Politico
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh jubilantly announced Monday that with
the addition of Paul Ryan to the GOP ticket, a true conservative is
finally on the ballot.
“We now have somebody on the ticket who’s
us,” Limbaugh said of the newly named Republican vice-presidential
nomineee. “[Somebody] who can explain all of this, who believes all of
this in his heart, in his soul, and he can do it with optimism and a
smile on his face.”
The talk show host said Ryan, the wonky chairman of the
House Budget Committee, will force a new election narrative centered on
policy and ideology. That will generate further scrutiny of President
Barack Obama’s record, he said.
“When the vice president starts dismantling the president of the
United States and his policies and his ideas and what they have wrought,
that’s something they’re going to have to react to,” Limbaugh said.
“They’re going to have to come back at some point with some substance
and when they do that, they don’t have substance on their side. When
they do that, that brings Obama’s record to the fore.”
After unveiling the Ryan pick, Romney himself appeared more energized
and on-message at campaign events, Limbaugh said. He praised the
presumptive GOP nominee, who struggled in the primaries to win over some
of the more conservative elements of the base.
“The pick signals a decision was made somewhere that … we’re going to
go head-first, going to take it straight to them and we’re going to win
or we’re going to lose [but we are going to] articulate exactly what we
believe,” Limbaugh said.
He added later, “The presence of Paul on stage with Romney has elevated Romney … Romney’s a new guy.”
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