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.
...And no job creation skills I know of.
When she ran for Senate in California, she was far from anything Conservative.
Well I have seen behavior like that with regard to Cruz and Trump around here. Basically defend your guy at all costs.
I feel like I have to comment on goings on honestly, regardless of who I support or don’t.
People have told me that Trump is my god. Obviously he is not, or I would not criticize him or listen to anyone who does.
Neither is Cruz.
If one of these guys does something that I don’t like or don’t agree with, I’m gonna say it.
In the end, I’m gonna vote for whoever gets the nomination.
Yeah, I wish trump would get it, but if it turns out that he is a weak and flawed candidate that cannot win the nomination much less the presidency, then I would rather that come out sooner rather than later.
Not necessarily. I'm over sixty, and I have political memories going back way past 10 years ago, all the way back to the Kennedy era. I honestly don't think it would have been impossible for an American child born out of country to an American mom to make a case that he was a natural born American citizen.
And from 1790 to 1795, it would have been completely noncontroversial. In 1790, the founders themselves used "natural born" in reference to a foreign born American child with at least one established American parent. If anybody is supposed to know, wouldn't it be them?
Peace,
SR
P R E A C H!
Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.
You think Donald Trump is selfless in seeking the presidency?
Early Alzheimers has rarely occurred in the 30s, more often in 40s.
I like Rush.
I’ve liked him for many years.
I know he’s wrong occasionally but he’s right more than he’s wrong.
I don’t expect him to be my mouthpiece.
I think you are having doubt about Trump is that he lost Iowa, I felt the same way! It was VERY difficult after all of the win, win, win, stuff!!! I am hanging in ther also, I think there were shenanigans in the Iowa election and I do believe Trump on immigration!!! It was VERY disappointing but keep your chin up!!!! He is learning just what he’s up against he WILL prevail!!!
Trump should have listened to Rush.
I’m with you. Zer0 sure opened a new path to the Presidency. That path is really a back door for all kinds of characters to get in and make mischief with our great nation. Der Hildebeast is a case in point. If ever, she is as unsuited for the Presidency as Alfred E. Neuman. The DemonRATs are fraudulently trying to give her a free path to the White House because she is a woman. It is the same free path they gave to Zer0 because he is an African American. And, the fraud is made totally complete when we learn that Zer0’s paternal side of the family was Arabian.
To be honest, after 20+ years, I find I am turning Rush off. He has become brittle.
I don’t listen to any talk show and haven’t for yeard
Smart. I think I am going to have to do the same.
I never was a Levin or Rush fan. Those are two who are worse then Trump’s repeating his polls time after time which is pissing me off. Cruz supporters, not all here, started the attacks on those who do not like Cruz. Let me tell you I may vote for Rubio if Trump does not take some advice I and others sent him. Now Cruz is the biggest liar in the entire Congress. He is the worse candidate we could pick. Even Palin nailed it.
http://conservativeread.com/dirty-politics-palin-blasts-cruz-campaign-lies/
I would hope others had their own views. It would be boring if we all looked alike and thought the same.
That was my point. Not only boring, but dangerous. I am a student of pre and post WWII, and the Holocaust and what led up to it. The thing that is scary is that when you see the people follow anyone blindly, it is eerily similar to how Hitler was able to dupe a nation and the world. My hope is that everyone takes a deep breath, and ask themselves “What is the truth about the candidates?” Each and every one of them are selling something, but it takes time to sift through the garbage to get to the ‘gold’. I believe that it is well worth the effort to do so. The reason that these arguments are so nasty is because the true benefactors of the election are the Lobbyists, the power brokers, and the Media. It probably is one of the largest industries in the US and the world and actually produces nothing except strife. I recommend that people never trust what the see in the papers, media (tv and radio) etc., and spend their time doing their own research..Just my opinion.
We agree as, I too, have researched two thoroughly. I had to totally rule one out as in my opinion he is no different then he was in college and his PAC’s bother me. His fables bother me. The other is starting to really bother me with his repeating this, then that etc. I have emailed him twice and warned him. We shall see. The one I have not researched much is Rubio. I recall his amnesty and that chased me away. Cruz was for it earlier also according to the Mexican Republican website in TX. We have had 8 years of a know it all lawyer. I do not want 8 more and I may not see all 8 as I am close to 70. My father was the Army Signal Corps company CO of the men who took the photos in Dachau. In 57-60 we were in Germany and my father took us there. Those metal furnaces in the cement wall plus that immediate area left an impression.
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