Posted on 02/03/2016 5:39:07 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: We're gonna start with Jimmy in Toms River, New Jersey, and as always, I really appreciate your patience in waiting. How are you?
CALLER: You must be kidding with the patience part. I gotta tell you, your call screener told me to keep the butt kissing at a minimum, but I have to tell you, it's a true honor to speak to you. You're an inspiration to me through a lot of hard times and --
RUSH: Keep the butt kissing -- (crosstalk)
CALLER: -- that life. And I really do mean that, Rush. It's not just the obligatory mega dittos.
RUSH: Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. I really do. (laughing)
CALLER: I got a couple of quick points. First about the Iowa polls, which will lead into my main point. You know, when you look at and analyze these polls, Cruz's number was about where most the polls shows he was gonna be, anywhere between 24 to 25 to 26, he ended up with 27. Where they were off was obviously Trump's number, but that leads me into this. Rubio, the massive turnout, really, if you look at it, went to Rubio. There was a massive turnout. Whether it was a true just absolute "I have to vote for Rubio" or another reason, which I think it was another reason, that I'm gonna get to now.
I've been a Trump guy from the beginning, Rush. I'm one of those angry people. I grew up in abject poverty with abusive parents, and Ronald Reagan told me I can be different, that where I came from is not where I can end up. And this country has afforded me things and lets me do things that I can only imagine. I've also supported the Republican Party, and they slapped me in my face. Two landslide Senate victories that did nothing but get them to capitulate to Obama --
RUSH: I'm getting off the road here. You were a Trump supporter?
CALLER: Yes, I was.
RUSH: Okay. And --
CALLER: Because I'm one of those angry males.
RUSH: Right. Right, so you were an angry guy and you wanted everybody to know how mad you were, that things were going wrong and you think there's all kinds of stuff, and you like the fact that Trump was a vessel for your anger. Is that right?
CALLER: Exactly, and I was willing to overlook the fact that really any honest person has to say he is not a raving conservative or a traditional conservative.
RUSH: Okay. So are you -- (crosstalk)
CALLER: -- looked at.
RUSH: Okay. But you're in New Jersey, so you didn't vote in the Iowa caucus but you want to talk about Rubio and where his numbers came from?
CALLER: Well, what my overall point is, I think what happened is this. The anger can only last so long, okay? I'm angry about the things that I mentioned and, you know, I'm angry about the fact that I was laid off eight months ago and I'm weeks away from being homeless after raising two kids since I was 16 and coming from nothing. But the anger can only last so long, and hearing him constantly talk about the Canada thing even after he lost, which anybody of any type of conscience has to look at why you lost and humble you a bit and lead you to a different direction. He still harps on the Canada thing.
RUSH: Now, wait a minute. I just want to make sure I understand. Trump has lost you because he won't get off this Canada thing?
CALLER: I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. It's not the Canada thing overall. It's starting to seem like his anger is disingenuous and he's angry for anger's sake, not just angry for principles. He's angry because it sells something. I don't want to be sold anything anymore. I was sold something by the mainstream Republican Party that obviously was proven to be a lie over and over again. I don't want to sold anymore. I'm starting to think that this whole anger with him is not for the reasons that he tends to let out. It's more for "this is what they're going to buy."
RUSH: Let me jump in here. Jimmy, time is dwindling, and I apologize our phone system is such we can't actually have a conversation, that's why I have to sound like I'm interrupting you. But are you saying that Trump's anger while you think is legitimate, he doesn't understand why you're mad, and therefore you don't think that he really gets it, and he's just being angry now because he think that's what's attracting people to him?
CALLER: A hundred percent. Like I said, again, I worked hard all my life, okay? I was laid off eight months ago. I don't want anybody to give me nothing. But I searched out opportunities for days and days. My savings is gone, everything is gone. There's no opportunities anymore.
RUSH: Right, right, right.
CALLER: (crosstalk) -- a chance for me to start working and get somewhere anymore.
RUSH: Okay. I have to run. I'm out of time. I'm frustratedly out of time.
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RUSH: Now, as to our last caller, it depends. Folks, the phone system here is weird, and it happens most of the time when people are on a cell phone. You ever used a speakerphone where you can't talk to who you're talking to until you shut up, and while you're speaking they can be shouting and you will not hear them? That's the way the phone system is here for some reason on cell phones. I was unable to talk to the guy. I had to just keep shouting at him until he stopped talking and took a breath is when he can hear me.
But what I was able to get out of it, what I was able to put together was he was originally a Trump supporter, because he thought Trump's anger was exactly what's needed. He was detailing his lot in life, how he started out and lost everything, became a Reaganite and so forth, believes in America, and he's angry at all of the destruction that's taken place and is taking place in the country. And he thought Trump was just ideal. And he's out of the Trump support window now. He has abandoned Trump. Those are my words, not his, but he said he's over it. And the reason is he doesn't think that Trump's anger is genuine.
That's when he was talking about he thinks Trump's anger is a sales technique. And what convinced him of this, he doesn't understand why after the election, after it's all over in Iowa, why he's still continuing to go after Cruz and the Canada angle. To him -- this is what he was saying -- as a Trump supporter, it doesn't make any sense. To him, nobody would really be mad about that. It doesn't make sense to be that mad about whether somebody might be Canadian or not. So that was his point. That's what he was aiming at and we were able to dissect it for you during the break.
What next? The tea party is really dead this time?
Rush backed Rubio yesterday.
Wonder what the Uniparty has on him? Back on the pills?
Rush used to be better at Seminar Callers than that. Guess his hatred of Trump has skewed his senses. Likely a Cruzer.
Pray America wakes
Been disappointed in Rush this week. All the “he’s my buddy” stuff. Wish he’d never met Rubio!
Nah, nobody has to pressure Rush, he’s had a crush on Rubio for years and immigration never has been a big concern for him.
“Wonder what the Uniparty has on him?”
Good question. Apt.
Trump is making it painful for me to support him, but I’m hanging in there.
Well, for me, I’ve always thought that Trump was little more than a skilled carnival barker.
Somebody like Reagan took years to move from a moderate liberal to principled conservative.
With Trump it’s been practically overnight. I’m sorry, it’s just too convenient and I’m not buying it.
I started listening to Rush when I was looking for Gulf War news after Saddam invaded Kuwait.
If he keeps up with the Amnesty Boy love, I’m tuning out.
I listened to Beck for years also until he went looney.
Amnesty is national suicide.
I will not participate.
I’m a Cruz guy. not sure what the guy was trying to say because he babbled so much i stopped listening. now i know why i read instead.
what’s a Cruzer? or a Trumpster?
nonsense words. You vote for one in the primary and either in the generals. it’s so simple.
I turned off Rush a month ago and I never listened to Levin...Hannity is off also...
I’m an American, have my own business, a college graduate, 4 adult children with their own families...and because of that I will make up my own mind as to who I want to listen to...I don’t need somebody who is ‘owned’ like the ‘politicians’ and ‘governors’ are to tell me how to live my life....
Never heard it since Rush has gone off the deep end for the last couple weeks. Lost all semblance of objectivity. So I guess you can lose fans if you stray.
I was for a Trump/Cruz ticket and every time Cruz pulls one of his tricks I lose more and more respect for the guy which is what he built his campaign on.
This last one with Carson was a step too far.
You will feel better when he crucifies the rest of the field going forward.
Ineligible Ted Cruz the Canadian is fresh out of holy rollers and Rubio is a degenerate little twerp crook that has no traction in NH.
TRUMP IS GOING TO SMASH THE SYSTEM.
Doesn’t the fact that Trump has a 2 decade history of taking liberal positions give you even a slight bit of unease?
what’s a step to far?
i’m gonna be voting for a guy in November that insulted POWs, people with neurological impairments, women and all of his competitors, if he wins the primary.
you’ve GOT to be kidding me.
you gonna teach the country a lesson by not voting for ted if he wins?
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