Hillary Banks on America Embracing Extreme Liberalism

RUSH: The top story I have in the Hillary Stack is not the Crime Family Foundation stuff. It is a piece at the Washington Post. "Clinton Banking on the Obama Coalition to Win." The story is about Hillary believes that the only way to win is to move even further left than Obama. Hillary believes the country has already gone there. Hillary believes the country has reached its tipping point and has officially become European socialist, and, in order to win, this story says she has to move in that direction to let the majority of Americans know that she is with them.

I find that obviously fascinating, very interesting, that Hillary and her campaign strategists believe that the vast majority of people that vote in this country are all-in for everything Obama's done, but he hasn't done enough. They're all-in and want even more of this. That's what she believes. It's an interesting question, is it not? These people live in -- I'll tell you a little story. A friend of mine recently had jury duty, and the friend of mine was prepared to admit that I was a friend, which would mean immediate disqualification.

Well, that didn't work. It took five days for my friend to be excused from jury duty. But when it was made known that my friend had association with me, a plaintiff's attorney started asking questions of my friend, "So let me guess, Limbaugh only watches Fox News, right?" Meaning everybody at the studio, we only watch Fox News, conservatives only watch Fox. The point was that, "Oh, you know Limbaugh, you're conservative, so you guys, all you watch is Fox News."

So a plaintiff's attorneys asking this during the jury selection process. "No, in fact we are a news program, we watch everything." They couldn't believe it. Folks, my point is, you hear these leftists talk about Fox News being the evil entity in the world and talk radio being the evil entity of the world and all of their beliefs that people like you in this audience, all you do, the only thing you do is listen to this program and watch Fox News. They don't just say this stuff, they literally believe it, and it's right here in this story on Hillary.

They believe, because of everything that's happened in the last six and a half, seven years with Obama, they believe because of Obama's numbers, they believe in country is now officially and unchangeably European socialist. They think they have won that argument. They don't think that there is anything other than a small, isolated pocket of people who are conservatives, that they are a minority, that by themselves can't win anything, can't change anything, can't persuade anybody of anything. Hillary believes it, her campaign team believes it. This is what they believe.

I think they live in a cocoon and in a bubble, and I don't think if they live in Washington, of course they would think that, if they live in New York they might think that, if they live in San Francisco they might think that, or Boston, they might think that. They have no idea what is really going on in this country, and whenever there are any objections to Obama, they just ignore them as coming from kooks, fringe people, very small groups of people, the bitter clingers and what have you.

So it's gonna be fascinating because I think Hillary's setting herself up. They're ignoring the midterms, for example. They just ignore the results that everybody saw in the midterms, 'cause they say, "Well, that's not a presidential turnout. You wait 'til there's a presidential turnout and you put one of us liberals on the ticket and you watch what happens." They really believe it's over. They believe they've won. But it's not slam dunk. In order to win, they have to go acknowledge it. They have to move the country even further left because they believe leftists in this country are still not satisfied, which, by the way, is true, but they never are, no matter how much of what they get.

Now, I don't happen to think that the strategists or Hillary are anywhere near right. I don't think we've reached the tipping point yet. I don't think 55, 60% of the country is all-in with Obama. I don't believe 55, 60% want amnesty. I don't believe any of this. But they do. They think they've won. They think it's over. Doesn't mean they think their victory is automatic. They have to serve it. They have to serve this liberalism by continuing to be and maybe move even further left.

Once again, if this pans out, it would just be another great opportunity for whoever the Republican nominee is to draw a distinct contrast between Hillary and the Democrats and the opposition. It's gonna be a great opportunity, and we'll just have to see, a great unknown is the Republican consultant class and what they think. And that matters because they're the ones that advise Republican candidates on their campaigns.

RUSH: Let me grab Jeff in Monroe, Connecticut, here first and I'm gonna get to the Rubio sound bites. Jeff, I'm glad you called, sir. Great to have you on the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER: Oh, Mr. Limbaugh, what an honor this is. I tell you, it's not many times in your life you get to talk to a legend. I've been listening to you for 20 years. I tried to call so many times and never gotten through. I heard this story you were talking about -- actually I read it myself this morning about the Washington Post with Hillary's this big lefty and she's gonna run lefty, the country is ready to go lefty. I never heard a bunch of balderdash in my life.

You talk about wanting to run interference for the Clintons like Stephanopoulos, boy, the Washington Post is really taking it a step further. There's no way she believes the country's gone left. But what they're doing is running interference. She's running her campaign, she's out there talking to the common man, she's not answering any questions. So the Washington Post, "Oh, she's this big lefty." When the regular election comes along, you watch, "I never said any of that. That's not me. I never said that. I'm a moderate." It's as plain as the nose on your face, Rush. It's right there.

RUSH: So you don't believe the Washington Post story. You believe that it's cover for Hillary to maybe keep Elizabeth Warren at bay?

CALLER: Exactly. Elizabeth Warren's her biggest threat, and she knows it. The only thing is, she doesn't really believe the country's going there. She can't come out and say it. That's why she's not answering any questions. She's running around, "I'm just like you."

RUSH: She's not answering any questions because she's incapable of it. Now, I'm not arguing with you about that. I mean, there's clearly a strategy behind her not answering questions, but she's proven, the more she talks, the worse her numbers get. We observed this many, many moons ago. Little Loretta Sanchez lingo there. Her poll numbers just plummet. (interruption) I didn't say a thing. It was Loretta Sanchez that started imitating Native Americans. I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything.

Anyway, here's the story. Let me just give you the basic top nut of this thing. "Clinton Banking on the Obama Coalition to Win -- Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic presidential front-runner in decades, with positions on issues from gay marriage to immigration that would, in past elections, have put her at her party’s precarious left edge. The moves are part of a strategic conclusion by Clinton’s emerging campaign: that it can harness the same kind of young and diverse coalition as Barack Obama did in 2008 and 2012, bolstered by even stronger appeal among women."

"Her approach -- outlined in interviews with aides and advisers -- is a bet that social and demographic shifts mean that no left-leaning position Clinton takes now would be likely to hurt her in making her case to moderate and independent voters in the general election next year."

So this is clearly saying she's out there on the left-wing fringe because that's where they think the country is, but they don't want to frighten the moderates and independents, 20% that the election is fought over. They don't want to frighten them. So the story says that Hillary's moved left and is gonna stay there, but is doing it in a way that will not hurt her when she has to come back and make her case to moderate independent voters.

"The strategy relies on calculations about the 2016 landscape, including that up to 31 percent of the electorate will be Americans of color -- a projection that may be overly optimistic for her campaign. It factors in that a majority of independent voters already support same-sex marriage and the pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that Clinton endorsed this month."

They think this is a slam dunk. They think the country's all-in for gay marriage. They think it's all-in for amnesty, and that Hillary has to get there, and she has gotten the there. Now, Jeff has an interesting theory: This is all bohunk, that she's not gonna answer any questions, this story just exists, since Hillary is not talking, to satisfy the kook-fringe base of the Democrat Party, that that's where she is, when in fact she isn't. That's his theory. This is just cover. Maybe that could be right, but I'm gonna tell you this, even if old Jeff here is right -- and, by the way, he was pretty composed, don't you think, for talking to a legend? I mean, the first time I spoke to a legend, I was nervous. (interruption) No, I don't talk myself, I don't mean that.

Like when I met Mr. Buckley. I drove around the block a couple times before actually going in. This guy Jeff here, he just jumped right in. It didn't bother him at all that he was talking to a legacy. He didn't sound nervous at all. And he could be right. But even if he is, I still think, I do believe that the basic reporting in this story is true. I believe that a number of Democrat strategists actually do believe that it's over. Gay marriage, amnesty, a vast majority of American people support it, it's over. Mission accomplished.

If pollsters call I’ll tell them I’ll vote Hillary. If there’s a poll, other than select the Republican candidate, I’ll tell them Hillary. The more popular she seems the less money will be donated, the less motivated Dems will be to get out the vote. Republicans, provided the Republican candidate is conservative, don’t care about polls. They’ll vote anyway.

Rush is right. Liberals do not really understand how Conservatives think or act—all they have is a cartoon they have made of what Conservatives are-—It is a diverse area with many shades—but they will unify with a good leader—as they did with Reagan (think Cruz) —They are not into the politics of Special interest groups as much as the Liberal left. The population is moving right—they have jumped on the wrong train-—with a weak, out of date engine. Even Socialist Europe is moving right.

After Soetoro got elected, I came to the conclusion that ANYONE can get elected POTUS and that includes HRC.

Quite frankly I don’t think the people care very much about all of the Clinton scandals and corruptions or Soetoro’s long history of radical connections and associations.

It is all about gimmee gimmee gimmee

After Soetoro got elected, I came to the conclusion that ANYONE can get elected POTUS and that includes HRC.

I think it's more like people wanted to get the "let's have a black president" think out of their systems.

Hillary is banking on using the same dynamic, except it will be "let's have the first woman president."

I'm not sure it will work. I think the first black president didn't work out quite like a lot of people expected.

I believe that a number of Democrat strategists actually do believe that it's over. Gay marriage, amnesty, a vast majority of American people support it, it's over. Mission accomplished.

Settled science.

The problem for the GOP (doesn’t matter if you’re conservative or a RINO/GOPe) can be summed in one word: demographics.

In 2012 MR won nearly 60% of the white. A couple of decades ago, that fact alone would have guaranteed him a landslide victory similar to RN’s in 1972 or RR’s in 1984.

In addition to demographics, you have fewer and fewer taxpayers and more and more tax users, all of which help explain why the Dems have won the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections.

Of course Republicans can continue to do well in midterm elections, when the electorate is much smaller, older, whiter, and more disciplined than it is in presidential elections.

The Clintons will play whatever card is in the deck to play....as well as the dealer....and stack the deck on top and beneath the game table to win this.

The voters are her last concern.....

Less money? Surely you jest.

We're talking about the Clintons. If victory seems inevitable they won't be out asking for money to help her win...they'll be telling prospective donors they need to "be sure they have a place at the table." For after all, if you're not at the table, you're on the menu.

Fundraising will go into overdrive...for the crime family foundation, not the campaign.

It’s not just Hillary, it’s the RAT party. I see it in Seattle, the party has run anyone out to the right of Mao. Hard left is ALL that’s left.

“For after all, if you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.”

I’m not arguing with your very valid view. I will point out that the unions poured millions into the Democrat’s coffers and got a thorough rectal exam with a traffic cone for their troubles. The unions threatened to withdraw support, but didn’t as there is no alternative. They’re like the abused wife who keeps going home to a guy who will eventually kill her.

“With the majority of idiots that vote, she has a pretty good chance regardless.”

Correction: With the majority of psychotic, adolescent,
macho-man Progressive scu&bags that vote, she has a pretty good chance regardless.”

IMHO

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