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Jan. 12, 2012 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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January 12, 2012, Thursday, Hour #2
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You know, Warren Buffett is out there today doing something.
I don't care what he's doing.
Some some challenge and some rich guy, I'll match you and send money to the government.
So not my point.
But the fact that he's out there has reminded me of something.
Warren Buffett is the darling of the media, is he not?
Warren Buffett, loved and adored by the U.S. media.
Warren Buffett is envied.
Warren Buffett is a financial advisor to Obama.
Warren Buffett was a financial advisor to the governor of California.
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Warren Buffett is a hero to me.
Warren Buffett, everybody in business wants to be like Warren Buffett, right?
Everybody envies Warren Buffett.
Everything's the smartest guy in the world.
It's either him or Gates.
Warren Buffett, look at his 45, 50, 60 billion dollars.
Warren Buffett.
A darling of the media.
And of the Democrat Party.
Now, what does Warren Buffett do that is significantly different than what Romney did at Bain Capitol?
That is my question.
In fact, ladies and gentlemen, by the way, this is me defending Romney better than he defends himself, just so you know.
You could argue that what Romney does is a lot more noble than what Warren Buffett does.
In this way.
Warren Buffett buys into fat, healthy companies.
I remember once us talking back in, was it when uh who was it, the primary owners of ABC?
Cap Cities.
Remember uh who was the head hunter?
Oh, I can't remember the CEO's name, Tom something or other.
I can't remember.
Anyway, Murphy, yeah, Murphy, Murphy and Burke, the dynamic do it.
And I remember I had occasion to be in their presence one day, and they just happen to slip that they do whatever Warren Buffett wants done.
I mean, he was the huge investor at the time in Cap City's ABC.
Just I just mentioned that not as a criticism of anybody, don't misunderstand.
Just to say he it's an illustration of how he buys into fat and healthy companies and then sucks a lot out of money, a lot of money out of them in management fees.
That's that's one of his strategies.
Even though the companies were doing great, Bain Capital did under Romney, and still to this day, Bain Capital goes in and tries to turn around companies that are on the rocks that may not survive.
And with a lot of these companies, it's usually a question of Bane or bankruptcy.
For example, if Bain had wanted to try to buy Sylindra and save him, would anybody in the regime have hated Bain Cap?
No, it loved them.
If Bain Capital would have moved in there and tried to help Solindra.
As an example, as an illustration.
So for many of these companies that Bain acquires, Bain's a last hope for these companies to stay in business and keep their employees.
Bain Capital saves, I can even say creates jobs, which is more than Obama has ever done.
But my only point is here that Warren Buffett essentially does the same thing.
I mean, a different strategy buys into healthy companies, but he's just as big a capitalist entrepreneur as Romney was.
see, Buffett plays it smart strategically.
He says, Yeah, I'm not paying enough tax.
Oh, what a great guy.
What a great guy.
Okay, I'll pay even more taxes than I'm than I'm supposed to.
Oh, what a great guy.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the reasons why so many high profile people spout the liberal line is just to prevent any heat descending on them.
Are you saying Mr. Limbaugh, the Myther, Mr. Buffett doesn't really believe what he thing about tax?
I don't know, but I'm I'm I'm telling you that what he says on taxes buys him a whole lot of insurance.
What he says about estate taxes and what he says about uh his family shouldn't keep anything of what he's earned.
The government should get it all.
I guarantee it buys him a lot of goodwill in the media.
And and I happen to know, and this folks, this is personal bugaboo of mine.
I just hate too strong a word.
Uh I just pet peeve close to it.
I guess I have a pet peeve with people who say and do whatever they do to curry favor with the media.
Phonies I hate, I despise them.
I know it may be smart.
It's something I couldn't do.
I couldn't be that disingenuous.
I uh and some people find it so easy to do, I just have a resentment for it.
But I'll guarantee you that Warren Buffett could not have become Warren Buffett, believing what Barack Obama believes.
Warren Buffett could not have become Warren Buffett by having to live under policies implemented by Barack Obama.
If Barack Obama or somebody like him had been president during Buffett's life, there would be no Warren Buffett.
And I contend that Buffett knows it, is my point.
But that Buffett has made a calculation and Gates and all these other guys make a calculation that they can go through life heat free by simply saying they're pro-choice.
That's a big one, that they are for open borders, let the illegal immigrants come in, that they uh are for paying higher taxes.
If they spout the liberal line while living the pure capitalist lifestyle, they will be excused.
And in fact, they'll be heroes.
And other leftists will want to be just like them.
And then the media say, see, you can be a big lib and still be a big successful capitalist.
No, you can't, is the bottom line.
You can't.
So here's Romney, on the other hand, who's a much smaller version of Buffett and happens to be honest about it.
When he goes out, says, well, yeah, you have to be able to fire people.
I like being able to fire people who aren't doing the right kind of job.
And that's controversial.
And that's that results in a statement that makes him politically weaker.
That's absurd.
It happen it happens every day in this country.
It's it is absurd.
It's absurd because it's a reality.
So are we supposed to go through political life not able to be honest in order to succeed?
Is that what we're being told you cannot be honest in politics and succeed?
You have to lie.
You have to make it up.
You have to have a spin policy, a PR strategist.
You have to say things that you don't believe in order to get where you want to go.
People getting fired is part of life.
It's nothing unique to capitalism.
It's nothing unique to humanity.
My gosh, there are people far, far worse than Romney, corporate rapists who love causing pain.
You've worked for them, probably.
And therein lies the problem.
Everybody hates the boss, and so you run around politically portray Romney as this your typical boss or your monopoly money bags guy.
And you have that.
So Buffett, what Buffett is doing here, and he's not made this offer with the Democrats.
Buffett is currently offering To match with his money any increase in taxes the Republicans will agree to.
So he's putting pressure on the Republicans to raise taxes, and he'll match it.
He will match with his money any increase in taxes the Republicans will agree to.
Now notice he has not made that offer with the Democrats.
And you know why?
Because not he doesn't have enough money to match a Democrat tax increase.
He has enough money to match a Republican tax increase, but he does not have enough money to match a Democrat tax increase, and he's smart enough to know it.
So Warren Buffett is not a serious tax increaser.
He wants you to think he is all for the furtherance of an image that allows him to be insured or inoculated against mainstream criticism.
Mainstream media criticism.
That's what he seeks.
That's the vacuum in which he hopes.
In fact, not just that, he wants to be idolized by him, which he is.
So yeah, and I know Cap City fired a lot of.
In fact, I'll tell you something.
I will tell.
If it weren't for the fact that Cap City fired people when they took over ABC, this show wouldn't exist.
The man who was my original syndication partner was given his walking papers when Cap Cities merged with ABC.
And part of his retirement package was two hours of satellite time.
That he was allowed to program and profit from if he could.
And after an exhaustive international search for talent, he found me.
And the rest is history.
And it wouldn't have happened if Cap Cities hadn't fired him.
And Bain Capital had nothing to do with it.
Ned Romney had nothing to do with it.
They got rid of a lot of people at work today because soap operas.
Oh, I've met Warren Buffett.
I played in Warren Buffett's charity golf.
I was on the way to Warren Buffett's golf tournament on 9-11.
When the Twin Towers are hit and uh FAA ordered everybody down.
We had 45 minutes to get on the ground.
It wasn't enough time for me to get back home.
So I landed some obscure airport around uh Orlando and had a drive back, and I got here at 2.30.
I was on the way to Omaha.
It was going to be my second consecutive year playing in the Warren Buffett charity golf tournament.
Oh, he's a nice guy.
He is funny as hell.
He's uh imminently likable.
No, I don't know everybody.
I don't know.
And but yeah, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just I just sitting here, it it's striking.
Buffett is twice three tough five, whatever.
And our guys don't even have the guts to go after Buffett.
Now our side goes after Romney.
And I know why.
We've discussed it.
Some of the stuff, you know, Newt Newt just is livid over the super PAC, the ads that were run against him in uh in Iowa.
The payback time.
Now, Rick Santorum.
Rick Santorum is even upset about it.
Santorum has defended Romney, and he doesn't like to.
He doesn't want to have to defend Romney because Romney's the front lunner.
But Santorum says that this rhetoric coming out of the uh campaign ads for Newt and Perry is putting our whole free market system into question.
And he's right.
He said it's this hostile rhetoric, which unfortunately says, I don't want to stand here and be a defender of Mitt Romney, but unfortunately, even some in our party now, even some running for president will engage with respect to capitalism.
It's bad enough for Barack Obama to blame folks in business for causing problems in this country.
It's another thing for Republicans to join him.
And he's exactly right about that.
We have now a ladies and gentlemen, the audio from C-SPAN.
If you were not with us in the first hour, C-SPAN's being spammed by prank callers.
We have an example of it.
Play the audio again, if you're made uncomfortable by the discussion of Body Hart parts below the waist, you don't want to listen.
It's not a big deal here, but I'm just I don't want to shock anybody.
And if you don't like the stuff, I'll give you five seconds to tune out and come back in about a minute.
This is uh C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Judd Gregg, former senator, Republican New Hampshire, is on the show.
The caller identified as Debbie from London Berry.
And here is the call.
It's audio soundbite number 26.
Oh, the computer froze.
Uh-huh.
The computer froze.
I'd like to say that you were my governor and congressman and senator for some time, and we were pulling for you to run for president yourself, but your support of Mitt Romney.
And of course, Mitt Romney has very high expectations for the campaign and for his victory in the New Hampshire primary.
I was wondering what size Lee people need to avoid a disappointment.
And also how they get Mitt Romney's penis.
Apologies, uh, Governor.
And we'll be back.
You should have seen Judd Gregg's face.
You're guiding light through times of trouble, confusion, tumult, chaos.
Yes.
Distortion.
And yes, even the good times.
Last night on MSNBC, uh, one of the guests was uh uh managing editor Joy Ann Reed of something called Grio.com.
I never heard of it.
I don't even know why I'm promoting it, but it's she showed up.
And they were talking about the Republican primary attacks on Romney during his time at Bain Capitol, and a host said, How do you think this is gonna go in South Carolina?
You've got high unemployment down there.
It's a it's a different dichotomy.
Whatever the hell that what is a different dichotomy?
These people I swear, you get people in the meeting do not know the definition of words.
A dichotomy.
It's a different dichot.
Do you know what a dichotomy is?
Do you know what a conundrum is?
You know the you know the difference in a conundrum and a dilemma.
A dilemma, you got two options, conundrum is three or more.
Well.
No.
But what the hell is this?
I didn't just look it up.
I know it.
But what is it?
It's a different dichotomy.
South Carolina.
High unemployment, different dichotomy.
What's different dichotomy?
There's no different dichotomy.
Anyway.
It doesn't sound good.
It may it might make somebody sound smart only because they think they're using a word people can't define.
But for those of us who can define it, and make it it cements the fact that you're stupid.
Anyway, how do you think it's gonna play down there, Joy Ann Reed?
The narrative is being implanted that Mitt Romney's company was a vulture capitalist, whatever your opinions on capitalism writ large, and then I think it's forced him into this position where he's parroting the sort of rush limbaisms.
Don't hate me because I'm rich.
I'm rich, and that's too bad if you're not.
That's not good for him in a general.
Don't think it stops him from winning, though, among Republican voters in South Carolina.
Rush Limbaugh isms.
So this babe thinks that this is forcing Romney to parrot me.
If Romney were parroting me, he would have the nomination sewn up.
Yeah.
No, it's yeah, the the Rush Limbaugh ism.
Don't hate me because I'm rich, I'm rich, and it's too bad if you're not.
I have I have not said that.
I have I haven't said you like that.
Well, it's if it's a maybe a good party line.
I have a don't hate me because I'm rich.
I don't care if people hate me.
In fact, I know that people are gonna hate me.
I don't care.
They're gonna hate me for a whole host of reasons.
Uh I think it is too bad that everybody's not rich.
But I I can also Obama's not the route to that.
Obama's not the route to Rich for uh for anybody.
Here's here's a montage.
Here's how the criticism of Newt has blown up in the uh in the evening news.
This is a montage NBC, ABC, and a couple of others.
It hasn't helped Perry and Gingrich in the polls much.
Both were distant finishers in Iowa and New Hampshire, nor has it helped win favor with conservative heavyweights like Rush Limbaugh.
I don't care what you think, folks, the attacks that they mounted on Romney are not defensible.
Because of the attacks, the Romney team has been able to achieve one thing, rallying support from influential conservatives.
Newt and Perry blew it.
The attacks that they mounted on Romney are not defensible.
That's NBC Nightly News.
That's the NBC Nightly News.
And let's see, this is uh yesterday Spartanburg, South Carolina, Newt in South Carolina agreeing.
Now, this is we had the report yesterday from Politico that Newt was walking back his criticism of Bain and Romney.
The politico reported it.
Then after Politico reported, Newt said, No, I'm not.
I'm not walking it back.
I'm gonna I'm gonna keep it up.
Here is what led to it all.
I think you've missed the target on the way you're addressing Romney's weaknesses.
And I want to beg you to redirect and go after his obvious disingenuousness about his conservatism and lay off the corporatists versus the free market.
I think it's nuanced.
I would like you to agree with you.
All right.
I think that it's it's an impossible theme to talk about with Obama in the background.
That Obama just makes it impossible to talk rationally in that area because he is so he is so deeply into class warfare uh that automatically you get an echo effect which had as a Reagan Republican, it frankly never occurred to me uh until it happened.
So I agree with you entirely.
I'll tell you this.
Ah, yeah, WTF, big time, whiskey, tango, frog.
Bapra-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen.
Happy to have you along at the Excellence in Broadcasting Network.
There is uh some confusion uh out there on the uh on the Gingrich uh campaign as to how he is going to go forward, because as you heard, he was confronted by a voter in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and the voter gave him a little static.
Why are you going after the guy this way?
This is this you need don't don't go after Romney this way.
And Newt said, You're right.
I'm not gonna go after the guy.
And in fact, we had this yesterday afternoon.
This this is the politico stories right here.
Newt Gingrich on Bain attacks against Mitt Romney.
Quote, I crossed the line.
And then a subsequent story, Gingrich on misleading MIDI reports, I never said I crossed the line.
So the politico put a story.
It was about 245 Eastern yesterday.
We're close to the end of this program, and we reported it.
That Newt said he had crossed the line, and we reported it.
In Spartanburg, South Carolina, who had uh made Newt realize he was going a little too far.
Then Newt comes out and says, No, I I've never said I crossed the line, and furthermore, I'm gonna keep attacking Romney.
So we're gonna put this in context in in order here.
Again, going back to Spartanburg, South Carolina at a book signing, this unidentified guy.
Although yesterday we had his name.
Goselov or something.
Maybe it's a different guy.
If it's a different guy, there are two people that uh said something to Newt.
Anyway, here's that bite again.
I think you've missed the target on the way you're addressing Romney's weaknesses.
And I want to beg you to redirect and go after his obvious disingenuousness about his conservatism and lay off the corporatists versus the free market.
I think it's nuanced.
I would like you to.
I agree with you.
All right.
I think that it's it's an impossible theme to talk about with Obama in the background.
That Obama just makes it impossible to talk rationally in that area because he is so he is so deeply into class warfare uh that automatically you get an echo effect which had as a Reagan Republican, it frankly never Occurred to me uh until it happened.
So I agree with you entirely.
As a Reagan Republican, it frankly never occurred to me until it happened.
And I want to make sure I understand.
Is Newt saying it never occurred to him that his criticism of Romney as a capitalist Bane Capitol was the same kind of criticism at Obama and Democrats level against Republicans.
He wasn't aware of that until it happened.
Is that what he's saying?
I If it may be true, folks, don't discount it.
We we think these guys are very smart.
We think that they are able to anticipate how what they say is going to be reacted to and used.
But it's clear in this in this soundbite that Newt said, yeah, you know what?
I had no idea that that Obama's saying the same stuff.
It took me saying it for me to learn that.
That's what that means.
As a Reagan Republican, frankly, it never occurred to me that that uh Obama, the echo effect on class warfare until it happened.
So I so I agree with you entirely, he said to the caller.
Now we move on.
Last night on the record with Greta Van Suster on the Fox News Channel.
She said, I'm I'm gonna sort of sort out this latest kerfuffle about the political headline, which seems to indicate you thought you'd crossed the line in the attack on Governor Romney in Bain, the venture capital firm that he worked for was a partner at.
And then I see a statement by your representative which said that that headline's misleading that you're not backing down on the aggressive attack on Bain Capital.
So where are we on this?
Well, first of all, I'm not attacking Bain Capital.
I'm questioning Mitt Romney's judgment, I'm questioning Mitt Romney's decisions.
I've raised the question, which I think is a totally legitimate question.
What about some companies that Bain took over uh that went bankrupt?
And all I've said is, you know, this isn't about free enterprise.
I mean, this is one of those phony efforts to throw up a smokescreen.
This isn't about capitalism.
This isn't even about private equity funds.
This is about one person who wants to be president of the United States.
He owes the country an explanation.
Why were certain decisions made, how were they done, what was the consequence of them?
Does he stand by them in retrospect?
Okay, so it is obvious that Newt not backing down in the attack on Romney.
Even though he said he agreed with the guy in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
So then Greta said, so what I understand from what you said is you're not anti-venture capitalism that you're pro-capitalism.
So let me ask you this.
At what point, though, is it sort of fair to s sort of clamp down on venture capitalism?
Is there a point where there is abuse and it's not just sort of open season for venture capitalists to do whatever they want?
Well, I think there's always uh some boundaries of free market behavior that you watch and you check.
If Governor Romney thinks there's nothing there, he ought to just hold a press conference, walk the news media through it, explain how it was done, let people see it.
But I find it strange that they are so sensitive on this issue that they've sort of pushed the panic button.
But but uh but understand me.
This is not about free enterprise.
This is about the character, values, and judgment of a particular person who is running for president of the United States.
Okay.
So I get the walk back now.
What Newt's trying to do here is walk back his indictment of capitalism, and he's trying to focus it on Romney as a mean guy.
He's trying to get everybody focused like a laser on the idea that Romney is a cold-hearted, mean spirited, heartless SOB who doesn't care who gets hurt as long as he profits.
That's how I read this.
He said character.
He said he's got to look, we gotta look at the character, the values and judgment of a particular person who's running for president.
He did.
Character.
That's what Newt said character, values, and judgment of particular persons.
He's walking back this whole notion that it's uh talking about capitalism and Bain.
It's right.
He's he wants to talk about the character and values and judgment of a particular person.
And I I assume he doesn't.
No, he doesn't mean himself.
He's talking about Romney here.
It's about the character, values, and judgment of a particular person who is running for president of the United States.
That's what how that's the character, uh, values and judgment of Mitt Romney.
That's what he's trying to do.
Now we move to this morning.
Fox and Friends.
The guest, former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani.
Steve Ducy, the weather guy said, you pick up the phone as soon as you're done, and you say to Newt, what?
What the hell are you doing, Newt?
You believe what I expect this from Saulinsky, Newt.
This is what Sol Olinski taught Barack Obama.
And the stuff you're saying is one of the reasons we're in the trouble we're in right now.
This total ignorant populist view of the economy that was proven to be incorrect with the Soviet Union with Chinese communism.
I'm going to tell you this.
My emotional inclination is to support a Gingrich or a Perry.
And you've been on this program doing or a Santorum.
I like their version of more consistent long-term conservatism as opposed to Mitt.
So what they're doing to Mitt right now is totally absolutely unfair and bad for the Republican Party.
See, this is fat.
This is there.
What you know what?
You know what Rudy's really ticked about here?
He didn't like Newt, just like none of the other guys in 2008 liked Newt.
Huckabee didn't like Newt.
McCain didn't like Newt.
Giuliani didn't like Newt.
He's got to defend Romney.
I mean, Romney.
They didn't like Romney in 2008.
None of them liked Romney.
But because of what Newt and Perry are doing, Giuliani's got to defend Romney, which he doesn't want to do.
That's what he's doing.
What are you doing, Newt for crying out loud?
I would rather be supporting you or Perry or somebody saying Torum, but my God, you're making we got a safe capitalism here.
We got a Marxist in the White House.
We got somebody trying to destroy the country.
And you sound just like him.
We've got to defend the American way of life here, and that means we've got to defend Romney, and that ticks us off.
That's what's bugging people.
And that's why Beckle and the boys are rubbing their hands together in glee because they want Romney as the nominee.
And now all these Republican big names, they're even saying that about me.
That's what some of the salivating on the on the drive-by media cable shows.
Limbo forced to defend Romney.
And in Giuliani's case, it's very clear here.
You listen to that bite the way I listen to the bite, Giuliani does not want to defend Romney.
But Newt is forcing him into it.
In a in a in a secondhand way, what Giuliani is saying he's got to defend is capitalism and the American way of life.
Now let's keep going.
Sarah Palin.
I was not watching cable news last night.
And I got a text message from a good friend of mine, Mr. Hawaii.
Mike Hartley, he has been hoping since two years ago that Sarah Palin would run for president.
Mike has been, I mean, just constantly peppering me.
You got to do what you can do.
She's got to run.
She's the only hope brush.
She's the only, you gotta, you gotta do everything you can.
I said, Mike, I don't know her.
I can't do anything about it.
You gotta.
And when she got out of the race, he was devastated.
Handicapped went from a 24 to a 30 overnight.
And so he texts me last night.
He said, he watched Palin on Hannity.
And he texts me, and I could just, I read the text message, his tongue's hanging out.
Did you hear that?
She said unless she can make it back in.
Oh, God, did you hear that?
I said I write back, I'm sorry.
I didn't see it.
But Mike, I know nobody as skilled as you at intuiting the intentions of women, so I have to say she might be thinking about it if that's what you thought.
Well, now, so we've got the sound bites of Palin.
Well, we got one soundbite of Palin, and this is Hannity says, Newt has backed off his criticism of Bain.
No.
Sean, he didn't.
Okay.
Hannity says, Newt has backed off his criticism of Bain, but I had Governor Perry on a program last night.
He's doubled down.
Vulture capitalist taking advantage of these companies in their hour of need.
You know, just turn a quick profit.
What do you think of those attacks in particular, Governor Palin?
Is that where, if you were running a campaign, would that be your line against Governor Romney?
Are they are they making a mistake?
Are they attacking the fundamentals of conservatism, which is we support capitalism?
I don't believe that that's really what is at the heart of Governor Perry's criticism of Romney and his time at Bain.
Governor Romney has claimed to have created a hundred thousand jobs at Bain.
And you know, people are wanting to know is there proof of that claim?
Nobody should be surprised that things about Bain Capital and maybe tax returns not being released yet, and maybe some you know records not being as transparently provided to the public as voters deserve to see right now.
Don't be surprised that that's all coming out today because it would come out as an October surprise, had these GOP candidates not brought those out today.
Whoa, the mama bear, the mama bear wants Mits tax returns.
The way I heard that is she wants Perry to rally.
She's not gonna dump on Rick Perry.
I don't think that's at the heart of Governor Perry's criticism of Romney and his time at Bain.
But if he's gonna run out there and say he created 100,000 jobs, let's see the tax return.
Let's see the proof.
Oh, I'll tell you, folks, it's it's isn't it obvious?
2008, 2012 on the Republican side in the universe of potential presidential nominees, there's not a whole lot of love for Romney.
That's uh I don't know.
Fascinating.
I gotta take a break.
We'll be back.
Don't go away.
Grab audio soundbite number 27.
By the way, on Hannity last night, Sarah Palin went out of the way not to endorse Newt.
And she went, well, wait a minute.
Uh, husband uh Todd Palin out there, uh, he endorsed Newt.
She said Todd went rogue.
Todd went rogue.
Those of you who aren't married may not get the significance of that.
I remember back in one of the early Republican debates, I think it was Byron York, asked Michelle Bachman a question.
If you happened to be elected president, would you be what was the would you submit to your husband because she is a devout believer in the word of God?
And the literal translationists believe it women are to subordinate themselves.
Would you submit to your husband?
Even as meaning, would your husband really be running the show?
Now, I think that question is a little unfortunate, but but but imagine if it were asked to Sarah of Sarah Palin.
Would you submit to your pres to your to your husband?
The first dude, the first dude went rogue.
That's exactly what you were.
What was the first dude went rogue?
*laughter*
I don't know.
Snurdly asked me during the break.
How do they put this back together with this much enmity?
With this, and no, Bachman doesn't, she's not submissive at all.
She's not she's not a wall flower.
But but, you know, how do how does when this is all over and there is a nominee?
How do you get them all on stage?
You know, what they're all saying, arms linked to hands together and upright.
How do you do it after this?
Because this is descending into vicious now.
Whereas the anger originally was pretty much focused at Romney, now it's focused at Newt and Perry with the existing anger at Romney's still there.
Andrea Mitchell, NBC News in Washington, interviewed Rick Tyler, the super PAC senior advisor of Newt's.
And during a discussion about the negative attack ads, that Newt's super pack is running against Romney, Andrea Mitchell NBC News in Washington, and Rick Tyler had this 22 second tete.
You've got Rush Limbo, you've got Club for Growth calling it disgusting.
Do you not worry that you're helping to re-elect Barack Obama, which from your perspective would not be a good thing.
Oh, Andrea, uh do you think for a moment that David that Axel Rod doesn't know 20 times what I know about Mid at Bang Capital?
And then remember, we didn't run any ads until yesterday.
They're gonna have a billion dollars.
All right.
Fairness, that was not the question.
The question is, are you why are you doing what Obama is gonna do?
You're doing Obama's work for him.
That's that was that was her question.
She's not upset, don't misunderstand.
She's excited.
They all think they all think that this is gonna pave the way for Obama's re-election.
It's the fastest three hours in media, folks.
Two hours are already in the can.
And no, no, no.
No, no, I told Snerdley that they'll just pay them off.
Money speaks.
That's what Washington's all about.
They'll pay them all off, and they'll end up on stage together with total unity.
It'll happen.
Don't worry about it.
I'll make a promise.
Those of you on hold on the phones will get to you relatively soon in the next hour.
I've only taken what one call today?
Is that one one?
Wow.
Yes, I gotta do a better job of that.
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