Posted on 12/13/2016 3:02:41 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: My little tech blogger buddies, who really literally hate me, are just gonna be beside themselves today. They're not going to know how to process this. They are going to be confused and angry and questioning the purpose of life, all because Bill Gates went on CNBC's Squawk Box this morning and was asked by the hostette there, Becky Quick, "Donald Trump mentioned he had a phone call with you. How'd that conversation go, Mr. Gates?"
GATES: I had an opportunity to talk to him about innovation. You know, a lot of his message, in the same way that President Kennedy talked about the space mission and got the country behind that, I think that whether it's education or stopping epidemics and in this energy space there can be a very upbeat message that his administration is gonna organize things, get rid of regulatory barriers and have American leadership through innovation.
RUSH: Bill Gates just compared the Trumpster to John F. Kennedy in a favorable way. And Bill Gates is joining a lot of these other corporate people who, during the campaign, were savaging Trump and talking about their devotee status for Hillary Clinton. And so many of them now after Trump has been elected are not just sidling up to Trump, but they are literally singing his praises after having met him.
I mean, this is incredible. "In the same way President Kennedy talked about the space mission and got the country behind that, I think whether it's education or stopping epidemics or this energy space." I don't think he's talking about global warming here. I think he's talking about energy creation, maybe innovation in energy creation. He said, "There can be a very upbeat message that Trump's administration's gonna organize things, get rid of regulatory barriers, and have American leadership through innovation."
Gates further said that he spoke with Trump on the phone, discussed the power of innovation. Gates said, "Of course my whole career's been along those lines," and Trump was interested in listening to that, and I'm sure there will be further conversations. Gates also said of Trump, "A lot of Trump's message has been about where he sees things not as good as he would like." Well, well, well, well.
But there is another possibility. It's remote, very, very, 'cause I think Gates is being honest here, but go to audio sound bite 14. Maureen Dowd, the famous MoDo, was on a late-night so-called comedy show on NBC last night, and the host, a guy named Seth Meyers, asked MoDo this question. "You make this argument that Donald Trump's very susceptible to compliments and he's also very susceptible in your opinion to the last person he's talked to. And so that's affecting the way people would deal with him."
DOWD: Right. That's why his staff jockeys to get the last appointment of the day because the last person who talks to him has a lot of sway. And, you know, he over-flatters people, and he likes to be over-flattered because basically he doesn't -- his ideology is his ego, so, you know, everybody in Washington, from President Obama to Mitch McConnell, is trying to flatter him.
RUSH: What?
DOWD: He's almost like a host body, and they think they can change his mind or pour their agenda in with some flattery, and that worked with Putin.
Maureen Dowd Had Coffee with Donald Trump in the '80s
RUSH: Everybody in Washington is trying to flatter him? In what Washington is she paying attention? But, anyway, you get the point here that MoDo is saying a lot of people, in order to trick Trump -- this what she's saying -- a lot of people, in order to fool Trump, a lot of people are setting Trump up by flattering him, by telling him how wonderful he is, by telling him how great he is. And in this way, she is basically saying here, this is how Trump's enemies and opponents can disarm him and then be poised to sneak up on him for the kill. Right. Kiss his butt and you own him!
I played that bite following Gates because I'm sure that MoDo, upon hearing Gates, this is exactly what I'm talking about, Gates is flattering the guy. Gates doesn't really think this guy's JFK. Come on. He's just flattering Trump to get on Trump's good side.
In fact, folks, that is not how you deal with Donald Trump. Donald Trump is not unsure of who he is. It's exactly, however, how you must deal with Barack Obama. This is interesting to me because this is the precise way you have to deal with Obama. You have to regard Obama as singularly great, uniquely great, unprecedented, a special kind of smart, that's how you do it. He demands it, practically. It's how he looks at himself.
Is there any doubt in your mind -- I mean, I'm sure you've heard Trump praise Obama. We have reported to you on this program the details of that. He talks about how he loves talking to Obama, and Obama's advising him and Obama's being very helpful and he really, really, really has grown to like Obama. You know my theory on that. I gotta be very careful. I don't want you people to tell anybody so that Obama would hear it 'cause that would kind of give it away.
But my theory is that Trump is very much aware of how dangerously and precariously perched the country is for the next, what, six weeks, five weeks. And the last thing that you want to do is irritate and provoke the guy who has control of all the levers of power. And so you go in there and you regard him as a superior, as smarter than you, really, really helpful, talk about how much -- now, look, don't tell Obama. If you tell Obama this, then the ruse is destroyed. Just keep it between us. (interruption) Oh, no, the Drive-Bys don't listen, and Media Matters are not gonna highlight this. So we can keep this among ourselves.
But I think it's fascinating that this is how they think they have to deal with Trump. I actually think Gates is being honest. I think Gates is like many people, talked about it earlier this week, "My gosh, I met the guy and I can't believe what a nice guy he is." I can't tell you how many times I hear that, even now after 30 years. "I can't believe you're such a nice guy. I mean, my gosh, what people say about you, I didn't know what to expect. I thought you were gonna walk in a room and start identifying all the liberals and start insulting them and kicking them out."
I've actually had people tell me that. "You don't do that." No, I don't do that. And, by the same token, people are finding that Trump is not this monster that the Drive-Bys have made him out to be. I mean, he's a profoundly successful businessman and that's what Gates is.
So we'll see here. But I think people are in for a lot of shock and surprise, even more people that meet Trump. He's got... Is it today or next week? It must be next week, 'cause they're not talking about it. Trump's got this summit with all the Silicon Valley CEOs, including the Google Obama guys who are coming in. And I will wager that not all, but a lot of them are gonna come out of that meeting singing a much different tune than they will sing going in. I'll tell you, folks, it does surprise me. We're talking about intelligent people here.
We're talking about people who see themselves reported on in the media who ought know that much of what's said about them isn't true, and they might then assume or think that much of what's said about, say, someone like Trump isn't true. But that's not how it works. You tend to believe what you read or watch, and it forms an impression, and then you meet whoever it is that you've created this impression of and they turn out to be totally different -- and you're flabbergasted. I think there's more of that coming.
But I can't wait 'til after the program today to consult my tech blogs to find out how many of them are on the ledge threatening to jump and wondering what Trump had to pay Gates or offer Gates to get Gates to say what he said. "After Talking with Trump, Bill Gates Said President-Elect Could Be Like JFK." Notice he didn't come out of the of the meeting say, "My gosh, I thought I was talking to Hitler! Oh, my God, I thought was I talking to Mussolini! Oh, my God, I thought I was talking to a fascist. We're in trouble! Oh, my God! This is worse than I thought!" He didn't say that.
He came out comparing Trump to JFK and the Moon program.
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I hope Trump is just the opposite of equivocal, sex-addicted, Leftist-in-Training JFK.
Hmmmm...not Roosevelt but Kennedy? Sorry but I don’t take it as a compliment but as a codeword for something terrible.....WE live in dangerous times propelled by evil demonic liberal sickos!!!
Oh chill a little. JFK was great at one thing. He made Americans feel like they could do anything, and as a result...they did great things. He also was the first President in the modern era to prove that cutting tax rates could increase revenue to the government. Kennedy would be kicked out of the D party today.
I was there and I remember that feeling. Reagan could do that too. It’s one of the most important things a President can do, unleash the ambition of millions of citizens.
That’s what Trump is about.
In a humorous way this also reminds me of Voltaire’s last words. A priest was brought in to give him his last rites.
Priest: “Do you renounce Satan and all his works?”
Voltaire: “My good man, this is no time to be making enemies.”
JFK’s cabinet was called the “best and the brightest.” I think Trump’s cabinet will be seen at the level.
Side story. JFK had dinner in the wh with his advisors and cabinet. He told them, “This is the most brainpower in this room since Thomas Jefferson dined alone.”
Kennedy had some great one-liners, and this was a great one.
Kennedy wasn’t perfect but he understood the military industrial complex and he damn sure knew the evils of a totally corrupt CIA.
Kennedy is a mixed bag. He was problematic in certain ways, no doubt about it, but I also think he was way way head and shoulders better than any Democrat that has been president since. Course that isn’t saying much is it.
Truman was probably the last Democrat that was mostly decent.
Did you guys read the article? I usually dont but did this time :)
He’s comparing him to Kennedy in the way he got the country behind going to the moon. And he did.
He’s saying Trump will do that for technology.
Bump.....
The moon shot was by far the best economic stimulus plan, in that it was the biggest technology incubator.
The fluff of JFK is exactly what the image used for him is all about: the mythical Camelot that never existed.
The truth is JFK was bad news. His “ask what you can do for you country” that people swoon over is a “feel-good” socialist saying. Well socialism in America is unconstitutional and, therefore, tyranny and “feel good” socialism is still tyranny.
Gates owns 50% of the most vicious news network at the Left’s disposal, MSNBC. This is a chess game that Trump will not lose.
JFK was an absolutely terrible President who accomplished basically nothing; all hat and no cattle. He got us into a land war in Asia despite Eisenhower's explicit warning not to do that, and left hundreds of Cuban freedom fighters to die on the beach in Cuba after training them and promising them he'd come to their aid.
He created the missile crisis by putting nuclear missiles in Turkey and then backed down when the Russians responded to his needless provocation.
He shamelessly disgraced his wife and pimped out his sex toys to other powerful men.
Camelot was a dry run of the Clinton and 0bama Presidencies. All style, no substance, and lots of abuse of executive power.
Oh yeah ... and he cheated his way into the Presidency.
JFK? Really?
No thanks.
JFK stole the election from Richard Nixon.
Sorry I don’t believe anything these globalist asses say anymore..color me skeptical!!
What were the computers like? They were computers, right?
How do you get to the moon with (looking back) such antiques?
The JFK
that ordered assassinations and assassination attempts on foreign heads of state,
That encouraged Cuban patriots to invade their homeland and then abandoned them to the mercies of Castro
Then almost got us into a nuclear war with the Soviet Union while abandoning our missile bases in Turkey
Then put us onto the road to the Vietnam War?
That JFK?
Or the other one that specializes in marrying rich widows, speaking French, nuancing words and sending has been entertainers to soothe the grief of murdered people whose deaths he had a hand in?
After Gates gets ripped apart online and his life threatened, he will apologize..
He will be harassed into getting his mind right and then never dare utter Trumps name for the rest of his life.
If it was not for the moon shot, we would still be using those antiques.
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