out of that is, is to say that\u2019s not how I define courage. Now, I\u2019m still trying to figure out the other thing you said. I want to understand this. The Supreme Court could rule. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s automatic. Now, I have a lot of friends in the legal community who think that it is automatic. I have a lot of friends in the legal community who think the Supreme Court wouldn\u2019t dare declare it unconstitutional. Separation of powers and all that, that they wouldn\u2019t dare. That they sometimes read the election results, they don\u2019t want the hassle, the problem. It\u2019s something that the elected representatives of the people passed and it\u2019s just gonna happen. A lot of people on the legal side do not see the court rendering a decision that says Obamacare is unconstitutional. I\u2019m more of an optimist. If the court renders it unconstitutional, then Obamacare — that\u2019s the fundamental element of it, and it breaks apart, falls apart, breaks down. Now, I don\u2019t understand your question about Romney. (interruption) But he didn\u2019t say “embarrass” to me. So Tony, try this one more time. I\u2019m not sure what you\u2019re asking me about Romney and the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Okay — hold, hold, hold — I need to go very slow. If Romney is our nominee. That will be in September. <\/p>\n
CALLER: If he\u2019s our nominee, and he does not pressure the Supreme Court to rule against an individual mandate and Obama does not pressure the court to rule against it —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay, the court\u2019s decision is going to come in June, long before we have a nominee. Well, we might know who the nominee is, but he won\u2019t be coronated \u2019til the convention.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah, our nominee is gonna be chosen by you down in Florida this coming Tuesday.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay. (laughing) Okay, I think we are two ships passing in the night, is your term, if Romney does not pressure the court. Presidents don\u2019t pressure the Supreme Court. I think you know that. So you might be asking is the court gonna be influenced by the Republican nominee? Are you asking me if the Republicans nominate Romney, then the Republicans are saying, hey, they like an individual mandate, Romney —<\/p>\n
CALLER: That\u2019s right. Exactly right.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay. So the court will then have the freedom to rule in favor of it since the Republican nominee is for a mandate, Obama\u2019s for a mandate, the court can say, “The people have spoken.”<\/p>\n
CALLER: You\u2019ve got it, Rush. What\u2019s gonna happen then? We\u2019re gonna lose for sure. ‘Cause Romney\u2019s our guy and he supports what Obama supports, an individual mandate.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay, and then in your scenario, once the court declares it constitutional because both party nominees are for it, then Romney can say, “Well, look, there\u2019s nothing I can do now,” and he will drop the issue altogether. Is that what you\u2019re afraid of?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah. And that\u2019s why this next week and the Florida primary and my endorsement is so important. <\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, as to our last caller, who says that once the Supreme Court sees that our nominee is Romney and finds Obamacare constitutional, it\u2019s over. So we don\u2019t want to have Romney as the nominee. Romney, just to be factually correct out there, Romney says he opposes a federal mandate. He says he\u2019s all in favor of the states, like he did when he was governor, mandating stuff. But the federal government, no way. So if he tried to opt out based on that, people could zero back and say, “Wait a minute, Governor, you said you oppose a federal mandate.” <\/p>\n Have you noticed how many people are angry with me for not endorsing a candidate in these primaries? And two things about that. People are angry at me for not endorsing yet. Meanwhile, a lot of the same people are furious at the media and the Republican elites for telling them who to vote for. It\u2019s apparently required of me to endorse, but when the Republican elites tell you who to vote for, as in Romney, they get mad about it. <\/p>\n The second thing is, look at just what has happened this week. I wonder how many of the people yesterday, before some of the truth got out, who had endorsed Newt<\/a>, like Fred Thompson last week endorsed Newt. It was full-throated, it was great, made a lot of sense. How do you think Fred Thompson felt when that stuff happened yesterday? These guys — by that, I mean candidates — they\u2019ve got so much hidden stuff that can come out and embarrass endorsers and cause questions to bounce back to the endorsers. <\/p>\n BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n RUSH: Rhonda in Twin Falls, Idaho. Let\u2019s pick up the phone here. Great to have you with us. Thanks very much for waiting, by the way. Hi.<\/p>\n CALLER: Thank you for having me, Rush.<\/p>\n RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n CALLER: I have a question. Well, I have a statement, actually. I\u2019ve never voted in my life (chuckles), so you can\u2019t blame me for this mess, but I feel that this year…<\/p>\n RUSH: Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!<\/p>\n CALLER: (giggling)<\/p>\n RUSH: Not necessarily so.<\/p>\n CALLER: (laughing) Well, I know it\u2019s a crucial time, and I\u2019m very serious about this. I\u2019ve written notes, taken notes. I don\u2019t have a computer at home, but I go on the Internet when I\u2019m at work, just don\u2019t tell my boss. But if I could tell the candidates one thing or ask them one question, my question would be — because I don\u2019t know who to vote for. (laughs) But my question would be, “Would you be willing to die for your country?” (laughs) If they can answer that truthfully and state that they could do that, that would mean they would have the character that I was looking for, the honor that I was looking for, putting the people first instead of their pocketbook. (sigh) And I\u2019m just… I\u2019m just really serious about this. I\u2019m very bothered about the way and where this country is going. This is the first time I\u2019ve ever called in (chuckles) so I\u2019m kind of nervous.<\/p>\n RUSH: Yeah, I understand. I\u2019ve been where you are. I have called talk shows when I was much younger. I\u2019ve been waiting on hold and I\u2019ve had the screener come and up and say, “Okay, be about ten minutes,” and it\u2019s always longer. And then finally you\u2019re sitting there and there\u2019s been no noise on the phone 20 minutes or so, and then “click” on the phone and the screener says, “Okay! Stand by! You\u2019re next!”<\/p>\n CALLER: (giggling)<\/p>\n RUSH: “Oh, no! Oh, no! What did I call about? Oh, gosh, I don\u2019t even remember what I called about!”<\/p>\n CALLER: (giggling)<\/p>\n RUSH: You\u2019re sitting out there —<\/p>\n CALLER: (giggling)<\/p>\n RUSH: — Then the host says, “Aaaand hello, Rhonda, in Twin Falls,” and you are in utter panic trying to remember.<\/p>\n CALLER: (giggling)<\/p>\n RUSH: And so then you tell the host you\u2019ve never voted but you want to know who\u2019s willing to die for the country.<\/p>\n CALLER: Yep. And if that\u2019s a good candidate, \u2019cause I just don\u2019t know who to vote for but I\u2019m going to vote this year.<\/p>\n RUSH: I just don\u2019t know that anybody\u2019s gonna ask \u2019em that question.<\/p>\n CALLER: They should.<\/p>\n RUSH: You might have to come up with an alternative way to judge, \u2019cause I don\u2019t know who\u2019s gonna ask \u2019em, “Are you willing to die for your country?” A lot of people think just joining the campaign is a slow death.<\/p>\n CALLER: (giggling) Yeah.<\/p>\n RUSH: You know, just running is a slow death.<\/p>\n CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n RUSH: What is it that\u2019s…? I mean, you\u2019ve never voted; now you\u2019re gonna vote. Why? What\u2019s changed?<\/p>\n CALLER: Because I don\u2019t want Obama in there. I think he\u2019s run it down to the ground. I mean, we\u2019re going to hell in a handbasket real quick, and I\u2019m just very —<\/p>\n RUSH: Yeah, and we\u2019ve got a shortage of handbaskets.<\/p>\n CALLER: Yeah, and I just think my vote needs to be counted this time. I just don\u2019t know who to pick. (chuckles)<\/p>\n RUSH: Well, given what you\u2019ve said, the answer\u2019s easy: Vote for whoever is not Obama.<\/p>\n You\u2019re not gonna get your question asked because nobody\u2019s gonna say… Well, you never know. The Drive-Bys listen to this program, they do, and there are some debates left. Not in Florida, but there are some debates left. So it\u2019d be easy to get a Drive By to say, “You know, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh,” or, “I was listening to a radio talk show the other day. A very, very bright woman from Idaho wanted to know which of you will die for your country. Congressman Paul, would you like to take that question first?” I just don\u2019t see it. (laughing)<\/p>\n (Paul impression) “Weeeeell, we\u2019re all gonna diiiie if we keep on mongering with these waaaaaars,” would be his answer.” Romney would say, “Of course I\u2019ll die for my country. I\u2019ve died for my country many times before. I saved the Olympics. I want to repeal Obamacare, and I worked in the private sector. Of course I\u2019d die for my country.” Newt would say, “Let me give you the facts. The fact of the matter is it\u2019s an extraordinary question. Extraordinary. ‘Do we want to die for our country?\u2019 What a great philosophical question. George Washington was willing to, and I\u2019m the modern equivalent of George Washington. So maybe you could say I might.”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/RushJoinRush247.jpg\"\/)
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