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RUSH: No, it\u2019s totally believable. Unbelievable here. Totally believable, I should say. Drive-By Media, State-Controlled Media, Reuters, just check this headline: ”Kennedy Death Puts Family Dynasty in Doubt\u2019 — Senator Edward Kennedy\u2019s death marks the twilight of one of America\u2019s most fabled political families, with no heirs to the Kennedy name poised to emerge with the same mix of gravitas, ambition and celebrity.\u2019 That\u2019s not true. That\u2019s not true. Chris Matthews told us today that Barack Obama is the last Kennedy brother, that Ted Kennedy passed the torch to Barack Obama, not one of his sons or nephews or nieces. Some guy named Thomas Whalen, a professor of political science at Boston University, ‘There doesn\u2019t seem to be someone in the next generation to carry the load here. Ted Kennedy might be it, he might be the end of the line.\u2019<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Some people did not believe me when I said Chris Matthews said today that Barack Obama is the last Kennedy brother. Okay, let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. On the Today Show the co-host Ann Curry talking to Chris Matthews, who\u2019s the last of the Marx Brothers. You had Harpo, Zeppo, Groucho, Gummo, Chico and now Chrisso. And they\u2019re talking about Kennedy and President Obama.<\/p>\n

MATTHEWS: He wanted to be his brother\u2019s brother, and then he turned that torch over last year to Barack Obama. And the great thing about the Kennedy\u2019s is they always grew as a family. They tended to get better as they got older. This family got better. The Kennedy commitment to civil rights was almost accidental. It began because of history, \u201963 and Martin Luther King\u2019s march. By Bobby it became passion, by Teddy it became real, and then Teddy turns it over to the first African American and says, ‘You got the ball.\u2019 Amazing history, Barack is now the last brother.<\/p>\n

RUSH: There you have it, Barack Obama is now the last brother. Barack Obama, the last Kennedy brother. A question from the official program observer, Mr. Snerdley. Yes, sir, what\u2019s the question? Yeah, the Republicans did secure the passage of the Civil Rights Act in the Senate of 1964. It was a greater majority of Republicans that voted for it than Democrats. But, no, the Republicans have not been passed the ball, Mr. Snerdley, the Republicans are aced out of this. It was on MSNBC, Matthews was asked, ‘What did it mean in Obama\u2019s campaign to get an endorsement, and what reaction to this day do the Clintons have about it?\u2019 By the way, as of the program start today, 12 noon, we have not heard from the Clintons. As of 12 noon, a little over an hour ago, the Clintons had not made a statement. <\/p>\n

Now, something\u2019s strange about that, folks. Because you remember during the Clinton presidential campaign in 1992 it was revealed that he had gone to Washington as part of Boys Nation. He was a candidate from Arkansas Boys State, he got to go to Boys Nation and met JFK out there in the Rose Garden and they found a picture of it, and the first attempt at resurrecting Camelot with the Clintons, and of course Camelot went to shreds when Bill got caught doing what Jack never got caught doing. Clinton got caught, and that\u2019s the end of Camelot. Of course, it\u2019s tough to have Camelot with Nurse Ratched in the White House to begin with. So they tried to pass Camelot now to Barack Obama and Michelle. And it\u2019s interesting now that the Clintons have not said a word. At least they hadn\u2019t as of the time the program started today. <\/p>\n

Is Hillary even back from Africa? Oh, that\u2019s right, she and Bill were meeting up in Bermuda. That\u2019s right. They were gonna watch the hurricane go by, Hurricane Bill. By the way, Tropical Storm Danny is out there and the Drive-Bys are so hoping it will hit someplace, but the tracks take it again into Canada. I wonder if these hurricane forecasters said, ‘Canadians, beware, lots of hurricanes coming your way this year.\u2019 Anyway here\u2019s Matthews answering the question about what it meant to Obama\u2019s campaign to get the Kennedy endorsement and what reaction to this day do the Clintons have about that.<\/p>\n

MATTHEWS: The books about him will be the last brother. He is primarily a brother to his brothers. Joe Jr., who lost his life in the war, he never forgot him, always loyal to the memory of his brother, and to Jack and to Bobby. I think he extended that brotherhood to Barack Obama. He made him the new brother. And I think that\u2019s the responsibility — you talk about it all the time, it is his responsibility now to be the new brother. He has to lead now. And I think that the Clintons were passed over. Ha!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you know what would happen to me if I said of President Obama he\u2019s the new brother? If I called him a brother? But this is absurd on its face. And Obama is not loyal to his brothers. His brother is still living in a hut. These people are just absurd. It doesn\u2019t matter where you watch television today, even if you turn on Fox, you\u2019re going to get the syrupy, everything they say is going to be predictable, everything is going to be the staple, ‘We must put aside our differences for the day and respect the great work, achievements of Senator Kennedy,\u2019 and vomit and puke all over everybody with this analysis today. I was cracking up this morning when I heard this. I was cracking up, and I wasn\u2019t cracking up because Senator Kennedy died, I\u2019m cracking up because these people are making fools of themselves. You give \u2019em too much time to talk on television and they will do it every damn time. Barack Obama has had the torch passed to him? Ted Kennedy made him the last brother? And the Kennedys ever loyal, the brothers, they were loyal to each other. Barack Obama the last Kennedy brother, and Barack Obama is not even loyal to his own brothers. Brother still lives in a hut. So we haven\u2019t heard from the Clintons. I think it\u2019s fascinating. We haven\u2019t heard from them since Bermuda. We don\u2019t even know if they\u2019ve left Bermuda. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: All right. The Clintons have issued statements, about 20 minutes ago. They waited for everybody else \u2019cause they knew that everybody else\u2019s statements will get melded together, thrown into the mix. They waited so that their statements would stand out. I have their statements here but I\u2019m not going to fall for the trick. They\u2019ve issued statements, but I\u2019m not telling you what they said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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