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It’s Breathtaking to Observe What’s Going on in Our Country
RUSH LIMBAUGH ^ | Jan 15, 2021 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 01/15/2021 4:50:10 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter

RUSH: I don’t mean to pound this into the dirt, and I don’t mean to make a self-flagellation thing about it, but none of this — oh, I can’t say “none of this.” But the Democrats would not have had this easy a time if there had just been a better understanding on the part of the American people of what liberalism was and what it was on the way to becoming.

We’re full-fledged communism now. We got Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now saying that she wants the social media companies to censor all conservative media. We gotta clean up media by getting rid of conservative media. We gotta clean up America by getting rid of conservatism, and she’s asking that the media be the people responsible for making this all this all happen. Which is not a surprise. The media is no different than a Democrat, is no different than anywhere else you find a leftist.

So where are we? Well, the Democrats and 10 Republicans — and Pelosi just finished. She had a press conference, her live press conference. She was touting a bipartisan impeachment. Bipartisan impeachment. Liz Cheney was one of 10 Republicans that voted to impeach Trump, giving Pelosi that talking point. A bipartisan impeachment. Man, the disloyalty that is on display here. Here we have a Republican president for the first time in 15 years that has actually gotten anything done, a Republican president who advanced a conservative Republican agenda for the first time in I don’t know how long — Reagan — and the party throws him overboard, can’t wait to be part of his destruction.

In exchange for what? Becoming part of the establishment and being permanent second-tier losers? With honor. Losing with honor, losing with dignity. Good Lord. Look at the record of achievement for Donald Trump in the first three years before the pandemic hit. The economy alone, and they’re destroying the guy, and they have to because they’ve got to destroy that legacy. They’ve gotta destroy that record ’cause it’s in direct contradiction to what the Democrats and Biden and all of them in the media are now promoting.

So the Democrats and 10 Republicans have impeached Trump a second time. And it means nothing. It’s no different than being called a racist by these people. They’ve done that so often that it’s lost its impact, but they keep doing it. They keep throwing the race card. It has about the same relevance these days as winning a Nobel Peace Prize has. The Nobel Peace Prize has been destroyed. The substance, the honor that it represents, that’s gone.

If I recall correctly, Pelosi once said the Democrats could impeach President Trump for anything at any time. And I think we just saw that proven. This impeachment article — there’s one article. It never really says what Trump did wrong. Everybody is out saying that he incited an insurrection. Never mind that the entire, quote, unquote, invasion of the Capitol began 20 minutes before Trump’s speech began. How does that work? If Trump’s responsible for this, how can it be — and, by the way, we now have evidence by way of admission that an Antifa operative was at the forefront of this insurrection. Antifa. Which the Democrats and the media claim had nothing to do with this. Got this guy admitting it.

CNN has unwittingly even admitted that that happened. The rioters began attacking the Capitol 20 minutes before Trump began his so-called insurrection speech. Now, we were among the first to point out here, Trump never said anything in his speech about attacking the Capitol. He never said a word about attacking the Capitol. If he had, as we said earlier this week, you would have never been able to miss this. They would have had it on an endless audio-video loop. But that loop doesn’t exist because Trump never said it. Trump never said anything in his speech about attacking the Capitol.

Again, if he had, you would be seeing it replayed in a loop over and over and over again by the Drive-By Media. Now we’re supposed to believe that Trump incited insurrection by saying the election was stolen. That’s what they want to get across. That’s the same thing kind of controversy that that Jack Rasputin guy at Twitter used to justify getting rid of Trump’s account because he said the election was stolen. Oh, no, that’s an incitement to violence, Twitter said. We can’t have that.

You know, one of the people that’s been saying the 2016 election was stolen was Eric Swalwell. Nancy Pelosi made him an impeachment manager. So he can say the 2016 election was stolen, all the Democrats can, and the FBI can work with the intelligence agencies to create a gigantic coup made up of one lie after another, and nobody calls it insurrection. Nobody’s worried about how it is motivating Democrats to act and behave. Nobody says a word about it. They make Swalwell an impeachment manager.

After that happened Swalwell has now compared Trump so Osama Bin Laden. This from a guy who has been bang-banging Fang Fang, Chinese spy – that’s her name, right? Bang Bang, Bang Fang, Wang Fang, whatever it is. Well, Swalwell was banging her. Swalwell was banging Fang Fang, and he’s running around talking about how Trump is Osama Bin Laden, and he’s out there Fang Fanging a ChiCom spy.

You know, totalitarians from Stalin to Mao Tse-tung — you know what I noticed the other day by way? Do you know Harold Ford? You know who Harold Ford is? Well, Harold Ford is a commentator, he’s an analyst from Fox. He shows up on Bret Baier’s hour. He shows up in a number of Fox shows as, what do they call them, contributor. And he’s like everybody else, he’s doing his remote shots from home because of COVID, the pandemic and all that. His camera shot the other night included a painting that he has above his fireplace in his home. Now, Harold Ford I think lives in New York because he’s got some things with Wall Street. Do you know who the painting is of?

Mao Tse-tung. (interruption) No. Why would I kid about it? (interruption) I’ll find the photo. I’ll find the photo. I’ll give it to Brian, we’ll put it on the Dittocam. It will take me awhile during the break to get it. (interruption) Yeah. (interruption) He’s got — and I’ve never seen this angle before. You know, Harold Ford, when he does his spots on Fox, you don’t see this portrait hanging above the fireplace, camera angle doesn’t get it. He’s got a portrait of Mao Tse-tung. It’s a gigantic portrait, just as big as the fireplace. The guy was only a mass murderer, cultural revolutionist.

Anyway, people like Mao, people like Stalin, the Castro brothers, Hugo Chavez, Xi Jinping, they’ve always accused their political opponents of leading an insurrection. That’s how they roll. That’s how they operate. And the same thing is happening here. I think this business of impeaching Trump — there’s a part of me that says I don’t think the Democrats could have done anything better than impeach Trump a second time because it proves how unhinged their jihad has been against him from day one. One impeachment’s not enough? You gotta do it a second time with one article that is about insurrection, which Trump did not do.

On the other hand, it requires the American people to have a certain degree of understanding and awareness, and they may not have that, so maybe the Democrats get away with this. But have you noticed, folks, there are fewer and fewer places where you can talk freely about what’s going on? And if the Democrats and Rasputin Jack and what’s-his-face over at Facebook, if they have their way, there won’t be any places left where you can speak truth to power.

The left used to pretend that was important to them. That’s when they weren’t in power. (interruption) That Mao painting is by Andy Warhol. Well, that means it wasn’t cheap. If the Mao painting above the fireplace at Harold Ford’s New York abode is by Andy Warhol, it means it wasn’t cheap and it might mean that there is a painting of a Campbell’s soup can on the other side of the Mao painting. You ever seen a guy get rich painting a can of Campbell’s soup? That’s Andy Warhol. He did that. So I guess blocking people from being able to express their opinions is what Democrats mean by healing. Anyway, it is breathtaking to observe what’s going on.

Try this headline: “25,000 Troops, Officers Securing D.C., Joe Biden Inauguration — 5x as Many as Stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan.” Do you believe this? You know, it’s too bad they didn’t try this in Seattle and Portland a year ago. Twenty-five thousand troops and officers to secure Washington. I thought Biden was popular. I thought this is what the American people wanted. I thought the American people voted overwhelmingly for Biden to be president. Why in the world do you need 25,000 troops and officers to secure Washington? And they’re not gonna allow anybody there.

“The pentagon’s putting 20,000 National Guard on the streets of Washington in the wake of the assault on the Capitol.” This is in support of the Metropolitan Police Department, the U.S. Capitol Police for the inauguration of Plugs Biden. “That’s in addition to more than 6,000 officers who are part of the U.S. Capitol Police who are officers with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.” So that’s more than 25,000 members of law enforcement personnel being deployed. That’s five times the number of United States military deployed at present in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Man. Is that not sobering, for the inauguration of a new president, something this country has, on balance, celebrated. I mean, up until 2016, we had had peaceful transfers of power. 2016 was the first time that that failed to happen. And it is still happening today. Yeah, here it is, a CNN story. Did CNN accidentally prove that Trump did not call for violence at the Capitol? Yes, they did.


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To: Biggirl
..........in a fair election."
41 posted on 01/15/2021 6:40:06 PM PST by ALASKA (Trump will win resoundingly, but it's not going to be pretty. )
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To: Grampa Dave

That pic has already been posted twice at posts 8 and 15. And those posts are 480 pixels wide, not like the monstrosity you posted.


42 posted on 01/15/2021 6:45:09 PM PST by upchuck (The deep state swamp: You gotta be a snake killer or a snake. ~ h/t .44 Special)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

My tagline...


43 posted on 01/15/2021 6:50:08 PM PST by Finalapproach29er ("Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely" -Lord Acton )
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Rasputin Jack, The Mad Monk.

I knew he reminded me of someone.

Thanks for pointing that out, Rush!


44 posted on 01/15/2021 7:11:38 PM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: PGR88

“If just a few real men and women stood up and showed some spine, they could stop it all.”

Remember the behavior in 2022 when the RINO’s beg for money to stop the Democrats and insist you must vote GOP because they will fight for you!


45 posted on 01/15/2021 7:27:10 PM PST by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter; 100American; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; ...

PING!


46 posted on 01/15/2021 7:41:13 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hope is not a plan. -- Matthew Bracken)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

If Rush had not spent much of the last 30 years avoiding talking about Republican complicity in the crimes of the Democrats, we might not be in this situation.
As late as April of 2016 he was still pushing Micro Rubio as a “full-throated” conservative despite Rubio’s support of amnesty and a permanent Democrat majority.
His covering for Bush League Republicans did not help.


47 posted on 01/15/2021 8:11:10 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents{}Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Widget Jr

We have all been betrayed , by BOTH PARTIES!


48 posted on 01/15/2021 8:12:12 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents{}Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

A friend of mine - Conservative - not exactly an anti Trumper but.... basically a fence straddler etc...

Anyhow he said WE should be pushing our new party,

The REALIST party.....

We realize that no matter what, when it comes to pols that we are SCREWED (well close to that, this is a ‘family site’.)


49 posted on 01/15/2021 8:18:27 PM PST by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the. wicked witch that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: Lurkinanloomin
That's not the worst of it. This happened before Trump was elected. The GOP and Democrats would rather go full communist party control freak then relinquish any power or control.

Hell, if they did not steal the nomination from Sanders in 2016 or 2020 they might have won. But their need their perfect puppets to give the right image.

50 posted on 01/15/2021 8:32:02 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Rush also pushed the globalist agenda a “free” trade. He was for NAFTA, ugh!!!


51 posted on 01/15/2021 8:42:13 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Rush nailed it.


52 posted on 01/15/2021 8:43:18 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Communist Purge Underway & Nothing Is Being Done About It!

53 posted on 01/15/2021 8:48:36 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Definitely not a peaceful transition. Looks more and more like one party stole the election and is now deploying troops in our streets to enforce their theft of government.


54 posted on 01/15/2021 8:59:50 PM PST by kjam22
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To: dragnet2

Where is Checkpoint Charlie?


55 posted on 01/15/2021 9:01:21 PM PST by Chgogal (Hey Biden, I am a loyal supporter of the Biden's Banana Republic!)
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To: Rembrandt

That’s funny. You seem to think we still have the power to make changes with our vote. Good one.


56 posted on 01/15/2021 9:10:10 PM PST by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Rembrandt; Lurkinanloomin
"We have all been betrayed , by BOTH PARTIES!"

But we've been betrayed even more by ourselves. Many GOP and other conservative voters listened to and believed the voices of all the many Eeyore's who supposedly are "on our side" but IMHO are the *real* traitors - who shouted between Nov 3 and Jan 5: "There's no point in voting in the GA run-offs! The fix is in! We'll never have a free election again, so what's the point in voting?"

Talk about a self-defeating, self-fulfilling prophecy.

I saw it reported that 600,000 Republican voters in GA didn't vote in the runoff. If even 5 or 10% of those AWOL voters had shown up, Perdue and Loeffler would both have won.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

57 posted on 01/16/2021 1:48:36 AM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("May You Live in Interesting Times": Ancient Chinese Curse. The Wuhanic Plague: Modern Chinese Curse)
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To: Biggirl

I go with the position that the party that is dominant will most likely lose the seats.


You must have missed the 2020 election results. The Democrats proved they own and dominate the US Voting System and that they control all results up and down the ballot. You must be believe that, after the 2020 election, the Democrats will suffer a giant pangs of remorse, allow their loss power and seats by permitting the GOP to gain seats in open and fair election.


58 posted on 01/16/2021 3:38:53 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: JonPreston

Yes, the Democrats would never behave as the GOP has by fragmenting and turning on one another. They were humiliated badly in 2016, stuck together, in 2020 played some dirty ass pool to get things fixed up early on with the absentee ballots, etc. and employing tactics that would make Sun Tzu envious while Republicans didn’t do jack shit until it was well over.

I mean no Republicans are making any noise or fighting or anything. Can you imagine if we stole the election from the Democrats how they would be handling things right now? Good God! That right there is the difference and now that all the Democrats know Republicans won’t stand up for themselves, there is no turning back.


59 posted on 01/16/2021 4:28:06 AM PST by Sgt_Rutter
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To: Sgt_Rutter
Can you imagine if we stole the election from the Democrats how they would be handling things right now?

The FIB and DOJ would be all over the people involved, and the media would be beating the drum for them. The people who have moved on to recapturing the House in 2022 have left me scratching me head. Politics no longer works for our side.

60 posted on 01/16/2021 4:34:13 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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