{"id":267527,"date":"2018-03-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=267527"},"modified":"2018-03-15T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T20:06:52","slug":"pencil-neck-takes-the-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/03\/14\/pencil-neck-takes-the-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"Pencil Neck Takes the Bait"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Yesterday I said that the Democrats had a golden opportunity<\/a>. With the House Intelligence Committee chaired by Devin Nunes and run by the Republicans with the House Intelligence Committee announcing the end of their investigation into collusion between Trump and Russia to affect the election because they found no evidence. They have interviewed 73 witnesses, done tens of thousands of hours of interviews. They haven\u2019t a shred of evidence. They ended the investigation. Nothing to see here.<\/p>\n

\"\"And I said, “This is a golden opportunity for Pencil Neck, Adam ‘Shifty\u2019 Schiff, \u2019cause now all he\u2019s got to do — all he has to do — is find the tiniest shred of evidence, and he can nuke the Republicans. He can embarrass them. He can expose them for partisan fruitcakes. All he\u2019s got to do is come up with some evidence now!” Now, Schiff… From the beginning of the first days of this committee being impaneled and beginning this investigation, Schiff has made it clear that he hasn\u2019t seen any evidence of collusion yet.<\/p>\n

And he uses that as justification for keeping investigations going, because he assumes that there is all kinds of evidence. “But we\u2019re gonna have to dig deep. Witnesses are not being forthcoming,” he says. “Witnesses are not answering subpoenas.” But, as of yet, he said, “As of yesterday, we haven\u2019t found any evidence.” Now since my reminder, “Hey, Pencil Neck, all you have to do now is just find anything! Just find anything and, man, you can write your ticket.” So guess what? Here\u2019s the headline from the AP:<\/p>\n

“House Democrats Cite Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion.” (laughing) Do I know these people or do I know these people? Here is Pencil Neck! “Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are sharply disagreeing with Republicans on the panel who say they don\u2019t see any evidence of collusion or coordination between President Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 campaign and Russia. … Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, said Tuesday that he believes there is ‘significant evidence\u2019 of collusion … though he couldn\u2019t say if there was criminal wrongdoing.”<\/p>\n

What? What? What? Where is the significant evidence, then? I mean the headline says “cite evidence.” That must mean Schiff has it. Where\u2019s the “significant evidence”? I mean, the headline clearly says, “House Democrats Cite Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion<\/a>.” Pencil Neck “who saw the GOP report for the first time on Tuesday, said Democrats on the committee would try to continue the investigation where possible and would write their own report to lay out conclusions from the intelligence panel\u2019s yearlong investigation into Russian meddling.<\/p>\n

“As examples of evidence of coordination, [Pencil Neck] cited multiple contacts between Trump\u2019s campaign and Russia, including a meeting in Trump Tower in June 2016 and information passed on to an Australian diplomat” with ties to the Clinton foundation, “by a former Trump campaign aide George Papadopolous [sic], that the Russians had…” So he doesn\u2019t have any new evidence. He doesn\u2019t have anything. You know what he\u2019s doing?<\/p>\n

Somebody obviously told Pencil Neck, “You know, Limbaugh made a good point today, Adam! He said all we have to do is say we found something and we can blow the Republicans out of the water,” and there goes Pencil Neck for his 228th interview, found somebody to get him on TV, and he goes out there and just repeats what he\u2019s been repeating since day one. Except now he\u2019s characterizing it as evidence, “significant evidence.”<\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t any evidence. He\u2019s got evidence? Meetings, about which there\u2019s no new information. “Schiff also signaled that he would reopen or begin certain lines of inquiry if Democrats retake the majority of the House this November.” Now, that\u2019s for sure. And, if they do win the House, it will begin the Mother of All Witch Hunts, and it will be coordinated with the Mother of All Impeachment Efforts. So Pencil Neck doesn\u2019t have any new evidence. There isn\u2019t any evidence exhibited or otherwise.<\/p>\n

\"\"But he got the AP to write a story with the headline: “House Democrats Cite Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion.” And then we have a fun little story, Washington Examiner. “Adam Schiff\u2019s TV Career at Risk After GOP Shuts Down Russia Probe<\/a>.” (chuckling) Do you know this guy was on 227 TV interviews in 13 months? Hang on. What is 227 divided by 13? Let me do it again. What is 227 divided by 13? It\u2019s 17 a day! Seventeen! Can that be…? Yeah, 227 interviews during the year, 13 months.<\/p>\n

So 27 a month. Twenty-seven interviews a month Pencil Neck did. It says here “Schiff was outraged at the decision, and made it clear that Democrats would continue to plug away at their collusion theory… But Nunes\u2019 move will likely marginalize those efforts, which left some gleeful Republicans predicting they might soon be seeing less of Schiff on TV.” I doubt that. I don\u2019t think Schiff\u2019s gonna… He may be a little bit less, but he remains the go-to guy for the media to continue the myth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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