Posted on 09/10/2009 9:43:03 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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RUSH: I have been asked if we got sound bites of McCain this morning on the Today Show. Let me quickly look here at it sound bite roster. I don't believe so. Let's see. We don't have any McCain. What did McCain say on the Today Show? What did he say? Hmm? Hmm? Hm-hm. Hm-hm. He threw Palin under the bus? Well, that's because Obama gave him a big compliment last night. McCain was out there giving a thumbs up.
Marty in Virginia Beach, you're next on the EIB Network. Hi.
CALLER: Hi. One of the things that I thought was the most important thing that Obama said last night that we should pay attention to, is he said, "We'll make sure you have the health care you need." He did not say you want. And who's determining what we need? The government?
RUSH: Well, of course. That's a good catch on your part, but what he wants people to take from that is, "Well, we all need health care, we all need it, I'm going to make sure you get it. It's a need, it's a right, and I'm going to make sure you get it. And, by the way, I'm going to make sure you get more health care than you got now. I'm going to make sure you got better insurance that you've got now. We're going to make sure that you got greater coverage and you have more coverage, more treatment, anything you want and it's going to cost you less. It's going to cost you less." (interruption) McCain said that Obama wasn't lying? This was on the Today Show today? And they asked McCain if he thought Obama was lying? Remember we had audio sound bites of the McCain town hall where the audience was -- (doing McCain impression) "He's a great president, he's a fine man." "No, boo!" "My friends, my friends, now, calm down." That's just inside-the-Beltway decorum. That's why McCain lost. Really no surprise there.
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RUSH: So Cookie went back. We got the audio sound bite from Senator McCain today on the Today Show. He was with Matt Lauer, and the first question from Matt Lauer: "The outburst came as part of the speech where President Obama talking about illegal immigrants, and he said, 'The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who were here illegally.' That's when Joe Wilson said, 'You lie.' So do the reforms that President Obama is proposing cover illegal immigrants or do they not?"
MCCAIN: They do not. Everything that I've seen they do not, and it changes the number of uninsured in America down to about 30 million instead of the 47 or so that they talked about before. They do not as far as I can see, nor should they.
RUSH: This is just... (laughs) Senator McCain, we are in a fight to save this country, and all you can say about the change in the number from 47 million to 30 million is, "Okay, they've taken out the illegals"? (doing McCain impression) "That's what that means, Limbaugh! That means they're not gonna be insuring legals, (grumbling). You see? You hear me? So 47 is gonna become 30!" On a dime! On a dime, 47 million uninsured becomes 30 million uninsured last night. If somebody wants to trust the running of one-sixth of the economy to these people who just make it up? Are we now to assume that the government's official tally of illegal aliens is 17 million? Is that what this means? If this keeps up, in two months, there won't be anybody insured! If in one speech you can lop off 17 million...
Now, the census bureau says 43 in their latest numbers. But Levin in his book Liberty and Tyranny broke all this down. The numbers are so totally distorted. But Senator McCain, the bill in the House legalizes health care for illegal aliens! Boehner went on TV today and read the amendments and pointed out that Republicans offered two amendments to the House bill expressly prohibiting illegal aliens from being covered, and they were defeated. (McCain impression) "No, it does not. Everything I see, the -- the -- it changes the numbers! As far as I can see, nor should they." He thinks all illegal aliens should be given Mideast anyway so what's the big deal? Next question from Matt Lauer: "Fact or fiction: Does the president's plan create anything resembling what is a so-called "death panel"?
MCCAIN: No, but there is a $500 billion, quote, "savings" in Medicare that is called for, which has seniors concerned, and in other countries when they cut back on spending on health care and health care is rationed, then similar things have happened. Americans are concerned about that.
RUSH: So he partially throws Sarah Palin under the bus there which was... You know, he's just a useful idiot. They bring him in to do exactly what he did, and that has undercut everything that the Republican opponents, conservative opponents of Obama and health care are saying. He just falls right in line with it. But this is why Senator McCain lost. Here is, by the way, the number, the part of the speech last night where the president just out of the blue, said this...
OBAMA: There are now more than 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage. In just a two-year period, one-in-every-three Americans goes without health care coverage at some point -- and every day, 14,000 Americans lose their coverage.
RUSH: Fourteen thousand? That must be because of the people losing their jobs because of you. Fourteen thousand a day? Another number just picked out of the thin air. Who? How do we know this? The only way we can know whether this number is accurate is to count the number of losing their jobs 'cause they are losing their health care unless they go the COBRA route. You know, 47 million became 30 million last night -- and from this we're supposed to conclude that the illegals are not going to be covered. This is sleight of hand. Let's go back, July 22nd of this year.
OBAMA JULY 22, 2009: This is not just about the 47 million Americans who don't have any health insurance at all. Reform is about every American who has ever feared that they may lose their coverage if they become too sick or lose their job or change their job.
RUSH: It's "not just about the 47 million Americans who don't have any health insurance." That was in July.
OBAMA SEPTEMBER 9, 2009: There are no more than 30 million American citizens who cannot get coverage. In just a two-year period one-in-every-three Americans goes without health care coverage at some point -- and every day 14,000 Americans lose their coverage.
RUSH: Now, it seems to me this is a huge improvement, we haven't done anything. If on July 22nd there were 47 million uninsured -- and last night, September the 9th, we're down to 30 million uninsured -- we don't need to do anything! We're going in the right detection here. All of a sudden 17 million got health insurance and we haven't done one aspect of Obama's plan yet.
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Eliminate those who would rather have fun with extraneous cash (cell phones, casino visits, etc), than pay for such boring necessities as health insurance premiums, and the number of “uninsured” in this country probably easily drops below 10 million.
that being said, I am now convinced that the election was a stolen election......illegal money, illegal votes....
McCain ....go home and sit in your rocker, you loser!
Stolen is right and the MSM campaigning for The Won and his brain damaged VP also contributed to Sarah’s destruction. Shame on them. Tina Fey’s “I can see Russia from my house” is a quote that’s still wrongfully attributed to Sarah.
MSM are still carrying Obama’s water. Just look at the blackout of the Van Jones expose’.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
I think it was stolen too. Illegal money. Illegal votes. Knowing opponent in on the action? That’s the question I want answered.
Frankly I'm of the mind now that I'm glad McCain lost the election. He would have had a Democrat House and Senate and would have done their bidding from health care to gun control while providing them the cover of a “Republican” president.
At least with Obama going full-tilt Marxist it's much easier to call him out on his lies and “purposeful misstatements”.
Rooting for whoever is his opponent in the primary- what an unprincipled POS!
My friends across the aisle.
My friends, as Americans we must not torture .(You torture me John, when you open your mouth.)
Senator Obama will make a good president.
We must reach out to our friends across the aisle in a spirit of bipartisanship.
vaudine
In part yes. Corrupt worldwide socialist donations, and our utterly captured media.
However the last election was more troublingly ... THROWN.
By: McCain.
Yes. He seems almost to have deliberatly caused this mess.
McCain deserves no more respect.
Years ago, I recall Juan making regular appearances on Don Imus' show. If I remember correctly, he was there to explain the Republican's position on various issues where Imus -full blown leftist, would grill him and Juan would go mealymouth 'cause even then, he was no doubt uncomfortable with being a member of the R party and I often wondered why he didn't change to a 'D'.
He really should have Specter'ed himself back then. Specter will become a new verb with two possiblities: 1. To get back to one's roots- finally arriving at a destination where one's reality may have driven them off-course. Or, 2. To try and save one's hide from an impending doom brought on by one's lack of moral clarity, coupled with an indefatigable lust for money and stature.
And maybe, a third possibility- To switch parties if losing seems inevitable. To run like a chicken to the other side of the road because, well, you're a chicken.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1073039/dont_ask_mccain/
Youtube removed this video but I found it elsewhere.
Yes, very troubling. We need to pass a law: "No US Senator may run for President of the United States, period." Take your fat, happy, lazy, ass somewhere else.
I can't imagine why our founding fathers left this out of the Constitution. But then, there are a lot of things 'left' out that we're dealing with today.
If they had wanted a national health care system, they'd have added it in the document. Or Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, or a gigantic public education system, etc. But they didn't, and I have to ask myself- why?
It's not like these guys weren't thinking 'long term'. The answer is: none of these are the business of the federal government, and they knew it, and if any state wanted to experiment with the weight of socialism wrapped around their necks, "go ahead and try" might have been their response.
America needs less, not more, of these misguided programs eminating from Washington, D.C. The test of a real president is to know the difference- and Obama is clueless with an agenda. Worse yet, where the hell has the Supreme Court been all these years?
I'm feeling a little too much like Rosa Parks lately, 'cept I don't ride the bus. But they intend to force me to ride the one headed to the corner of Health Care Hell st. and Take a Number Sucka boulevard.
Both of them must have unicorn farms.
More proof McCain is an idiot, and a Soros Stooge.
Is McCain the Manchurian candidate?
He spends more time criticising the GOP than the loony
left.
Respect the man for his ervice to our country but it’s time to put the old horse out to pasture. He’s out of step.
I think he was. McPain did every stupid thing possible at every time there was an opportunity to score big points on Obama.
Nobody can be that stupid- except on purpose.
John Mccain’s Gmail account is full (the full gigabyte plus) I wonder how it got full so quick??!!
Rush won’t come out and declare his full support for Sarah in 2012 only because that grand lady has yet to let us know what she plans. But it is quite obvious that Rush understands the uniqueness of Mrs. Palin and that she stands alone in the GOP as the one and true heir of Ronald Reagan.
Fred Thompson would have beat Obama, or at lease stood a better chance.
I know he wouldn't have handed the election to Obama like McCain did.
MCCAIN: No, but there is a $500 billion, quote, "savings" in Medicare that is called for, which has seniors concerned, and in other countries when they cut back on spending on health care and health care is rationed, then similar things have happened. Americans are concerned about that.
So let me get this straight, McCain answers, no, there is absolutely nothing in the Bill that resembles anything like death panels, but then he goes on to make an analogy that there is...
As a matter of fact, I have considered that very premise and arrived at your same conclusion! :)
In fact, I gave the same consideration to the UN building and concluded the same. If there’s a next time, watch out Fox News, but I might add, I am already worried about the Fox building(s) due to Van Jones and his green job groupies.
During the election Obama said expected life span and cost of treatment would determine what treatment was given. It follows that someone has to make that call, i.e. “death panels”. I wish someone could come up with the video.
The great stab in the back to the Republican party was the RNC allowing the primaries to be routed through liberal, open primary states and allowing the minions of the left to hijack the GOP primary elections.
McCain, like this Kitzhaber fellow who is a possible Democrat candidate for Oregon governor, decries "partisan wrangling." But the question to ask them publicly is why they even belong to a political party if they don't like "partisan wrangling.".
Myself, I don't care about any "bipartisan" agreement. I don't join a political party because I want to be nice to the others.
So, if the RNC wants to cater to the likes of Julie-Annie, McLame or any other transvestite, they can do it without my help.
I agree... We had a couple of real tossers running...
You lie!
My favorite McDummyism: “You have nothing to fear from an Obama Presidency.”
Manchurian Candidate, thy name is John McCain.
2010 and 2012 will be even worse as far as intimidation, voter fraud, illegal money , and illegal money is concerned.
KTILS-—You always know just what to say!
Love the McDummy graphic.
Limbaugh was calling John McCain a genius after he chose Sarah Palin for his VP choice. Now he is bad-mouthing McCain again.
Give it up, Rush. Obama won because of George W. Bush’s poor performance as President. And Rush, you were carrying water for GWB the whole time.
Let’s move on . . to 2012 and learn from your mistakes.
Exactly
Anyway, my daughter gave birth last night just after midnight on 9/11. Gotta go, on my way to see her...
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