{"id":18847,"date":"2011-04-26T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:20:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-20T00:20:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T00:20:51","slug":"what_we_need_in_a_2012_candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/04\/26\/what_we_need_in_a_2012_candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Need in a 2012 Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: Tim in Salem, Oregon, hello, sir. Great to have you on the program.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Thank you. Dittos, Rush.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright\"\/>CALLER: What characteristics will you look for in a Republican that would convince you that, when elected president, they will follow through on our conservative values?<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: The first thing I\u2019m looking for is fearlessness, conviction, someone unafraid to express the core beliefs, a willingness to teach, an enthusiasm to convert. Somebody that\u2019s not concerned with media attention, will welcome the media\u2019s attention as an obvious opportunity to expand the number of people who understand what he believes. Somebody that\u2019s optimistic. Somebody who believes in the country. Somebody who is unafraid of talking about the greatness of the country and is unafraid of talking about what the risks are that we face with four more years of this guy.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve already got the campaign slogan: &#8220;We can\u2019t afford four more years of Barack Obama!&#8221; That\u2019s it, and then people say, &#8220;Why?&#8221; and I\u2019m off to the races with my reasons, and I got an hour\u2019s worth of reasons with an entertaining speech of why &#8212; informative, and so forth. That person has to be out there. There has to be somebody out there that can do that. That person has to be there, and that person has to have the fire in his heart or her heart. Look, I know&#8230; I get in trouble. I know that there are people who are exactly as I\u2019ve described. Their communications skills might not be what you would want, but they\u2019re there. These people have what I just mentioned. They\u2019re fearless. They are optimistic and so forth. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m out of time. Give you names tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>END TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>*Note: Links to content outside RushLimbaugh.com usually become inactive over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Tim in Salem, Oregon, hello, sir. Great to have you on the program. CALLER: Thank you. Dittos, Rush. RUSH: Thank you, sir. CALLER: What characteristics will you look for in a Republican that would convince you that, when elected president, they will follow through on our conservative values? 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