Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Hillary Loses Half of Her Lead Against Trump
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | August 25, 2016 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 08/25/2016 2:59:38 PM PDT by Kaslin

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: New polling data out. This is from TheHill.com. "Hillary Clinton leads Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump by 3 points in the latest national poll, a tighter margin than earlier this month. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, leads Trump 47 percent to 44 percent in the Economist/YouGov online poll of registered voters based on a head-to-head match-up. Although Clinton held a 3-point edge in the poll early this month, she had expanded that lead to as many as 7 points in recent weeks."

The headline should be: "Hillary Loses Half of Her Lead Over Trump," but of course it never will be. I'll tell you, we had polls yesterday showing Hillary only up 2 in Florida, maybe Trump was up 2 in Florida. The race is tightening. And what's amazing about the race tightening -- and you can see this, the Drive-Bys in their coverage and even on some conservative websites that are Never Trumpers, they're expecting, with all of the Trump softening and the slight modification of his position on issues, they are expecting massive abandonment of Trump by his supporters, and it's not happening.

Now, I don't know what's gonna happen yet with the immigration, which is being portrayed here as a flip-flop. And, believe me, people are piling on now and claiming that Trump's position is no different than Marco Rubio's now, no different than Jeb Bush's was. In fact, he's even using the exact words Jeb Bush used in a Telemundo interview which Trump attacked. Trump attacked Jeb for being weak and gutless and this kind of thing, and now he's adopting Jeb lingo on this. And it remains to be seen what happens.

That's why I said at the opening of the program, who knew that it would be Donald Trump that would finally bring the Republican base along into not outright objecting amnesty. And the reason for that is that Trump supporters are gonna stick with him no matter what. Now, people argue why that is. I have my own theories as to why Trump supporters are loyal, and I know that my theories are pretty much dead on.

And there are a bunch of reasons that explain it. One is -- and in no order of priority -- one is that a total, total opposition to Hillary Clinton. A lot of people downplay that, by the way. A lot of people, "No, no, no, no, Trump voters, they don't care, they don't care, wouldn't matter. They're Trump Trump Trump because Trump represents exactly what they hate about everything. It wouldn't matter if Hillary was the nominee. It wouldn't matter if they put John Kerry in there, doesn't matter who it is, the Trumpers would still be with Trump no matter what."

Well, yeah, probably, but I'm warning everybody, do not make the mistake of believing that Hillary is not a factor in the support Trump has. She's huge. But there are other reasons as well.

The New York Times has not published one word of that AP story, Hillary Clinton selling access. Over half the people that she met as secretary of state paid for it. By the way, have you heard the way Hillary's team is attacking this? They're saying, "Well, but the AP left out all of the government people she met with. I mean, Hillary met with thousands of people at the State Department, thousands of people at the defense department, thousands of people in the executive branch." Well, exactly. That's what she should do. You couldn't count them. That's what the job is.

The AP's point is, of all the nongovernmental people she met with, over half of them paid for it. There's no way they can spin this into not being a blockbuster story. And the proof of that is that the New York Times won't even cover it. The New York Times won't even mention it.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Now, polling data doesn't yet factor in the last couple of days, but while all of this is happening, the race is tightening. Hillary is losing ground in a lot of places, and Trump is gaining ground. And while all this is going on, Hillary is not looking good, either. Have you seen her? You know, we're not supposed to point this out. I pointed it out the other day. I'm gonna mention it to you again.

I saw her at a personal appearance, I don't know if it was a rally, but it must have been scorching hot, because every woman in the picture that I saw was wearing sleeveless tops, tank tops, what have you, shorts, and Hillary shows up in a house coat, looked like a heavy house coat, long sleeve house coat, giant Captain Kangaroo-type pockets and slacks. And she showed up that way again. Then there's a picture of her getting into her SUV, and they have to put a step, a stool down there for her to step on because it's too high for her to comfortably get in from the street.

So all of the photos of Hillary Clinton -- and these are things that create perceptions that nobody talks about, but impressions are made on people. She does not present a picture of robust vigor and vim and energy, and now she's actually linking Trump to the Ku Klux Klan. This is in response to Trump calling her a bigot. And, by the way, that line was written, it was on the teleprompter, and he delivered it, meaning they wanted him to say it, he wanted to say it. It didn't just into his head. He didn't go off prompter to mention it.

I mean, this is getting more intense than anybody thought it would be at this time. This is August. You know, half the Drive-Bys are on vacation. This is the dog days and yet it is intense as people expected it to be post-Labor Day.

BREAK TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: The polls are tightening, and there's one thing inescapable here. Hillary Clinton is no prize. She has her own negatives. She has her own problems. She does not make a good impression. She doesn't have charisma, likability, any of that. Her negatives are very, very close to Trumps, and they know it.

There's a reason they keep Hillary away from cameras and microphones and press conferences. There's a reason she only goes to fundraisers and there's a reason there's only still shots made available of it. And if you don't doubt me, you're making a mistake. We have documented it. We have the evidence. We've researched it. We've looked at it.

You can track Hillary Clinton's poll numbers. They go up when you don't see her. They go up when you don't hear her. The convention is an exception to this because obviously the convention is gonna be its own bounce. But outside of that, the more Hillary shows up, the more she speaks, the more personal appearances she does, the worse her numbers get.

They know it, the Republicans know it, everybody knows it. The Drive-Bys won't admit it, but they know it. It happens to be true. That's why the Drive-Bys are not clamoring for a press conference with her. They don't need to have a press conference. They don't care what she thinks. Everybody talks about the Trump supporters and how they won't abandon Trump. How about the Drive-Bys? You can't talk them into abandoning Hillary no matter what. Hillary can be as filthy, as corrupt as they are learning she is, and it doesn't matter.

This cuts both ways out there, folks. People love to go out and say insulting things about Trump supporters because they're so dumb and so single-minded and so shortsighted, but when they learn the truth about Trump, that they won't abandon. I think that's even more the case with the Drive-By Media and Hillary Clinton. They don't care to have a press conference with her. There's nothing she's done or said they want to get to the bottom of. There's nothing she's done or said that they want to expose. There is no questionable behavior whatsoever, as far as they are concerned.

Their job is to protect her. And if that means making excuses for no press conferences, if that means, as is in the case of the New York Times, not even running the story of selling access while secretary of state, which the New York Times has not done, then that's what they're gonna do. And you'll note nobody is talking about that. All anybody can talk about, "Will Trump's supporters abandon him? Will Trump's supporters finally see the light? Will Trump's supporters realize he doesn't know what he's talking about? Will Trump supporters realize he's lying to them? Will Trump supporters realize he's making a fool of them?" All those questions are being asked. 'Cause you've got two contingencies here, or two contingent groups.

You've got some people who think Trump's supporters can be separated from him, and you've got others who know that they can't be. And in both instances -- and I'm talking about Drive-Bys and media types -- they want to illustrate that. They want to illustrate that Trump's supporters will not abandon him and the other contingent wants to keep trying to see if they can make it happen. They're obsessed.

But over here is Hillary Clinton with a bunch of mind-numbed robots that are supporting her no matter what they learn about her, in addition to what they already know that they bury about her.

END TRANSCRIPT


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; elections; hillary; hillaryrottenclinton; media; msm; rush; rushtranscript; talkradio; trump; trumpbump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

1 posted on 08/25/2016 2:59:38 PM PDT by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

Comment #2 Removed by Moderator

To: Kaslin

She has never had a lead. It is all smoke and mirrors.

The woman is a sick joke. They keep her up in the polls in order to make the big election fraud that is planned look believable.


3 posted on 08/25/2016 3:17:51 PM PDT by dforest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dforest

That speech given today was not the type given by someone who isn’t vulnerable and either wants to blunt the damage, or change the headlines from the news that’s really damaging her.


4 posted on 08/25/2016 3:26:40 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin
C A N ' T - L O S E - S O M E T H I N G - Y O U - N E V E R - H A D

5 posted on 08/25/2016 3:26:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin
You know, it is safe to say that the polling numbers have closed up. And yet somehow, I keep reading in even "conservative" media how the Trump campaign is imploding--even as we get a new Clinton bombshell every day.

Is no one in the Establishment looking at reality?

6 posted on 08/25/2016 3:28:46 PM PDT by Lysandru
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

7 posted on 08/25/2016 3:32:13 PM PDT by BulletBobCo
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lysandru

“Is no one in the Establishment looking at reality?”

It’s their custom to manufacture reality.


8 posted on 08/25/2016 3:40:26 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant to the intolerant.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: dforest

Of course, what else


9 posted on 08/25/2016 3:53:55 PM PDT by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

Half of zero is what?


Ramirez's latest political cartoon LARGE VERSION
08/24/2016: LINK  LINK to regular sized version of Ramirez's latest, and an archive of his political cartoons.

In this political cartoon, Ramirez presents, "Blackout Dates"


If you're not on the automated monthly donation program, please consider joining the One One Done project.  
LINK



FReepers, 63.36% of the Third Quarter FReep-a-thon goal has been met.  Click above and pencil in your donation now.  Please folks, lets end this FReepathon.  Thank you!

...this is a general all-purpose message, and should not be seen as targeting any individual I am responding to...

10 posted on 08/25/2016 5:07:31 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

I do not think that she ever had a lead. It remains yet to be seen whether the Democrat Party and media will be able to steal the election for her.


11 posted on 08/25/2016 5:16:54 PM PDT by sport
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sport

They will do everything they can to help her steal the election. Count on it.


12 posted on 08/25/2016 5:18:52 PM PDT by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

On that we both agree.


13 posted on 08/25/2016 5:21:50 PM PDT by sport
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

She was never in the lead, Rushbo!!


14 posted on 08/25/2016 5:49:41 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: All
The Boston Globe reported her strange behavior ( when she's out of camera range).

Apparently she's given to strange mental spells during which she has little
or no control over what she says and does. She sometimes mutters things
no one can understand.

Sounds like the early stages of Alzheimer's to me.

15 posted on 08/26/2016 3:37:15 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Liz
Hillary Clinton's health is sick - The Boston Globe - August 26, 2016

In Hillary Clinton's inner circle, it's common knowledge that there are times she's so low-energy that she blanks out for hours. When that happens, she is given to strange mental spells during which she has little or no control over what she says and does. She sometimes mutters things no one can understand.

16 posted on 08/26/2016 3:41:31 AM PDT by Cboldt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: All

"See that chick over there w/ the implants, Hillary? I'd sure like to get her under my desk."

"Have at it Bill. Looks like expoiting your disgusting sex life is the only way I win."

17 posted on 08/26/2016 3:42:21 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Liz
Hillary Clinton's health is sick - The Boston Globe - August 26, 2016

Reading the entire column, it is satire. The writer is mocking those who question Clinton's health.

18 posted on 08/26/2016 3:43:43 AM PDT by Cboldt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Cboldt

Too bad....they should have realized people are gonna cherry-pick the column.


19 posted on 08/26/2016 3:45:01 AM PDT by Liz (SAFE PLACE? liberal's mind. Nothing's there. Nothing penetrates it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Liz
-- Too bad....they should have realized people are gonna cherry-pick the column. --

Taken literally, no cherry picking needed! Nearly the entire column is "bad" for Hillary! But it is over-the-top satire.

So we Americans must rise as one and demand that President Obama appoint a special medical prosecutor to look into Clinton's health. I'm talking a CAT scan, an MRI, drug and alcohol and rabies tests, the works. Especially that one where they tap your knee with a little hammer to see if your leg jerks, because if Clinton's can't do that, she won't be able to kick Angela Merkel under the table if Angela drinks a little too much Riesling at one of those big meetings world leaders have and starts bragging to Mr. Putin about all the spies we have in Moscow.

If you read other works by Scot Lehigh, his bias becomes clear.

20 posted on 08/26/2016 3:48:56 AM PDT by Cboldt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson