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Aug. 22, 2016 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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August 22, 2016, Monday, Hour #3
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Say a quick question.
Why is the Clinton Foundation not helping out Louisiana?
I mean, I just saw here that the Crown Prince of Bahrain, which is one of these little Middle Eastern oil states, $32 million.
A Crown Prince of Bahrain, $32 million to the Clinton Family Foundation.
Why?
What in the name of Sam Hill?
Is a potentate from Bahrain going to get for $32 million?
Well, it's going to be something, and it isn't going to be charitable works in Haiti, and it's not going to be charitable works at flood-ravage Louisiana, is it?
$32 million.
And then Mrs. Clinton, do you see what she said?
She said, well, after I'm elected, we're going to start eliminating a lot of these donors and these donations because it wouldn't look right.
Well, she didn't say it wouldn't look right.
That was sort of implied.
But not until she's elected.
Readings, welcome back, Rush Limbaugh.
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The New York Post yesterday had a big story.
Campaign manager, Hillary campaign manager Robbie Mook has written a panicky email to Hillary Clinton supporters warning that fundraising numbers are dipping, adding, this is how elections are lost.
He says, our poll numbers are holding steady, which is good.
We are growing our field organization.
We're building out neighborhood teams in communities all over the country, which is even better.
But that's happening at a time when our fundraising levels are frankly dipping.
We have to remind ourselves that it's only August and that Donald Trump has more than enough time to find his way to a win by November.
Let me tell you something.
The Democrats are already planning her agenda as president.
They're already having meetings about that.
They think this election is over.
They think the campaign is essentially over.
They're not even worried about debates.
You know why?
I'll tell you why.
Because they don't think Trump can keep up on policy.
The one thing Hillary Clinton is, is a wonk.
Hillary Clinton can talk policy meaninglessly, but in a way to make the low information crowd think that she is a genius on it, just on the basis of knowledge.
She can start throwing out terminology, numbers, success stories, linking it to all of her efforts for children and so forth.
She can name every freaking law and act that has been implemented since she was first lady.
And she just, she can speak the public policy language and Trump can't.
So they're not even worried about that.
They're not even worried she might have to take a 10-minute break to go to the bathroom, deal with some medical issue, whatever it is.
Well, she did one during Bernie's debate.
She vanished for 10 minutes, had to go to a long commercial break when she was gone.
We still don't know why she vanished.
So there's something clearly going on there.
But whatever it is, they're not worried about it.
They're not even worried about the debates.
I know a lot of Trump people, hey, man, you know, he may be down in the polls now in those debates.
He's just going to kick her upside one wall and down the other.
And they don't think so on the Hillary side.
They don't think Trump can keep up with her for 10 minutes.
And remember who's going to be moderating these debates.
And remember the kind of questions Trump's going to be, you know, Hillary's going to be asked to, just to give an example, the nuclear triad.
And she's going to be able to name generals and admirals who have had input in the nuclear triad.
And she's going to be able to quote what that general or this admiral told her about what needs to be upgraded.
Trump doesn't know what it is.
Or didn't.
Now, in the primaries, it didn't matter because that was not Trump's appeal.
But I'm just telling you, this is why the Democrats are not even afraid of the debates.
They think it's over, folks.
And I'm telling you, it's so over.
Hillary's not even doing rallies.
It really is true.
The drive-by media is her campaign.
The drive-by media is taking Donald Trump out every day.
The drive-by media is focusing solely on Trump and blowing him up every day.
Whatever he says, whatever he does, they're doing their best to blow it, the Smithereens, poke holes at it, fact-check it, destroy it, whatever.
I might have been one of the first to say years ago that journalism, as everybody thinks of it, has ceased to exist, that it's not news anymore.
There isn't any news every day.
It's the daily soap opera, and there's a script that's written called The Narrative Every Day.
And the narrative every day here is destroy Trump.
Hillary doesn't have to.
She's running ads.
She has been running ads.
Trump has an ad that he has started running a national ad.
I think it's national ad, maybe Battleground State Ad, not sure which.
And he's raising money, and they are concerned in the Clinton camp how much money Trump has raised.
That's the one thing they're worried about.
If they have a concern, it is television ads.
They work.
Trump hasn't been running any.
If Trump starts a TV ad campaign, gets enough money, and has a focused message to go along with the ads.
There are some people on the Democrat side that don't think it's over, or at least have the common sense to not act like it here in late August.
But for everybody I've spoken to that has intimate knowledge of the Democrat Party, they think this is over and done.
They think they are headed for maybe a 49-state landslide.
They think Trump might not even reach 100 electoral votes.
And the reason they think this is because they are totally devoted to the drive-by media, because the drive-by media is simply the Democrat Party.
So let's go to the audio sound bites.
We'll start here with Trump.
This was Thursday night in Charlotte, North Carolina.
This is the speech where many people say the best speech of the year.
Trump admitted some mistakes, apologized for whoever he might have upset or offended or what have you.
And the analysts dug deep into this, trying to, well, what happened here?
Because this isn't what Trump thinks.
Trump probably didn't think this.
Is this Kellyanne Conway?
She's coming in there making Trump do this.
And she's out there saying, no, no, no, no, no, this is all Trump.
Here is how it sounded.
Sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing.
I have done that.
And believe it or not, I regret it.
And I do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain.
Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues.
But one thing I can promise you this: I will always tell you the truth.
Okay, so you remember the firestorm that created last Thursday night.
The media is still calling attention to this and what they're saying, and the Democrats do, they say, well, he didn't specify anything.
So does he really mean it?
Did he really mean it?
He didn't specify anybody he might have offended.
He didn't apologize to anybody specifically.
He didn't mention a damn thing.
He's just speaking in generalities here.
So he didn't really mean it.
This is just his campaign chairman.
This is Kellyanne Conway.
She made him say it.
And this has people now running around.
I heard it Friday.
I had people coming up to me, practically in tears.
Rush, I can't believe it.
They've chickified Trump.
Oh, my God.
Rush, what's happening?
What's he doing apologizing for this stuff?
Who's writing this stuff?
Have you heard that from anybody?
Well, the next bite, same speech, Charlotte, North Carolina.
The American people are still waiting for Hillary Clinton to apologize for all of the many lies she's told to them and the many times she has betrayed the American people at great danger to them.
Tell me, has Hillary ever apologized for lying about her illegal email server and deleting 33,000 emails?
Why would she?
Has Hillary Clinton apologized for turning the State Department into a pay-for-play operation where favors are sold to the highest bidder, which is exactly what's happening.
Why would she?
Has she apologized for lying to the families who lost loved ones at Benghazi?
Has she apologized for putting Iran on a path to nuclear weapons?
Has she apologized for Iraq?
For Libya, for Syria?
Has she apologized for unleashing ISIS across the world?
Okay, so it looks like the Trump apology was to set up the reaming of Hillary for not apologizing.
And Trump was not finished.
Speaking of lies, we now know from the State Department just announced that President Obama lied about the $400 million in cash that was flown to Iran.
It was flown to Iran.
$400 million in cash.
He denied it was for the hostages, but it was.
Just came out.
He said, we don't pay ransom, but we did.
He lied about the hostages openly and blatantly.
Trump's right about that.
The State Department did come out.
They had to.
They were forced to.
They had to admit the $400 million was paid for the release.
And a Republican senator from Illinois, namely Mark Kirk, actually said this Obama guy's acting like a drug dealer.
And the media started choking.
So what do you mean a drug dealer?
How the hell can you?
Well, who is it that delivers cold cash under cover of darkness in the belly of an airplane?
$400 million in cash.
That's how drug cartels work.
So even Trino, Trump's doing a teleprompter speech here, getting all revved up.
So it looks like his apology was in part to be able to go after Hillary for not apologizing with some credibility.
By the way, here's Obama.
Let's just refresh our memory back on August the 4th.
We do not pay ransom for hostages.
The notion that we would somehow start now in this high-profile way and announce it to the world, even as we're looking into the faces of other hostage families whose loved ones are being held hostage and say to them that we don't pay ransom defies logic.
So that's point number two.
We do not pay ransom.
But we did, and the State Department effectively acknowledged it, that the $400 million was tied to the release of our hostages in Iran.
But again, I guess it's greeted with a ho-hum by people.
Well, okay, well, we understand Obama's not going to admit that it was ransom.
I would not admit it.
I don't know.
It continues to get the benefit of the doubt, just like Clinton does.
You know, some woman comes out and says, Bill Clinton attacked me back in August.
And somehow, no, Clinton's, those days are long gone.
He gets the benefit of the doubt.
I don't understand it.
A drip, drip, drip.
I don't care.
Here's the thing.
Mr. Snerdley just asked me if there was a drip, drip, drip starting with Obama.
We'll have to check the approval numbers.
His approval numbers are holding steady between, depending on the poll, 53 and 56.
But I don't, look, Obama's numbers are only important insofar as they relate to Hillary.
And there is, you know, the Democrats forget which spokesman it was a couple weeks ago.
They were out there crowing.
Believe me, folks, they think this is over.
They think it's in the bag.
They think Trump's just pathetic.
I mean, even people that, I mean, they're hearing all these Republicans say they're going to vote for Hillary.
They're here.
They are totally, totally in the bag, thinking this is over.
But one Democrat spokesman said, yeah, look at Obama's approval numbers.
That's all you got to see.
If he's at 56, there's no way Hillary loses.
So back in June, what the Democrats were telling us was, well, you know, presidential races really decided in June because she had like an 11-point lead in June.
So it's over.
You can see.
And then Trump came back from that.
So the June theory went out the window, and it was replaced by the old, well, whoever gets the biggest bump out of the convention, that's going to, that's really, you can tell, it's the winner.
And then that kind of, you know, Hillary, she gets these bumps and she has these leads, but Trump then starts inching back.
So then it was last week the guy said, well, no.
The way you really know who's going to win this is looking at the, if the incumbent president, in this case, Democrat, if his approval numbers are up, then Hillary's a luck.
So using that as a guide, if there is a drip, drip, drip effect on Obama's numbers, and if they do start coming down, then that would be the only reason to care about.
Obama's not the future.
Hillary is, is my point.
So I don't care what his numbers are, except to the degree that if his numbers do start coming down, it would automatically mean that hers would follow.
And the Democrats have been the ones to establish that premise.
Here's one more before the break.
Kelly Ann Conway, Friday on Good Morning America.
Who was he talking about when he said he was apologizing for offending people?
And did you write the words or did he?
What is going on?
He was talking about anyone who feels offended by anything he said, and that's all him.
You know, he took extra time yesterday going over that speech with a pen.
So that was a decision he made.
Those are his words.
And I hope that everybody who's criticized him at some point, David, for being insensitive or for mocking someone, at least show some recognition and some forgiveness.
Okay.
Okay.
I got to take a break.
I'm looking at the clock.
Probably wise that I take a break here, too.
Well, the next call I wanted to take, the guy's gone.
Columbus, Ohio.
And it was time to take the question.
His point was Trump has such a huge following.
There are thousands and thousands of people at his appearances.
And not only are there thousands and thousands and thousands of people, the anti-Trump people show up and try to agitate.
I mean, Trump is huge wherever he goes.
How can the polls be right with all these people out there?
And people continue to ask the question.
They continue to hope that electric crowds and large crowds at every rally, every rally, if Trump goes to a 20,000-seat venue, it fills.
10,000, it fills.
And there are people on the outside trying to get in.
And yet none of that seems reflected in the polls, although it is.
Trump's numbers, his support numbers are made up of those people.
The only way to explain this, well, not the only way.
The best way to explain it is that you look at 2012, the same thing was happening with Romney, particularly in the final week.
Romney was, I mean, the crowds, the crowds were going bonkers.
They were humongous, indoor, outdoor, and everybody said, man, there's something happening here.
There is something going on.
The polls are not catching this.
And it didn't mean anything.
Romney lost by a solid six, close to it, exactly what most of the polls said would happen.
You know, even if you have a rally of 20,000 people, what percentage of the voting population is 20,000 people?
It's really tiny.
You want to hear another statistic?
I don't know if this is still true, but back in 1982, the NFL sent around a poster to all of the franchises to post throughout the marketing department just to keep everything in perspective.
And the poster said, if you know that more people bowl in a week than attend NFL games in a season, then you know America.
And it was the way the NFL tried to get everything.
Don't get so fill of yourselves here.
I mean, we've got a lot of room for growth.
Well, now the NFL is attracting 50,000, 75,000 people, seemingly, to every game every week.
And yet bowling is bigger because you never see it.
It doesn't generate crowds in those numbers at venues.
But the percentages of people that show up to an event are minuscule compared to the overall population.
And that's why it's difficult to, that's why it's called anecdotal.
There's nothing scientific in projecting.
You don't know how many of those 20,000 at a Trump rally are actually going to vote.
You don't know how many are going to vote for him.
You don't know any of that.
All you know is the size.
George in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
Great to have you on the EIB network, sir.
Hello.
Good afternoon, Rosh.
I wanted a call to talk about the genius that is the Clinton Foundation.
Okay.
Specifically, they're selling high at this point in time.
They know they're way up in the polls, so they're putting it out there that come November, they're going to be closed for business.
So they're telling all these foreign entities they need to get their money in now.
You really think they're going to close for business?
Well, they'll at least be under a higher level of scrutiny right after.
Well, look at the money right now.
Look, even though Hillary may be in the White House, Chelsea's going to still need to be something to do.
I mean, they can still have their foundation.
Look, you've got a great point.
Here's his point, folks.
The Clinton Foundation is letting it be known that the time to get in is closing.
That they're going to be shutting down the investment house.
They're going to be shutting down the opportunity for you to have a difference made on your behalf.
You got to get in now because when Hillary wins, they got to make it look like they're really putting it all to bed.
So you got to get in now.
And that means demand is going to be high.
And that means the price is going to skyrocket.
To get the Clintons' attention, you may have to pay more.
And the longer you wait, the more expensive it's going to be.
And so they're creating a situation.
They're selling their access, very high prices.
And they're going to have to stop.
Or they're going to have to appear to stop.
They're never going to stop.
Look, you know, I'm not one to besmirch people that work for a living.
You know me, and you know that.
But what are these people capable of?
What can they really do?
If you look at Obama, Obama's never, he's had one job in the private sector, and it was at a law firm, and he felt like he was working as a plant in the enemy.
Nobody in Obama's cabinet, did you hear that?
Nobody in Obama's cabinet has ever had a private sector job.
Nobody has ever had to make a payroll in Obama's cabinet.
They don't know.
They don't know about the free market, free market economics, but they think everybody in it is an idiot and that they are the brilliant theoreticians.
What are they capable of?
Can you imagine people getting rich?
I mean, $350 million rich giving speeches.
It doesn't happen.
There is something behind these speeches.
There's an implied promise with these speeches.
But what are they capable of doing?
Well, you know, hey, Limbo, you sit here.
I could be a damn good lawyer.
You wouldn't want to face me in court.
You're not going to take the time.
These people don't want to work that hard.
Bill Clinton said that he's going to step down from the Clinton Foundation board of directors if Hillary wins.
That's right, because he's got to become the first gentleman.
They'll just start some new process up all over again.
That's all these people know how to do is live off of other people's money.
Either funding, backers, donations, or what have you.
But they are selling high right now.
And our caller thinks it's a brilliant scheme they've set up.
And hey, I mean, if you just, if you strip everything away, if you just look at this for what it is, it is pretty crafty to leave the White House with you making $400,000 and your wife making zip.
And some 20 years, 10 years, 15 years later, whatever, you have $350 million.
And you have convinced people all over the world, like the Crown Prince of Bahrain, to send you $32 million.
Who among us could do that?
Can you imagine calling the Crown Prince of Bahrain, saying, hi, I'm starting a foundation here.
And I'm looking at least the same amount of money you gave the Clintons.
Yeah, I need $32 million.
You think you'd get it?
No, no, not me.
That's the point.
None of us could because none of us could pay off.
None of us have $32 million worth of whatever the Crown Prince of Bahrain wants.
Why is anybody giving these people?
I mean, Clinton can't be president again.
He's a has-been in that sense.
We know that they're not giving these people this money because they're great speech makers.
They're not that entertaining.
Hillary is a dullard when it gets down to this.
Hillary, you don't have to talk about Trump's rallies.
Hillary, I think another reason she shut her appearance is not as a nobody's showing up.
I mean, literally 150 people here, 250 yet another appearance.
She can't even sell out a high school gym.
And I know it's hard to understand how can she possibly be leading in the polls.
Well, you're making the wrong comparison.
You're comparing crowds and attendance and excitement at these things to politics.
And she's got the magic letter next to her name, and that's the D. The number of people are going to vote for her for that reason only.
And I'll guarantee you, I will guarantee 99% of the people who are going to vote for Hillary Clinton wouldn't go out of their way to attend a Hillary Clinton rally.
But they're going to vote for her.
We know this simply because she's got the D next to her name, party loyalty.
And Trump's going to get some of those.
He's going to get some votes just because there's an R next to his name.
It works both ways, but the Democrats have a much bigger advantage in that regard for a host of reasons.
But that's for another day.
Quick timeout.
Back with more in a moment.
Here is Terry Saginaw, Michigan.
Great to have you on the program, sir.
Hello.
Hi, Rush.
Hey.
Great to be on your program.
Longtime listener, first time caller.
Thank you, sir.
It's great to have you here.
Well, I listened to some smear campaign from the Clinton machine this weekend concerning Donald Trump making his shirts and ties and things out of country.
Well, yeah, I saw that ad.
It says that Trump appearing on the Letterman Show and they're making fun of his shirts and ties supposedly made by the Chikons.
Yeah.
Well, they need to get creative with something like, hey, Clinton signed NAFTA, and then taxes went out of sight.
Regulations are so bad that we can't even manufacture in our country anymore because of the amount of money it costs just to have a name.
Well, you mean you want that?
That's what you want Trump to say?
I'd love Trump to say something like, hey, it's your guy that caused the problem of us making goods and services in our country.
Okay, so here's the deal.
Here's what he wants.
The ad that I saw is Trump appearing on Letterman.
And Letterman's got some Trump shirts and Trump ties.
And I don't know where they're made.
I think they're made in China.
Whenever he asks Cavalier about it, here's Hillary trying to point out he's a hypocrite because he's trying to make all these other companies bring their jobs home and all their manufacturing here in America.
But look at Trump.
Trump's making his stuff in China.
Trump's importing his stuff from all over the caller.
Wants Trump to say, well, yeah, the only way I can do it is stay in business because of NAFTA, because Bill Clinton signed NAFTA.
And we have to move our jobs overseas in order to be able to make a profit.
That's what he wants.
Trump to come back and say, which means you appear to be worried about this, that this Hillary ad might be effective because it's pointing out hypocrisy and all that.
So, well, Trump will have an answer for it at some point.
Your call came at the wrong time.
I'm out of time.
There's much more to say about this, but I'll try to recall tomorrow and get into it then.
Folks, hang in there.
Not time to panic.
I told you that last Wednesday.
Everything's cool.
Have to take a brief 21-hour break here.
Great to be back.
And we'll look forward to being right back here same time tomorrow.
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