RUSH ACCEPTS STATESMANSHIP AWARD-CLaremont Institute

RUSH: How many of you yesterday happened to see any pictures at all of the opening ceremonies of the Bill Clinton Library and Massage Parlor? (Laughter) How many hands do I see? Okay. I don't see too many hands and I'm not surprised. Let me tell you, I watched it. Not because I wanted to. I watched it for you. I watched it, my friends, because it's my business to do this. The Clinton library opening ceremonies epitomized, if you will, exactly where the left in this country is today. First, where was it? It was in a red state. They hate red states. In fact, the media in this country, the -- what I call them, the liberal spin machine -- I don't like to use the word "mainstream press" anymore. The liberal spin machine was there. They were all excited. But they're thinking about sending foreign correspondents to the red states to find out what people -- and to the red counties of California -- to find out what Americans are really like. So here they all have to come to Arkansas. Not just a red state, folks. They have to go to the Bible Belt! Oh, this couldn't be any better. And then when they get there, what are they there to do? They end up standing in a pouring, drenching rain for four hours! Does that -- and what are they looking at? They are looking at a replica of a mobile home, ladies and gentlemen. Where did they stay in Little Rock? They stayed at a Comfort Inn. Can you imagine Barbra Streisand at a Comfort Inn? Some of them stayed at the Paula Jones hotel, now called the Peabody. But Clinton himself took the presidential suite. I mean, it just doesn't get -- and then when they're watching all these festivities in the rain they actually were there not because they wanted to go to a red state, and they didn't want to go to Arkansas, but they wanted to go show their respect for Bill Clinton, and who could question the left's respect for somebody like Bill Clinton? They wanted to show that it was still intact. And the -- but the primary -- you have to understand that people like Barbra Streisand and -- I mean, it looked like the Kerry campaign was there. Kerry was there. Terry McAuliffe was there. All these people with umbrellas, red ponchos. Folks, it looked like Halloween at an old folks' home. It was just too delicious to watch. They all go there to be seen. This crowd doesn't go because they want to pay respect; they go there to be seen. They new TV cameras -- nobody could be seen because of all the umbrellas because of all the rain. You had to watch this for three hours to find out who all was there. Meanwhile, the greatest speech all day that these people, who hate the red states, who had to go to Arkansas, a red state, to honor Bill Clinton, the greatest speech they listened to all day was delivered by President George W. Bush. (Cheers and applause). I mean, it was awesome!

The Clinton library opening ceremonies epitomized, if you will, exactly where the left in this country is today. First, where was it? It was in a red state. They hate red states. In fact, the media in this country, the -- what I call them, the liberal spin machine -- I don't like to use the word "mainstream press" anymore. The liberal spin machine was there. They were all excited. But they're thinking about sending foreign correspondents to the red states to find out what people -- and to the red counties of California -- to find out what Americans are really like. So here they all have to come to Arkansas. Not just a red state, folks. They have to go to the Bible Belt! Oh, this couldn't be any better. And then when they get there, what are they there to do? They end up standing in a pouring, drenching rain for four hours! Does that -- and what are they looking at? They are looking at a replica of a mobile home, ladies and gentlemen. Where did they stay in Little Rock? They stayed at a Comfort Inn. Can you imagine Barbra Streisand at a Comfort Inn? Some of them stayed at the Paula Jones hotel, now called the Peabody. But Clinton himself took the presidential suite. I mean, it just doesn't get -- and then when they're watching all these festivities in the rain they actually were there not because they wanted to go to a red state, and they didn't want to go to Arkansas, but they wanted to go show their respect for Bill Clinton, and who could question the left's respect for somebody like Bill Clinton? They wanted to show that it was still intact. And the -- but the primary -- you have to understand that people like Barbra Streisand and -- I mean, it looked like the Kerry campaign was there. Kerry was there. Terry McAuliffe was there. All these people with umbrellas, red ponchos. Folks, it looked like Halloween at an old folks' home. It was just too delicious to watch. They all go there to be seen. This crowd doesn't go because they want to pay respect; they go there to be seen. They new TV cameras -- nobody could be seen because of all the umbrellas because of all the rain. You had to watch this for three hours to find out who all was there. Meanwhile, the greatest speech all day that these people, who hate the red states, who had to go to Arkansas, a red state, to honor Bill Clinton, the greatest speech they listened to all day was delivered by President George W. Bush. (Cheers and applause). I mean, it was awesome!

Rush's 50 acceptance speech will be shown on C-SPAN Wednesday p.m.

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