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Aug. 11, 2010 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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August 11, 2010, Wednesday, Hour #3
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It is the fastest three hours in media, Rush Limbaugh, behind the Golden EIB microphone here at the distinguished and prestigious Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies.
Great to have you here, folks.
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Catherine, pictures of us.
We don't have any pictures of guests.
We didn't ask any guests for permission to put their pictures up.
So it's just us, some of the ceremony, some of the color guard.
Yeah, the color guard at the wedding reception and dinner.
And there are several of Elton John, us with him backstage and during his performance at the big post-wedding bash.
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Yes, it will.
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Great story here from the UK Telegraph.
Again, the UK media.
Reporting things, and of course the domestic media will not.
The headline says it all.
The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern day, extravagant, and out of touch with the American people regime.
And they actually use the word regime in the headline.
What the great French historian Alexis de Tocqueville would make of today's Obama administration, were he alive today, is anybody's guess.
But I would wager that the author of Democracy in America would be less than impressed with the extravagance and the arrogance on display among the White House elites that rule America as though they had been handed some divine right to govern with impunity.
The timing of this lavish European vacation could not have come at a worse moment when unemployment in America stands at 10%.
Large numbers of Americans are fighting to survive financially in the wake of the global economic downturn.
While the liberal-dominated U.S. mainstream media have largely ignored the story, it is all over the bloggers here in talk radio and will undoubtedly add to the president's free-falling poll ratings.
As much as the media establishment turns a blind eye to Michelle Obama's vacation and stories like it, which are major news in the international media, the American public is increasingly turning to alternative news sources, including the British press, which has a far less deferential approach to the Obama regime and White House.
The First Lady, Muchel Obama's ill-conceived trip to Spain, and the complete disregard for public opinion and concerns over excessive government spending is symbolic of a far wider problem with the Obama presidency.
The overarching disdain for the principles of limited government, individual liberty, and free enterprise that have built the United States over the course of nearly two and a half centuries into the most powerful and free nation on earth.
The Obama administration's mantra may well be, let them eat cake, as it continues to gorge itself on taxpayers' money, but it will be looking nervously over its shoulder as public unease mounts.
That's from the UK Telegraph Niall Gardner.
It's right on the money.
There's no question, and Mr. Gardner's right, the UK, the foreign press, is all over not just Michelle's vacation, but the whole administration in ways the UK or the United States media is not.
And I want to go back, if you weren't here, we had the caller last caller the previous hour.
And I'm not trying to berate or criticize the caller.
It's a teachable moment.
And it's happened throughout all the 22 years I've been behind the golden EIB microphone, and there's a foundational belief to it, and that is that the Democrats are outsmarting us every day.
That they're always a step or two ahead of us.
That strategically we just can't compete.
And the guy called and said, well, you know, all these Democrats starting to sound like Republicans.
That's no doubt.
That's a plot coming from the White House.
It's not a plot.
It doesn't have to be a plot.
The Democrats are imploding.
The rats are jumping ship.
There's nothing clever about any of this.
It's utterly predictable.
They see the poll numbers.
There's not a single poll anywhere that shows the Democrats not getting crushed at some level.
Well, they don't have to come up with some strategy here.
They can read the polls, too.
This is why the administration, the Democrats, this is why Gibbs is saying what he's saying.
It's why Gibbs is outripping the quote-unquote professional left.
They are officially running to the right for the midterm elections, and they're doing it at a time when they think people are starting to pay attention.
They're phony baloney plastic banana good time rock and rollers.
There's nothing legitimate or sincere or substantive about them.
Everything's a game.
Everything's agenda-oriented, and everything's oriented toward holding on to the agenda and holding on to power.
And they lie.
And if you just understand that, it all makes perfect sense.
Here's another way to look at it, folks.
We are going to be seeing more of the Trotsky brand of communism than the Stalinist brand from here through November.
That's the simplest way to understand this.
I know for you in Riolinda, it might be a head scratcher.
But for the rest of you, they're just going to abandon Stalinist communism now and go to Trotskyite communism.
It's that simple.
But they're not abandoning communism or socialism or whatever.
By the way, Snerdley, would you like to hear something interesting?
I've had some people checking this out.
Your photo has more comments on my Facebook page than any photo except the opening photo, the one of me and Catherine.
The picture of me and Snerdley on the Facebook page is getting more comments than any other picture except for the opening page.
You know, you're a popular guy.
And you know, some of these comments, Rush, you better be nice to that guy.
I said, whoa.
Rush, you better be nice to Snerdley.
You know, people are, even after 22 years, people, this is the first day for millions of people to learn that you are African Americans.
Stunningly so, but that's the conclusion that is inescapable.
So you're a popular figure on the L. Rush Ball and Catherine Facebook page.
It's nerdily second only to the opening picture of, in fact, you're getting more comments than Elton John photos are getting.
Yes, Snerdley.
There are 20 pictures.
20 pictures up there.
Alexis de Tocqueville's family were aristocrats.
That's how he knew.
That's how he knew what aristocracies were all about.
His great-grandfather was a lawyer, and while a small R Republican, in his beliefs, defended Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
I mean, de Tocqueville knew whereof he was writing and knew what of he was writing.
Here's Gibbs.
Here's Gibbs doubling down.
This is not backing down.
The White House press briefing today.
A reporter said, do you feel that there's substance to what you said?
The professional left, that they need to, that they need to take a drug test.
Is there too much demands from the left of the party?
I didn't say there's too much of a demand, I think, or too much pressure.
I think that a lot of the issues that Democrats throughout the party have worked to see happen have come to fruition.
Healthcare was an issue that was worked on for 100 years.
President after president after president discussed the importance of passing something comprehensive and historic that cut how much we were paying for health care, that extended the life, as we saw last week, of the Medicare Trust Fund.
I think those are accomplishments that we all should be proud of, regardless of whether it encompasses 100% of what we had wanted in the beginning.
So he's not backing down, hanging in there and continuing to play the role that has been assigned him.
And he knows instinctively that he has to play.
Now, let's go.
I've talked about Bennett, the Democrat in Colorado, very historic.
The media is telling us today that this may well be the first incumbent senator to have been endorsed by a sitting president who won his election.
Now, the media is treating this as though we've never seen this before.
But you have to understand that this guy, even though he was endorsed by Obama, ran away from him.
This morning on GMA, George Steffi Stephanopoulos talked to Senator Michael Bennett.
He said, you talk about the savage economy, economic pain.
One of the big votes that you're likely to face before November is whether or not to extend all of President Bush's tax cuts.
Senator Cornyn already said that President Obama had planned to allow the tax cuts on the wealthiest to expire would be the largest tax increase in history.
Will you vote for it?
I'm the father of three little girls that are 10, 9, and 6.
And I can tell you this, a fiscal policy that relies on cutting taxes for the very wealthiest Americans, the people that need the tax cuts the least, borrowing the money from the Chinese and forcing our kids to pay for those taxes is not a fiscal policy that the people of Colorado are interested in pursuing.
The first time I ever heard him speak, it sounds like Ted Kennedy, happy hour, I go, Bennett, borrowing money to try forcing our kids to pay for a tax cut.
But in the next bite, now that he got through the primary, this guy wants to decide who deserves to keep their money, but he doesn't want Obama in town.
We'll have to see.
We'll obviously do what's right for the campaign.
He's been a huge help, and I appreciate his endorsement.
We'll see what happens between now and November.
That's not a yes.
You know, I just won the primary about six minutes ago, so we're going to have to give it some thought.
The question was, do you want Obama to campaign for you?
He endorsed you.
Do you want him to campaign for you?
Remember, Obama's coattails are made of toilet paper until this election.
I think all the Democrats ought to try to ride Obama's coattails to victory.
Go for it.
See how far Obama's toilet paper will take him.
Rush Limbaugh.
Mind over chatter.
Back after this.
Now, speaking of the theory that the Democrats are getting marching orders from the White House to start sounding like Republicans in order to fool voters, is a story from the Daily Caller.
That's a new website from Chatsworth Osborne Jr.
Democrats searching for a way to blame Bush without looking like whiners.
This is actually a funny story.
How do Democrats, it's by John Ward, how do Democrats run against George W. Bush this fall without looking like a bunch of whiners?
If they can come up with a good answer to that question, it may mean the difference between retaining control of Congress or losing it.
A new poll yesterday released by a conservative political group showed that a large number of voters still blame Bush for the country's economic woes.
Only 33% of 1,300 likely voters surveyed by public opinion strategeries held President Obama at fault.
52% said that Bush is more responsible.
Now, hang on.
Don't panic out there.
The data stood out as a lone piece of bad news for Republicans in a poll that was commissioned by the American Crossroads Group, who argued that the survey demonstrates the GOP has a good chance of regaining control of the Senate this fall.
The one message that Democrats have that works for them is that former President Bush is responsible for the economy, said Glenn Bolger, the pollster who conducted the survey.
Yet, there's always a but the same poll showed that one of the most effective arguments Republicans could make is this.
It's time for Democrats to stop living in the past by blaming others for nearly 10% employment and their runaway government spending, quote unquote.
54% of those surveyed agreed with this.
So we have one of these dilemmas.
Dilemnas, how can you have 52% who think, yep, Bush is responsible for all this, and 54% who think it's a mistake to blame the past in a so-called Republican poll.
President Obama showed a heightened sensitivity to this change.
I'm sorry, Charge, in a 30-second speech, 30-minute speech to party donors in Austin on Monday, said, I noticed some Republicans say, well, just wants to bash the previous administration.
He's looking backwards.
He's trying to take the focus off the tough economic situation.
A lot of people are feeling, no, this is all Bush's fault.
The forehead is quoted in this story, Paul McGala, as saying, they're hunting us down with dogs out there.
Remember, this story is about Democrats searching for a way to blame Bush without looking like whiners.
Because the poll says, a lot of people blame Bush, but they don't want to hear people say so.
So, and trust me, it won't be hard.
They'll find a way.
They are incapable of not sounding like whiners, though.
You'll never pull that off.
And try this from Politico.
President Barack Obama has lost the most trusted man in the Hispanic media.
Univision's Jorge Ramos, an anchor on the nation's largest Spanish-language TV network, says that Obama broke his promise to produce an immigration reform bill within one year of taking orifice.
And Latinos are tired of the speeches, disillusioned by the lack of White House leadership, and distasteful, distrustful of the president.
This is what Jorge Ramos told Politico.
He has a credibility problem right now with Latinos, Ramos said.
We'll see what the political circumstances are in a couple of years, but there's a serious credibility problem out there.
Ramos has been called a Walter Cronkite of Spanish language media, an unparalleled nationwide voice of Hispanics.
And just like Cronkite, Ramos may be on the leading edge of a movement within the Hispanic media to challenge the president on immigration.
Now, the Politico is clearly worried about this.
That's why they're doing the story.
This is a warning shot.
There's a warning bill.
Hey, you better pay attention here because Jorge Ramos, I mean, if you lose Ramos, you lose the country.
Can you imagine we've come from Lyndon Johnson saying, I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the country.
To the Politico saying, Obama has lost Ramos.
He's lost the Hispanic vote.
Don't forget Ramos' quote here.
We'll see what the circumcisions are in a couple of years, but there's a serious credibility problem that Obama now has with Latinos.
Univision, Telemundo taking an aggressive, active role, pointing to the White House.
It calls attention, they say.
And we'll be right back.
Don't go away.
I tell you, how in the world can Obama be losing Jorge Ramos?
Is he Telemundo?
He's Telemundo, not Univision.
Which is he?
Telemundo, which one's NBC on?
Telemundo.
Well, that's where Jorge Ramos is.
How can Obama be losing Jorge Ramos?
I mean, it wasn't enough for Obama to openly align himself with La Raza.
Obama has openly aligned himself with Mexican drug cartels and border lawlessness over the state of Arizona and the people of Arizona.
Look at who Obama sided with.
Drug cartels, lawlessness on the border, and La Raza.
He's not Senor Wences.
The president of Mexico, Felipe Coloron, Senor Wences.
He's not suing Mexico.
He's not suing La Raza.
He's not suing the drug cartels.
He's not doing anything about lawlessness.
Obama's suing the people of Arizona.
How could he be losing Jorge Ramos?
Have you ever watched Univision, Snerdley?
You have?
Do you know?
Do you know that Telemundo?
Do you know that Telemundo does not provide English subtitles or English closed captioning?
Now, American programming, you go out there, you get on the special audio program Spanish captions or subtitles.
You can't get that on Telemundo.
I wonder why.
Ramos is on Univision.
Way to go, Sterdley.
Well, okay, it doesn't matter.
Still, how can he be losing Jorge Ramos?
Well, Jorge Ramos wants to vote on amnesty.
Just be patient.
Just be patient.
It's only been a year and a half.
I mean, he has to wreck the economy first.
I mean, these people are going to have to understand that there are priorities.
You've got to wreck the economy first and then do amnesty.
Well, some people might say do amnesty will help wreck the economy, which is probably what Jorge Ramos is saying.
Just go out there and wreck the economy and then give us amnesty or do the verse visa.
Univision doesn't have the English subtitles.
Telemundo does.
And Ramos is Univision.
I've not watched them, Snerdley.
I've not watched Telemundo or Univision, so I've not seen the girls on them.
The girls on Univision and Telemundo are beautiful, but you never see them on the street.
So what are you telling me?
If you never see them on the street, big whoop.
So you're basically looking at the Playboy channel.
Okay, well, anyway, who owns NBC owns which one?
Okay, NBC owns Telemundo.
Well, then that throws that point off.
I was going to say, if Jorge Ramos is on Telemundo and NBC owns it, that NBC will get his mind right pretty soon.
But if he's on Univision, NBC can't say anything about it.
Let's see.
What are you going to do?
Phone call quickly.
Paul, somewhere in Iowa.
Great to have you on the EIB network.
Hello, sir.
Hey, Rush, from one of your mini TAs out here in the field.
It's an honor to speak with you.
Thank you very much, sir.
Just wanted to say, yesterday you had a gentleman call in, sounded like he was a uniformed member of the military in the acquisition and procurement arena.
Right.
I wanted to take you to task on saying that the government employees don't really produce anything.
I kind of wanted to give you a different perspective on that.
I'm a retired naval flight officer, turned program manager in the defense industry.
And I can tell you I've been doing that for about 12 years.
And I can tell you every program I've had, there are periodic reviews that you go through, systems requirement review, preliminary design review, critical design review, that sort of thing, where the two industry and government comes together to formally review.
And in all cases, it's this enormous group of government people descend upon our facility.
And my team's outnumbered, you know, 6, 8, sometimes 10 to 1.
And there are good folks in there.
I'd put it at about 10% come and contribute and that sort of thing.
But the rest eat our donuts and go home.
And it was always very frustrating as a taxpayer to see that and wonder what the heck contribution are you making here?
I mean, you've hired us to build this device for you.
And then you stand up this army of federally funded individuals who, from my perspective and from what I could tell, contribute little or nothing time and time again.
And so as usual, you were right on the money with your analysis there.
Thank you very much.
I always appreciate members of the audience riding to the rescue.
Yeah, it seemed you really needed it there.
And I'll tell you, along the same lines is the notion, you know, you always hear the stories about the $700 hammer or toilet seat, whatever it is.
What they never say, though, is that the requirements levied on the contractor are oftentimes so ridiculous that you have to overdesign the device, and of course that drives cost.
Right.
Yeah.
$600 toilet is because federal workers made it that expensive.
Right.
And in one case, I had a program where a blade antenna had to withstand a 60G impact.
What sense does that make?
I mean, it was just nonsensical.
The aircraft can't withstand that.
I was going to say, what aircraft withstands 60 Gs?
Right, exactly.
No human can withstand that.
A blade antenna has to be able to withstand 60 Gs.
Yeah.
So you had to overdesign that antenna to match that requirement.
And it, of course, will drive cost.
Yeah.
No doubt about it.
Well, look, I'm glad you called.
I really appreciate it, Paul.
Thank you.
Thanks very much.
Just ask Apple about antennas.
No, they didn't.
Some guy named, what was his name?
One of the Apple iPhone hardware design guys left.
And a theory, people are bandying about a bunch of rumors that he might have been forced out because of the antenna gate problem.
But Apple says there was no antenna gate problem.
The guy was in problem of trouble before.
I don't really know.
I can't remember his name.
But anyway, let me tell you this about the iPhone antenna problem.
They just launched in 17 or 20 countries in the last couple of weeks.
Have any of you heard of a single problem reported with the iPhone antenna in any of those countries?
Mark Papermaster.
Mark Papermaster is who no longer is with Apple.
But have you heard of anybody complaining about an antenna problem in any of the other countries the iPhone recently was placed on sale?
I haven't.
No, if they had, you'd have understood it because the American media would have jumped on it.
The anti-Apple media would have jumped, would have jumped right on it.
You haven't heard anything about it at all.
And we're back, El Rushbo, mind over chatter.
Half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair from the Washington Post.
The nation's largest federal workers union is taking to the airwaves to defend rank-and-file federal workers against growing anti-government sediments.
The American Federation of Government Employees plans to spend about $200,000 to air a 60-second radio commercial in more than 30 markets, including Washington and several southern cities.
The ad features the American Federation of Government Employees President John Gage and workers from the Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and the Social Security Administration who tell listeners to trust them as they carry out their work.
A VA registered nurse says, I care for veterans like family.
You can trust us.
We work for you.
We want people to know what the irresponsible ploys really mean.
They mean the reductions of Social Security for our seniors.
They mean reduced services for our veterans.
And they mean fewer guards in our federal prisons.
The men and women of the Federal Service are not nameless, faceless bureaucrats.
They are what hold our nation together.
Okay, so that's a radio ad coming.
We have, by the way, ladies and gentlemen, been made aware of a White House joint effort.
We thought we'd do our own commercial thinking we wouldn't be part of the buy by the American Federation of Government Employees.
Who's next?
Don in Marble Hill, Missouri.
This is not far from my hometown of Cape Gerard.
Hello, Rush.
How are you doing, Don?
Hey, I'm doing all right.
How are you doing?
Very well, sir.
Thank you.
The only comment I had on this particular instance was that the one guaranteed result that I see out of federal employees, the manufactured product, is more and more federal employees based upon their interpretation of their guidelines and statutes.
Oh, wait a minute.
Now they're interpreting statutes.
Oops.
So you think that the biggest manufactured product of federal employees is more federal employees?
Well, basically, I agree with you in one aspect that I don't see any other actual product.
Oh, yeah, the Chevy Vault.
This is where I goofed up on this too yesterday.
Well, I agree with you on that, too.
But the main thing that I see, and let's see, I'll just give you a couple.
I'm 50 years old, retired, union labor worker, blah, blah, blah, blah.
Wow.
But how's it touching?
All I ever saw out of government was, oh, oh, no, no, you can't do that.
You qualify.
Oh, you own a real car?
Oh, no, you can't get that.
Well, I understand, but I can't relate to it.
I've never gone to the government for a car or anything else.
Driver's license, passport, yeah, yeah, yeah, but nothing else.
It's got to be.
It can't be fun.
It can't be fun.
They have to go to the government to get what you need.
They go to government to get what you want.
It can't be fun.
But people have been conditioned to do it because there's nowhere else that they can go.
Not enough time to be fair with another caller.
Not enough time to be unfair with another caller.
Brief time out.
We'll come back, wrap it up right after this.
Don't go away.
So I checked the email during the break and people are thinking I missed it.
He said he's union and 50 and retired.
I didn't miss it.
I just wanted to focus on something else.
I wasn't shocked by it.
Why is anybody surprised by that?
To me, that's nothing out of the ordinary.
50 union retired.
What was unique was a union guy complaining about government workers.
That's what I was focused on.
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Great to have you here today, folks, and we'll look forward to seeing you back here.
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