Young People Turned Off by Biden's Act?

RUSH: They're doing a little deal on Fox, they got their polling guy out there saying, "You know what, it was..." Oh, I'm trying to contain myself here, folks, trying to contain myself. I'm right a lot, it's no big deal most of the time. This one's big. One hour ago I said the way a lot of people are gonna watch that debate last night is a young son embarrassed of his bloated, overbearing father who's wrong about everything and his son is trying to tell his father the world has changed. And Fox is doing a story right now saying that there's polling information, a lot of 20 and 30-year-olds saw this thing entirely different than people our age, their parents' age, and so forth.

In addition to Biden being disrespectful and so forth, you have to throw in there that Ryan was respectful. It was a two-way street. Some of you may not be happy about that, but nevertheless, Ryan was respectful. Now, I don't know what they're saying now because my program started, but I heard enough at the top of the hour. I threw that out there, I threw it out an hour ago as a possible interpretation of this.

It looks like, in terms of TV ratings, Biden had 'em running for the exits early. The numbers in the presidential debate, about 70 million people watched the presidential debate. Right now, before we get the cable numbers, we've just got the network numbers, the network numbers have it at about 30, with CBS being number one at ten and a half million. ABC, NBC, then Fox at 5.3, Fox network, not cable. You add those up, you get about 20. The vice presidential debate in 2008, 69 million, with Palin and Bite Me. So if the numbers are down, it's another thing. Biden send 'em running away. They went to watch playoff baseball. They went to watch the Steelers. Who wants to sit there and watch that kind of thing? Your economic situation is in the toilet; who wants to watch some doddering, old mean guy laugh at you, or laugh during a discussion of that?

You know, Biden forgets there are real people in this country who have been profoundly damaged by the economics of this country right now. Whether they blame Obama for it doesn't matter. A discussion of it comes up last night, people who watched this stuff take the election of a president seriously. You got a bad economy, you got an incumbent sitting there, young challenger, and the incumbent, the guy starts laughing in the middle of a discussion about this? These people are worried about their taxes, their Social Security, what the hell they're gonna have to pay to get us out of this debt, and we got old man Biden there laughing about it? And then he starts laughing in a discussion about security and dead ambassadors. You know, laughing about practically everything for the first half hour. I'll bet you a bunch of young people did see an overbearing father that they think doesn't get it. I'll betcha. I wouldn't be surprised.

RUSH: LA. Dan, it's great to have you on the EIB Network. Dan, are you anywhere near the 12-mile route that they're moving the shuttle today and tomorrow?

RUSH: Boy, I tell you. I looked at the LA Times video and it's an amazing feat. Two days to move this shuttle 12 miles.

RUSH: Three hundred trees. They've taken down street lights. They have reinforced the roads with steel plates. It's amazing.

RUSH: I didn't mean to distract you with that. I just thought maybe you'd seen it. What's up?

CALLER: Well, my question is how many people were lost on Joe Biden. My girlfriend, who's an independent who voted for Clinton, she's watching that. She doesn't follow politics a whole lot. She's in her fifties. As soon as he started saying the whole thing about "my friend, my friend," I tell you: She was about to hit the ceiling with that.

CALLER: Yeah. When Bite Me kept saying that over and over and over, she got so irritated that she couldn't watch the rest of the debate.

RUSH: Why? She thought it was condescending or that Ryan really isn't his friend and he's lying about it?

RUSH: Yeah. Well, I have flash polling data that indicates your girlfriend's not alone. CNN internal numbers and others thought that women were especially put off by Joey last night.

CALLER: I couldn't agree with you more. She actually had a friend of hers call and she said the same thing with that "my friend" crap.

RUSH: And remember, now: It was guys like Ryan conducting the War on Women, right?

RUSH: That's what they want us to believe. "Paul Ryan, he's involved in the War on Women," and then you've got Biden behaving the way he behaved.

RUSH: I think he was. It was a turnoff to independents, a turnoff to women. He called Ryan his "friend" 14 times, and we know that Ryan's not his friend. We know he hates Ryan.

CALLER: I couldn't agree with you more. She also thought, you know, that Joe's kind of got this Uncle Joe thing. You know, he's a nice guy and everything. I think that bubble was burst last night.

RUSH: I do, too. I do, too. I couldn't be happier to hear you say that, even though this is just an anecdotal story. It's not scientific. It's just one guy's girlfriend. But, folks, there's more of that out there. Biden blew up all of the bubbles last night. I'm telling you, that's why I opened the program, for those of you who didn't hear it, with that observation. I tell you what I want you to do, Dan. You still there, Dan, by the way?

RUSH: Can you be honest with her? I want you to try something with her. I know how you said she's not day-to-day immersed in politics.

RUSH: Now, we're told the independents don't like this kind of behavior of confrontation and arguing and disrespecting. They just want people to work together and all. Would you say your girlfriend's like that?

RUSH: I'm deadly serious. The next time you talk to her about this, whenever the opportunity is... Don't tell her I said this to you.

RUSH: I want you to offer it as your own opinion, maybe ask her if she's ever considered it. No, don't do that. My point is: What Biden was last night is the Democrat Party.

RUSH: It would really help if women like your girlfriend understood that that was not an exception to the rule last night. You take the gloves of and you put 'em in what they think is a safe environment where they can't lose, that's who they are.

RUSH: I would love for your girlfriend and other women to realize that's the Democrat Party today. It's not just Joe Biden.

CALLER: I agree. I think it exposed a lot, because her friend is in her forties, and she said the same thing. You know, this whole thing about Joe being a nice guy and the Democratic Party for women and everything. I think that ruined a lot of it.

RUSH: Were you guys still watching when Biden was talking about getting out of Afghanistan in 2014 and turning things over to the Taliban, who are our friends?

RUSH: We're working with the security forces in Afghanistan. They gotta stand up for themselves. We need to get out of there.

CALLER: I was still watching it but she got so pissed off, she couldn't watch it anymore.

RUSH: Good. Happy to hear it. That confirms my instincts. So I appreciate the call. Thanks much. Now, you tell her. You tell her. When it's safe, you know? When it's safe. You don't want you to be provocative with it. Just say, "Honey, that's the Democrat Party. That's just who they are," and see what she says.

RUSH: Lyle in Edwardsville, Illinois, I'm glad you waited. Open Line Friday, you're up, hi.

CALLER: Rush, thanks for taking my call. I wanted to take a moment of your time to tell you that your show on Wednesday was fantastic, especially the first hour. And to think I almost missed it! On Wednesday my local radio station, KMOX in St. Louis, preempted your show to broadcast other news activities happening in the nation's capital: The St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals postseason game. If it wasn't for me being a Rush 24/7 member, I would have missed that great message on Wednesday.

RUSH: Well, I really appreciate that, and I want everybody to know this is the first time I have ever talked to Lyle in Edwardsville, Illinois. Snerdley doesn't know him, either. Lyle, you were not paid, right? This is coming from the bottom of your heart and the top of your brain?

RUSH: Exactly. I really appreciate it, really appreciate it. What did we do on Wednesday that was so hot?

I was trying to imagine what it’d be like to be a liberal with a little common sense (not that there’s many) to watch Biden last night.

I remember listening to my local talk radio station one evening and there was some guy standing in for Jason Lewis. I remember he was completely rude to democrat callers that would call in to disagree with him. Some were respectful, but this idiot on talk radio was downright rude to them, interrupting them before they could express their opinions. I felt embarrassed that he was representing convervatives on the radio so I shut it off.

Last night, I would have been horrified if I was a thinking Democrat.

Like a buddy of mine from college said, “If grinning like an idiot and making disgusting noises was somethinng women found attractive, we’d have gotten laid every night!”. He’s right - I can’t imagine Biden’s performance would have appealed to undecided women voters - if you doubt this, just try one of Biden’s smirks and smarmy looks next time your wife or girlfriend is trying to have a serious conversation with you...

It was like watching a young Jake Layouts beat up a drunken retard.

And the JFK line, he was waiting for that
but it was in the context. Ryan also mentioned Reagan and Bush but the retarded McAsshole had to interrupt every sentence.

Being in my early 20's and frequently on a college campus, I can go ahead and simply tell you the reaction of "young people" to BiteMe: the Lefties thought he won the debate because he was so "dominating," but also thought he was a complete douchebag. As one gal put it:

"if he was like that at a bar, I'd order a really cheap glass of red wine and 'accidentally' spill on him. Even if he was my boyfriend. I know I'd probably disagree with what Ryan was trying to say, but I'm not sure because he never really got to say it. It was like an adult trying to reason with a toddler."

The kind of used car salesman it had to it.

The caller was comparing Biden to a used car salesman... that is an INSULT...

To the USED CAR SALESMAN!!!

Biden looked like the creepy too-friendly guy from the neighborhood that you would never leave alone with your kids.

I appreciate your friend’s comment about difficulty communicating with toddlers, but those I little ones I have known could not be compared to the intentionally rude behavior of the joker last night. Ugh! Furthermore, no toddler in the world has the power to be as dangerous to the future of humanity as the joker is.

I’m not young but Biden’s performance hit all sour notes with me. I even told my husband, “Why is he laughing about Benghazi? About the economy? The war? It’s not funny at all.”

Added to that, my hours have been cut at work, so I am not real supportive of an out-of-touch Washington fat-cat like Biden.

Rush is really exaggerating the significance of this debate. I suspect that no more than 20 voters are ever swayed by a VP debate.

Can’t stand Biden, and he was really obnoxious last night, but, much as I would wish for it, no hearts and minds were changed last night by his annoying antics.

I talked with my g/grand mother by phone today, she’s 92 years old and an F.D.R. democrat and always votes for the rats.

I asked her what she thought of the V.P. debate and she says she couldn’t watch all of it because Biden was so rude and acting like a clown.

That was something, coming from her. She didn’t say it would change her vote but I love her anyway.

Since Ryan spoke last I wish he would have said “The problems this country is having are nothing to laugh about.”

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