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RUSH: I guess we have to JIP a little bit of this. Our microphones are there in Berlin at the phallic Victory Tower where Obama, The Messiah, is speaking. So bring it on up.
OBAMA: Let me thank Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier for welcoming me here today. Thank you, Mayor Wowereit, the Berlin Senate, the police, and most of all thanks to all of you for this extraordinary welcome. Thank you.
RUSH: He didn't thank his wife.
 OBAMA: I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before, although tonight I speak to you not as a candidate for President.
RUSH: What?
OBAMA: But as a citizen.
RUSH: What?
OBAMA: A proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world.
RUSH: Oh, oh, no! He's just a regular guy, not even a candidate today. What?
OBAMA: I know that I don't look like the Americans who have previously spoken in this great city.
RUSH: Oh, give me a break.
OBAMA: The journey that led me here is improbable. My mother was born in the heartland of America but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya. His father --
RUSH: They like goat herders over there.
(crowd cheering)
RUSH: They cheer for goats in Germany. That's progress. Cheering for goats.
OBAMA: His father, my grandfather.
RUSH: Yeah.
OBAMA: Was a cook, a domestic servant to the British.
RUSH: A slave.
OBAMA: At the height of the Cold War --
RUSH: Slave blood. Slave blood.
OBAMA: -- my father decided, like so many others in the forgotten corners of the world, that his yearning, his dream --
RUSH: Yeah.
OBAMA: --required the freedom and opportunity promised by the West.
RUSH: Oh, no.
OBAMA: So he wrote letter after letter to universities all across America until somebody somewhere answered his prayer for a better life.
RUSH: Please say it was the Kennedys.
OBAMA: That's why I'm here.
RUSH: Please say it was the Kennedys.
OBAMA: And you are here, because you, too, know that yearning. This city of all cities --
RUSH: No, they're not.
OBAMA: -- knows the dream of freedom.
RUSH: They are curious to see The Messiah. That's why they're there. They are getting drunk on beer and eating bratwurst. What are you talking about? |
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OBAMA: And you know that the only reason we stand here tonight is because men and women from both of our nations came together to work and struggle and sacrifice for that better life. Ours is a partnership that truly began 60 years ago this summer --
RUSH: Sixty years ago.
OBAMA: -- on the day when the first American plane touched down at Tempelhof.
RUSH: Not a lot of cheering here. Oh, there it is.
OBAMA: On that day much of this continent still lay in ruin. The rubble of this city had yet to be built into a wall. The Soviet shadow had swept across Eastern Europe, while in the West, America, Britain, and France took stock of their losses, and pondered how the world might be remade.
 RUSH: Can we get to the oceans coming down?
OBAMA: This is where the two sides met.
RUSH: The inspiration.
OBAMA: And on the 24th of June, 1948 the communists chose to blockade the western part of the city. They cut off food and supplies to more than two million Germans in an effort to extinguish the last flame of freedom in Berlin. The size of our forces was no match for the larger Soviet army and yet retreat would have allowed communism to march across Europe.
RUSH: It's a sad thing.
OBAMA: Where the last war had ended, another World War could have easily begun. All that stood in the way was Berlin.
RUSH: It has.
OBAMA: And all that stood in the way was Berlin. And that's when, that's when the airlift began, when the largest and most unlikely rescue in the history brought food and hope to the people of this city.
RUSH: You know, I'm sick and tired of getting history from this guy when we know this stuff.
OBAMA: The odds were stacked against success. In the winter a heavy fog filled the sky above and many planes were forced to turn back without dropping off the needed supplies.
RUSH: What is this?
OBAMA: The streets where we stand were filled with hungry families who had no comfort from the cold.
RUSH: They know this stuff.
OBAMA: But in the darkest hours --
RUSH: They lived it, Obama.
OBAMA: -- the people of Berlin kept the flame of hope burning. The people of Berlin refused to give up (crowd cheering).
RUSH: Hope. Hope.
OBAMA: And on one fall day, hundreds of thousands of Berliners came here to the Tiergarten and heard the city's mayor implore the world not to give up on freedom.
RUSH: I get it, things changed.
OBAMA: There's only one possibility, he said.
RUSH: Things changed.
OBAMA: For us to stand together.
RUSH: Right.
OBAMA: United until this battle is won.
RUSH: Hope, change, unity.
OBAMA: The people of Berlin have spoken.
RUSH: Speech is over.
OBAMA: We have done our duty, he said.
RUSH: Hope, change.
OBAMA: And we will keep on doing our duty.
RUSH: Hope, change.
OBAMA: People of the world, now do your duty. People of the world --
RUSH: All right. I know, I know, we got to go to a commercial break. Thank goodness. |
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RUSH: I have to tell you something, my friends. I listened to a little more of Obama's speech during the break and he's out there saying that poverty and racism in Somalia breeds the terrorists of the future, which is an absolute lie. He's just dead wrong about it. But despite that, where is Obama? Obama is in Germany. Germany is where, ladies and gentlemen? It is in Europe, and we all need to be more like Europeans, right? We need to stop embarrassing the Europeans. Well, I as an American am embarrassed because the Democrat Party presidential nominee is over in Germany speaking English, and he just told us that we need to all learn to speak a foreign language because it's embarrassing when we go over to their countries and don't speak their language, and he's talking about goat herders and that gets a big line of applause. He should be giving the speech in German. Let's listen to just a little bit more of it and see where we are at this stage. By the way, no stutters or "uh's" or "ands" or other because it's on a teleprompter.
(crowd cheering)
OBAMA: Yes, there have been differences between America and Europe. No doubt there will be differences in the future.
RUSH: Yeah?
OBAMA: But the burdens of global citizenship continue to bind us together. A change of leadership in Washington will not lift this burden. In this new century Americans and Europeans alike will be required to do more, not less. Partnership and cooperation among nations is not a choice. It is the only way, the one way to protect our common security and advance our common humanity!
 (crowd cheering)
RUSH: Oh, my. This bothers me.
OBAMA: That is why the greatest danger of all --
RUSH: Oh, this ought to be good.
OBAMA: -- is to allow new walls to divide us from one another.
RUSH: New wall?
OBAMA: The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand.
RUSH: Obama?
OBAMA: The walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, Christians and Muslims and Jews cannot stand. These now are the walls we must tear down.
(crowd cheering)
RUSH: He's doing Reagan! He's tearing down a whole bunch of walls now -- walls that do not exist! These are imaginary walls and he wants to tear them down.
OBAMA: We know --
RUSH: Yes? What do we know?
OBAMA: We know that these walls have fallen before. After centuries of strife, the people of Europe have formed the union of promise and prosperity.
RUSH: Mmm-hmm, and they hate it.
OBAMA: Here at the base of a column built to mark victory in war.
RUSH: They hate it!
OBAMA: To meet in the center of a Europe of peace.
RUSH: A Hitler victory in war, by the way.
OBAMA: Not only have the walls come down in Berlin but they have come down in Belfast where protestant and Catholic learned to live together. In the Balkans where Atlantic alliance ended wars and brought savage war criminals to justice.
RUSH: But I'm going to pull out of Iraq! I'm going to pull out of Iraq!
OBAMA: Where courageous people defeated apartheid.
RUSH: I'm disappointed in this speech.
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RUSH: Oh.
OBAMA: -- that walls can be torn down, but the task is never easy.
RUSH: This is so cheap. I'm telling you.
OBAMA: True partnership and true progress requires constant work and sustained sacrifice. They require sharing the burdens of development and diplom'cy of peace and progress.
RUSH: I've heard enough. We can catch this later. Every time I hear a Democrat start talking about "sacrifice," I know exactly what that means: increase taxes. And he's talking about raising taxes all over the world now, tearing down imaginary walls. That is just tacky, trying to rip off Reagan here, and tear down all these imaginary walls. Anyway, Cookie will be listening to this whole thing and she will cut up audio sound bites since they are deemed worthy. I'm glad I didn't make the editorial decision to JIP this whole speech. I'm glad that we did this piecemeal.
Back to the phones now, people have been waiting patiently. We go to Northern Virginia, which is Fred. Nice to have you with us, sir, hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush, it's a pleasure and honor to speak with you today. I come from a long line of Rush Limbaugh listeners.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: We are so glad you're out there.
RUSH: Appreciate that.
CALLER: I've got to tell you I called originally just with a light point about the translation of the JFK speech, but in hearing what you were just broadcasting Barack Obama over there, it infuriates me. It is just unbelievable the gall that this guy has to go over there and try to channel Ronald Reagan and twist his words. It's unbelievable.
RUSH: Totally believable, when you're dealing with somebody with this kind of ego and arrogance. Remember we're talking here about The Messiah.
CALLER: Oh, and you know what? Do not let up on that point because people need to see this guy for the fraud that he is. I'll tell you, it --
RUSH: What is this, by the way? He opens up this speech by saying he "doesn't come as a candidate." BS. That's the only reason he's there!
CALLER: That's exactly right.
RUSH: He says he's "a citizen of the world"?
CALLER: Oh, that infuriated me. I was coming out of my chair just begging you to please stop.
RUSH: I want to see that passport.
CALLER: Yeah, exactly right. And besides, you made my point, too, because it just really screamed out at me, "Why isn't he giving his speech in German?"
RUSH: Exactly right.
CALLER: You know?
RUSH: Because he just upgraded all of us for not speaking a foreign language and said he was embarrassed because Europeans have to learn our language to communicate with us.
CALLER: That's right. Well, tell him a thing or two from us regular Americans. There are a lot of Americans that speak foreign languages. I got a degree in German. I lived in Germany. I'm the vice president of the German language school in my hometown to teach other kids and adults German.
RUSH: Let me ask you a question about this. Let me ask you a quick question because I read this morning and I got it from a trusted source. "Ich bin ein Berliner." The source said that "Berliner" in German is actually a doughnut? Is that right?
CALLER: Actually you are partially correct. Here's the difference. If you say, "Ich bin Berliner," it says, "I am a citizen of the city of Berlin." If you throw the article "Ich bin ein Berliner," it means not just, "I'm a doughnut," but a jelly doughnut.
RUSH: (laughing) The Germans have fun with that!
CALLER: I tell you they've got the weight of everything they were facing which was very serious of the day. And God bless President Kennedy for doing what he did in rescuing them, but it had to be -- and it is for a lot of people that I knew over there -- like a comic relief moment from all that tension to have the leader of the free world standing before them --
RUSH: And call himself a jelly doughnut! (laughing) Right.
CALLER: -- calling himself a jelly doughnut.
RUSH: Well, I hope Obama repeats it. Look, I appreciate the call, Fred.
CALLER: Take care, Rush, and keep doing what you're doing.
RUSH: Thank you, sir.
CALLER: Don't give up because people need to hear more of this.
RUSH: Thank you, thank you very much. "Ich bin Berliner," means, "I am a citizen of Berlin." "Ich bin ein Berliner," means, "I am a doughnut." Not just a doughnut, a jelly doughnut. Curtis in Muncie, Indiana, you are next on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Hello. I heard something that I thought was interesting on the BBC World Service. They asked a German fellow if he was looking forward to today's speech.
RUSH: Yes?
CALLER: And he said that he had severe Obama mania and when they asked why he was so excited, he actually used the term "political redeemer" to refer to Obama.
RUSH: Wow. The political redeemer.
CALLER: I think that maybe he is getting a bump in the polls, but the polls are all in Western Europe.
RUSH: That's exactly right. You know, we're chuckling about this here, but the Germans at like 65% said they would vote for him. The only problem is they can't -- yet. Yet. World citizenship. World citizenship vote. We're all citizens of the world. Obama wants to be leader. I got an idea. This guy wants to be leader of something. This speech is going to go over well; the Germans are going to love this. Let's just make him president of the EU, the European Union. He's a citizen of the world, ladies and gentlemen. I want to see that passport. |
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RUSH: Well, during the windfall profit time out here, ladies and gentlemen, I was catching a little bit more of the Obama speech in Germany, and he's finally gotten to the stump campaign speech. He's saying, "We only have this moment to fix AIDS. We only have this moment to cure poverty. We only have this moment to do whatever." And what he means by this is, "This is my moment." He's giving a campaign speech that he denied is a campaign speech and he's giving it in Germany. I have a prediction. I think, depending on who sees this and how this is reported and, of course, the disciples that make up the Drive-By Media will see to it that this goes out, this is as presumptuous as can be. He's channeling Ronald Reagan. We knew Ronald Reagan, Senator Obama, he was a friend of ours and you're no Ronald Reagan. This is a cheap attempt to channel Reagan, and channel JFK as well. And you're not in their league and people are going to realize this. We've got a guy not even the president yet running over making a speech here about what we need to do in the world to fix it and only he's the guy that can do it. This kind of ego and arrogance and presumptuousness can rail people the wrong way.
 Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters. By gosh, if it didn't happen again. "Remember back in May when media gushed and fawned over a huge crowd in Portland, Oregon -- supposedly gathered to hear the words of Obama," something like 75,000 people. What they didn't tell us was that there was a free concert given before Obama's speech. Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters has learned that before the Obama speech today in Berlin, "two popular German acts -- reggae artist Patrice and rock band Reamonn -- entertained the gathering audience." So once again, a free concert with two acts prior to The Messiah's address to the citizens of the world in Berlin.
Here's Beth in Newark, Delaware. Nice to have you on the program. Welcome.
CALLER: Thank you so much.
RUSH: Now, Beth, let me ask, is it Newark or New-ark?
CALLER: It's New-ark.
RUSH: I just wanted to make sure.
CALLER: I just thank you for not torturing us any longer by making us listen to this Obama global citizen election speech. I didn't realize there was an election out there for that.
RUSH: You know, I just couldn't ignore it here and, of course, we do it in a way that no one else does. We actually comment on it as it goes because I realize that people like you are tuning in to hear me.
CALLER: I am. And I avoid the Drive-By Media because I get sick and I can't take it. I thank you and your staff for that. I appreciate it.
RUSH: You're welcome.
CALLER: Earlier today you mentioned the man who had his minimum wage increased. They didn't seem to mention that I would guess that the government's paying for his housing, his healthcare.
RUSH: This is a guy, let me refresh people's memories on this, Beth. There was an AP story about the minimum wage going up 70 cents today, about a guy working in a car wash somewhere. He and his fiance, he and his fiance support seven children, family of seven, whatever it was. He and his fiance. And AP found this guy to illustrate that even though the minimum wage is going up 70 cents today, the high cost of food and gasoline is just wiping it out, it's just unfair, it's just unfortunate. Good news is that the wage went up. Bad news is that it doesn't matter, doesn't count, it won't help anybody. And this guy, "Gee, I'd love to be able to afford a car but I can't afford a car and I work at a car wash."
CALLER: Well, he's not paying for anything else probably. Education, food stamps, day care, healthcare, housing. That little increase does not really help him out a whole lot.
RUSH: Well, seven kids, he and his fiance supporting seven kids, food stamps in the mix here.
CALLER: Well, I think so.
RUSH: Yeah. Well, it's true. The minimum wage is not intended to support a family of four, much less a family of nine. |
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CALLER: Well, it's really to help the teenagers and the people that are out of school for the summer. I think that's the majority of the people who possibly would benefit from minimum wage.
RUSH: Shhh, shhh, not supposed to say that. That's the truth and liberals call that a personal attack and they accuse you of lying when you say --
CALLER: Well, I learned that from you.
RUSH: Well, it's true. The vast majority of minimum wage earners are in the entry level areas of work, teenagers. The majority of them are clearly not heads of households supporting families of four. The Messiah's sermon is over. And I tell you it didn't go very long. Thirty minutes, that's nothing. I mean, usually The Messiah's just getting warmed up. But if that was it, I mean, it was pretty lackluster to me from what we heard. I'm trying to be objective in analyzing this, folks. It was boring, it was offensive, in fact, at parts in the beginning.
John in Ocala, Florida, you are next on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Rush, it's an honor to speak with you.
RUSH: Thank you, sir. Appreciate it.
CALLER: Before I get to my point, I've got to chide you on one thing, though. Earlier you said Joe Lieberman was the only Democrat who could have given the JFK-like speech but he's an independent, isn't he?
RUSH: My gosh, you're right. You know, two mistakes in one day. That never happens. I've been caught twice here today. I said the N word had never been used on Fox, and Robert Byrd did indeed use it. And you're right, Lieberman's an independent. This is embarrassing.
CALLER: Yeah, but Senator Obama is wrong a lot more than you are, and the point that I want to make is he's been talking about the Sunni awakening being responsible for most of the success over in Iraq and what he's ignoring -- or forgotten or maybe he's just afraid to acknowledge is that General Petraeus was the one who originally started converting the tribal leaders over to our side and that's how he got recognized for his success doing that and probably led to his being named the commander in Iraq.
RUSH: Right, because he wrote the manual on counterinsurgency practices and procedures dealing with urban type conflict warfare. Yeah, that's precisely right, wrote the manual, wrote the book on it. And I'm glad you reminded me of that because that's exactly right. Obama's clueless on this. I don't think he really knows much of what he's talking about. He is not a thinker. He's repeating what he's been told and he is sticking to his guns on the surge here because he's got to prove his fealty to his side of the aisle on this and this is where these guys don't get it. You know, when the American people start listening about their country at war and the U.S. military, they really do drop politics. The American people don't want their military to lose and they don't want people talking about the incompetence of the military and the American people really don't like hearing about what a bunch of racists, murderers and thugs the U.S. military is. Democrats, they are putting the cart way in front of the horse here on assuming these big massive victories in the House and Senate, and Obama's already started on his transition. By the way, I've got that story in the stack, already working on his transition to the Oval Office. It's a little premature to do that.
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RUSH: All right. I guess we're going to kind of close the circle here. Obama goes over to Iraq and Afghanistan, pimping George W. Bush's ride and shows up in Berlin today for the big speech, pimping Ronald Reagan, tearing down the wall. |
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