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RUSH: Okay, you people, let\u2019s talk about the debate last night a little bit. It\u2019s fascinating for me to watch this because I don\u2019t know if you people noticed it last night; that was not a debate. That was a modified inquisition. I know you deal with the media as you have to when you\u2019re running for president, and that\u2019s fine, I\u2019m not complaining; I\u2019m observing. Those questions last night, whether they came from the so-called public participants, the voters in the audience, or whether they came from the local television people or whether they came from Wolf Blitzer, those questions were all agenda-driven. Those questions were driven, and they derive, from liberal fears and biases. To show you the produced nature — did you watch it, Snerdley? The second that Wolf Blitzer changed topics, there it showed up graphically on the screen. Topic: Illegal immigration. Topic: Evolution. Topic: Whatever. It was so preproduced. The producers at CNN sat around with Wolf and said, ‘Okay, here\u2019s where we\u2019re going. This is what we\u2019re going to do. We\u2019re going to go to this topic, when this time comes we\u2019re going to move to this topic,\u2019 and bam, it went off like clockwork. <\/p>\n

The thing was entirely produced. The point about the questions deriving from the liberal agenda, they are clueless, ladies and gentlemen, about people in this country, particularly Republicans and what is interesting to them. For example, last night, this is like the third straight debate that Giuliani had to state his position on abortion, and Mitt Romney last night had to twice explain his flip-flop on so-called immigration. In the first hour, Blitzer asked him the question, and then in the second hour, they went to the voters — chosen at random, of course, ladies and gentlemen — and Mitt got the question again, which means that CNN wanted Romney to have to answer that question two different times. Now, it\u2019s fine. I watch these things through a different prism than most people. I also noticed that when the subject was illegal immigration, that audience moved up forward in their chairs a little bit. That\u2019s when they really got interested. Some on the war, too, but this other stuff like evolution and creationism, I mean they never ask the Democrats these questions. <\/p>\n

So you\u2019re sitting there as a bunch of liberal producers at CNN and you got this debate that you have to cover with a whole bunch of freaks, in their mind, from another planet. You realize that you want an audience, and you realize the freaks that are on the stage have other freaks like us that love \u2019em and so, ‘Okay, what do these freaks think? What do these freaks care about?\u2019 Abortion and evolution and creationism and all of this. You never get those questions asked of Democrats. In fact, one of my favorite questions that I made mention of to several people because I was watching, ‘Name the biggest mistake that you think President Bush has made.\u2019 I was trying to think back, did Wolf Blitzer ask the Democrats, ‘Name the biggest mistake Hillary Clinton made as first lady or the biggest mistake Hillary Clinton has made as United States Senator?\u2019 But see, the template or the action line as far as the Drive-By Media is concerned is that Bush has made a total mess of everything and needs to apologize. They\u2019ve been begging and demanding Bush apologize for any number of things. And of course Bush won\u2019t do it. So that question actually was, ‘What should President Bush apologize for?\u2019 <\/p>\n

Rudy said what he said about abortion, and that\u2019s it. And Mitt Romney has said what he said about both abortion and immigration. Now, you might say, ‘Well, Rush, but Rush, only two million people watched this debate. That\u2019s less than half of your audience at any 15-minute sweep. They have to keep repeating these questions so that people learn this stuff.\u2019 Yeah, that would be very charitable. And if somebody as CNN said that\u2019s why they\u2019re doing it, fine, but you\u2019re not going to persuade me that it\u2019s not because the fears and the biases that liberals have find their way into the questions. The Democrat debate the night before, Sunday night, was entirely different in terms of the question. I\u2019ll tell you what, too, last night\u2019s was far more interesting. Something else I noticed. All those guys up there were engaging; they were upbeat; they were funny; they were friendly; they were positive. You contrast that to the people on stage at the Democrat debate, you get sour; you get dour; you get angry; you get enraged; you get ticked off. Such a contrast. It\u2019s also highly illustrative of the fact that there are far more policy debates and diverse opinions, if you will, on the Republican side than you\u2019ll find in that lockstep bunch on the Democrat side. <\/p>\n

In previous Republican debates, I must be honest with you. I have received very little e-mail feedback from people, nor from my friends. Last night\u2019s was different. I started getting e-mail from people in the 24\/7 e-mail account, website members and even from friends who started commenting on, ‘Gee, isn\u2019t it great how all of our guys looked last night.\u2019 There was even this moment of levity when Giuliani was answering his abortion question again and lightning was apparently striking the hall where they were, and it was causing audio glitches and little buzzes that could be heard, and that was handled with great aplomb and casualness, too. Everybody was laughing and smiling. McCain, you know, something about McCain, he was the only guy doing this. ‘My friends, my friends, my friends…\u2019 when somebody uses my friends like that, that\u2019s generally a stump speech clich&eacute; and you are cognizant that you are speaking to a group. If you ever hear McCain say ‘my friend,\u2019 you know he\u2019s about to explode because he\u2019s talking to one person. I think McCain has fallen to fourth place in a couple of polls because of his stance on immigration. He even said last night, ‘This is not the bill I would have written, if anybody\u2019s got a better idea…\u2019 and everybody did. Enforce the current law. It\u2019s real simple! When we come back from the break, though, I think one of the highlights for me of the debate, and you will of course disagree, one of the things that I think caused people both in the viewing audience and in the hall last night to perk up was a question that had not been asked in previous debates, and Rudy Giuliani was the star, the only one who stood out answering in question. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: to me this is what stood out — and everybody\u2019s going to disagree with this. Some people think McCain\u2019s Iraq answer was the home run. Others think that Mike Huckabee was. In fact, it\u2019s fascinating because when you, as I have done, go to all the elite media websites for analysis, and of course the elites think that Giuliani just cleaned everybody\u2019s clock last night. He looked presidential; he didn\u2019t make one mistake; handled the lightning during his abortion answer with aplomb. Yet you go to Frank Luntz who had his little focus group out there with their meters, they think Romney cleaned the clock. The viewers out there think Romney and Huckabee — and Huckabee is very engaging, very funny, personable guy. So, you know, there is a disconnect between the professionals in the media who watch these things and make judgments based on their insider attachment to it, then you have the average voter, the viewer comes up with an entirely different take. So my highlight of the debate, it\u2019s hard to pick one, would probably differ from yours or might. The question was to Rudy Giuliani, came from Wolf Blitzer. ‘I just want to do a quick yes or no. Would you pardon Scooter Libby?\u2019 Former Mayor Giuliani said —<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: I think the sentence was way out of line. I mean the sentence was grossly excessive, in a situation in which at the beginning the prosecutor knew who the leak was —<\/p>\n

BLITZER: So yes or no, would you —<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: And he knew a crime wasn\u2019t committed. I recommended over a thousand pardons to President Reagan when I was associate attorney general. I would see if it fit the criteria for pardon, I\u2019d wait for the appeal. I think what the judge did today argues more in favor of a pardon, because this is excessive punishment. When you consider —<\/p>\n

BLITZER: All right, all right.<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: I prosecuted 5,000 cases.<\/p>\n

BLITZER: Trying to get a yes or no.<\/p>\n

GIULIANI: This is a very important issue. This is a very, very important — a man\u2019s life is at stake, and the reality is, this is an incomprehensible situation. They knew who the leak was, and ultimately there was no underlying crime involved.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, I tell you what\u2019s momentous about this is because Giuliani is friends with Fitzgerald. They are from the same cloth. They are United States attorneys. That\u2019s a club. They hang together. All the other candidates, some said, ‘Yeah, I might pardon him.\u2019 Others didn\u2019t want to get anywhere near it. Some said, ‘No, I wouldn\u2019t pardon him,\u2019 because, they didn\u2019t want to appear critical of the judiciary or a single judge. Giuliani let fire, and Blitzer, ‘that\u2019s a yes or no question.\u2019 Giuliani just steamrolled over him, ‘It\u2019s an important answer, a man\u2019s life is at stake here, and there was no crime.\u2019 I loved this answer precisely because it was something new. I\u2019ve heard Rudy\u2019s answer on abortion. I don\u2019t need to hear that anymore. I\u2019ve heard his answers on immigration. I don\u2019t need to hear it anymore. I\u2019ve heard Romney. They get peppered with the same stuff, but this was new. And it was, I thought, just powerful and right on the money. I think people watching the debate last night stood up, took notice of this, too, precisely for the same reasons I did. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Bruce in Charlotte, North Carolina, hi, and welcome.<\/p>\n

CALLER: El Rushbo, you were born to host, and I was born to speak with you today. It\u2019s an honor.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes, sir. Absolutely right, sir. Thank you and welcome.<\/p>\n

CALLER: My lovely wife and I are in our late twenties. I\u2019m a Republican. She\u2019s always voted Democrat until now. I\u2019m telling you what, Rush, she is energized by Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and I\u2019m absolutely convinced that CNN shut Huckabee out last night during the debate because they know he\u2019s a candidate that gets the base moving. The Drive-By Media wants one of the top three because they know they will not energize our Republican base. What are your thoughts?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case. They might have shut out Huckabee but not because they\u2019re afraid Huckabee is going to ignite the base. No, that\u2019s not a comment on Huckabee. In fact, Huckabee is getting rave reviews from people that watched the debate. In the first half hour or the second hour, Romney was shut out. I was trying to find Romney in the first half hour or second hour. He didn\u2019t show up anywhere.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, and Huckabee was cut off several times in the first hour and definitely done in the second hour, and my wife, again, a Democrat, you know, she thinks Huckabee\u2019s young, energetic, and knows how to connect with people. He is for the Fair Tax, will be aggressive on the war on terror, and is an ordained minister —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m not arguing about any of that, but, look, if Huckabee got cut off, it\u2019s Huckabee\u2019s fault. Giuliani wouldn\u2019t let himself get cut off. I have explained earlier in this program, this thing is pre-produced. It\u2019s like a modified Inquisition. I don\u2019t know that it even happened on purpose. These liberals that put these shows together look at people — all those guys, not just Huckabee — as freaks; they\u2019re fringe kooks; they\u2019re conservatives; they\u2019re Republicans. Abortion, abortion, abortion, evolution, evolution, evolution, God, God, God, God, God, NASCAR, NASCAR, NASCAR, creationism, creationism, creationism, and let\u2019s do abortion again. Let\u2019s ask Romney that twice, and it is what it is. The graphics went up immediately. The second that Wolf Blitzer changed subject, even when they went to their voters in the audience and the topic of the voter\u2019s question, before the question had even been asked, was flashed up there as a graphic subhead. So they knew what was coming and exactly when, and they were in charge of steering this thing. It was a show, it wasn\u2019t a debate. <\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s up to candidates to understand this, and this is your chance. You got two million people watching. If you want to let Wolf Blitzer run your campaign and he tells you to shut up, you shut up. If you don\u2019t, if you want to get your message out you keep talking and make \u2019em shut you up, especially if you\u2019re getting short-changed on time. Now, if you\u2019re being a windbag, that\u2019s a different thing and you have to have instincts to know whether you\u2019re being a windbag or not. But I think, to answer your question about whether they were sandbagging Huckabee, CNN is into two things: action lines, templates — that\u2019s two things — and then ratings. Yes, they are. You think they\u2019re not burned up by Fox? They don\u2019t know how to change. They don\u2019t know how to get ratings, but they would love to. And when they don\u2019t get them, they go further left, and they get like liberals do, they get their backs up and say if you\u2019re not watching us, screw you, you\u2019re too stupid, here\u2019s more of what you don\u2019t like until you do like it. But to them the front-runners, the top tier, are Mitt, McCain, and Giuliani. So that\u2019s who they\u2019re going to focus on because in their world, the other guys don\u2019t matter; the other guys don\u2019t have a chance; the other guys are just up there hogging camera time taking up space, may be good for a question or two from the inconsequential local anchors. <\/p>\n

Did you notice that? Wolf got the questions to all the big guns. When he turned it over to the local New Hampshire TV people, ‘Oh, Governor Gilmore, I have a question for you.\u2019 I guarantee you nobody had a question for Governor Gilmore until they were told that they had a question for Governor Gilmore. Nothing against Governor Gilmore. Governor Thompson. I mean, you got ten guys up there, the front-runners are the big three, and so CNN says that\u2019s where our ratings are, plus one of these guys might, oh, my God, be our next president, we gotta destroy him. There\u2019s no reason to destroy Huckabee, because he\u2019s not that big a factor. There\u2019s no reason to go out and destroy Governor Gilmore, he\u2019s not a factor. No reason to destroy Ron Paul or any of these other guys, but you gotta destroy one of these three: McCain, Giuliani, or Romney. And, by the way, they tried to destroy Romney last night by ignoring him. The start of the second hour, the first half hour of the second hour, couldn\u2019t find Mitt Romney. I made mention of this to several people. Here\u2019s Todd in Weymouth, Illinois. Am I pronouncing that right?<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s Hayworth.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you. I knew it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Good afternoon, Rush. Mega naturalized citizen US Navy veteran and nuclear power dittos.<\/p>\n

RUSH: See, another male in America who is not a sissy calling this program. Great to have you with us.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thanks for having me. I just want to comment, I felt that, you know, Wolf and the other people that are asking questions were asking the Republicans questions that should have been asked to the Democrats and vice-versa. You know, I think it would be very interesting if somebody asked a Democrat about partial-birth abortion, maybe going into specifically what happened and why they think it\u2019s okay to do that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: There\u2019s no disagreement. Wolf Blitzer and the CNN people don\u2019t disagree with Democrats on abortion. There\u2019s no reason to ask them about that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, there is because —<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, no. No, no.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — Democrats want to know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But you\u2019re assuming that these guys are objective and are actually trying to help us learn who these people are. You\u2019re missing the point. <\/p>\n

CALLER: I totally understand they\u2019re not objective, and that\u2019s unfortunate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s why I appreciate what you do. You help us keep our eyes on the ball.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you. Well, it\u2019s like the question last night that these guys were asked — and where\u2019s the headline? The question was, ‘What is President Bush\u2019s biggest mistake?\u2019 Would they ever ask the Democrats, ‘What was Hillary Clinton\u2019s biggest mistake as first lady or as US senator?\u2019 Now, that question had a purpose. That was to create a news story today, and it has. In the AP: ‘President Bush drew sporadic startling criticism Tuesday night from Republicans White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the war, his diplomatic style, his approach to immigration.\u2019 He did not draw sporadic, startling criticism. They were asked a question about it. They answered a question. This story makes it look like these guys marched into the hall, couldn\u2019t wait to start criticizing President Bush. That\u2019s what I mean, folks, about this whole thing being a pre-produced, agenda-driven question-and-answer session. Just to create that story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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