CALLER: What record would you have for Romney to show us that? Because I tell you, truthfully I'm not a McCain supporter. So I'm not saying --
RUSH: Of course not, probably a Huckabee supporter.
CALLER: (laughter) Well, to tell you the truth I'd like to know more about Ron Paul, because I'm for as little government intervention as we can have.
RUSH: Enough said. Wherever you go here in this roster of candidates, you're going to be able to point out "not conservative, what he did there is not conservative." The one guy that has the least of that is Fred Thompson, that's what I've said, but Fred Thompson was right in there supporting McCain on McCain-Feingold. That's a red flag. I make my living with my mouth and what comes out of it, and that was a direct assault on what comes out of certain people's mouths around election times. Once you chip away successfully the First Amendment, it's easy to do it the next time, second time, third time, fourth time, and 50th time.
CALLER: Hm-hm. Well, maybe, when you get a chance, you could inform us a little more about Romney's record.
RUSH: Well, sure, I'd be happy to. People have been asking me to go down every one of these guy's records and do A-B -- that's not what I do here. I don't have Romney's record in front of me. Let me give you this. You mentioned McCain. I don't see the left-wing media propping up Romney like they are propping up McCain. I don't see them calling Romney a maverick, and the definition of a maverick is one who constantly goes against his party. McCain is a maverick, and he is loved and adored for that and he gets away with the straight talk stuff because, to them, the straight talk is ripping his own party, and ripping his own president, and it got him fawning press coverage. I haven't seen any of that said about any of these people. Well, maybe Huckabee to a certain extent but the press and the Drive-Bys are trying to destroy Romney; they're trying to destroy Fred Thompson; they're trying to destroy Rudy. If you look at who they're propping up, absent a list or a record of these guys, there are certain indications that you can get. The press is ignoring Ron Paul. That should also tell you something; they don't consider him to be a serious contender for the ultimate prize.
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