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Every MOBster has known that Hugh Hewitt has had his lips in an eternal pucker on Mitt Romney’s backside since writing his book about Romney. He’s even cherrypicked reviews ‘proving’ Romney won Tuesday’s debate. That’s why this portion of his interview with Ted Olson must’ve almost killed him:

HH: Jim Dobson penned a New York Times editorial. I’m sure you’re familiar with it, that if it’s Rudy Giuliani, he’s just sitting it out. What’s your response to that, and to the idea that you can’t trust Rudy with Supreme Court nominees?

TO: Well, A) you can trust Rudy with Supreme Court nominees. He’s the person in America that I trust the most in connection with this. If someone wants to sit out the election because they’re not satisfied with some aspect of Rudy’s background or Rudy’s policy, then he might as well just vote for Hillary Clinton, because that’s what’s going to happen. I think it’s exceedingly important for
Republicans and conservatives and moderates alike to take a deep breath, if there’s a high likelihood, as I think there may be, of an even greater Democratic control of both houses of Congress. A Democratic president is going to appoint Supreme Court justices, appellate court judges, and other federal judges, and increase taxes, and increase the federal spending, and doing lots of things that only a Republican president can prevent. And Rudy Giuliani, in my judgment, is the most qualified and the most electable Republican. And anybody on the conservative side that thinks they’re going to sit that out, they might as well contribute to the Democratic victory, and then take responsibility for what happens, because it will be their fault.

It must’ve killed Hewitt to hear such an esteemed constitutional scholar like Ted Olson say that he’d trust Rudy Giuliani more than any other presidential candidate. Hewitt’s had his lips puckered on Romney’s backside ever since he wrote a book about Romney’s candidacy. I’ll trust a man like Ted Olson over an agenda-driven man like Hugh Hewitt anytime.

Part of the reason why I trust Ted Olson is because of the work he did in the Florida fiasco in 2000. Another reason why I trust Ted Olson is because he’s maintained his impeccable strict constructionist credentials while living in Washington, DC. That’s an extraordinary statement.

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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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