Limbaugh Responds to Huckabee's Olive Branch

As reported days ago on The Liberty Sphere, GOP Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee asserted that he is running as the 'anti-Rush Limbaugh candidate'--a statement that raised eyebrows and stirred the ire of many conservatives across the country.

The rift started when a Huckabee campaigner stated in essence that the campaign did not need Limbaugh since he is, after all, nothing more than the mouthpiece of the so-called 'Manhattan chatters-D.C. axis.'

Limbaugh responded on Friday's broadcast that he is anything but a mouthpiece for the Manhattan-D.C. axis, but is rather a part of the Cape Girardeau-Middle America axis who has consistently stood for conservative principles for 19 years on the radio.

Limbaugh is a native of Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Michelle Malkin came to Rush's defense on Friday on her blog, which is read by millions. Malkin described Huckabee as the anti-Rush Republican, which no doubt left the candidate wondering if he had made a major blunder.

He did.

No GOP candidate is going to gain ANY traction at all with most GOP voters if they bash Limbaugh.

Thus, on Sunday Huckabee offered an olive branch to Limbaugh, stating that he had no interest in criticizing Rush and that the radio host 'should get in touch with me.'

Limbaugh responded by accepting Huckabee's words as sincere and genuine, but added that he doesn't need to talk to the candidate. In fact, Rush contends that Huckabee's campaign staff in Arkansas knows full well how to get in touch with him, which they have had ample opportunity to do but as yet have refused to do.

But there is one thing that Rush stated on his radio program on Friday that is a simple fact which needs no apology. The attack against him was very 'Clintonian' and designed to dumb down conservatism until it squares with Huckabee's record.

This was not an attack against Huckabee. This was the truth.

Thus, it appears that if Huckabee is to gain some airtime with Rush, then he is going to have to make the first move, which is only fair. After all, it was the candidate and his campaign team that opened this rift to begin with.