Posted on 01/15/2016 12:46:06 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: Hey, look, I want to mention this before it gets lost in the shuffle of our post-debate discussion. Have you seen the economic news today? Retail sales their weakest in what is it now? Eight years, six years? They announce this... They wait to announce this after Obama's State of the Union debacle. And Walmart is gonna close 154 stores in the United States. What was it Obama said about greatest economic recovery in the history of the country?
JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny south Florida, it's Open Line Friday!
RUSH: You know, we continue to be snookered, and your host is now being blamed -- ha -- for so much. Your host is being blamed for Trump. You know, what the people blaming me for Donald Trump don't get, they are the reason for Donald. You people in the so-called moderate wing of the Republican Party who have been wringing your hands and fretting over the possibility of a conservative nominee, you opened the door. Not us. And I'm gonna explain that in a second.
This is the best debate that we've had last night. Did you watch it, Mr. Snerdley? (interruption) Well, I don't know. You didn't watch the last one. Don’t start get frustrated in there. This is the best debate we had. I just... I'll tell you: In my very humble opinion, I tried watching this last night as I imagine non-Republicans, non-conservatives, independents, maybe some low-information voters watching. And everybody on that stage last night, everybody came across as likable and fun and... Well, maybe a couple exceptions on the fun and funny.
But nobody was dislikable. Everybody was on a charismatic roll last night. Everybody scored their points. We ended the night with basically three contenders. We've got Trump, Rubio, and Cruz, and it's patently obvious to anybody -- and all three of those people you can arguably say had their best debate at the same time. It was actually fun and a pleasure to watch. It was funny and a pleasure to make notes about. It came on the heels of so much criticism and discussion and so forth.
But, man, everybody was just on their game last night. It was just good. Everybody came across -- even in their confrontations they came across -- as likable and friendly. I mean, it was exactly what the GOP claims that it wants to be here: Willing to cooperate, willing to cross the aisle. And I don't say that in a derision sense. I mean it as a totally upbeat positive. Now, we've got the appropriate sound bites from the debate, and we'll get to those in due course.
I do want to spend a little time on this economic news. This is not insignificant, and they're rolling this out on Friday. This is classic of this Regime. It's classic of the various bureaucracies in the government when they got bad news to report, they roll it out on a Friday when there's many other things people are focused on, like the 13 Hours movie premiering today. Trump with a smart move, by the way. In Iowa he's buying out a theater, renting the theater and buying a showing of it for anybody that wants to show up.
He's paying for everything, close here to the eve of the Hawkeye Cauci. But retail sales. What else is there in this country besides retail now? "Retail Sales in US Decrease to End Weakest Year Since 2009," so six years, and 154 Walmart stores are closing, and that's just in the US. There's 269 worldwide that are closing, on the heels of Obama just telling everybody what greatest economy we've ever had here, the strongest economic recovery. All of that was just lies and BS.
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I was only able to listen to the 1st 1/2 hour today but did hear that Rush said he thought Ted Cruz won the debate.
THe retail sales numbers today explain why we didn’t get wall-to-wall coverage of the numbers for the Christmas shopping season. Reporting on the season has been quite conspicuous in its absence.
I think Marco Rubio...Marco Rubio...Marco Rubio looked stupid.
He literally had straight talking points and repeated them three times in every answer regardless of the question.
I watched and listened to the entire debate, and Ted Cruz did win the debate hands down. I also watched the kiddie debate, and Rand Paul lost that one because he behaved like a little child by staying away. I went to facebook and he had posted that people should turn their TV off
I watched the kiddie debate as well. I agree with you on Paul, his refusal to participate illustrated petulence.
I thought Fiorina probably won but others could argue another. She’s going for VP now and she’s got a shot.
“I was only able to listen to the 1st 1/2 hour today but did hear that Rush said he thought Ted Cruz won the debate.”
Yes. Limbaugh had an odd response to Trump’s reply to Cruz. “He knew what Cruz meant” Limbaugh insisted.
Okay, so this is how Trump should have responded to please Limbaugh: “Folks, to explain what Cruz is trying to say, he is only referring to social issues, so I will tie myself down and respond solely to what he probably means, and is condemning values that only New Yorkers have.”
Hannity is not finished, but anyone want to bet he will not ask, breaking the spell of this love fest that he is having with Cruz, why Cruz voted for the Corker bill, a bill he condemned in the debate last night.
Cruz just said that Trump was no where to be found in fighting the Gang of Eight bill, and other bills that Cruz was valiantly fighting all by himself. Although Trump was not an elected official, and had no authority to fight bill, Trump did fight the Corker bill, but that doesn’t count, since Cruz did not fight it.
Cruz has left, and Hannity did not ask him about his vote on the Corker bill. He was too busy congratulating Cruz on all the “powerful statements” he was making over the phone.
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