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November 28, 2016, Monday, Hour #2

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	And greetings to you once again, music lovers, thrill seekers, conversationalists all across.
	The royal defruited plane, Rush Limboh here, making more sense than anybody else out there.
	800 282-2882, if you want to be on the program.
	If you want to send an email, I check them.
	A new email address is L Rushbo at EIB net.us.
	Now look, let me let me finish up with this on the Romney business because I didn't get a chance to finish up with the caller.
	A previous caller had asked me or had opined, had said that he really thinks Romney would be a great choice because it would send a message to a Republican establishment that Trump is willing to include them.
	And that is the way everything's always been done in Washington, and that's what we're hoping does not happen here.
	The way it's always been done is what was sent packing.
	You know, pick somebody here because it'll make somebody there happy.
	Pick somebody here because it'll make the media report X. Pick somebody here because it'll be little bridges elsewhere.
	Now, the ambassador to Cuckoo Stan, fine.
	Secretary of State, no.
	I mean, that's what ambassadorships and under ambassadorships and undersecretary positions are for, is to take care of the patronage and to show people that you really don't hate them as much as they think you do or whatever.
	Secretary of State, look how important it is.
	Look what we got, four years of Hillary Clinton, an utter disaster.
	We have a Middle East on fire because we put somebody in that job Obama did totally unprepared, ill-equipped, and incompetent.
	Hillary Clinton had had literally zero experience in things necessary for that job.
	But Obama put her there for reasons totally unrelated to that.
	He was going to run foreign policy.
	She was going to be the rubber stamp, but the face of it in case it blew up, so that he would not be insolent.
	She was his limbaugh theorem protection on foreign policy.
	Middle East blows up, it's Hillary's plan.
	If Libya didn't go well, that's because Hillary decided to overthrow Qaddafi.
	If we had not gotten bin Laden, that would have been Hillary's fault.
	It would have been whispered to the media, that would have been this the report, and it would have been Obama at least would have tried it.
	He ran that show.
	But Hillary, he wanted to keep her in-house.
	You know the old saw, you'd better have your rather have your enemies inside the tent peeing out than outside the tent uh peeing in.
	Uh despite what Obama said about Hillary during the campaign to convention, there's no love lost between those two or the families, the Obamas and the Clintons.
	It's all fake.
	I mean, that was all strategy.
	It was it was all buzz and PR positioning.
	She was no more qualified to be the chief diplomat of this.
	She had no foreign policy experience.
	I mean, look at what the first thing she did was a silly reset our relations with Russia with a plastic red reset.
	I mean, it was embarrassing.
	It was literally Henry Kissinger.
	I mean, he was aghast when he saw this.
	And so was anybody else with any sincerity.
	I mean, they and they made you know Obama made every effort to get in bed with the Russians.
	That's what makes their claim now the Russians tampered with our election even funnier, because it was this admin, it was the Obama administration was trying to get in bed with him.
	Don't forget, in 2011, during the campaign, there was an open mic.
	Obama was talking to the foreign minister, some some diplomat from the Soviet Union number two guy to Putin, Dmitry Medvedev.
	And the open mic caught Obama saying, tell Vlad, as in Putin, tell Vlad, that'll have a lot more flexibility after the election.
	They were talking about America reducing its nuclear arsenal, not the Russians, just America.
	Because you see, in Obama's world, the American nuclear arsenal is The threat.
	If America would get rid of our nuclear arsenal, then the rest of the world would realize we don't threaten them, that we're not the bad guys, and that they can all breathe easier.
	It was that's dangerously incompetent and borderline insane.
	But that was our position.
	Hillary had no more business discussing events in the Middle East.
	I don't care whether it was the Israelis and Palestinians or whether it was whatever was going on with the Muslim Brotherhood.
	She was totally, totally out of her league.
	The woman hasn't been in her league since she became stopped being first lady.
	This is a woman who has survived on reputation alone.
	Resume enhanced reputation that was built and promoted by the Democrats and the media.
	The woman hasn't got any practical experience, certainly no success stories.
	Maybe her most successful operation, the Bimbo eruptions unit in the White House, but even that had its uh had its props.
	She's a great example.
	I mean, long story short, she's a great example of putting somebody in the job for all the wrong reasons.
	What recommends him to be Secretary of State, when I I don't know what your reaction was, but of all the things I've thought of for Romney, Secretary of State, that wasn't one.
	But Rush, but Rush, he saved the Olympics.
	Well, yeah, but he was an autocrat there.
	Um look, I remember what Romney said about Trump.
	And it was stuff you can't take back.
	It was personal.
	Called him a con man, a cheat, uh dishonest, a liar.
	I mean, every insult that you can think of, except he wasn't insulting him.
	He was trying to alert everybody to the reprobate Donald Trump is.
	Now, what's going on with Kellyanne Conway?
	Well, there are two schools of thought on this.
	As you know, Kellyanne Conway, starting over the Thanksgiving weekend, started going public with how many people she was hearing from who opposed Romney.
	And it was an overwhelming number, she said.
	And the number kept increasing.
	She kept hearing from people no to Romney.
	No way to Romney.
	People don't want Romney.
	And the question immediately arose, well, now wait just a minute.
	This is unusual.
	Somebody in the inner circle going public with what's going on behind the scenes about a nominee.
	So people began to ask.
	Here's the original theory was that Trump never forgets, that Trump knows what Romney said, and that Trump wants to dangle a carrot in front of Romney and make him think he might have a chance at it.
	And then yank it away at the last moment and smile.
	Oops.
	Sorry, Mitt, did you ever really think I was considering this?
	That was the original theory, and that Kellyanne was part of it.
	That she had been sent out to take the place of Trump, describing how much opposition Romney was getting.
	As Romney's name had been floated and seriously.
	Romney's name, Rudy's name.
	The impression was that Trump was seriously considering both.
	And the New York Post had a story over the weekend that Trump, while down here at his club, Marilago on Thanksgiving Day was going table to table, asking club members.
	Who do you think I should pick?
	Romney or Giuliani?
	That Trump was asking everybody he ran into.
	That was the story in the New York Times.
	Then Kellyanne Conway ups her tweeting and makes it even more abundantly clear that not only does she not want Romney, but nobody she knows wants Romney.
	Then the next thing to hit was that Trump was supposedly furious about this.
	That she's gone rogue, That Trump is not behind this, that he doesn't want this handled this way, and in fact, does have another meeting scheduled with Romney tomorrow.
	He also has a meeting this week with David Petraeus, who's also in line for the same gig, Secretary of State.
	So now the thinking, you can take it one of two ways.
	You can think it's Kellyanne Conway, an insider campaign manager, who is dismayed and distraught and concerned and worried that Trump is actually considering Romney and thinks it would be one of the biggest mistakes he could make and has told him so face to face, but it doesn't appear he's listening.
	So she's doing whatever she can to force Trump not to pick the guy because she thinks it would be one of the biggest mistakes he can make in terms of disappointing his voter base.
	I know some people who voted for Trump.
	This is anecdotal, this doesn't mean anything.
	I'm just passing it on onto some people that are ticked anyway that Obama that Romney's even being considered.
	They don't understand it.
	Why would Trump even play games with this after what Romney said?
	Romney people weren't supportive of Romney in 2008 as president.
	They didn't like him then for a host of reasons.
	Why in the world of all the people would try I know a lot of people very concerned that Trump really wants him and would consider it an act of betrayal.
	So maybe Kellyanne, look, all we can do is speculate here, because I don't know.
	No, I wouldn't ask.
	See, this is I'm not gonna I'm not gonna start calling these people and ask them because they're not gonna tell me what's really going on, so I can just join the crowd to speculate here.
	And it looks to me like Kellyanne has taken it on herself to try to keep Trump from doing this.
	The other the other possibility is that she's not gone rogue, that Trump's behind all of this, and that this is how he is choosing to pay Romney back for what he did by having this never-ending stream of we hate Romney, we hate Romney, we hate Romney for day after day after day.
	So of those two, folks, what do you think it is?
	Kellyanne's gone rogue, that she's worried that Trump's actually going to choose the guy and thinks it'd be a big mistake, and is risking her professional reputation by taking an inside baseball matter public, or is she doing Trump's bidding?
	Is it all part of a brilliantly conceived, flawlessly executed stratagem, designed to squash Romney into the dirt by dangling the carrot, making it look like it's possible, and then the reaction to it being universal disgust and disagreement as a means of paying Romney back without Trump ever having to say it.
	What do you think it is, Mr. You you go for option two, that uh that this is Trump directing Kellyanne to do this.
	Well, I know look, Snerdley just said to me, Kellyanne's too smart to go rogue like this.
	This is it and David Axarod's out there.
	This is extraordinary.
	You just don't see this.
	But this is not your traditional president or presidency or transition.
	It's not, there's nothing traditional about it.
	So to say, well, it's extraordinary, maybe over there for establishment types.
	But we don't know what's extraordinary yet and what is normal.
	What we do know is that basically throw out everything you think you know about insider politics with the Trump transition and and Trump in the presidency and his presidential elect position here because he's exactly opposite of that, and that's why he got elected.
	And so maybe it isn't extraordinary.
	Maybe this is one of these.
	I mean, look at Trump tweeting is extraordinary.
	Whatever he tweets, just the fact that he continues to tweet is extraordinary.
	People can't get their arms around that.
	I mean, establishment types can't get their arms around that.
	Let me grab a quick phone call here.
	We have a uh a woman, a new listener.
	I'm fascinated talking to new listeners.
	And she says she's been listening since uh July.
	Her name is Martha.
	She's in Springfield, Massachusetts.
	Hey Martha, great to have you on the program.
	Hi.
	Hi, Ross.
	So how can I be of service?
	By the way, thank you for for joining the program.
	I'm I'm very happy to have you in the audience.
	I'm glad you tuned in in July and hung around.
	Yeah, I'm so grateful for the uh the education that I've gotten from listening to you.
	And I was able to vote for Trump and uh educate my son a little bit to vote for Trump.
	Um I also wanted to make a comment about um the Democrats investigating uh voter fraud.
	Mm-hmm.
	Do you think that it's a possibility?
	One of the reasons they're doing that is to kind of clean up their own voter fraud as they go, kind of or try to erase it.
	Ah, this is interesting.
	I I I'm fascinated with the way people think.
	And you are classic as a new you've learned a lot.
	What she's saying, folks.
	She's asking me, is it possible the real reason the Democrats are doing this is because they committed the fraud and they want to find it and scrub it before anybody else does.
	Is that your question?
	Yes.
	I think it's I've I really love the thought process.
	That you you have a an ability to critically think and your mind is expansive.
	That's fascinating.
	I don't think that's what's going on here.
	But uh because I don't think they'd be worried if they were caught cheating.
	They they do it every year and they've got the media on their side.
	Believe me, the media on their side gives them insurance policies like you can't fathom.
	You really can't.
	So I don't think they're worried about that.
	I think what they're really trying to do.
	I I I there's I can't find a soul who really thinks that this is about unseating Trump.
	I think it is.
	I think their giant goal, I think their dream package here is to be able to subvert the electoral college count.
	I think they would love.
	I think there are some of them in this effort that would love for things to eventuate that Hillary Clinton ends up being president.
	Now, see, there's no no I I didn't tell you, I'm not telling you I think they succeed.
	I'm telling you're asking my motivation.
	I think they are you if you disagree with this, then you still have a lot to learn on how deranged they are.
	There are some of them who really think they can make Hillary president in this process.
	And they're trying.
	Now they if they don't get there, they still have dream B and dream C scenario B, scenario C. All of it is aimed at de-legitimizing the election of Donald Trump and the presidency of Donald Trump.
	Now, if they can't get him unseated and get Hillary selected as president, which is, well, if they can't accomplish that, they'll take dream scenario B or dream scenario C. But Martha, they're even saying they haven't found any evidence of tampering or fraud at all.
	And that's not why they're doing this, by the way.
	They're making it very clear.
	They're not doing this because of that.
	They're doing it because the computer scientists suspects the Russians hacked.
	There isn't any evidence.
	But the seriousness of the charge is such they have to investigate it.
	Back after this.
	Here's uh Jeff Zelony on CNN just moments ago talking about what's going on in Wisconsin with the recount.
	Jeff Zelney, formerly New York Times, now was seen in question.
	Jeff, tell us what's going on with the recount.
	How is this playing out?
	Election officials in Wisconsin had a meeting uh that uh wrapped up just a short time ago in Madison, Wisconsin, and they have decided that this recount will go forward and start on Thursday if Green Party candidate Jill Stein pays for this recount.
	It was at her request, of course, here, but the election board has said that uh the 72 counties across Wisconsin will not be required to hand count these ballots.
	They can simply retabulate them.
	They can, if they choose individually, but they will not be required to.
	So that could open up the election commission to a potential uh lawsuit from the Stein campaign.
	We're keeping an eye on that.
	And the Stein campaign still has their eye on potentially Pennsylvania and Michigan as well.
	All right, let me let me translate this for you.
	In Wisconsin, they have concluded a meeting, and they've decided that the Jill Stein requested recount will go forward if she ponies up, if she pays for it.
	The election board has said the 72 counties in Wisconsin will not be required to hand count the ballots.
	They can simply retabulate them.
	That's the difference in counting and retabulating is you take county totals, precinct totals, and re-add them.
	But you do not recount.
	You don't go open ballots and start counting them and measuring up against the previous count.
	You just take the existing totals and add them again.
	And that would be the retabulation.
	They can do that.
	If they want to hand count them, they can.
	Now, if not every county behaves the same, he was saying that could open up a potential lawsuit.
	Anything to delay the electoral college count.
	Welcome back.
	Great to have you, El Rushbow, talent on loan from God.
	and Okay, so now the Democrats, Jill Stein actively pursuing voter fraud.
	Now remember prior to the election.
	When Republicans would talk about it, the Democrats would laugh at them and make fun of them and accuse them of this and that or the other thing and tell them they were it was unseemly and very unamerican.
	Now, who is pursuing voter fraud?
	Let me tell you what I think is really going on here, and it could be any number of things or a combination of things.
	I think at the very least, the Democrats are going to put voter fraud on their list of particulars for impeaching Trump.
	I don't have any doubt that there's going to be a Democrat effort to impeach Trump.
	And what they're already beginning now to establish the evidentiary chain.
	And one of the elements of this is going to be that he's illegitimate.
	That he really didn't win.
	And they've got this popular vote margin they keep focusing on of 2.1 or 2.2 million votes now.
	And they're going to say that that is that's just too big to ignore.
	That means the Electoral College may have outlived its usual that they're going to refocus on that.
	And the media, of course, is going to amplify it.
	And the overall theme is Trump's election was not legitimate.
	They're not going to say it was unfair.
	They're going to say it was not legitimate.
	Therefore, Trump is illegitimate.
	Therefore, his presidency is illegitimate.
	Therefore, his agenda is illegitimate because the people really didn't select this.
	CNN's already got their poll out there.
	Eight out of ten Americans, it says, want Trump to incorporate the Democrat agenda into his.
	and This is all, folks, uh coordinated.
	This is all coming.
	It's either from the Hillary campaign or from the Obama White House, or some uh combination of Democrat strategists and community organizers, malcontents, and what have you.
	It won't be long, I predict, that voter fraud will be accepted as a fact by the media, that there was voter fraud.
	Right now, everybody's saying They don't have any evidence.
	Jill Stein says no evidence, but they've got these two computer wackos who claim that the disparities between voting machines and paper ballots, why it's just it's too great to ignore.
	And the voting machines would be the inroad for the Russians to affect the election and hack various polling places.
	I can see this developing even now before it has.
	Look at, and I grow weary of saying it, but I know these people.
	I know how they operate, I know who they are, I know how they strategize, and I know the way they think.
	And nothing with them is happenstance.
	Everything's polled, everything's focused grouped, it's tested.
	And if at the least, if everything in it goes wrong, they're still going to end up raising tons of money from unhappy, deranged lunatic leftists who have been made that way by the Democrat Party and the media.
	And they're going to promise them that with every donation, they get closer to unseating Trump or to nullifying Trump or negating Trump or what have you.
	And they're going to focus on that two million plus advantage in the popular vote.
	Trump's out there saying that by the time you tabulate the illegals, that it won't be anywhere near that, that he probably will win the popular vote.
	And you know what?
	Look at the reaction to that.
	This is irresponsible.
	This is unreal.
	Donald Trump has no evidence.
	He's just flying off the handle.
	Once again, it's an example of how stupid Donald Trump is and how dangerous Donald Trump.
	Donald Trump's alleging voter fraud.
	There is no evidence, and yet, who is pursuing it?
	The very people calling Trump deranged and a lunatic and dangerous and silly and stupid for alleging voter fraud are actually the ones pursuing it.
	Our old buddies, the American left and the Democrat Party.
	Now, Michigan, there are three states here, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania.
	Michigan is supposedly going to hand count the ballots.
	I say supposedly because, you know, all of this is still up in the air.
	Wisconsin is one of the few states where you do not have to have any evidence of fraud for a recount.
	All you have to do in Wisconsin is pay for it.
	You can recount a landslide loss.
	You can recount a landslide win.
	If you pay for it, you don't need any evidence.
	But you do need evidence in Pennsylvania.
	Pennsylvania requires evidence, and that that evidence be presented, which Jill Stein does not have.
	I don't know if she has any evidence in Michigan.
	But she's out saying they don't have any evidence anywhere of fraud.
	That's why they've got to look for it.
	It's the same old Democrat trick.
	No, there isn't any evidence.
	That's why we got to look at it.
	The charge is so serious, we've got to find out.
	So Stein would have to file for a court appeal and prove in court that fraud was probable, which is going to be difficult given that computer specialists recommending the recount say there is no proof of hacking or fraud.
	And this report, these two computer wackos, these two guys, I forget their names, but they reported it was in the media, I forget, might have been Washington Post, it was over the weekend, maybe, maybe even last Wednesday before we all left.
	Um they reported the possibility, and they focused on the disparity between the voting machine tabulations and the paper ballot tabulations.
	Wait a minute, something's not adding up here.
	We don't have any evidence, but it looks like the Russians could have gone in there and hacked the machines.
	Honest to God, that's what they're saying.
	And it's on that basis that Jill Stein started raising money.
	Michigan only has paper ballots.
	So why do a recount there?
	Well, you know, once recounts start, and depending on remember how Florida goes.
	You can find votes that weren't there.
	Al Franken got elected that way.
	They found whatever hundreds, thousands of votes Franken needed to put him over the top over Norm Coleman.
	Now they're out there saying Trump's got no evidence whatsoever that any illegals voted.
	They're laughing at him, they're mocking him, they're making fun of him.
	And yet Jill Stein's got no evidence either, and they're applauding her, and they're helping her raise money for it.
	Thank you.
	The conventional wisdom is that none of this is going to lead anywhere, that Trump won, it's over.
	There's nothing the Democrats can do.
	And I'm telling you, that's the wrong way to look at this.
	The wrong way to look at this is it's just a bunch of kooks uh getting their last gasp, frustrations over with and done with.
	There is always much more to it than this.
	There is a potential impeachment.
	Don't doubt that they're thinking already about it, folks.
	It really would help to understand the mindset of the people who've lost the election, not just the elected officials, but the voters.
	They have uh an air of superiority about them.
	They are convinced that they are the far and away majority.
	They really do believe that this election was stolen.
	They really do believe that they represent a majority of the way people think in this country.
	This election is a total outlier and aberration.
	They haven't lost anything.
	They are not losing anything, they are continuing to gain ground.
	Trump is an idiot, you're an ignoramus for voting for Trump.
	You're a bellicose ignoramus and a fool, or you're just an idiot.
	But they are marching on, and you are going to be erased from human history in due course.
	Those of you who voted for Trump and Trump himself.
	And so all it takes for deranged, deluded people like that to continue is for somebody like Jill Stein to come along and start raising big money to try to make sure Trump doesn't get sworn in.
	And these lunatics that they have fear-mongered and scare-mongered into being who they are will send them money left and right, which is happening.
	So...
	If they could delay the electoral college vote, which is scheduled for December 19th, what if these three recounts are designed?
	I mean, let me ask you this.
	So Wisconsin's going to start, it is it is November 28th.
	Do you think Wisconsin can be finished with their recount if they decide to hand count by December 19th?
	If they're not finished, if Wisconsin is not finished by December 19th, and the winner of the state is not certified, the elector for Wisconsin cannot vote.
	The electors.
	What if they succeed in the same thing in Michigan?
	What if they succeed in denying Trump whatever number of electoral votes because the electors in those states can't vote because the elections they're not yet certified?
	What if Trump doesn't get to 270 on December 19th, simply because a number of states haven't reported because they're instilled recount?
	Well, then the election goes to the House.
	In which case, Donald Trump's going to be elected, and Mike Pence is going to be elected in the Senate as vice president, and you're going to end up with the same result.
	But it's all going.
	The Democrats could then say he didn't win anything.
	He didn't even get 270.
	This is outrageous.
	The Republicans nominated and elected their own president and violated the Democrat.
	I can hear it now.
	I can just hear it all now.
	How none of this is legitimate.
	The country has been stolen by Trump and these Republicans, and there was nothing fair and there was nothing legitimate.
	And if you think Florida 2,000 was bad, and do not doubt me, they would be happy to live this way.
	They would consider the Democrats.
	This would be one of the greatest success stories that they could ever tell themselves.
	And make no mistake.
	They are entirely capable of this.
	And don't make another mistake.
	Hillary Clinton would be right in there supporting this.
	Every Democrat under the sun from Barack Obama on down.
	And if Fidel Castro were still alive, he would sign on to it.
	And they would gladly have him.
	We got to get to the Castro stack here in due course, too.
	So sit tight, folks.
	Stuff to chew on there back in just a second.
	Yeah, it it let me point it all out.
	It's true.
	This this Jill Steinbabe.
	This is called be a fundraising scam, too, but I think there's more to it than just a fundraising scam.
	I I think there is.
	Everything I just said before before the break, I believe.
	I believe the primary effort here is the effort to delegitimize Trump's victory and his upcoming presidency.
	She's also running an email scam, a fundraising scam here.
	She's even confirming, by the way, that she cannot guarantee all the money's going to be spent on a recount.
	And even if a recount is forced, the extra cash would stay with her.
	It's not going to cost nearly the amount of money she's raised.
	And she's announced that, and that she's going to keep the money.
	So there's obviously a whole lot happening here.
	And all of it could have aspects of truth to it.
	Here is uh Joe in Tampa.
	Glad you waited, sir.
	Welcome to the EIB network.
	Hello.
	Oh, Megan Ditto's.
	Yeah, Mr. Limbaugh.
	I I was wondering if maybe you thought that Kellyanne Conway, uh, as you had earlier mentioned, was doing this coming out against Mitt Romney as something that possibly Trump uh wanted her to do.
	Because I don't think her being as close to the campaign as she has, Ben running everything, would come out and stab them in the back like that.
	Well, uh, understand your thinking.
	Let me, and I don't know what's going on.
	I'm like you, I can uh propose scenario A, scenario B, and then take a wild guess at it.
	From everything I've been able to learn, Kellyanne Conway is not going to be part of the administration.
	She has turned down press secretary, other positions, so she's may even now not may not be an official member of the Trump team anymore.
	Not sure about that, but I've heard from people in the know that she has refused various offers to stay in the administration.
	So, does it change your thinking at all if you were to learn she's not on team Trump per se, as we speak?
	No, I still think that she would be behind him uh 100%.
	I don't think she would have turned around and remember she was, she started this campaign running the pack for Ted Cruz.
	She started the campaign as a cruiser, and then migrated over to the Trump campaign at some point.
	You realize, maybe you don't, you you you should understand that there are a lot of people, maybe not inside the Trump team right now, but there are a lot of people who still are keeping Trump at arm's length that are not sure what he's going to do as president.
	They're not sure how much of what he said he meant.
	They're not confident.
	They're waiting to see if his actions match his words.
	What if Kellyanne is one of those people who is yet to be convinced that Trump is what he said he is, and maybe she's really, really alarmed that there's no way Donald Trump under any son should even be considering Mitt Romney, given everything that happened in the campaign and everything Trump said about foreign policy, and yet here he is considering Ronnie.
	And maybe Kelly Ann is literally appalled and is very, very worried that this represents Trump not being who everybody thinks he is, and is doing what she can to keep him honest.
	Ponder that.
	Hey, I'm just throwing things out, folks.
	It is the fastest three hours in the media.
	I mean, already two of them are gone.
	So I've got to move fast here, folks.
	I got to move into the Fidel Castro stack.
	Again, a teachable moment for so many people as we have uh continued uh increased tune-in factor here almost uh at record levels.

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