The Limbaugh Rule: Vote for Most Conservative Candidate in Primary
We still have people who think that professional Washington politicians are the way to fix this, and clearly it isn’t. Some of these people are citing the Buckley Rule. Now, I can honestly say that I know what the Buckley Rule is. I can honestly say I knew William F. Buckley and Buckley was a friend of mine. The Buckley Rule is, ostensibly, that you vote for the most electable conservative option against a Democrat in November. You vote for the Republican, slash, conservative who can win. To me, this requires clairvoyance, as is being currently applied in the Mike Castle-Christine O’Donnell race in Delaware, to use an example. The polling data is that Castle will win big and O’Donnell will lose big. If she gets the Republican nomination today, if she wins the election she’ll lose big. The polls say she’ll lose by 25 points; that Castle will win by 20 points. But who knows this? The election’s a long time off. In a year like this, it seems to me that Americanism versus socialism can make up 25 points. Why the hell not try to? Is what I don’t understand. Why not try to make up the 25 points?
Okay, let’s just assume that it’s correct. Let’s assume that Christine O’Donnell is down in the polls, Democrat polls, by the way, by 25 points. Okay, fine. If she’s the best option we have to stop what’s going on once she gets to Washington, why not try to make up the 25 points? We got socialism, communism, liberalism on the ropes. It’s too risky? Let me tell you something. It’s worth the risk. We’re talking about saving the [blank] damn country. What do you mean, too risky?
This is the problem. The professionals are saying it’s too risky. It’s patently obvious that there are those who don’t see this the way I do; that there are those who don’t see this the way you and I do. I mean we can drive around the country, we clearly see things, “This ain’t good.” Nine and a half, 10% perpetual unemployment, the administration is saying it isn’t gonna get any better. We’re losing our private property rights. They’re coming after everything we have. There’s a soft tyranny in the country today. You can’t build on your own property. You can’t use a certain kind of toilet. You have to use a certain kind of lightbulb, for crying out loud. They’re telling us what kind of lightbulbs we have to use. You have to drive a certain kind of car. You can’t open a business without permission from the government. We’re being told we have to buy health care, a direct violation of the Constitution. The Constitution is being shredded in front of our very eyes. We’re being told we have to buy health care or we’re gonna get a fine. We have to buy a certain kind of car. We have to buy a certain kind of lightbulb.