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RUSH: What I\u2019m gonna start with today is not the most important aspect of what\u2019s going on today. It\u2019s a factor, but it is interesting politics, and it is evidence once again why you can totally trust that which I predict, that which I tell you, totally trust my instincts because I use intelligence guided by experience. <\/p>\n

Great to have you, folks, the EIB Network, the one and only and the Rush Limbaugh program here at 800-282-2882, and the e-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

When this news of the ISIS attack in Paris hit on Friday, Monday of this week was our first day, obviously, to discuss it. One of the things that I said early on in the discussion on Monday of the activities in France over the weekend, I said, you watch, this attack, there will be many results, many reactions to it. I said one of the things that\u2019s gonna happen is Trump is going to skyrocket in the polls. And he has. <\/p>\n

Now, that\u2019s not the news. The news is the Drive-Bys cannot believe it. I got two examples. Hill.com: “Trump Rises in Wake of Paris Attacks<\/a>.” And they write this from a standpoint they just don\u2019t get it. They\u2019re infuriated. They are puzzled. There are people in both the Republican and Democrat establishments who still believe that this Trump campaign isn\u2019t real. They think that he\u2019s gonna quit at some point. That at some point he\u2019s gonna have gotten his jollies, he\u2019s gonna have proved his points, whatever it is, and something\u2019s gonna happen that he\u2019s just gonna wave good-bye and say he\u2019s on to something else. <\/p>\n

I think that there is a sizable contingent, and particularly in the Republican Party, that actually believes it\u2019s gonna happen. I think the state of denial is still pretty high, not so much about Carson, but about Trump. I think that they really believe that by time we get to Iowa and New Hampshire, Trump is for some reason — and they don\u2019t know what it is — not gonna be there. They are telling themselves this because they hope it\u2019s the case. There isn\u2019t any evidence of it. They just haven\u2019t accepted what is happening here. And, as such, the fact that the Paris event happens and Trump skyrockets in the polls has baffled them yet again. <\/line><\/p>\n

“Trump\u00c2\u2019s gains show him once again confounding Beltway wisdom, where the widespread view was that such a grave event would lead voters to look toward White House candidates who are purportedly more mature and sophisticated than the erstwhile star of ‘The Apprentice.'” That\u2019s how The Hill leads their story. That is a perfect case of projection. The Hill put their own opinion in your voice. They assume that you would think and react exactly as they have. And who are they? They are the Drive-By Media, inside-the-Beltway Washington establishment. “Trump\u2019s gains show him once again confounding Beltway wisdom –” i.e., us “– where the widespread view was that such a grave event would lead voters to look toward candidates more mature and sophisticated.” <\/p>\n

So they\u2019re admitting that they and everybody else inside the Beltway thought that you would look at this kind of an event and say, “Oh, my God, we gotta get rid of this Trump guy. He\u2019s nowhere near serious. He\u2019s nowhere near qualified to deal with it.” When the truth is a majority of people in the polling sample think Trump\u2019s the only guy willing to deal with it. That\u2019s the size of the disconnect here. As I say, this is not the most important aspect of this at all, but it is a teachable moment because it illustrates just how out of touch the mainstream media and the Washington establishment are in terms of you and the American public and what you think and how you think. They\u2019re clueless. <\/p>\n

They also have this tendency to foist and project their opinion on you. They think Trump\u2019s not up to snuff. They think this is going to show that Trump\u2019s not qualified. They\u2019ve always thought that. And they think at some point something like this is gonna come along and convince you, because, see, they get it and you don\u2019t. You\u2019re dunderheads. You\u2019re behind the curve. They are ahead of the curve, and they\u2019re just waiting for you to finally figure out what Trump is, that they already know, and that is essentially they think he\u2019s a fraud and a pretender and not real. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the New York Times and the rest of the Drive-Bys have actually published articles claiming the ISIS attacks should help Hillary\u2019s campaign. Would somebody tell me how in the world that happened? Once again, they\u2019re hoping that it helps Hillary\u2019s campaign, but gosh if I can figure out how. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, back to Trump. It\u2019s not just TheHill.com. As I say, the New York Times and the rest of the Drive-Bys are publishing articles claiming these ISIS attacks should help Hillary\u2019s campaign. And the reason is because of her record at the State Department. I kid you not. This is how out of touch these people are.<\/p>\n

They really, really, really, really are out of touch with mainstream American thinking. It\u2019s not news to me, but it might be news to more and more people. It\u2019s a combination of arrogance and condescension. They just are unable to understand and they are intolerant of any views other than their own. So in the playbook, in the manifesto, in the narrative, in the template, it is written that if there\u2019s a terror attack out there, it has to benefit Hillary. How can you say that after Benghazi? How can you say…? Hillary Clinton\u2019s been called on the carpet over Benghazi.<\/p>\n

A lot more people paid attention to that than the media knows or wants to be aware of. She doesn\u2019t have a sterling record as secretary of state. She certainly doesn\u2019t have an anti-terrorism record. The thing she\u2019s on the record for? Don\u2019t forget her definition of smart power. We must empathize with our opponents. We must sat down and chat with them. We must learn what it is that inspires them and motivates them. In this way, we build a bridge of commonality, and in this way we reduce tensions and so forth.<\/line><\/p>\n

Why isn\u2019t that working in Europe? <\/p>\n

Europe has basically bent over and grabbed the ankles for I don\u2019t know how many years now doing everything they can to show they\u2019re tolerant and accepting, and what\u2019s happening? They\u2019re being laughed at, and all of that tolerance is being exploited. They\u2019re being laughed at. Europe is considered a bunch of jokes now. The French, though, are finally manning up. Let\u2019s move on now another example. This is Mara Liasson. This last night Special Report with Bret Baier, who said, “Mara, how is this playing for Republicans? Where do you think this race goes? Has it completely turned after the Paris attacks?”<\/p>\n

LIASSON: There were a lot of predictions that the Paris attacks would be the tipping point that a lot of Republican establishment figures have been waiting for, meaning that the angry outsiders — Trump and Carson — would fade and Republican voters would kind of wake up and start looking for a more plausible commander-in-chief —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That just sounds almost exactly like what I read at TheHill.com, except Mara Liasson doesn\u2019t work there. Let me check something. TheHill.com. When did this thing…? I\u2019m not sure. Looks like I got it this morning, and Mara was on TV last night. I don\u2019t know when The Hill… I\u2019m gonna have to click on the link and find out when this piece was posted at The Hill. <\/p>\n

Recue that, Mike, \u2019cause this sounds like exactly what I just read to you from TheHill.com: “Trump\u00c2\u2019s gains show him once again confounding Beltway wisdom, where the widespread view was that such a grave event would lead voters to look toward White House candidates who are purportedly more mature and sophisticated than the erstwhile star of The Apprentice.” That\u2019s TheHill.com. Again, here\u2019s Mara Liasson from the top…<\/p>\n

LIASSON: There are a lot of predictions that the Paris attacks would be the tipping point that a lot of Republican establishment figures have been waiting for, meaning that the angry outsiders — Trump and Carson — would fade and Republican voters would kind of wake up and start looking for a more plausible commander-in-chief, someone who had foreign policy experience and was vetted and experienced. That hasn\u2019t happened. Trump has gone up. Trump gets really good marks on being tough enough to fight ISIS in these polls. “Bombing the (expletive deleted) out of ISIS” seems to be a pretty appealing message to a lot of Republican base voters. So in that sense, this has followed the pattern of the Republican race so far, which is that conventional wisdom has been wrong at every turn.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, and you are one of the architects of it. But notice how similar her report is to what we read from TheHill.com. I\u2019m not criticizing Mara Liasson. Please don\u2019t send her a bunch of e-mails. I\u2019m just pointing out here that they all think the same way that they either talk the same way or they read the same stuff. They go to the same clearinghouse for the approved Drive-By Media opinion on any particular story, \u2019cause it\u2019s uncanny. Her reaction to this is identical to what TheHill.com\u2019s was!<\/line><\/p>\n

And it is that Republican voters are finally gonna wake up and realize Trump\u2019s totally wrong to deal with something like this. He\u2019s not mature enough; he\u2019s not worldly enough. That, to me, is just uncanny. And then their minds are boggled when they find out that Trump went up. But I … Mara, I need to tell you people something. I need to remind all of you in the Drive-Bys of something. And it was there for you to see, because it was a Drive-By Media report. I had it here on this program yesterday. <\/p>\n

It was a dissection and analysis of the demographics of Trump\u2019s support. And you note she says here he “seems to have a pretty appealing message to a lot of Republican base voters.” That may be, but it\u2019s not just Republican base voters, Mara. Do you know, ladies and gentlemen, that close to a majority of Trump\u2019s support is coming from blue-collar voters? That was the news yesterday. Blue-collar. Now, when you hear the term “blue-collar,” people automatically think union thug or union employee, union workers or something. <\/p>\n

As I said yesterday, I think blue-collar has a new meaning today, and that is somebody who pays taxes. So Trump\u2019s doing well among blue-collar people. I don\u2019t think Mara Liasson and Drive-By Media would ever associate the Republican base as blue-collar, do you? No. So they\u2019re not even up to speed on where Trump is getting his support. They\u2019re not even… I don\u2019t think they have the ability to be honest with themselves. They can\u2019t believe that anybody who would vote Democrat might support Trump. <\/p>\n

Why? <\/p>\n

“Well, Trump\u2019s gauche. You know, he\u2019s unsophisticated and he\u2019s not part of the network and he\u2019s not one of us.” They just can\u2019t believe that somebody who would vote for Obama or vote for Hillary would be lighting it up for Trump. But Trump\u2019s support, the point is, is coming from across the spectrum. It\u2019s not just whatever they think the Republican base is. And his numbers are way up. And I remember what I said Monday: “If he wants to own this campaign, he\u2019ll pick up this terrorism and run with it like he has on immigration — and if he does, nobody will be able to stop him.”<\/p>\n

Now, grab sound bite eight, because Trump… I watched the video of this. Trump is drawing crowds that they\u2019re not reporting on anymore. These crowds are huge where he\u2019s going. This was in Worcester, Massachusetts, last night at a campaign event, and he got heckled. Now, this guy… You watch this video. Trump is just… It looks like he\u2019s having more fun than I\u2019ve ever seen anybody have on a campaign trail. Ted Cruz looks like that, too. But Trump just stands up there and smirks. You know, he\u2019s just in total control. He knows the audience is eating it up. <\/p>\n

Listen to what happened here…<\/p>\n