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RUSH: Grass Lake, Michigan; that\u2019s next, and Shelly. It\u2019s great to have you on the program. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. Mega dittos from Michigan.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I was listening yesterday and getting increasingly frustrated with a lot of people calling in to support Romney but they seem to have a short-term memory when it comes to the behavior of the press just prior to the national election in the fact that we saw the press systematically support John McCain. They praised him for being a “maverick,” going against his party. He was all buddy-buddy with the press until right before the election, and the New York Times came out with that hit piece that just ripped him.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What does that have to do with Romney and the callers yesterday?<\/p>\n

CALLER: The fact that they keep insisting that Romney is the only one who is electable. We keep hearing…<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, but they\u2019re not… I don\u2019t think they\u2019re saying that because they think the press is gonna treat him fairly.<\/line><\/p>\n

CALLER: You think they really believe he\u2019s the only one that\u2019s electable?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah. No, they really do. They really think Romney is the only guy that\u2019s electable because he\u2019s the most handsome and because he sounds the smartest. I mean, a lot of people on our side have really lowered their requirements this year.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know. I know, and it\u2019s sad that we have —<\/p>\n

RUSH: They\u2019re so fed up with stupid sounding Republicans that somebody that looks like a Ken Doll and can put three words together grammatically correct is enough for \u2019em, and so that means he\u2019s “electable” as opposed to Perry who sounds like a hick. These people think that Perry can\u2019t win because he\u2019s from Texas and sounds like a hayseed. They think that Paul can\u2019t get elected \u2019cause he sounds like a lunatic bond villain. They think that Cain can\u2019t get elected \u2019cause he can\u2019t talk. This is what I hear. I hear this and that Cain never had a chance \u2019cause he can\u2019t talk. Perry didn\u2019t have a chance because he sounds stupid and too much like Bush. Santorum, before Iowa, never had a chance \u2019cause he never got over 2% in the polls. Who else am I leaving out? There\u2019s somebody. Oh, Huntsman never had a chance \u2019cause he\u2019s too phony. Bachmann never had a chance \u2019cause she was too sing-songy. This is what I heard from my friends and people I know. That Romney was electable because the only guy that looked handsome and could speak. It has nothing to do with the way the media is gonna treat him.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Does it really…? I\u2019m to the point that I\u2019m wondering: Does it even matter anymore if we get Romney in there? And, frankly, I\u2019m from Michigan; Romney is probably gonna take Michigan. I do not trust him based on his history of —<\/p>\n

RUSH: But do you trust him more than you trust Obama?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s not saying much.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, now. Come on now.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know, I know. I\u2019m just so frustrated.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ah, Shelly, that\u2019s a bit much. There\u2019s a huge difference in Romney and Obama.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I will be at the voting booth on Election Day voting against Obama.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s what I think everybody knows. This is why I say, “Let\u2019s get the best conservative we can.” Since we already have so much anti-Obama sentiment, why settle? Why not go for the whole ball of wax? (interruption) No, I am not kidding. It\u2019s time. I tell you, it\u2019s time to strip this bare. I have just alluded to this. I\u2019m gonna tell you again. This whole business of “electable,” I\u2019ve been hearing about it for weeks, months. We all have our circle of friends. I too have a circle of friends. Contrary to what you think, my circle of friends are no smarter than you. They\u2019re no smarter than you. Just because they\u2019re my friends doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re smart. They\u2019re not stupid, but I\u2019m saying is they\u2019re just like anybody else. This is the point.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a good thing. I get frustrated at this “electability.” That\u2019s how the Democrats chose John Kerry, by the way (who served in Vietnam). When Howard Dean failed in 2004 in Iowa, they panicked. “We\u2019ve gotta get somebody who can win!” They thought Kerry could. This “electability” reason to nominate somebody is flawed from the get-go because the reasons that people think somebody can win are flawed, as evidenced by what I just told you. Let me tell you something, folks: I wouldn\u2019t have one ounce of doubt about Rick Perry. I\u2019ve been hoping Rick Perry would catch fire, but I have people in my sphere who don\u2019t want to vote for Perry (and largely they\u2019re women) because he sounds too much like Bush. He\u2019s too stupid. He\u2019s too hesitating in his speech and Obama will clean his clock in a debate.<\/line><\/p>\n

I look at \u2019em and I scratch my head. “Have you looked at what he\u2019s done as governor? Do you looked at what his tax policy is?”<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t care! He embarrasses me.”<\/p>\n

“Okay, fine. Let\u2019s move on. What about Santorum?”<\/p>\n

“Too extreme. Cares too much about abortion.”<\/p>\n

“Okay, let\u2019s see… How about Cain?”<\/p>\n

“He can\u2019t talk, either.” This what people around me say. “He can\u2019t talk either.”<\/p>\n

“Okay, what about Bachmann?”<\/p>\n

“She\u2019s too shrill, she\u2019s too short, she\u2019s a woman. She\u2019s only been in Congress for five years. She doesn\u2019t have a prayer.”<\/p>\n

“Okay, write her off. What about…? Let\u2019s see… How about a Huntsman?”<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a phony! Plus the guy worked for Obama. He was a ambassador to China! Come on. Let\u2019s be serious. This guy\u2019s not a conservative!” You get to Romney and these people all said, “Now, there\u2019s a guy who sounds smart. He\u2019s seasoned, he\u2019s been at this for a number of years, he\u2019s composed, he looks good and he could beat Obama in a debate,” and in every one of these instances, folks, what\u2019s been frustrating to me is not one reason rooted in policy has been cited as a reason to support or not support somebody. It has been very frustrating to me to see how surface — how “undeep,” if I may use that term — people are about this. I know why it\u2019s the case, but it still burns me.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Frankly, I\u2019ve opened a can of worms now. I knew this was gonna happen. I\u2019m sitting here, I\u2019m frustrated as heck over things I don\u2019t even know about, folks. I got so many distractions going on today, you can\u2019t possibly believe it. I\u2019m not bleeding on you. I\u2019m not gonna tell you what they are, but now I\u2019ve opened a can of worms on this whole qualification business, so let me just go all in. All right? Let me just bare it all. I did not mean to leave out Newt Gingrich. I was having trouble remembering everybody in the field. Let me go through now, without having to rush this because of the constraints of time, this whole business of electability.<\/p>\n

The first thing I want to ask you is, “Where does it come from?” and the second thing I want to ask you is, “Why in the same of Sam Hill where we not talking about Obama\u2019s unelectability?” Now, the reason we\u2019re not talking about Obama\u2019s unelectability is because too many of us are scared and defensive — and also because he\u2019s incumbent, and that carries with it some reelectability power. But in terms of performance on the job, if there\u2019s anybody ever unqualified to be reelected, it\u2019s Jimmy Carter II: Barack Obama. (big sigh) All right, ever since this whole thing started (you know it and I know it), everybody been out for me to endorse somebody.<\/line><\/p>\n

The pressure\u2019s been on: “You choose somebody and it will be over with,” and that\u2019s not how I operate. So when I don\u2019t choose, I hear about it from people. And, like you, I have a circle of friends; and as our candidates got engaged and a debate started happening and so forth, I started hearing about it. You know, everybody wants me to know what they think — everybody! — and everybody wants me to know that they\u2019re just as smart as I am, and maybe smarter. This is one reason why when I go places, I don\u2019t talk. I just sit there and listen and then try to figure my exit plan. But let\u2019s go down the list — and this is not in any particular order. Santorum.<\/p>\n

Talking about Republicans, conservatives, the objection to Santorum was — and these are randomly remembered; and, by the way, when I go through this, I want you to be cognizant of something. I want you to ask yourself: “Who or where did your definition of “electability,” as applied to all these candidates, come from? Because remember, now, the lady that called, she basically said we got rope-a-doped into McCain. Her point was the media went on and on how much they loved McCain, love McCain, love McCain; and admit it: There are way too many voters on our side who still seek media approval of our issues and our candidates.<\/p>\n

So a lot of people thought, “The media loves McCain! We have a chance! So I\u2019ll support McCain,” and it was a rope-a-dope. Okay, McCain gets the nomination — and I told you it was gonna happen: His biggest enemies were gonna become the media; and it happens — and he was blindsided. He didn\u2019t believe it. None of his people believed it. He thought the media was “his base.” He\u2019s even out there joking about it on TV! So my contention is that for most of you… There are going to be exceptions. (Sigh) I have to collect myself here. For most of you, your opinion of somebody\u2019s “electability” is not yours, not entirely.<\/p>\n

Whether you know it or not, you are subject to what the media says about these people, whether you actively fight it or not. I just want you to be honest with yourselves. So, for example. If I\u2019m describing you when I tell you of some friends of mine who didn\u2019t like Rick Perry \u2019cause, “Rush, he sounds stupid. He can\u2019t put three words together without pausing to think about it. He sounds just like Bush. He\u2019s from Texas, and I\u2019m sick and tired of people on our side looking and sounding stupid.” Okay. Who put that thought in your head? Is that actually your assessment of Rick Perry or is it the media\u2019s? (interruption)<\/p>\n

Yes? Yes to both? It\u2019s…? (interruption)<\/p>\n

Okay. All right. So that\u2019s Perry. Now, me, see, I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m looking beyond this. Frankly, since I don\u2019t care what people think… If there\u2019s one thing I could do for people, the greatest gift I could give people is to have you not care a whit when anybody thinks of you. You do not know liberation until you are able to master that, but I\u2019m gonna maintain that a lot of people are choosing or not choosing to align themselves with a Republican candidate for fear of what people are gonna think of them when they say, for example, “Oh, yeah, I like Perry.”<\/p>\n

“You do? He\u2019s an idiot!”<\/p>\n

“Okay, you\u2019re right. Yeah, I don\u2019t want him.”<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t choose these people based on people are gonna think of ME because of my choice. I choose them \u2019cause: Do I think they\u2019re good? Do I think they\u2019d be good president? Do I think they\u2019re gonna fight for this country, fight for the things I believe in when they get there every day? That\u2019s my sole criteria. I don\u2019t care what they could do well in a debate or not \u2019cause I don\u2019t think the debates matter in a presidential race, and I don\u2019t get depressed after our guys lose. Did George Bush ever win a debate, in your mind? One out of how many, six? He got elected twice. I rest my case. (sigh) Slow down, Rush.<\/line><\/p>\n

This stuff gets me really ticked off, folks. I can\u2019t. (big sigh) Gerald Ford did not lose the presidency because of a bad debate. I refuse to believe that. That\u2019s not why Gerald Ford last the presidency. Gerald Ford lost the presidency because of Chevy Chase! That\u2019s a whole different thing. Gerald Ford lost the presidency \u2019cause of Saturday Night Live, \u2019cause he was made fun of as a bumbling idiot who couldn\u2019t even go up a flight of steps without falling flat in his face. I didn\u2019t mean to leave out Newt. The people I know who objected to Newt objected to him because, “I don\u2019t like him personally. I don\u2019t like what he did to his wives.”<\/p>\n

“What did he do to his wives?”<\/p>\n

“Well, delivering that divorce decree to his wife while she\u2019s in bed with cancer.”<\/p>\n

“Well,” I said, “That never happened.”<\/p>\n

“Well, I don\u2019t care.”<\/p>\n

“You don\u2019t care? It didn\u2019t happen!”<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t care. He still looks mean. He never smiles.”<\/p>\n

“Okay. All right. Fine. Could you tell me anything about Newt\u2019s policies?”<\/p>\n

“Doesn\u2019t matter! I don\u2019t like him.”<\/p>\n

This is what I quickly learned, and… (interruption) I\u2019m being asked if these are principled conservatives. Well, yeah. They\u2019re conservatives. They\u2019re donors. They raise money. They\u2019re active — and they think they\u2019re very smart. All those things. Santorum, I went through. Huntsman, I went through. Just did Newt. Bachmann. Oh, yeah. The objection to Bachmann, “You know, she\u2019s really courageous, Rush. I really like her, but you see how short she is? You can barely see her over the podium, and her voice is sing-songy, and she\u2019s just one-note samba how she\u2019s doing this and she did that and she fought Obama.” I\u2019m just telling you, this is what I heard.<\/line><\/p>\n

“Her eyes, she doesn\u2019t look smart.” I tell you, folks, this whole business of our nominee either having to look smart, sound smart or whatever, it\u2019s has come to occupy an inordinate amount of importance or attention. So you get to Romney and the people that don\u2019t like Romney, to me, will say, “Ahhh, you know, he\u2019s just not real. He\u2019s like a Ken Doll. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s conservative.” The people like him say, “He looks great, sounds smart, seasoned, and is the only guy that can win.” When we get to this electability business, I say, “Who put this notion into everybody\u2019s head? Who became the expert on electability?”<\/p>\n

Who knows? Here we are, it\u2019s December the 6th of 2012. Who knows who\u2019s electable and who isn\u2019t? Now, you might think that Candidate A, you wouldn\u2019t vote for; but what kind of hubris do you have to suggest nobody else would either? (interruption) Yes, I did. I asked a very salient question one time: Do we want to watch…? There was a picture of a female candidate; I flashed it up here. “Do we want to watch this woman age in office?” It\u2019s clear these things matter. But, see, what bothers me is this, I guess (to cut to the chase, here): I\u2019ve met Rick Perry. I know he\u2019s not stupid, and it ticks me off that that\u2019s his image. It ticks me off that people on our side think he is, and I want to know who puts out that thought. How many…? (interruption) Yes! Well, Snerdley asks, “Isn\u2019t it his job to convince us he\u2019s not?” Stupid, you mean? (sighs) Yeah, but why is it that the sole basis for determining whether he\u2019s stupid or not is how he appears in a debate?<\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t you look at what he\u2019s done as governor of Texas? You\u2019re not gonna do that? (interruption) Ah, don\u2019t throw this on me, don\u2019t throw this on me. I can\u2019t say that, Snerdley. (interruption) I cannot say this. It doesn\u2019t matter. I can\u2019t say it. I know it\u2019s frustrating, these one-way conversations, folks. ‘Cause now you\u2019re wondering, “What\u2019s Snerdley saying?” I\u2019ll tell you what he\u2019s saying and you\u2019ll understand why I can\u2019t put him on. He\u2019s saying that the only reason — I can\u2019t say this. Snerdley, my manners. All right. Give him a mic, he\u2019s hell-bent on saying this. You go ahead and say it, and, after you say it, we\u2019re gonna go to a break. Say it slow so people don\u2019t think you\u2019re stupid and so people don\u2019t think you can\u2019t talk. Make people think you\u2019re not unintelligent; make it sound like you\u2019re smart. Gonna put the same load on you that you\u2019re putting on all these candidates.<\/p>\n

SNERDLEY: Fine, I can do it. This is a legitimate question that people are asking. For 20-plus years we have been listening to you. We have watched liberals try their best to derail you. And what you do day after day, year after year is out-articulate them. You throw it right back in their face. You don\u2019t take their guff. You explain conservatism; you articulate it, and you persuade people to conservatism. And we want the same once in our lifetime from one of our candidates. Thank you very much.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. We\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: It is. I was being honest. It was one of my most fervent desires. And, by the way, I will agree with the notion that suck-upism can often be the truth. There\u2019s no question suck-upism can often be the truth. I don\u2019t dispute that. But I really wish — I know I don\u2019t have the ability \u2019cause this has to come from within each individual — but I really wish each and every one of you could get to the point, and those of you who have know what I\u2019m talking about, where you don\u2019t care what is said about you or you don\u2019t care what is thought about you, particularly you don\u2019t care what is thought about you or said about you after you\u2019ve chosen a candidate. <\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re going to choose a candidate and be public about who your choice is based on what people are gonna think of you, that\u2019s being in prison. I was there for a long time. We all are. We\u2019re all raised to be totally obsessed with what we\u2019re thought of. Our representation\u2019s wrapped up in it, or so we think. I\u2019m telling you it\u2019s just a prison. My contention, whether you agree with me or not, a lot of you may think that your thoughts, analysis, on who is electable and who isn\u2019t are entirely your own. I am here to tell you that the media (not our friend) has played a role in it to one degree or another in your thinking, whether you know it or not. It\u2019s subliminal. You can\u2019t watch the news as often as people like you and I do and not be affected by it. <\/p>\n

How many of you ended up — and there are gonna be justifications for this, too. It\u2019s not totally wrong, but how many of you after eight years finally started buying into all that you were hearing about Bush? Stupid, war in Iraq was a disaster, overstepped in the war on terror, causing a depression, causing a recession. I submit to you it\u2019s impossible to be immune to it when we were subjected to it every day for five years. I submit that a lot of this requirement that we have a nominee that sounds smart and can beat Obama in a debate is the direct result of the media telling us for so many damn years how smart Obama is when we know he\u2019s not. And you just want somebody in the public arena who in comparison is as smart as Obama, or sounds as smart, \u2019cause you\u2019re just sick and tired of being lied to about what a brilliant guy Obama is when you know he\u2019s not, you\u2019re fed up.<\/p>\n

My only point here is that the media plays a far greater role in shaping your thought on who can win and who can\u2019t than you may even be aware of. Not your fault. Even I, El Rushbo, it\u2019s a daily effort to fight and beat these people back. Look at media mind control, go search on Google for Romney and electability, you\u2019ll get 5,110,000 results. Romney and electability in the media. We have been beaten over the head with this, that only Romney can win, and a lot of it has come from Republicans, meaning the Republican establishment. You Google “Perry” and “too much like Bush” and you\u2019ll get 1,500,000 results. Who puts the thought out there first? Did you first have the thought that Perry\u2019s too much like Bush or did somebody else? Obviously it\u2019s a media phrase \u2019cause it\u2019s in the Google search database. <\/p>\n

Michele Bachmann and “too short,” 1,840,000 results. Do you have control over the Google search engine? Do you? Do you find it odd that maybe you might have an opinion that agrees with 1.8 million hits in the Google search engine about Michele Bachmann being too short? And what the hell does that have to do with whether or not she\u2019d be a good president? But there are a lot of people that cast her aside simply \u2019cause of that. It\u2019s my only point. (sigh) Here I was looking forward, I really meant this, to this being like a half day.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: All right, get this one. Google “Obama” and “smart,” 390 million hits, nearly half a billion hits, “Obama” and “smart,” 390 million. It\u2019s my only point here, folks, my only point. I know perception is reality in politics. It frustrates me, too. Really does. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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