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RUSH: To the audio sound bites. Gotta hear this, folks. A New Jersey Republican committeeman is upset with me and my comments on Governor Christie yesterday. He said I\u2019m just selling books, selling advertising by picking on Governor Christie. It was on PBS. The NJTV news with Mike Schneider. This is New Jersey PBS. And he spoke with New Jersey Republican National Committeeman Bill Palatucci. And, by the way, I have to tell you, there were a couple of comments. Cookie, could you go get Stephanie Cutter from yesterday\u2019s roster? Stephanie Cutter, of all people, I thought had an insightful comment on the Christie election. <\/p>\n

Yes, and she\u2019s being pilloried in some of the conservative media as being foolish and stupid and idiotic. I kind of had a different take on what she said. And even that clown Schultz over at MSNBC has said some things that, whether he knows it or not, make sense. I mean, I may be the only one agreeing. We\u2019ll see here in just a second. So, meanwhile, Cookie\u2019s getting that, we\u2019ll go now here again to late night PBS, New Jersey TV news with Mike Schneider, and he\u2019s talking with New Jersey Republican National Committeeman Bill Palatucci about me and my criticism of Governor Christie. And to set up the segment, this is how Schneider starts.<\/line><\/p>\n

SCHNEIDER: I turn on my radio this morning because I scan all sorts of media. And I turn on Mr. Rush Limbaugh\u2019s program and he is tearing into Governor Christie, blaming him, among other things, for the defeat of the Republican candidate in Virginia of all things.<\/p>\n

PALATUCCI: Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n

SCHNEIDER: Saying that the exit polls show that he would have lost this state, he would lose this state to Hillary Clinton if he runs for president. I mean, really doing a job on your man. That\u00c2\u2019s just got to bother you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do I need to explain that? The guy didn\u2019t get it quite right. I did point out that there were exit polls in New Jersey. I didn\u2019t do them. I didn\u2019t vote in New Jersey, so I didn\u2019t participate in it, but there were exit polls in New Jersey. Let me put it this way. As I mentioned at the close of yesterday\u2019s program, one of the reasons that the Republican establishment is orgasmic over Christie\u2019s win yesterday, a landslide win, one of the reasons is he won Hispanics by what was it, nine points or five points, something. But he won the Hispanic vote. That is just orgasmic to the Republican establishment. That\u2019s where they think their future is, is in the Hispanic vote. <\/p>\n

Snerdley, don\u2019t bother looking it up. It\u2019s five or nine points. It\u2019s one of the two. Doesn\u2019t matter. So they\u2019re just ecstatic about that, and I made mention of it, and they\u2019re extrapolating that to mean that Christie could win the Hispanic vote nationwide and that\u2019s why they\u2019re happy. And, you know, the thing about this is, there were also exit polls of people who voted in New Jersey that were asked in a presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Governor Christie, “Who would you vote for?” And Hillary won that exit poll by four to six points, I forget, but that was the range. <\/p>\n

And while the GOP establishment is understandably happy that Governor Christie won the Hispanic vote in New Jersey, if it ever came down to a presidential race between Hillary and Governor Christie, who\u2019s gonna win the Hispanic vote? Hillary is. And not just in New Jersey, but everywhere. That\u2019s the problem with this. We all know this. Maybe the Republicans could do something to reach out to Hispanics, but amnesty\u2019s not the answer. I mean, if you\u2019re gonna do that, that\u2019s just going Democrat light. We\u2019ve talked about the that. I don\u2019t need to rehash all of that, but that\u2019s why they\u2019re ecstatic. I didn\u2019t blame Christie for Cuccinelli\u2019s loss. All I did was say he didn\u2019t go campaign for him. I just told you the truth. Cuccinelli asked Christie to come in and campaign for him, and Christie didn\u2019t. That\u2019s all. If that sounds like criticism, I\u2019m just telling you what happened. <\/line><\/a><\/line><\/p>\n

And then I told you about the exit polls, Christie wins in a landslide with Hispanics and everyone else. But in a presidential race in New Jersey, Hillary would win, which means if the exit polls are right (remember, these guys live and die by this stuff) that Christie would lose his home state to Hillary in a presidential race if it ever eventuated. I still don\u2019t think she\u2019ll be the nominee, but I\u2019ve been wrong about Hillary every day, so I\u2019ll have to put that aside here and really rethink that. <\/p>\n

So, anyway, that was the setup to the question and now the answer comes to Mr. Palatucci, who is the Republican National Committee man for New Jersey.<\/p>\n

PALATUCCI: Not at all. I take with a grain of salt people who are promoting their radio station (sic), they\u2019re promoting their book, or promoting their movie on HBO because by picking on somebody, they\u2019re out there shilling for themselves and looking for viewers or —<\/p>\n

SCHNEIDER: This is a — this is a guy who a lot of followers in your party.<\/p>\n

PALATUCCI: Listen, again, I think most people understand this is one man\u2019s opinion, Rush Limbaugh, who\u2019s got advertising to sell and Chris Christie\u2019s a popular, successful governor.<\/p>\n

SCHNEIDER: And it won\u2019t hurt him as he runs for president?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s a way for Mr. Limbaugh to get some more viewers.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, to all of you “viewing” the program today… You know, it is sort of a non sequitur. “Well, Rush Limbaugh\u2019s got a lot of advertising to sell, and Chris Christie\u2019s a popular governor.” What does that mean? Look, everybody knows, folks, if Christie is the Republican nominee, I\u2019m not suggesting people vote for Hillary. This is absurd here, what\u2019s being done. All we\u2019re doing is analyzing Republican chances as we go forward, and we know that this guy\u2019s leaving out a crucial aspect of everything mentioned yesterday.<\/line><\/p>\n

That is how the Republican establishment is at war with its own base. That was the fundamental point being discussed yesterday that the New Jersey committeeman wasn\u2019t asked about. He may not even know that that\u2019s what happened here. I just wanted to play those two sound bites for you because they\u2019re amusing. Now, let me find this. (interruption) No, no. I tell you, here\u2019s the thing. Snerdley said, “What\u2019s wrong with something advertising? That sounds like a Democrat comment.” <\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing wrong. <\/p>\n

What he\u2019s trying to say is I don\u2019t believe what I\u2019m saying; I\u2019m just saying outrageous things try to attract an audience. When he says, “He\u2019s got advertising to sell! Limbaugh is trying to sell advertising and Christie successful governor,” what he\u2019s saying is I\u2019m just some little cad here on the radio mouthing off saying whatever I have to say to sell advertising, while over here is the serious governor of New Jersey who\u2019s working really hard to build the Republican Party.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s just a way of discrediting what I do, because selling advertising is the number one business requirement here. If that doesn\u2019t happen, all rest of it\u2019s academic. But so does Fox. So does everybody in the media except PBS — and they get taxpayer money to do what they do. They don\u2019t have to sell advertising. So they don\u2019t have to really get an audience. But we do. But that comment is simply made to discredit. What he\u2019s really saying is, “Limbaugh doesn\u2019t believe what he\u2019s saying. <\/p>\n

“He\u2019s just toying with you! He\u2019s just using you. He\u2019s just saying whatever he has to to get you all riled up,” and I don\u2019t know how that sells advertising, by the way. I don\u2019t know how making you mad sells advertising, but that\u2019s what that comment means. He wasn\u2019t listening yesterday, so he really doesn\u2019t know. He was kind of put on the spot by the question. You have to give him that. <\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s go this Stephanie Cutter sound bite, and I don\u2019t have the transcript in front of me, so I don\u2019t remember exactly what it was, but what I do have in front of me is a piece at Mediaite. It\u2019s “Huh? CNN\u2019s Stephanie Cutter: Christie\u2019s Victory Represents ‘Rejection of Republican Party,'” and the media analyzed this and said, “Whoa, what an idiot this Stephanie Cutter is.” Here\u2019s the way the story goes: <\/p>\n

“I couldn\u2019t believe it as I saw it on Election Night: CNN analyst-Democratic flack Stephanie Cutter claimed Chris Christie\u2019s big victory should be read as a ‘rejection of the Republican Party.\u2019 Bill Kristol had just proclaimed Christie was ‘impressive\u2019 and ‘Obamacare is toxic.\u2019 Some at NewsBusters HQ said, ‘Come on, it\u2019s Stephanie Cutter.\u2019 But this kind of mockable junk it exactly what defines Stephanie Cutter.” Again, I think that\u2019s what\u2019s she\u2019s saying in this bite. Let\u2019s listen and see.<\/line>