Posted on 10/12/2015 1:58:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: You know the No Labels group? The No Labels group is basically a bunch of Republican liberals. They are Republicans who don't like conservatives, and they don't want to be associated with conservatism. They want to be seen as intellectually elite, scholarly, superior, and they love being thought of as moderates. You know why? 'Cause moderates, independents, that's another thing that's happened in our political culture. Those people have acquired the reputation of open-minded, which is intelligent. Like those of us who are wedded to our causes 'cause we really believe -- we're small-minded, closed-minded, we're not open to opposing points of view. But the moderates and the independents, these are the diamonds in our culture because they make up their mind issue by issue.
hey're not closed-minded, and they're not small-minded, and they're not bigoted. Well, a bunch of these people got together and formed a club essentially called No Labels. And there's some former Republican speechwriters in this group. The former media director for the McCain campaign of 2008 is in this group. And, anyway, this group had an event. It's going on right now in New Hampshire called the No Labels event. And Trump began his appearance at the No Labels event, which is apparently just a long-winded Q&A with people in the audience and whoever the officials of the No Labels organization happened to be.
And I heard before the program started that Trump's kicking it. He's just doing fabulous. So I asked Cookie to get me some sound bites of it. And I have 'em here. Let's go ahead and start with those. Starting here, sound bite number 28. It's in Manchester, New Hampshire, and this is at the No Labels Problem Solver convention, and I guess they're having a bunch of candidates show up at this thing.
It was Trump's turn to speak, and during the Q&A, an audience member said, "I was wondering what your plan is in working across the aisle to increase civic engagement among Millennials, getting college students involved and also student loans." Now, that's a perfect question for somebody at the No Labels event. "Can't we all just get along? There must be bipartisanship. We must cross the aisle. We must show the American people that we can work together. We must show that we can do good government, that we can get things done. We must, we must, we must." And so you've got somebody in the audience asking Trump, "I was wandering what your plan is in working across the aisle to increase civic engagement among. So what are you going to do, Mr. Trump, to see to it that Millennials are not so mean to each other and actually can work together with people?"
TRUMP: Don't forget, these schools, because they get so much money from the government through the student, they're raising their fees to a point that's ridiculous. They don't need to get that kind of money. (Applause) Because of the fact that the government is giving out so much money, you take a look at what's happened to the cost of education, and believe me, it hasn't gone up that much, so we're gonna do a number, we're gonna get those numbers down, and also we're gonna have jobs. So when you graduate, you're gonna end up getting a nice job where you're very happy, okay? Thank you. Great question.
FNN: Donald Trump Speaks at New Hampshire No Labels Event
RUSH: Okay. So he's telling Millennials they're gonna be happy when he's president, 'cause they're gonna have a job. They can't find jobs right now. Certainly they can't find career-oriented jobs. But he didn't answer the question. You know, this, "Mr. Trump, what's your plan for people to work together across the aisle?" He just skated right past it and went to what was important. Another question from the audience. "I'm curious about your perspective on the Freedom Caucus of the --" by the way, I should state the No Labels group is actually a bunch of libs. They're liberal Republicans. But they don't want to call themselves anything. They're trying to be above everybody with this. Anyway, that's the next question. "So your perspective on the Freedom Caucus of the Tea Party."
TRUMP: I love the Tea Party. I'll tell you about the Tea Party. These are people that love this country. They do love this country. And they want the country to be great. It's very important. Go ahead.
WOMAN: The issue is not to offend anyone but, quite frankly, I see that Planned Parenthood is a deck chair on the Titanic. That's where I'm coming from. To shut down the entire government over it, it's kind of the small worlded mind-set --
TRUMP: Well, they don't want Planned Parenthood funded, and I think a lot of people understand that, including me, they don't want it funded. I mean, I understand that. So, I mean, you do have that. (booing)
RUSH: Yeah, No Labels booing Trump. That's a good sign that he's being booed. Don't misunderstand this.
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RUSH: And the final Trump bite is from the -- you know what they're calling it? They're calling it the Problem Solvers convention. The No Labels Problem Solvers convention. The only problem they've ever solved is getting unemployed Republican strategists off the street. And that's about it. Next question from another audience member. "Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you can prove me wrong, but I don't think you are a friend to women." See how this works? Who in the world? Would you look at Trump's wife and his daughters and then think the guy doesn't like women? (interruption) Are you saying yes? Why? Undeniable Truth of Life 24? Okay, well, see, then if that's the case then it just makes the case for Undeniable Truth of Life number 24 being even more solid.
Snerdley's telling me, "Damn right they can think Trump doesn't like women because the only women around Trump are beautiful. And in order to really like women, you gotta be able to embrace the Uglo-American women, too. And if you don't, then you hate women." And I don't doubt there's some thinking like that. That's why I devised Undeniable Truth of Life number 24. Anyway, here's Trump of his answer to this. "You really are not a friend to women, Mr. Trump."
TRUMP: I knew I shouldn't have picked her. I respect women incredibly. I have had women working for me in positions that they've never worked in terms of so many different jobs. I had a woman who was in charge of the building of Trump Tower many years ago, before anybody would have even thought of it, and did a fantastic job. I have given women more opportunity than I would say virtually anybody in the construction industry. I have a daughter named Ivanka and a wife named Melania who constantly want me to talk about women's health issues because they know how I feel about it and they know how I feel about women. I respect women. I love women. I cherish women.
RUSH: But the fact that he has to say that, I don't know, to me is offensive, the whole idea that Republicans hate women, not friends to women. And, folks, it goes deeper than abortion. It's much deeper. The War on Women stuff goes far, far beyond this abortion stuff. 'Cause not every woman is pro-abortion, not even half of them. Not abortion as a means of contraception. You don't have a majority of American women thinking that. So you doubt me when I say people are gonna believe Debbie "Blabbermouth" Schultz when she says Republicans want to kick women out of the country. When you admit that people might have a problem with Trump because the only women that appear to be around him are pretty? Well, this is pretty odd, if you ask me.
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RUSH: This is Andy in Jacksonville, Florida. Hey, Andy, great to have you on the program. Hi.
CALLER: Well, thank you, sir. Rush, my biggest fear is Donald's not taking this seriously, and he's not taking the campaign seriously. We would love him to run. We would love him to win, we all want him to, but I don't think his heart's in the right place.
RUSH: Let me guess. I'm gonna take a wild guess as to why you're worried and why you might think that he's not taking this seriously. And the guess is that you're really upset about the Twitter stuff every night?
CALLER: Nah, I don't give a rat's butt about the Twitter stuff.
RUSH: You don't care about that?
CALLER: Nah, I don't. I just think that the guy -- I love him to death. We all talk about him, all my friends do anyway --
RUSH: Well, then what makes you think he's not serious?
CALLER: I think he's a rich man that's got way too much stuff on his plate or got other stuff on his plate. The president thing is, I wouldn't say a charade, but I don't think it's the first thing on his mind when he wakes up in the morning.
RUSH: Okay, there has to be a reason why you think this. Or maybe you're harboring a fear that it's not real, that it's all just a --
CALLER: I am harboring the fear that it's not real. That's exactly right.
RUSH: But you can't put your finger on why. It's just he seems so against type. He's so not a politician, and he's --
CALLER: No, he's not. And I'm sure he can do the job. I'm sure he can do the job --
RUSH: I think that's why you like him, right?
CALLER: -- a lot better than other people, but I don't know that his heart is really in it. It may be just the showman in him; I don't know.
RUSH: You don't know whether his heart is in it, he's just a showman and is entertaining himself with this?
CALLER: That's exactly right.
RUSH: Seeing how big a rise he can get out of people, and then when he gets filled and tired of it, then move on to something else, build another building in Beijing?
CALLER: Once again, you are exactly right.
RUSH: Well, I know you're asking me if I happen to agree with you. I don't know. I'm one of the people if you go back and look, I said he'd never get in. As recently as a few days before he got in, I didn't think he would actually pull the trigger and do it. I thought it was what it's always been: publicity for his TV show, The Apprentice, and for whatever else he needs publicity. The guy is into a lot. I mean, there's Trump branded everything out there. There's Trump branded vodka. He stole my tie idea. Wait 'til he hears that. He-he-he-he. No, he's got his own brand of neckties. He's got his own brand of all kinds of stuff out there. Some of that stuff was sold in Macy's, and that's why Macy's did their 180 on him early on with the comments on the Mexicans.
Look, I can't tell you for sure that I'm confident he's gonna stay in or get out. I'm like you, I'm just watching it go by every day and commenting on it as it happens. I, like everybody else, this Trump and his legitimate performance and his status as the front-runner, nobody could have predicted that. And nobody did predict it. And I don't care who tells you they did; they didn't. Nobody could have. I mean, some might have predicted he would get in. Nobody would predict that he would be number one in the polls solid and growing from the day he announced, after having said the things that he has said and then doubling down on the things everybody got mad at.
The thing, Andy, that tells me he's serious about this is I have noticed not so subtle changes in the way Trump is going about this every day. He's not making flamboyant statements nearly as frequently and as profoundly as he did early on. He's still bombastic. He still goes out and does the "I'm the greatest, I will be the greatest, it's gonna be the greatest, we're the greatest," you know, all of that, which is entertaining, and it's inspiring, too, to people who want it to be the case and to people who believe that he can make it happen. But he is more and more issue oriented and substantive each day. His answers to various questions now have a little bit more depth to them.
And it's not, I don't think, because he's had to study up on things. I think his approach is changing. You know, you have a sense of presence -- everybody does -- when you're a public figure. And if you're good, you know when it's time to transform and how to transform. You know how to anticipate people's expectations. And in the case of the critics, you know how to anticipate those and confound them. And I think every stage of the Trump campaign has been a shock to the people who have expected him to get out. I think, for example, now, Trump is much more serious on all these things that he's discussing than his early critics even thought he could be. Early on he was just bombastic, say anything, violator of political correctness, wasn't serious about it, doing and saying things just to get noticed but couldn't tell you anything about foreign leaders, couldn't tell you about what was going on in the Middle East, didn't know about fracking.
It turns out he can tell you anything you want to know about this stuff or confidently explain to you that he will find out. And I've noticed a transformation in Trump that's more and more -- I don't want to say "presidential," because now he has a fine line to walk. His original support is based on his being an outsider and a fearless, outspoken outsider. So he's gotta keep some of that up. At the same time, people have a vaunted respect and reverence for the office, and it's not to be played with, and it's not to be trifled with. So he's got to go in both directions at the same time.
The reason I was thinking that maybe old Andy here was not thinking Trump was serious was because of Twitter. He goes on these Twitter binges at night that -- well, they're funny. Oh, there's no question they're funny, but many people think they're still petty. Some people think that they're childish. You know, we had a caller, that woman who called and said if he would just stop insulting people, he'd be at 40%. Well, now I've got people: if he'd just stop tweeting every night he's be a 60%. But all these tweets, it turns out that there have been journalists embedded with him, following him around, writing stories. And they're shocked. They're shocked the guy doesn't have a computer or a tablet in his office.
He does all this tweeting at night on his Samsung Galaxy 6, 5, whatever it is that he's got. He just sits there and pecks that stuff out on his Samsung Galaxy keyboard. And then he sets it aside and goes about his business. But he does not have a computer. And he does not e-mail. He does not e-mail. He'll instant message, but every e-mail that you get from him is gonna come from somebody in his office. He sends out e-mails, but he doesn't do them. He doesn't have an e-mail address. All of his people do. But when it comes to Twitter and Facebook, he's just in there.
Just watched video of Trump at the “challenging” (kind of hostile environment) No Labels/Problem Solvers rally. Mr. Trump you managed each question and questioner superbly! Absolutely superbly! You made no excuses or justifications for your positions and in my opinion slayed the immature misguided female youth that disrespected you with her subjective question, attitude & body language. For too long naive female children like this have terrified politicians & pundits! Trump was unflappable!
I have a hard time reading Mr Limbaugh’s transcripts. He really needs to hire an editor to make these readable
That said. Trump handled the questions well. I think at least some of them were demonratic plants
I sympathize with the caller here. I’m with him, but yeah, a bit nervous as to how seriously he’s taking everything, but also agree with Rush that he’s getting better on that front. Hopefully, he continues to talk to serious people like Jeff Sessions, whoever it was that told him that we don’t know who the Syrian rebels are, etc., others. He’s a very smart guy, but understanding these things well enough to articulate it takes sustained attention, way more than the 140 characters a thought world.
I forgot the T when I copied the transcript. So blame me.
What they can't stand is to be confronted with the realization that conservatives not only understand their message, we reject it utterly, for logical reasons as substantiated by citation.
She was outstanding....crossing her arms....and pouting like a 3 year old. Trump answered her to perfection. Kinda like...”you are what you are....I’m pro-life.
They SAY “No labels” and what they mean is “We dare you to pin us down on any substantive belief.”
Let me guess....
The first one represents Freepers.
The middle one is Trump.
The third one is the No Labels crowd,
I usually enjoy reading transcripts of Rush’s show, but sometimes the man sounds like he’s on auto-talk. I mean, did he say a single thing of substance to really answer that caller’s questions/concerns about Trump? No. Not even close.
Honestly, Rush is smarter than that. If he were really paying attention to the internal vs external dynamics of this race, he would have been able to tick off ten points of insight (re: Trump) that would have instantly settled the caller’s mind. He’s got the talent and the smarts - his attention is just somewhere else, it seems.
Soviet Red Hampshire is crawling with young women like her...wouldn’t surprise me one bit if she was a St. Paul’s student; the biggest collection of arrogant little snots to be found anywhere on God’s green earth (the haughty John Kerry attended St. Paul’s...if that tells you anything).
Rush’s audience numbers suffered when he didn’t pull punches with Perot. I think he fears the same thing with Trump. Several times he has acknowledged Trump is not a Conservative. Why would he prefer a non-conservative nominee?
You are confusing conservatism with the status-quo.
and like Leonidas, the Donald sports a Mullet.
You confuse Trump with Conservatism. The best we can look forward to with Trump is another Nixon or Ford. Not exactly great successes.
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