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RUSH: So why, all of a sudden, are media lowering expectations? Well, I thought last night it ended! You listen to some in the media and this election\u2019s over because of Clinton\u2019s speech last night<\/a>. Yet The Politico (I just told you about the story) say he hasn\u2019t given a good speech, Obama hasn\u2019t, in four years — and in his life he\u2019s given two. That\u2019s what they say: Two good speeches. And New York Times says he\u2019s bloodless on the campaign trail. There\u2019s a simple reason why this is happening.<\/p>\n

It was months ago that I first advanced the theory, and it\u2019s quite simply this: If they think — en masse, collectively on the left, the Democrat Party. If they think Obama\u2019s gonna lose, then it\u2019s time to throw him overboard and not liberalism. Obama will be the reason they lose. Not liberalism. Not policy. Not ideology. The media is getting bored. There is no excitement commensurate with what happened in 2008 in Denver. Moving this convention indoors? This is a huge deal, folks. This is a huge deal.<\/line><\/p>\n

All of these lofty, gigantic, great expectations brought down to a shattering reality. The guy can\u2019t fill the stadium anymore<\/a>. So, “We can\u2019t blame liberalism for that and be we can\u2019t blame his policies. We can\u2019t let that stand!” So it\u2019s gotta be his fault. And that\u2019s what they\u2019ll do if this continues. If they start becoming seriously concerned that he\u2019s in big, big trouble, then you\u2019re gonna see more of this: “Obama\u2019s bloodless. Not a great communicator anymore. Doesn\u2019t give good speeches.”<\/p>\n

Now, one week ago, in Tampa, before Mitt Romney got out there and made his speech<\/a>, we had all of these testimonials from people who he had helped. People that nobody knew about. All the charitable acts, just the good-neighbor acts that Mitt Romney had done for people. You had the parents of the 14-year-old with cancer, any number of examples. I\u2019m just wondering: Are we gonna have any of that tonight with Obama? Are we gonna get to see people come out and tell us about all the good deeds Obama has done for them?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

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In fact, James Rosen, Fox News. (shuffling paper) I have his story right here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers. Headline: “Obama Campaign: ‘Tonight is Not About Magic.'” (Gasp!) They\u2019re already lowering expectations on Obama\u2019s speech. James Rosen writes, “President Obama will trade the ‘magic\u2019 of his 2008 campaign rhetoric for a ‘pragmatic\u2019 pitch for how he plans to restore economic security to America in his nomination address Thursday night, campaign officials said.<\/p>\n

“‘Tonight is not about magic. It\u2019s about being pragmatic. It\u2019s about the future,\u2019 an Obama official told Fox News, hours before the president was to deliver his speech…” That\u2019s what they\u2019re telling everybody in the media. It\u2019s not about magic. It\u2019s not about the magic. It\u2019s about pragmatism. Another broken promise. UK Daily Mail, headline: “Heartbreak After Teenaged Obama Volunteers Rewarded with Golden Ticket to His Speech are Now UNINVITED Due to Space.” <\/line>This is an aspect of this that you\u2019re not going to see covered by local or national American media. They had a lot of people that were rewarded for doing good works for Obama. They were given a golden ticket to the speech. Now there\u2019s not room. Do you know there are 15,000 media, 5,000 delegates, and they have an arena with a capacity of 14,000? There isn\u2019t room for all of these invited guests. I doubt very seriously that the American media will find all these people who were promised seats to watch Obama\u2019s speech and are now being told they can\u2019t go.<\/line><\/p>\n

That would ruin things.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine the US media interviewing people who are sad, disappointed, or angry that they can\u2019t get in after they were invited? They\u2019re waving their golden ticket, and then told they can\u2019t go. So, once again: All of these lofty, bigger-than-life expectations have been shrunken down to a hard, cold reality. They don\u2019t have the people to put in the stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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