Posted on 09/23/2015 12:30:55 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites. The White House this morning -- you know, this was markedly different, before we get to sound bites, just remember this. During the second term of George W. Bush, Pope Benedict showed up, and it was his birthday, and I was so moved by that that I, actually, right at 12 noon, I called the White House and I asked for somebody, it was Karl Rove, "I just need 30 seconds. I don't want him to go on the air, I just need 30 seconds with the president."
"I don't think so. There's no way, no, we can't, but let me check." And they got him. And I spent just 30 seconds telling him how moving that entire ceremony was for me, and it was, folks. I'm not saying anything about this one today, it was different. Kathleen Battle, great opera soprano sang "happy birthday" to Pope Benedict, and it was the most powerful rendition of "happy birthday to you" I have ever heard.
The US Army Chorus sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and it was the most moving version of that. I was so moved by it, I recorded the audio of that off of television. The television audio was not that great, and I have a dubbed copy of it on iTunes. And after that I went out and tried to find the actual studio recording of that. I got as close as I could to it, but the whole -- (interruption) yeah, I know, we rolled it off. We have that here. It was just moving. I know you people listening replayed this over and over again. President Bush was just stellar.
This ceremony was about God, Christ, country. I mean, it was exactly what the country needed at the time. It wasn't about a single political issue. I was riveted. I couldn't take my eyes off of it, which is why I did everything I could -- I just wanted to tell President Bush that on the phone, and they found him running around on his way somewhere between meetings.
And this today was markedly different. I'm not rendering a judgment on it whatsoever. Do not anybody put words in my mouth that I'm not saying. I'll just tell you that this ceremony today was shorter. There was less fanfare. There was not nearly, that I can recall, the pomp or circumstance. The White House ceremony, the greeting ceremony for Pope Benedict, it just kept coming, one tribute after another. The fact it was his birthday I think mattered, was a factor as well.
But the Army Chorus, the Battle Hymn of the Republic, it still gives me chills when I think about hearing it. Maybe we'll play it here for you in just a second. But let's get to the audio sound bites. What happened at the ceremony today was welcomed, and this was every agenda that they have in common on parade. Income inequality, immigration, Cuba, climate change, pollution. I mean, it was the left-wing agenda, and it was front and center at full speed.
OBAMA: You call on all of us, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, to put the least of these at the center of our concerns. You remind us that in the eyes of God, our measure as individuals and our measure as a society is not determined by wealth or power or station or celebrity, but by how well we hue to scripture's call to lift up the poor and the marginalized. (Applause) To stand up for justice and against inequality.
RUSH: You know me, folks, I just can't let this stuff go by. I don't think the US has anything to apologize for in these struggles, the struggles to lift up the poor. There is not a country in the history of humanity that's done more for the poor. There's not a country that has the elevated more people out of poverty than the United States. There's not a country that has helped more people out of poverty around the world than the United States.
I mean, we are not the problem. The American people are not problem. We're not coming up short. We have, since our concerted effort, the War on Poverty started 1964, we're now up to something like 14 or $15 trillion has been transferred, transfer payments from income tax revenues from people that work to the poor. That's significant. Certainly isn't insignificant.
The marginalized. We all know what that is. The marginalized. That's behavioral minorities such as lesbians and gays, bisexuals, transgenders. And if you look at America right now we've got gay marriage. But again, there's nothing really to condemn America for unless you want to go back and blame America 50 years ago, hundred years ago, and if in your mind America 50 years ago, hundred years ago was a really evil place, then I guess some of this might be sensible. Cuba, climate change, I mean, all of the agenda items are ahead. Here's the next from Obama.
OBAMA: You remind us that the Lord's most powerful message is mercy. That means welcoming the stranger with empathy and a truly open heart. From the refugee who flees war torn lands, to the immigrant who leaves home in search of a better life. We are grateful for your invaluable support of our new beginning with the Cuban people, which holds out the promise of better relations between our countries, greater cooperation across our hemisphere and a better life for the Cuban people.
RUSH: Am I off track in thinking I'm listening to somebody thank the pope for help with politics, the advancement of a political agenda? We have here we must open our heart to the refugee who flees war torn lands. By the way, speaking of that, as it concerns Europe, we now have it on record, and it's in the Stack, and I will get to it today, that among those leading this effort, many of them are now publicly saying that the objective is to take over Europe and transform it and change it.
And these are European leaders. These are European leftists. These are European Union people. These are not representatives of the refugees. These are existing current European Union leaders, who, for some reason, want to erase their own history or condemn their own history and transform Europe. Just like there are people in the United States who say that's the purpose of immigration here, and other policies from the White House here is to transform this country from what it was founded to be.
So the left is on a worldwide march here. And the president of the United States is spelling out what the agenda is and thanking the Vicar of Christ for his assistance in advancing the agenda. You will hear in an upcoming sound bite from Major Garrett that the pope and Obama shared their mutual feelings regarding the constraints of fame and celebrity in getting things done. Meaning the pope and the president sat down and told each other how tough it is to move things forward when you're famous like they are and when you are celebrities like they are, Major Garrett reports this.
So I don't know, the pope says he's not a leftist, he's not a Marxist, fine. I'll leave that alone. But what we do know is this, that Obama is treating him as such and using him as such. And Obama is co-opting this visit by the pope -- I'll stop short of using the word "hijacking." He's co-opting the pope's visit in what I think is a pretty shameless attempt to advance his own political agenda by associating the pope with it.
So far the pope hasn't said anything when these Obama sound bites were made. Obama was speaking, the pope hadn't said anything yet. So Obama's thanking him for all of this assistance that he's providing. And we were told yesterday this is what was gonna happen. The pope was going to provide the coverage for Obama's agenda. And it may not be necessary. The pope may in fact be totally on board for this. Don't know. Just sharing with you what I do know.
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RUSH: Okay. Glad I asked. So I have a question. If the pope does not talk about abortion on his trip here in his public statements -- I don't mean during Mass or any of that, but in events like this today where he did not, and in future events if he does not address abortion, does that tell us anything? Or does it not mean anything? Does it tell us anything about him or not? I'm just asking. (interruption) You think it does?
Well, the reason I ask is because of this. (interruption) Yeah, that is funny. Obama's brother is still living in a hut. You know, that's right. You listen to Obama -- we had a drive-by caller named Randy that could not go on the air but he mentioned to Snerdley he was listening to Obama talking about the poor with the pope today, the insinuation we're not doing enough, and his brother still lives in a hut in Kenya, a six by nine hut, honestly, he still does.
And what did we hear, $20 would make all the difference in the world to this guy. I think it's his half-brother. A hut! And Obama can't do anything about it because if he gives one family member 20 bucks, they're all gonna want 20 bucks, and he can't make that commitment. And, by the way, as the pope's sitting there and Obama starts spouting his left-wing agenda and, by association, including the pope in it, where are all the howls from the left about separation of church and state? Hello anybody? Anybody help me out with this?
Here you have the president of the United States, and he's announcing his left-wing agenda, and praising the pope as being simpatico. Where's the concern for separation of church and state? Hmm? Anyway, the abortion question, I ask it because of this. French News Agency out of Los Angeles: "A social media campaign launched by three US activists to denounce the stigma surrounding abortion," and it has gone viral, as women are now sharing positively their abortion experiences. "Shout Your Abortion" is the campaign, and it is a Twitter and social media campaign designed -- started over the weekend -- designed to promote abortion and to tell everybody how wonderful it is and don't believe all the negative things about it, certainly there's no stigma attached to it.
So that's why I just wondered if the pope does not mention abortion during his visit here does it tell us anything, or not? Mean anything or not. Here's more Obama this morning from the arrival greeting ceremony of Pope Francis at the White House. We're up to number three now, right? We're plodding our way through this.
OBAMA: And, Holy Father, you remind us that we have a sacred obligation to protect our planet --
RUSH: See?
OBAMA: -- God's magnificent gift to us. We support your call to all world leaders to support the community's most vulnerable to changing climate, to come together to preserve our precious world for future generations.
RUSH: So the pope is being thanked for his assistance with Cuba, refugees, immigration, and climate change. And the pope sat there, smiled, nodded. And it was his turn to speak, and tell me if this -- well, here. How many pope bites do we -- one, two, three -- we can't squeeze 'em all in here, but we'll get started. Here's the first pope bite.
FRANCIS: Mr. President, I am deeply grateful for your welcome in the name of all Americans. As the son of an immigrant family, I am a happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families. (Applause)
RUSH: Well. Well, well, well, well. So the pope says go ahead and count me in here on your immigration battle. I am related to immigrants, and immigrants built your country, and I'm a guest in your county, so count me in.
Used is such a wrong word. More “Advanced the shared communist anti-christian anti-capitalist agenda.
Get ready for 20 million more illegals!
Frankie from Argentina is a fool. The communists are using him and he’s too stupid to know it.
But its a lesser evil!!!!
No surprise here. The Pope got along with Hitler during WW II.
No. Frankie is a communist and his faithful are too blinded to care.
Oh great, another Marxist foreigner with a thick accent wagging his finger at America telling us how to live. Lord knows we don’t have enough of those.
Well Mr. Pope, we decided a few hundred years ago that we don’t care how you do it in Pope Land. Your opinion carries absolutely no weight whatsoever with the majority of Americans. Now go away and take your Che shirt with you. Oh and if you have room, take Obama with you when you go.
Since God doesn’t not state a biblical need for art museums, the Vatican should be sold off to private collections and the money redistributed to fight climate change.
Win win.
Catholicsm returns to it’s mission, the Pope is sent back to CokeLand and the libs waste the money.
Oh and the world remembers the fraud for what it was. A communist takeover of faith.
Feh. You can’t ‘use’ the willing.
Your statement is false and defamatory of H.H. Pius XII and the role of the Church in saving more than 860 million Jews risking the obliteration of the Church by the Nazis.
Pope Francis is the nemesis of Pope Pius XII, John Paul II or Benedict XVI. Francis has as much respect for the Magisterium of the Church as Obama has for the U.S. Constitution.
Frankie is a tool not a fool. Pope is the best gig this turd has had.
Obama is a tool too. And his gig is even better than the pope’s. Look at the pope’s plane compared to Air Force One.
These two frauds are probably snorting lines together laughing at such an incredible deception.
Americans have a responsibility to flush these frauds down the toilet where they belong.
A liar as the head of the Catholic Church. It's difficult to get over the hypocrisy.
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