{"id":8246,"date":"2014-09-30T18:54:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-09-30T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T18:54:21","slug":"democrats_prepare_to_run_another_first_for_president_to_shield_candidate_from_criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/09\/30\/democrats_prepare_to_run_another_first_for_president_to_shield_candidate_from_criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Prepare to Run Another “First” for President to Shield Candidate from Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: My friends, I have another See, I Told You So<\/a>. Three See, I Told You Sos in one day, all three big ones, all three major ones. I was the first… I think I was the first. There might have been somebody that came up with it before I did. Not sure. In explaining the value of Obama as “the first African-American president,” I said it insulated him from any criticism. Remember the early days when so many people who voted for Obama thought doing so would show how non-racist the country finally had become?<\/p>\n

And we were once again good people and that so many people had voted for Obama simply because he was African-American would demonstrate that this country is no longer a bunch of racist pigs. Instead what happened was that Obama\u2019s race was used as a giant insulation. He was immune to criticism. Any criticism of Obama as the president or his policies was immediately chalked up to racism, and therefore it was rejected — and it was said to be illegitimate, unwise, unimportant because it was unserious.<\/p>\n

It was all rooted in race, and this had one really practical impact. It shut up the Republican Party. The Republican Party just went mute. They didn\u2019t want to be called racist. They didn\u2019t want that out there during reelection campaigns. So they shut up. It worked. So no criticism of Obama was permitted because none of it was considered valid. It was all said to be rooted in racism. You know this as well as I do. Now, I do know that I was first in forecasting this, because during the salad days…<\/line><\/p>\n

Remember, right after Obama had been elected but before he was inaugurated everybody was thinking that this was one of the most wonderful things that had ever happened, \u2019cause now the American people had finally proven they no longer were racist and we had shed the original sin of slavery. This one act had done all that, and here I came pouring cold water on everything, telling everybody, “If you think that, you couldn\u2019t be more wrong. It\u2019s going to be just the opposite. <\/p>\n

“This country — it\u2019s not gonna take very long — is going to be said to be more racist than ever, because here we\u2019ve got the first African-American president, and what\u2019s happening? People are criticizing him. And what does that mean? ‘It proves that the country\u2019s still racist! They can\u2019t tolerate a black man as president. They criticize him left and right,'” and that\u2019s exactly what happened. It was then that I warned everybody that the Democrats maybe had planned this.<\/p>\n

But if not, certainly had learned from it, so their next nominee would be a woman, and the same thing! “First female president! No criticism permitted. Any criticism that\u2019s offered is sexist and part of the War on Women.” Then after the first woman serves, then the Democrats will nominate the first Hispanic and repeat the whole thing. “First Hispanic president! No criticism permitted. If you criticize, you\u2019re a bigot.” From the Tea Party News Network: “Last week, Scottie Hughes made an appearance on Fox News\u2019 the O'[Baxter] Factor where she warned that the…” (laughing) Ahem.<\/p>\n

Take two in three, two, one. “Last week, Scottie Hughes made an appearance on Fox News\u2019 the O\u00c2\u2019Reilly Factor where she warned that the progressive mafia, in preparation for Hillary 2016, are starting to establish a narrative that asserts women are under attack and that the sexism danger must confronted.” Scottie is a commentator on Fox, by the way. Scottie Hughes a commentator, and Scottie Hughes out there saying sexism is gonna be the new black, and Hillary is the next protected victim. <\/line><\/p>\n

Now, congratulations to Scottie Hughes. She\u2019s called it exactly right, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m doing the piece. This is a See, I Told You So, because other people are now beginning to see what\u2019s in store. “The narrative inevitably continues with any legitimate critique of Hillary, when she inevitably runs, is not legitimate because it\u00c2\u2019s sexist-based. This game was played before or as Mrs. Hughes eloquently put it, ‘This came right out of the election 2008 playbook.'”<\/p>\n

So the Tea Party News Network<\/a> is praising one of its own, but you have heard about this for the past two, maybe four years. This was easily spotted. And as I say, when they get around, if they do succeed nominating Hillary or electing her, then the next — after her whatever number of years, eight, 16, 24, whatever. The next nominee will be Hispanic, and just repeat the same thing. This is how they\u2019re planning on doing it. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Tea Party News Network is running the story warning everybody, but you, my friends, See, I Told You So, on the cutting edge. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is Vickie in Shawano, Wisconsin. Hello, and welcome to the program.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, hi, Rush. It is such a pleasure to talk to you, such an honor.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Just a quick comment. My husband and I used to live in Honolulu, and we would stay up in the early morning just to watch your TV show \u2019cause we love Koko the gorilla, and we loved when he did sign language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Was that not funny? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Is he still in the West Maui mountains?<\/p>\n