Posted on 11/11/2015 5:26:10 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: I didn't see the undercard. I had other things going. I just didn't watch. And I haven't seen any replays. The only thing I know about the undercard is everybody's raving about Bobby Jindal. And Bobby Jindal apparently had some sort of very clever insult of Christie. He's gonna give him a participation ribbon and a juice box. Anybody know what that juice box thing means? (interruption) Hmm. (interruption) Juice box... (interruption)
No, I think there's more to it than that. I think... Well, I don't feel comfortable 'cause I'm not sure what it is here. But there's a reason. There's a reason that Jindal starts mocking or making fun of Christie by saying, "Here's your participation ribbon and a juice box." I mean, do you drink juice out of a box? (interruption) Right. (interruption) I know. I know what they... (interruption) Yes, I know what they are. The little kids... (interruption) Yes, I know. Right, right, right. But... Oh, well. I... Look, I can't. I can't take this where I think it goes. Just trust me on this. It isn't a big deal anyway. You're not missing anything by my not saying it. And I'm putting into play here: I can't be hurt by something I don't say.
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RUSH: Here's Tom in Dallas. Tom, I'm glad you waited. It's your turn next on the EIB Network. Hello, sir.
CALLER: Hi, Rush. It's an honor to talk to you. Thanks for taking my call.
RUSH: You bet, sir.
CALLER: I just wanted to make a quick comment about Bobby Jindal's performance. I thought, number one, all four candidates in the first debate were terrific. They were very articulate. They had a lot of time to answer questions, and, you know, really got their points across. I thought that Bobby Jindal's responses, while kind of funny -- and the juice box comment, by the way, that refers to seven-, eight-, nine-year-old kids who don't care whether or not they win a game at the end of the day. They're just waiting for the juice box and their participation trophy. But I thought it came across to the audience a bit harsh and a bit snarky in comparison to Huckabee and Christie, who really focused on Hillary Clinton more. And while, you know, Jindal was absolutely right, we have to elect a conservative, it did come across as a little desperate, I think.
RUSH: Desperate? Or mean?
CALLER: I think more desperate. He seemed a little shrill. He wanted to make his point, and he did multiple times, comparing his conservative record against Huckabee and especially Christie, and I think he could have done it in a more appreciating manner.
RUSH: Do you think he may be a little frustrated? 'Cause in his mind he's looking at Huckabee and Christie, and he doesn't think they're real conservatives, and he thinks he is.
CALLER: Well, that's absolutely right.
Bobby Jindal Offers Chris Christie A 'Participation Ribbon And A Juice Box'
RUSH: He's hell-bent on having as many people as possible know. I think Bobby Jindal is one of these guys, and there are many of 'em, who really resent these moderate quasi-Republicans getting away with calling themselves conservative when they're not, and he's calling them on it.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: The juice box reference and the participation -- well, let me ask you this. Did you think Trump was like Jindal when he made reference to Carly Fiorina's continual interruptions?
CALLER: No. I think that Trump picks his moments and, you know, is good at getting a great audience reaction. I don't think that anything he said came across as, you know, snarky or mean-spirited. It was more in the fun of keeping the discussion going and --
RUSH: Well, at one point he got frustrated with Kasich.
CALLER: -- drawing attention to himself.
RUSH: He said, "What am I doing here? What's this guy doing up here? We're wasting our time with this guy up here," something like that about Kasich. I forget specifically what it was. Anyway, Tom, I appreciate the call.
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That it was an obscene and deep taunt was totally lost on me:
Isn’t it simply that getting a juice-box is typically a silly consolation prize for very young people who participate in some public sporting event..?
That’s how I took it. BFD.
I have to admit that I did not get it. Maybe I need to get out more.
The quote from Jindal went right over my head -live. Suppose the reason is there are no young’ns in the household and the the connotation is never heard. Now that Rush and caller have discussed it .. it’s understandable. Jindal put Christie down as a child who lost but did get an ‘award’ of some type Do hope to hear the juice box contained no sugar. Jindal was sharp last night and certainly impressed me.
I think Rush was saying that he *didn’t* think it was the obvious participation trophy and juice box of a kid. I took it to say he thought it was more than that, something even less complimentary.
Then told you won't be invited to anymore debates.
Can Limbaugh be so clueless that he does not get the “juice box” reference to be as you describe it?
Rush hasn’t had little children, he doesn’t know what AYSO stands for or what goes on there.
Cristie only drinks gravy.
*rme*
No, he hasn’t had little children, but if he was not so egotistical he might have asked some of his staff if they knew the meaning of the reference.
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