Posted on 08/27/2020 9:01:51 AM PDT by CWW
Believe this same host was heard this afternoon saying Rush is fine. “Not to worry; all is well”. And when Rush returns he looks forward to explaining.
Yes, I heard the guest host say that too. Looking forward to hearing Rush’s explanation.
For that matter, it might not be a matter of Rush’s health at all. Perhaps it has to do with a family member, a legal issue, a behind-the-scenes prior commitment . . . it could be anything.
Envisioned his attempt to surprise Kathryn in some fashion. Perhaps a surprise trip for just the two of them. He could hardly announce on radio even a portion of his plans, now could he? :-)
The reassurance of the Host’s words were enough to tell us that Rush is A-OK which was the question on many a listener’s mind. The fact he desires some privacy, wouldn’t we all?
He had a bad infection. Listening to Trump last night made him feel better and more hopeful and he is physically feeling better - back on Monday. He did a 20 minute opening today.
Rush was just on for a few minutes. He’s had a bad infection and is getting intensive treatment for it. He hopes to be back on Monday.
He is positive about the future of our country and about the election.
God bless him!
Thanks. I was able to listen to him. So good to hear him. Continuing to pray.
Here’s the transcript form the piece today:
I came down with a severe infection, and its not good. A severe infection with an immune system that is suppressed because of chemotherapy. A white blood cell count that is less than normal is not a good circumstance, and its where I found myself last weekend, and Ive had to devote every waking moment to dealing with it. And only just now Im starting to feel, quote-unquote, normal.
Ive missed you all so much.
I cant tell you how frustrating it has been, because weve been doing everything we can to avoid coming down with an infection. I mean, Ive put my doctorate in Hermit and Recluse 101 into full action, and it still happened. But, you know, folks, as I always say, theres good in everything if you look for it. And I have a new appreciation for a whole lot of things because of what Ive had to go through this week.
I have a better appreciation for what others are going through, especially cancer patients, but not just limited to cancer patients. People who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. People who have lost their livelihoods, lost their businesses. Its a tough set of circumstances that we in America have been dealt. But, you know, last nights speech by President Trump I have to be very up-front with you.
t lifted me up, folks. It made me inspired. It lifted me up. It inspired me to be assured that the future holds promise, that the best is yet ahead if President Trump is reelected. Whatever youre going through whether its an illness, a small business in trouble the event last night truly was inspiring. It assured me that our future does indeed hold promise, that theres somebody in the White House who literally does care about the future of the country and your future and my future.
We can rest assured that this is the case having watched it last night. I saw people complaining. The Fox News people were complaining that the speech was too long, 70 minutes. Let me tell you: If anybody has earned the right to take as much time as he wants to explain himself, its Donald Trump. The man has been slandered and libeled multiple times a day every day for four years.
He has been unfairly criticized. Hes been lied about. He has been the subject of a search-and-destroy campaign. And this entire week the Republican National Convention has been a focused period of time for Trump and his administration to tell their story, and if it took him 70 minutes last night to do it, fine and dandy. They say, Well, yknow, he didnt see to have a whole lot of energy out there.
He was not gonna win no matter what he did. If hed done Trump at a rally, theyd have said he wasnt presidential. If he had gone out and been really tough and called Biden a bunch of names, they would have said, Hes not presidential! Hes not taking it seriously. So last night he was actually really good. The only thing that upset me about it going long was people were falling asleep in the Eastern Time Zone and missing some of it.
I thought it was exactly what was called for. It was calm. It was assuring. And you know something else? Remember the prepublicity on all this. The prepublicity was, Trump was gonna come out, he was gonna fire on all cylinders, and he was gonna be ripping Biden and Kamala Harris a new one, and thats not what we got last night.
We got a guy who was self-assured, who was confident. I couldnt tell when he was on the prompter and when he wasnt. He was funny in a deadpan, slow-stated or downplayed kind of way and he was unthreatening. You know, the prepublicity on this was, Well, this guy, hes gonna come out firing both barrels! You better be prepared! Hes gonna launch everything. It wasnt that way at all.
It was calm, it was reasoned and for those watching Trump to learn a little bit about him, there wasnt anything about it that was threatening.
Look, folks, I also have some other observations about things that have happened while Ive been away. I want to take the opportunity here of this occasion just to get some of those thoughts in, in preparation for my return to the Golden EIB Microphone on Monday. I loved Ivankas speech last night. One line particularly stood out: Washington didnt change my father. My father changed Washington.
Boy is that true. It is right-on-the-money true, and it continues to be the case, and it explains why they continue in the establishment, deep state, whatever to be so outraged and indignant and irrational. It just Theyre incapable of being rational when Trump is around, precisely because he is changing where they live. Hes changing where they work.
Now, can I remind you of something? And I took a lot of heat for this. I said last week that the Democrat challenge was gonna be find a way to renege on the debates, and everybody blogosphere, pundits, and people on cable news said, Limbaugh is off his rocker! He doesnt know what hes talking about. Of course theres gonna be debates!
Theres gonna be three debates. Biden is assuring everybody theres gonna be debates, and what happened? Nancy Pelosi Stop and think of this, folks. Nancy Pelosi comes out and says, I would not legitimize a conversation with him. Now, shes clearly laying the groundwork for Biden not to have to debate, and she wouldnt have done that without the Biden campaigns knowledge of it.
The idea shes out there shooting from the hip? I guess its possible, cause its Pelosi. She may be trying to manipulate things, cause Ill tell you something else going on out there, folks. You know, internal polls for politicians dont lie. The polls that they do that they report to you and me like take your pick of any poll. Those polls, as you well know, are made to shape public opinion, not reflect it.
But internal polls, like the Trump campaign internal polls or the Biden internal polls? Theyre not lying to themselves in those polls and those polls must be bad. I saw a poll, and I cant remember the name of it right now. Let me find it real quick. (shuffling papers) Black Lives Matter in Wisconsins popularity has gone from plus-25 to zero in two months. Oh, yeah. It was a tweet here from noted hate expert Jonathan Chait.
Democrats need to be extremely concerned about whats happening in Wisconsin, where support for BLM has gone from +25 to +0 in 2 months. In Wisconsin! Its happening all over the place, and by now Im sure youve all heard that CNN anchors are warning, Oh, we gotta get serious. We gotta talk about the rioting. The focus group data looks bad. The polling data looks bad.
Oh, so now its not about saving lives, not about saving property. Now that all this is starting to hurt the Democrats, now theyve gotta start talking about it? But these internal polls must be bad. They dont lie in these internal polls. Biden Did you notice yesterday he didnt just leave the basement; he went up a floor? He went to the living room. He went up to where theres a fireplace in August.
Kamala Harris emerged from whatever hovel she was loving in to come out and tell a bunch of whoppers about Trump, and I think the fact that these polls the internal polls in the Biden campaign are bad can be seen in the Biden campaigns activity. Heres a New York Times story: How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin, and theres a quote from somebody here.
Ellen Ferwerda, who owns an antique furniture store downtown just blocks from the worst of the destruction that is now closed, said Democratic leaders seemed hesitant to condemn the mayhem. I think they just dont know what to say.’ Uh, if you dont know what to say about rioters, if you dont know what to say about people that are destroying your town, then its obvious you dont know what to do about it, either.
Bruce Arians, the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You know, a lot of these players NFL, NBA, NHL decided to not practice or cancel a bunch of games because of the shooting in Kenosha, and Bruce Arians, the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said, I dont know that protest is an action. I think each guy has a personal thing.
I would beg them to take action, find a cause and either support it financially or do something to change the situation, because protesting doesnt do crap in my opinion. Ive been seeing it since 1968. Hes talking here about the Democrat convention Chicago, but this is a heck of a courageous thing to say. [P]rotesting doesnt do crap.
Already people in the sports media are outraged that he would say this, that the Boston Tea Party was protest. No, it was action. It was much more than just marching up and down the street or carrying a bunch of signs or looting and destroying other peoples property. There is a big difference between action and protest. What he was really saying was (summarized):
Canceling practice not practicing football one day is not gonna change anything you claim to be in favor of. Its not gonna matter a whit, and so he didnt say this; I will theyre getting away with engaging in a bunch of symbolism while not having to engage in any genuine substance.
Folks, a couple other things here that I want to delve into. I actually believe I saw a little note from Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit. Actually, there were some major things happening this week that I havent heard anybody say. Now, that doesnt mean nobody has, cause I havent been able to listen to everything. But I look at the Republican convention.
Its been the most diverse political convention Ive ever seen, including Democrat conventions. And as Ive watched it, it has occurred to me that Trump isnt just running for reelection. The story that is being told at the Republican National Convention is about saving America. Its about saving America from a race war that the Democrats are out there actively trying to promote. Theyre trying to foment it.
They want this country to be black versus white, immigrant versus native, male versus female. Thats what they want. They want that chaos. They want this constant us-versus-them aspect of daily life. And Trump is making it clear that hes interested in people who are constructive, productive, generally happy. Hes not interested in parasites, the generally miserable.
He wants everybody to join in this project of making America great again, to restoring Americas greatness where we had contentment and happiness and people sought happiness. The fact that all of that is controversial still amazes me. But I think its an If you look at the Republican convention, it is astounding, the understory or some of the themes underneath the surface that are, I think, extremely powerful.
Theres another thing, folks, that is undeniable, and that is the Republican Party is no longer the party of the McCains or the Bushes or the Romneys or take your pick. I mean, all the Koch brothers, all the big donors and so forth. This is clearly a Republican Party now that is Donald Trumps, and hes got 92 to 95% Republican loyalty.
Its one of the most amazing transformations of a political party, and its taken place in less than three years. At this convention, George W. Bush was nowhere to be found. None of the old Republican elders. Romney was nowhere to be found. Not that they wanted to be there, but thats the point. So I just I think that there is a lot, folks, to be optimistic about, particularly if President Trump wins.
(alarm chime)
RUSH: Oop! Theres my timer telling me that my time is up, but its not up. I gave myself a couple extra seconds here. It is an opportunity for an upbeat, positive nature among all of us. This week has been very eye-opening for me. Its been a very bad week, and yet it has ended for me feeling inspired and upbeat and really confident about the future of our country if President Trump is reelected. I believe the opposite is true if hes not.
But well delve into that more as I get back next week. Again, thank you, folks, for your patience and understanding. Im sorry I have missed this week, but was really It is a bad infection. I have to get it under control, and thats what the next few days and what this week have all been about.
Ive missed you I always miss you and Im looking real forward to getting back to you next week. Thanks to Ken Matthews and all the guest hosts who are doing yeoman work here in my absence.
I love everybody, I love you all, and cant wait to see you next on Monday.
BLMGA
Black lives made great again
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