Posted on 08/02/2018 4:27:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: Man, oh, man. How do we outdo yesterday’s program? I’m not sure I can top it. And, folks, I have to tell you, I was… I shouldn’t admit this, but I had more butterflies than usual starting about two hours before the program because I’m so uncomfortable. I really am. I’m uncomfortable bringing the focus on me. I have no problem when other people do it, I just… (sigh) Yet I’m aware what a lot of people think. Thirty years is a significant achievement. So it was… (exhale) It was pressure packed, and it turned out better than I thought it was going to turn out.
We mixed everything in there. Fabulous. We had a call from the president of the United States, which now the rest of the Drive-Bys are talking about and have been since it happened. We have audio sound bites of that, and I was thinking, “How do I top that?” I thought maybe today I’d talk about Apple and talk about golf and talk about the NFL, and just stick it to the Stick-to-the-Issues Crowd. But then I realized the Stick-to-the-Issues Crowd probably didn’t like half of yesterday’s show. Not disliked it, just, “Okay, okay. We get it. But move on, move on.”
Anyway, 30 years behind us and we move on.
Thank you all for being with us today and yesterday and for the entirety of the 30 years.
In the presidential tracking poll at Rasmussen, the president has hit 50% approval. Now, the Drive-By Media and the Democrat Party do not recognize Rasmussen. They think it’s an outlier or it is a polling unit that is… well, biased towards Trump, maybe biased toward Republicans. But it is a poll, and it’s a tracking poll and it’s been accurate. The Rasmussen people have been doing this kind of polling for years.
They have traditionally ranked in the top five, maybe even top three, when you get to presidential election polling and daily tracking polling. Their tracking poll for today shows “50% of likely U.S. voters approve of Trump’s job performance; 49% disapprove. The latest figures include 35% who strongly approve of the way Trump is performing, 41% who strongly disapprove. The presidential approval index rating is minus 6.”
So I don’t expect you’re going to see any of this reflected much if at all in the Drive-By Media today. But I wanted to pass it on to you because they’re going to know it. They will notice it. They will process it internally. They will curse it. It will affect the way they go about reporting on Trump today. It will, if possible, ratchet up their hatred.
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RUSH: I got an email from Koko at the website. “Hey, Rush, do you think it’s a coincidence that Trump bumps to 50% approval for the first time the day after he appears on your show?” I didn’t want to say it. I’m trying to dial back the braggadocio. I didn’t want to say it. But now that Koko has raised the possibility, how could I deny it? It’s the one thing that Trump hasn’t done. This was the first time he’s appeared on the program. He appears on the program and bammo! He jumps up three points, maybe two, in the Rasmussen Daily Tracking poll.
I’ll tell you something else: If you look at the candidates that Trump is backing… You know, on this program he said he’s not sure if support for him will transfer to Republicans in the House races in November. Meaning he doesn’t know what coattails he’s going to have. Every Republican primary candidate that he has endorsed is winning or leading. In fact, CNN just had a little blurb on it saying, “Trump-backed candidates are crushing it.” So I would say that Trump has some coattails and he’s going to be ratcheting up these rallies as we get close. He has another one scheduled today in Pennsylvania. This isn’t over yet!
Thanks For the ping!
Amazing! We LOVE WINNING!
#MAGA!
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Good news about black voters
Not surprised because Pres Trump has been doing a huge amount of outreach to the inner city black community.
Hispanics are a natural fit for Trump. They admire Machismo.
I’m pulling for Kelli Ward in AZ. But McSally will be ok. We need to keep that Senate seat.
Appreciate the ping.
Joe needs to drop out of the Arizona Senate race. I would like to see President Trump announce his support for Ward but I can understand why he would not. If McSally wins he would need her support.
Electoral votes matter, not aggregate votes. Since electoral votes have a geographical component, Trump also has that advantage.
2020 is likely a near 1984 landslide. No, California will not fall, but everywhere else is in play.
We are blessed to have this President, and Rush Limbaugh!
I think Trump and Rs are going to have a good November. Dems blue wave turns into a blue toilet bowl swirl. :)
We are blessed to have this President AND we are blessed to have Rush Limbaugh...
WOW!
Thanks LS.
http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=133125
91% of Orthodox Jews thinks President Trump is amazing!
Rush has the ability to explain many things that are going on that seem complex.His radio knowledge/skils are unsurpassed and will always be that way.His support of Trump is unending and sorely needed. We are lucky to have him on the air.
“How the hell can TRUMP only be at 50%”
It’s fake news. As Sabato said, add 10% to any Trump number. So ... 60%.
Thank you.
Today’s radio news (I no longer watch any TV) indicates nothing better than “mass confusion” among all of the pundits trying to analyze the Manafort trial - and its many twisted stories. Are these “self-called experts” that star-struck by the cameras that they no longer think independently, or are they trying so infinitely hard to strain out insignificant “extras” from every phrase and judicial comment that they are no longer effective at actually thinking?
My gut tells me that President Trumps numbers are higher than the 50% being reported. I tend to trust my gut.
He who doesn’t toot his own horn ends up playing second fiddle.
WTF??!!!
Thanks, Larry
LOL.. That would have been Great!
I Love Rush, but I don’t listen on a regular basis.. I just happened to have tuned in a couple of minutes before the call!
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