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In a Nation of Children, Santa Claus Wins
RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 11-7-2012 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 11/07/2012 11:20:32 AM PST by servo1969

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RUSH: Hey, any of you guys in there want to come sit in my chair today? Anybody? Nobody wants to come sit in my chair here? None of you? I mean, I'm giving you a golden opportunity to speak to, what, 50 million people.

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I can handle it. Okay, all right. So nobody wants to come sit in my chair today. Greetings, my friends. What happened? That's what we're going to try to find out. We're not gotta be able to explain this away in one day. We're gonna get close. We are not gonna be able to come up with all the answers and solutions in one day, but I want to try to take you through the night for me last night, various thoughts that I had as things happened, beginning with my getting and receiving the exit polls at five o'clock.

But first, let me tell you, small things beat big things yesterday. Conservatism, in my humble opinion, did not lose last night. It's just very difficult to beat Santa Claus. It is practically impossible to beat Santa Claus. People are not going to vote against Santa Claus, especially if the alternative is being your own Santa Claus.

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Now, everybody is jumping on Romney's chain today, getting in his chili. Look, he may have not been the most optimal candidate, but he's a fine man. He would have been great for this country. Mitt Romney and his family would have been the essence of exactly what this country needs. But what was Romney's recipe? Romney's recipe was the old standby: American route to success, hard work. That gets sneered at. I'm sorry. In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins? And say what you want, but Romney did offer a vision of traditional America. In his way, he put forth a great vision of traditional America, and it was rejected. It was rejected in favor of a guy who thinks that those who are working aren't doing enough to help those who aren't. And that resonated.

The Obama campaign was about small stuff. War on Women, binders, Big Bird, this kind of stuff. The Romney campaign was about big things, was about America. It's mind-boggling to go through these exit polls. You want to hear a statistic that is somewhat surprising? Romney received two and a half million fewer votes than McCain did. Now, who would have called that? Who in the world would have? I think Obama's vote tally was down ten million from 2008, and we still lost. We lost 50 to 48 nationally. We were not able to build a turnout model that looked like 2004. Very puzzling.

Something else. Just stream of consciousness here. The usual suspects are out, and they're saying, "Rush, we gotta reach out now to the Hispanics and reach out to the minorities, blacks." Okay, let me remind you of something. Just ask you a question. And we will be getting your phone calls of course today, you weigh in on this, 800-282-2882 is the number. Let me take you back to the Republican convention. We had Suzanne Martinez, female Hispanic governor, New Mexico. We had Condoleezza Rice, African-American, former secretary of state. Both of those people imminently qualified, terrifically achieved. They have reached the pinnacles of their profession.

We had Marco Rubio. We had a parade of minorities who have become successful Americans. And they all had a common story: up from nothing, hard work, their parents sacrificed for them. Now, why didn't that work, folks? The answer to that is our future. Why didn't it work? Some people say, "Well, Rush, we pandered." No, we didn't pander. Everybody says that we need to reach out to minorities. We have plenty of highly achieved minorities in our party, and they are in prominent positions, and they all have a common story. They all came from nothing. Their parents came from nothing. They worked hard. They told those stories with great pride. Those stories evoked tears. It didn't work. And don't tell me that people didn't watch the convention or people didn't see it. I mean, there's a reason it doesn't work.

I went to bed last night thinking we're outnumbered. I went to bed last night thinking all this discussion we'd had about this election being the election that will tell us whether or not we've lost the country. I went to bed last night thinking we've lost the country. I don't know how else you look at this. The first wave of exit polls came in at 5pm. I looked at it, I read the first two pages, and I said to myself, "This is utter BS." And I forwarded the exit poll data that I had to three or four people, and my message to each of them, "This is utter BS, and if it isn't, then we've lost the country." Let me take you through some of it.

Based on early exit polls, Obama is locked in a tight race with Governor Romney. Nationally we believe the race to be as tight as it could be, and to the extent that Obama is running strong and can win, it is because they see him as someone who cares about people like them. They feel he did a very good job in the response to Hurricane Sandy. When I saw that, I thought this thing is starting to read like a Democrat campaign speech, this exit poll data. Hurricane Sandy and the aftermath and the way Obama handled that, what did Obama do? He showed up one day, he bear hugged Chris Christie, and then he left. The situation on the ground is devastating, and yet Obama triumphs in the exit polls with that.

He successfully painted Romney's policies as caring primarily about the rich. He successfully convinced roughly half the country that his policies will favor the middle class. Now, measure that against reality. The reality is that the economy of this country is crumbling. The unemployment situation is worsening. The debt situation is worsening. Everything for the very people who think Obama's gonna help them is getting worse, and yet they told the exit poll people that they thought Obama's the best guy to handle
Obamacare.

A majority of people like Obamacare in the exit poll. That goes against everything we've ever heard in any poll. Voters trust him more than Romney in an international crisis. What? How in the world can that be? In a rational, intelligent world, how can that be? "He's running very strong with African-Americans, Latinos, and women. If he wins, this data will be consistent with stories about the changing nature of US demographics."

And I saw this next one. This is the one that made me think this exit poll was BS. I just, intellectually, had trouble with this one. "More than half the people who voted yesterday said that they still blame Bush for the economy." More than half the people who...? After four years! Well, now, what is the answer to this? How in the world do you deal with this? There are ways, and we didn't do them. There were too many assumptions made about what the American people thought, about what they knew.

Too many assumptions were made. But look, I don't want to nitpick the campaign today. That's not the point. There are larger things here at work. "Roughly half voters want the health care law as it is or expanded, and they are voting for Obama." Really? I haven't seen a poll like that anywhere. Every poll -- every poll! -- I have seen on Obamacare features a majority and close to 60% who don't like it, but this is an exit poll of people who voted.

"People who say they are looking for a strong leader and someone who has more of a vision for the future support Romney. Romney even wins among voters voting for 'a candidate who shares my values.' Voters believe the economy's weak and Romney will be better able to manage the economy." Now, this is for people the exit pollers say, this is the reason if Romney wins. This is why. Well, obviously, those people were vastly outnumbered, which is where we are today.

We're outnumbered.

One of the greatest misunderstandings in this country, if you boil all this down, is what creates prosperity. The Romney campaign was essentially about that, and the Romney campaign was devoted to the traditional American view and history -- vision, as well -- of what creates prosperity. The old capitalism, the old arguments of hard work, stick-to-itiveness, self-reliance, charity, helping out in the community.

All of these things that define the traditional institutions that made this country great, that's what the Romney campaign was about. It was rejected. That way, or that route to prosperity was sneered at. That route to prosperity was rejected. The people who voted for Obama don't believe in it. They don't think it's possible. They think the game's rigged. They think the deck is stacked against them.

They think that the only way they're gonna have a chance for anything is if somebody comes along and takes from somebody else and gives it to them. Santa Claus! And it's hard to beat Santa Claus. Especially it's hard to beat Santa Claus when the alternative is, "You be your own Santa Claus." "Oh, no! I'm not doing that. What do you mean, I have to be my own Santa Claus? No, no. No, no, no. I want to get up every day and go to the tree. You're the elves," meaning us.

You throw Hurricane Sandy in here. I must admit, I am genuinely puzzled that Hurricane Sandy and the aftermath helped Obama and hurt Romney. But it did. According to the exit polls. I mean, what they say is what they say. The polls were right on the money, as it turned out. But until people understand why and how big government reduces prosperity for all, they're gonna continue to be fooled by little things.

By marketing, by smooth talkers, by faux compassion. So we'll see what happens with the economy as we go forward. Some people think, "Hey, Rush, the economy is resilient in this country, and it's gonna naturally rebound. No matter what." There are people today scared the economy is going to rebound despite what's happening in the stock market today and Obama's policies are gonna get credit for it.

A bunch of libs are salivating over that. They think the economy is gonna come back no matter what, and that Obama's big government is going to end up being the explanation for the rest of our lives as to how that happened. Just like in Japan, just like in Greece. But look, you bring up Greece and you bring up Europe, and they're where we're headed. Their problems are acute.

The difference is that none of those European countries are anywhere near the leading economy of the world like we are. The world depends on what happens here. The world does not depend on what happens in Spain or Greece or Italy. Not to put them down. But regardless, wherever you go... Look at Greece. Whenever necessary austerity measures are proposed, what happens?

"No, you don't! You're not taking it away from me!" There is no rising to responsibility. There is no accepting responsibility. There's just a demand that the gravy train continue, and we have an administration that's promising an endless gravy train. All you have to do to stay on that gravy train is vote. But it doesn't matter.

The thing that's mind-boggling is that there is no new prosperity in America. There is no improved standard of living. It's all going down. "But Obama cares. He really cares! He cares much more than Romney. He really, really cares. In fact, he cares so much, we're gonna give him a do-over. We're gonna give him a second term to do what we know he wanted to do in the first term but wasn't able to for whatever reason."

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That's a pretty good analogy to me.

Half the country is made of children, Obama got re-elected by being Santa Claus, and WE"RE supposed to be the ELVES that make everything!

1 posted on 11/07/2012 11:20:37 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

Right on the money! As one elf to the other, I intend to become Scrooge.


2 posted on 11/07/2012 11:26:18 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: servo1969

I’m still not discounting fraud. Everyone knows Romney was slated to win, if not big and both campaigns reflected it, Obama being haggard and miserable and Romney being optimistic and upbeat.

It’s more than just electoral fraud too. Propaganda and indoctrination are key as this article on Twitchy shows.

http://twitchy.com/2012/11/06/obama-supporters-curse-out-their-mothers-for-voting-for-romney/

I would like to post this for consideration, I think this is the real way we can go forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s02SypCcYIc&feature=g-all-u


3 posted on 11/07/2012 11:26:59 AM PST by Killborn (Where there is Christ, there's hope.)
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Santa vs the Grinch....the Grinch loses every time...until the big bag of presents is empty...


4 posted on 11/07/2012 11:29:33 AM PST by Crimson Elephant
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To: servo1969

Maybe it would have helped, if we hadn’t run the Easter Bunny against Santa Clause.


5 posted on 11/07/2012 11:31:00 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: servo1969

Gimme gimme gimme and make someone else pay for it!!!!!!


6 posted on 11/07/2012 11:34:48 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: servo1969

Isaiah-3:4-
“And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.”


7 posted on 11/07/2012 11:36:34 AM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: servo1969

Let us be honest:

Obama barely won, and he barely won in the swing states.

And Obama ran one of the most vile and disgusting campaigns on record.

He won it on Big Bird, Bain Capital, the bail-outs, and the War on Women.

I don’t buy into any of this nonsense about the Latino vote, because even if Bush had given them their amnesty, they would still go overwhelming for Obama just on the welfare state goodies.

More than 70% of all illegal and legal immigrants from Latin America are dependent on the welfare state.

The fact is if we give illegals amnesty, that is another 13 million added to the Democratic roles, plus all the chain migration.

It would be national suicide.

And the fact is many of these Northeastern states and Midwestern states are lily white and don’t have either a large black and Latino population.

We lost this election because of women and blue collar whites who benefit from the federal government’s largesse.

It is the welfare state, stupid.


8 posted on 11/07/2012 11:38:57 AM PST by radpolis (Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)
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To: servo1969

Rush must have been listening in when my wife and I spoke of our future this morning before I went to work. I didn’t use “Santa Clause”. But my sentiments were, the traditional American Dream is DEAD.

My wife and I agree, our dreams are now too big and likely unattainable. We’ll not retire, buy our dream property, pass wealth on to our children or ever be able to do any philanthropy. Our new goal is to set our kids up to beat the average in this new America.

How?

1. Both kids need to go through the military so they qualify for government jobs.
2. Go to military, go to college on military payment program, get government job on middle class pay.
3. Never be in debt (EVER)
4. Start a side business that barters for assets and services or (cash only).
5. Own assets for retirement security.
6. Save cash and self insure your health starting at 17 years old.
7. Don’t be afraid of bankruptcy, but hide your cash and assets first.
8. Learn Spanish and Manderine proficiently! You’re going to need it to be above average.

I beleive that is the new recipe for success or middle class prosperity in the future.


9 posted on 11/07/2012 11:41:42 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (The Click-&-Paste Media exists & works in Utopia, riding unicorns & sniffing pixy dust.)
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To: servo1969; All
In other words, Rush thinks more than half of his fellow Americans are idiot flakes and losers.

He thinks that the fact that Romney offered a big fat DONUT HOLE ZERO alternative for them to vote for, he thinks the fact that Democrats (as always) had to engage in fraud, are minor side issues.

Rush prides himself on being "logical" and "not emotional" when discussing these things. Logically, it is clear that we're the majority and that the majority of Americans are NOT who and what Rush says they are -- if they were, Democrats wouldn't have to cheat. Liberals have to cheat because we outnumber them in votes. If Rush stopped being so damned emotional and started being logical, he'd start talking about this and start spreading the good news that evidence is rock-solid that indeed, the majority of Americans are NOT "children."

But Rush, being essentially emotional about the whole thing, thinks the majority of his fellow Americans are stupid losers, and is apparently on the air today trying to convince you all of the same.

It looks very much as if Rush, at his core, is a pessimist and a defeatist. Reagan would slap him silly, IMO.

10 posted on 11/07/2012 11:43:25 AM PST by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: servo1969

This elf is retiring.


11 posted on 11/07/2012 11:45:06 AM PST by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: Crimson Elephant
"Santa vs the Grinch....the Grinch loses every time...until the big bag of presents is empty..."

The Grinch? I like yours better. It captures the whole "cut entitlements first" mentality.

12 posted on 11/07/2012 11:48:14 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: I still care

I think that’s the best way to deal with them.
Just refuse to participate.

The money that businesses have is sidelined for another 4 years. We’ll have our “lost decade”.

Meanwhile, the spending will increase, the deficit and debt will increase, huge amounts of funny money will continue to be printed,

and the whole pig will come crashing out of the sky.

The goody bag will be empty, and the “gimmes” will be very disappointed. Make sure you’re prepared for this.


13 posted on 11/07/2012 11:53:30 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: I still care

I already did, a month ago. Saw this coming and said I will not send one more penny than I have to to the state or Feds.


14 posted on 11/07/2012 11:57:15 AM PST by sheana
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To: servo1969

The zer0 voters pulled a Saturday Night Special. We bury our nation on Sunday ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zUGd-VC3wk


15 posted on 11/07/2012 11:59:23 AM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: servo1969
The American Expirement is over. We have found the limits and the dangers of the excess of Democracy, as the framers of the Constitution well knew. A well-informed populace is necessary for the people to govern themselves; we no longer have that ability.

The bills will come due all too soon, and the "children", who vote the same type of people into office time after time, will not know what to do nor understand how it all came about. Like the children of the 60's who blamed their parents for their "uptight" attitudes and beliefs, our children will blame us for the reckless spending and the bankruptcy of their future.

There will be no economic recovery, no jobs growth, a dangerous and militaristic China, a prostrate Europe unable to fight back the rising tide of Islam, a more powerful and controlling UN, and the US will be blamed for the world stagnation and inflation to come.

16 posted on 11/07/2012 12:01:00 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: radpolis
It is the welfare state, stupid.

And letting women vote.

There is no traditional cultural opprobrium against women being dependent on others in the way that men are expected to provide for himself.

Now, as women enjoy unprecedented power and affluence, they still consider it appropriate to be reliant on state subsidies. On the bright side, women will also be shouldering a greater burden of that cost.

Fun fact: the male-to-female ratio at the Univ. of Georgia is 38% to 62%.

17 posted on 11/07/2012 12:06:21 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass (So?)
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To: servo1969

Unfortunately Rush got burned by his blind optimism. Now he is seeing the light.


18 posted on 11/07/2012 12:09:50 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: jeffc

“You’ve got it...baby, you’ve got it!”


19 posted on 11/07/2012 12:15:50 PM PST by utahagen
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To: servo1969

Romney should have suggested presses to print money in every neighborhood. It prints money 24/7 and you just get in line to get your money. It eliminates some of the bureaucracy between government and people getting handouts- and that’s about as conservative as you can get in ObamAmerika.

Doesn’t matter if toilet paper squares will have more worth than a dollar bill, as long as you can get yours now.


20 posted on 11/07/2012 12:25:27 PM PST by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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