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CALLER: Absolutely. Okay. So do you think it\u2019s strange that Barack and Michelle Obama have been very quiet since the Harvey Weinstein thing blew up?<\/p>\nRUSH: This is J.R. Columbus, Ohio. Great that you waited. I appreciate your patience. Hi.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Mega Thanksgiving dittos, Rush.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Absolutely. Okay. So do you think it\u2019s strange that Barack and Michelle Obama have been very quiet since the Harvey Weinstein thing blew up?<\/p>\n
RUSH: No. Because I would not expect them to join the chorus of condemnation.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hmm.<\/p>\n
RUSH: They might utter a statement or something, a sentence, but they\u2019re not gonna dwell on this. No. Does it surprise you? What would you expect them to say?<\/p>\n
CALLER: It surprises — well, maybe it doesn\u2019t surprise me. These are the people they hang out with. Isn\u2019t that correct?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, exactly. They hang around \u2019em, they take their money, they join them at other fundraisers, they pat each other\u2019s back on joint charities, absolutely, they were inseparable political buddies. Right.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Got it. Yep. Well, with friends like that, who needs enemies, right?<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Well, you know, that\u2019s the thing about this. These are questions I don\u2019t know. Let me just share with you, when I see Harvey palling around with Bill and Hillary Clinton and knowing the Clintons as I do, I wonder if what evolves there is a genuine friendship or a politically expedient photo-op kind of relationship. No question the Clintons thrive on the money that Weinstein brings. But is it the money that opens the Clintons\u2019 doors for the Weinsteins, or is it that the Clintons really like the guy and would be in their circle of friends if there wasn\u2019t any money? And that\u2019s where I think no.<\/p>\n
I think in too many worlds of politics money is the fundamental ingredient in relationships. I think that\u2019s one of the many things wrong with it. And this is has been an eye-opening thing for me too. Folks, I have been so naive about many things, like most of us are, for most of my life.<\/p>\n
For example, when I\u2019m younger and I\u2019m reading any publication, a newspaper, magazine, and I see a profile of a person, not necessarily a Hollywood star, just a person, somebody noteworthy for doing something. In the old days I used to think that that profile was there because whoever was being profiled had genuinely earned it by being singularly unique or having a distinct achievement that warranted such attention in the media.<\/p>\n
Later on, much later on I learned that that\u2019s got nothing to do with who gets profiled. It has to do with PR agents pitching these stories to reporters and editors. And it comes about, in most cases, largely for reasons unrelated to the substance. And it is in these circumstances that you learn how media relationships are created. And it\u2019s not based on the same things that you would think friendships are based on, genuine and real, when you really like somebody, not that they\u2019re gonna raise a bunch of money for you or give you a bunch of money. When you really like somebody, not because they\u2019re going to arrange a big magazine story on you, but you genuinely like them.<\/p>\n
And I think in the world of politics, money is the element that puts people together. Now, I\u2019ve always known that to be the case, but now I ask myself, if it weren\u2019t for the fact that Weinstein\u2019s out raising a bunch of money and giving it to the Clintons, would they spend any time with him at all? I don\u2019t know the answer to that, but if the answer is “no,” then what does it say about the relationship to begin with? That it\u2019s kind of fragile and it\u2019s based on things that have nothing to do with genuine, real friendships and relationships.<\/p>\n
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I mean, how do the Obamas know Weinstein? I mean, the Clintons were first with Weinstein, going way back to the nineties. Here comes Obama. Obama knows Weinstein \u2019cause they\u2019re both Democrats. Weinstein likes to hang around with powerful people, so much so that he will raise and spend money to do it. And let me give you a little hint: That\u2019s how you have to do it. If you want to hang around with a president, raise a lot of money. If you want to be invited to presidential forums, raise a lot of money for \u2019em, or donate, I guarantee you you\u2019ll be invited. Whether the president knows you or not.<\/p>\n
And then you\u2019ll be able to go through the motions of being a friend with the president, be able to talk to your friends, “Yeah, the president and I were talking the other day.” What made it possible was you giving the money, not the fact the president knows who you are and really likes you. That could end up happening.<\/p>\n
So, as far as the Obamas are concerned I think it\u2019s quite natural they\u2019d look at this thing and think Harvey\u2019s probably worth throwing overboard here. Harvey doesn\u2019t mean enough to them to try to save him. That\u2019s up to Harvey. If Harvey can save himself, if Harvey can rehab himself, if Harvey can get back to where he was and start resuming funneling money, then the Obamas will welcome him back. It\u2019s another reason why I could never do politics. I couldn\u2019t ask for donations, and then I wouldn\u2019t want to be obligated after I got any. I just couldn\u2019t do it. Different world.<\/p>\n
But money is what creates many political relationships. Donating it, arranging for it, bundling it. And once you\u2019re out of that business, your contact with the politician in question diminishes. Their time is very limited. And most politicians, from presidents to senators to members of the House, you wouldn\u2019t believe how much of their spare time is spent raising money for the next election. In the Senate, that\u2019s practically all they do. And if you don\u2019t have a connection to \u2019em with money, the odds are you\u2019re not gonna be in the inner circle or anywhere near \u2019em.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RUSH: If Harvey can save himself, if Harvey can rehab himself, if Harvey can get back to where he was and start resuming funneling money, then the Obamas will welcome him back. Another reason why I could never do politics. I just couldn't ask for donations, and then I wouldn't want to be obligated after I got any. I just couldn't do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":249830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n