By the way, greetings, and welcome back. Rush Limbaugh, the EIB Network, 800-282-2882. Posted on 06/16/2015 11:48:40 AM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Well, well, well, well, Snerdley and I just spent the last half hour sitting here watching Donald Trump's announcement that he's going to run for president, and we were laughing ourselves silly. I mean, it was a howl session. But, at the same time, there's no doubt in my mind -- I'll tell you what this is shaping up to be. For those of you who have the long-term memory and in this for the long game, think Perot. Think Ross Perot. Remember the reaction people had to Ross Perot. And I'm not comparing Trump's speech. Perot got going with a speech to the National Press Club that was on C-SPAN.
It was amazing, actually, because it was a noontime speech, but it was all about spending and debt spending and how the US was second-rate in every regard and how it was silly and how he could fix it. There was no intimation that he was gonna run for president at that time. That's what made the speech that Perot gave so attractive and attracted so much attention to it. Trump did the same kind of thing here with similar focus, except he made it official today he's running for president.
By the way, greetings, and welcome back. Rush Limbaugh, the EIB Network, 800-282-2882.
Let me just give you a little summary. We're still rolling tape here, assembling the audio sound bites. He started out -- it's hard to say when he started because there's so much here, I don't remember where it all happened. But, for example, he said about Mexico (imitating Trump), "They're sending us they're worst people. They're sending us criminals. They're sending us the poor. They're just bad people. Some of them may be good people but they're just bad people, and we don't need 'em." And it resonated. That's gonna resonate. There's a whole bunch of people, just like Perot resented.
And the Drive-By Media, by the way, they're already scoffing, they're already discounting it, already calling it a circus act and this kind of thing. And it was. I mean, it was not at all what he passed out. He had a ten-minute speech that he gave out that was embargoed that was not what he did today. You know, Trump's many things. He's a serious businessman, he's a performer -- he's got a performer's ego. That was on display today, and some days when you see him he's dead serious about things.
This was improv. It was by no means on a teleprompter. (laughing) He said at the end of the speech (imitating Trump), "And I'm gonna build a wall. It's gonna be the biggest, it's gonna be the best wall. There's isn't gonna be a better wall anywhere in the world. We're gonna build a wall on the Southern border and we're gonna make Mexico pay for it." And the place went nuts. And then he said, leading up to announcing his net worth, which he said is required when you run for president, you gotta submit the numbers. He had this one piece of paper that he said his best accounting firm in the world had put together. It took months because he's so rich.
He said (imitating Trump), "I'm really rich. I'm really rich. I'm gonna show you in a minute here. I'm really rich." You know, it's things like that you just... (laughing) I'll tell you something that happened. I was riveted watching this for a whole host of reasons and the phone rang, and I got mad because when there's a secondary noise in the room, I can't hear what I'm trying to hear. Like two people talking at the same time, I'm not able to comprehend either of them.
So I'm watching, I've got the sound up, which is very rare, and the phone started ringing, and nobody in the rest of the office here picked it up, and I just yelled, "Answer the [blank, blank] phone," 'cause I wanted to hear what Trump was saying. And I stopped myself. Wait a minute. Look what just happened here. There hasn't been a single other person give a political speech in years that if the phone rang and interrupted 'em I'd have been mad.
Now, don't misunderstand that. You know me, I'm not endorsing, haven't endorsed. I'm nowhere near any of that. I'm not even jazzed yet, folks. I have to tell you that this is all so premature, and it's all so early, that whatever polling numbers there are just do not interest me because where we are right now is nowhere near where we're gonna end up. And I've had a premonition, after all we're talking about a presidential race with Hillary Clinton in it, last name is Clinton.
Oh, that's another thing. He's talking about the prison escape and he's attacking all the "losers" in the American government. (paraphrased) "Losers here, losers there. We're the dumbest people. China's beating us. China's wiping us out." But he loves China. He's building buildings all over China, but the Chinese (paraphrased), "We need smart people to beat the Chinese. We're losing. We're losing to ISIS." He said (paraphrased), "We should have had the oil in Iraq; instead Iran's got it.
"We're the losers. Our airports are Third World. Hell, I come back from Qatar, I come back from anywhere in the world, I've just been to a great airport, and I land at LAX and LaGuardia; it's a Third World airport! America has Third World airports." (clapping) The crowd's cheering. I know a lot of people are gonna agree with that. He starts talking about this prison escape up in New York, and (paraphrased), "Obviously it happened because we have the stupidest people running our prisons. We have the stupidest people in the police force chasing these guys."
He can't believe they're not caught yet. (paraphrased) "Any responsible country with great leaders, these guys would have been caught." But he turned that into a political comment on the Second Amendment. He said (paraphrased), "This is exactly why we need the Second Amendment. We need the Second Amendment. We need people with guns. We need people able to defend themselves. We got this prison break up there; our losers in charge of this can't even capture these guys yet.
"A woman called me the other day and said. 'Mr. Trump, I am joining you now in support of the Second Amendment. I used to hate the Second Amendment but now you have convinced me. So now my husband and I are on the same page because he already likes guns, and Mr. Trump, I just want to tell you: We now have a gun in every room. We're ready to start shooting these guys!'" (laughing) That's when I lost it. "We're ready to shoot!" (laughing)
Snerdley's watching this thing with his mouth half open for long stretches of time. That's why we're working here...the audio. But remember Perot? That ended up being third-party, and it gave us Bill Clinton, arguably. I know some people claim that even had Perot not run, that George H. W. Bush wouldn't have won. They looked at the polling data in the postelection analytical data, and some people think that Bush would have lost anyway.
But you can see this setting up. If Trump decides to go third-party, if anybody goes third party, then you could say, "Hello, Hillary," and Hillary's an absolute disaster. Could we just...? I mean, this is something that I don't get. This is what bamboozles. If that's the best the Democrats can come up with, they don't deserve to win anything. That's the best they've got, Mrs. Clinton is an absolute disaster.
The best thing she's got going for her is there's a (D) by her name and that's why she's gonna get the majority of votes that she's gonna get. Outside of that, I don't think... It's the same thing: I don't understand the fear. I do not understand why people are so afraid of Hillary Clinton. I understand respect for all of the shenanigans the Clintons are able to pull off. I'm talking about just individually. I don't get the fear that I still find prevalent out there on the Republican side.
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RUSH: Okay we got the Trump sound bites. Let's get started here. They're not any particular order here. We just cherry-picked.
TRUMP: Our country is in serious trouble. We don't have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don't have 'em. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let's say, China in a trade deal. They kill us. I beat China all the time
AUDIENCE: (applause)
TRUMP: When did we beat Japan at anything? They send their cars over by the millions, and what do we do? When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Tokyo? It doesn't exist, folks. They beat us all the time. When do we beat Mexico at the border? They're laughing at us, at our stupidity.
Watch Donald Trump announce his candidacy for U.S. president
RUSH: This is gonna resonate with a lot of people, I guarantee you, and the Drive-Bys are gonna pooh-pooh it. They're gonna relegate it to the carnival characteristics of the campaign and so forth, but it's gonna resonate, just like Perot did. Do not misunderstand this. It is gonna resonate with a lot of, as you hear more of this. Now, this bit about we're in serious trouble. (summarized) "When was the last time we beat China? They kill us. When's the last time we beat Japan at anything?"
You know what a lot of people's reaction that's gonna be? (sniveling) "But should we be beating anybody? Why can't we cooperate? We can't we all just get along? Why do we have to beat China? That's just gonna make China mad. Why do we have to beat the Japanese? Why did we always do that before? Wasn't that when we were bad country, always beating everybody? Why do there have to be winners and losers? Why do we have to do that?"
That's the reaction a lot of people are gonna have because that's the way they've been raised. "It's unfair to beat anybody. It's unfair. Competition is not necessary. Conflict resolution, that's what we need. We need to compromise, get along, be bipartisan." It's gonna scare a lot of people. Beating the Chinese, beating the Japanese. These are people that are ignorant, who have no idea that what Trump says here is actually true. Make no mistake.
Look, the Chinese just hacked every government employee!
Why do you think they did that?
You don't think the ChiComs consider us an enemy? They sure as heck do. You don't think Putin considers us as an enemy? He sure as heck does. We're an enemy simply because we're the lone superpower anymore. It's how you deal with that, that distinguishes you. Trump's point is (paraphrased), "We don't have anybody doing it. We don't have any smart people at all in positions of authority and power making decisions on anything that matter," which he made clear in his speech today.
Here's the next bite...
TRUMP: All of my life, I've heard that a truly successful person -- a really, really successful person -- and even modestly successful, cannot run for public office. Just can't happen. And yet that's the kind of mind-set that you need to make this country great again. So, ladies and gentlemen, I am officially running for president of the United States, and we are going to make our country great again.
RUSH: Now, one thing. He does not make excuses for who he is, he doesn't apologize for his wealth, and he claims that people like him are the kind of people that need to be in political leadership positions but they don't dare do it because of all the different possibilities that could happen to 'em. He says instead of criticizing people like him, instead of targeting people like him, we need people like him in positions of authority and power making decisions 'cause we need the smart people -- the smartest people we've got -- running this country. We don't have that now.
Here's the next bite....
TRUMP: I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created. I tell you that.
AUDIENCE: (cheers and applause)
TRUMP: I don't need anybody's money. I'm using my own money. I'm not using the lobbyists. I'm not using donors. I don't care. I'm really rich. I'll show you that in a second. And, by the way, I'm not even saying that in a braggadocios way. That's the kind of mind-set, that's the kind of thinking you need for this country.
WOMAN: Absolutely!
TRUMP: So 'cause we gotta make the country rich, it sounds crass. Somebody said, "Oh, that's crass."
WOMAN: Uh-uh!
TRUMP: It's not crass.
RUSH: It's not crass. Now, can you hear Mitt Romney saying, "I'm rich. I'm really rich. I'll acknowledge it. They're all calling me rich. I'm really rich -- I'll show you here in a minute -- and I'm proud of it." No. Romney will go buy a station wagon, put the dog on the roof, and go on vacation. Trump's out there flying his Boeing 757 with his name on it in 14-karat gold on the fuselage. He's out bragging about everything he's done because he's proud of it.
He's proud of his success, he's proud of his achievements, and he wants people to know. He says he's not bragging 'cause he doesn't have to brag. He's not ashamed of any of it and he doesn't want to put on any airs and act like it was an accident or act like he doesn't deserve it, because he does deserve it. He told a story. He grew up in Queens and Brooklyn; his dad was a great negotiator and he learned a lot from his dad. But his dad said, "Donald, don't ever take our business into Manhattan.
"It's a cesspool over there. It's too big. We're right where we need to be." Trump said he told him, "'But, Dad, I gotta go to Manhattan. I gotta go to Manhattan! That's where the action is, Dad.' And I went to Manhattan, and look what I own. I own the Bank of American, I own Trump Tower, and am rebuilding the greatest hotel in Washington, DC. I'm doing all of this. I'm very proud of this! I make no excuses for any of it. I am really rich. I'll show you in a minute. And I'm not bragging."
Didn’t say his explanation was good, just that it was his explanation ;-)
He brushed it off as a business decision, I’m sure.
Trump is a clown, he is a celebutard clown who is not a conservative in any sense of the word
Please accept my apology and welcome to Free Republic
Don't like it here n00b, GTFO.
That’s what Willard did.
....”there are n00bs here who are attacking long time FReepers”....
Be patient the ‘children’ will be taken to task all in good time....Besides long time Freepers can hold their own with Brats.
....”there are n00bs here who are attacking long time FReepers”....
Be patient the ‘children’ will be taken to task all in good time....Besides long time Freepers can hold their own with Brats.
Rush also touched on the real danger of a Trump candidacy. When he loses in the GOP primary, he has more than enough cash to mount a third-party effort, and you’ve got 1992 all over again, with the White House being handed to Hillary instead of Bill.
Don’t underestimate the Donald’s ego. It will be very interesting to see how he fares in the early primaries; New Hampshire and South Carolina are cheap media states (with the exception of the Boston market serving southern New Hampshire). Trump is probably making plans to buy every possible commercial availability to flood the airwaves and see how much traction he can generate.
With all the transplanted Massholes in New Hampshire (and Trump’s liberal positions on most social issues, he could get some traction in the Granite State. He won’t play as well in South Carolina, but he could make some noise in Florida, even with Jeb! and Rubio on the ballot.
But the real question is when The Donald pitches a fit and goes third party.
Many here, who?
By being on the ballot for president I assume the Primaries? Of course he will be on the ballot since he has already announced his candidacy on March 23, 2015. The only way he will not be on the ballot is if he gets out before the primaries or caucuses even start. Which happened when Herman Cain, who was my first choice in 2012. He got out due to the lies the liberal media spread about him before the primaries even started. Many on this site bought the lies hook line and sinker
Translation: You’d vote for Hillary. Admit it and don’t deny it
Maybe he knows which politicians (Democrats) can be bought, and invests his money wisely?
Would have agreed with you prior to the past few weeks. However the past few weeks I see Jeb supporting common core and hear his sympathy for immigration played up and I see Jeb, Walker, and Cruz the three front runners we are being given all on Obama’s side on Obamatrade. So the three people we have been told are frontrunners have in my opinion disqualified themselves. If I have to turn to a clown I will turn to a clown but I will take that a clown on the right side of things, rather than a supposed non-clown on the wrong side.
Anyone who thinks Trump is anything but designed to put Hillary in the White House needs to read this list.
Weiner, Schumer and Reid?
Imagine if Ted Cruz or Paul Walker had done this?
Rubio too on the wrong side of this here.
Trump has disqualified himself a ten times over
donates to far-left Democrats
seeks favors from politicians through those donations
celebutard
“evolving” on social issues (we all know what that means)
Trump can talk talk talk talk but I don’t listen. Same with most of the others, their actions speak louder than words.
If that is your translation, it leaves a lot to be desired.
Did any of you think the "publishing restriction agreement" we signed referred to postings on a political opinion forum such as FR?
If this poster is correct, maybe we should all have asked the SSO (or equivalent,) for permission to say Barry Soetoro is a Creepy Ass-Cracker, a communist, and a Møøslime.
No need for an apology.
Every day I must remind my old cantankerous self of Ronald the Great’s comments:
“If I disagree with a person on 1 out of 5 issues, he is not my 20% enemy. He is my 80% friend.
We ALL need to work together to ensure 2016 is not “The Year of The Hildabeast” or any other Dem.
Be well
Who?
Who’s on First, at those who at least first read my profile before public wonderment.
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