Posted on 03/03/2016 3:42:07 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: Okay. I just finished watching, like many people probably did, the Mitt Romney attempted takedown of Donald Trump. And once again, as loudly as they apparently are able to say it, the Republican establishment telegraphs they have absolutely no idea what is happening in this country. It's just stunning to me, folks, to watch this.
So many different takeaways -- well, there are many takeaways you can have of this thing. You can analyze it just in its vacuum, was it good, was it bad, did Romney succeed in making the point that he wanted to make? Then you take it out of that little bubble and you put it in context of everything, and the questions about it just overwhelm whatever substance or content there was in what Romney had to say.
Anyway, greetings, my friends, it's great to have you. Rush Limbaugh here behind the Golden EIB Microphone. Telephone number is 800-282-2882. E-mail address, ElRushbo@eibnet.com.
It appears to me that the establishment in Washington, both parties, still believes that whatever is happening out here that is causing people to support Donald Trump in large numbers is something temporary. That it is a fever, that it is a tantrum, that it is a child that has gone astray and that a lecture will straighten them out. That a talking-to will show them the error of their ways. And that's not what this is, as I divulged in great detail yesterday and on many days and weeks prior. This is not temporary, it's not a phase, and is not a tantrum.
Now, Mitt Romney had some substantive things to say about Trump that, as I say, if you just look at it within the bubble of his comments, might make some sense. But it's nothing nobody else has been saying about Trump in this entire campaign. There wasn't anything new, and not one instance in the past of anybody saying any of these things about Trump has caused massive defections from Trump's campaign. So the questions then arise, okay, if it hasn't worked prior to today, why do it today? What's the deal? And the answers to me are rather obvious.
I think these establishment people still can't get it through their heads that this is real. They've expected Trump to implode. They have expected his supporters to abandon him and wake up from all this. And now that we've had Super Tuesday and every passing day the establishment learns that it isn't temporary, that it isn't gonna go away on its own, they ratchet up their levels of panic and try to take matters into their own hands. And then you start questioning the timing and the person they decide to use to do this. I'm not saying that Romney isn't sincere in any way, shape, manner, or form. But where was this months ago?
Everything Romney said about Trump today they have thought about Trump since this campaign began. Where was this kind of analysis of Barack Obama? Where has this kind of analysis been of Barack Obama the last seven years? The way this is gonna be heard -- I don't know if they're ever gonna understand this, these establishment guys. The way this is gonna be heard is, why are you trying to destroy your own base over and over again? Why are you rejecting the majority of people in your own party and their expressed desires and wishes? Why are you continually ignoring and trying to thwart the will of your voters?
That's how it's gonna be heard. That's how it's gonna be reacted to. They can't think this, can they? Take the universe of Trump supporters and however they hear this, maybe they watched it live, maybe they'll watch it streaming on their phones or they'll see highlights of it later on TV or whatever, but they're gonna see it. Do they really think that a significant number of Trump supporters are gonna go, "Wow! Oh, yeah. Oh, my God, I hadn't thought of that. You know, Romney's right. Okay. Okay, good. I'm finished with Trump. Okay. Okay. I admit, I was wrong." Do they really think that's gonna happen?
It's going to be seen as the establishment once again unable to win and therefore they're resorting once again to trying to talk their supporters out of the thinking that they are at present engaged in. Now Cookie is, as we speak, working on excerpts from the Romney speech, but I want to play you a couple of sound bites. And the reason I'm playing these sound bites is not to point out any hypocrisy in Romney, although that'll happen.
But the reason I want you to hear these sound bites is because these sound bites, matched against what Romney said today, are a glaring reason, one of many reasons why the Washington establishment is being rejected and not trusted and not supported. Let's go back, February 2nd, 2012, in Las Vegas, the Trump International Hotel and Tower, and Donald Trump endorsed Romney for president February 2nd, 2012. And we have two Mitt Romney sound bites. Here's the first.
ROMNEY: There are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. This is one of them, being in Donald Trump's magnificent hotel, and having his endorsement is a delight. I'm so honored and pleased to have his endorsement.
RUSH: Don't think the people supporting Trump don't remember this. Don't think they're gonna hear this either on this program or elsewhere and they're not gonna be questioning Trump. They're gonna be questioning Romney. Here's the second bite. Get this.
That One Time When Mitt Romney Praised Donald Trump...
ROMNEY: Donald Trump has shown an extraordinary ability to understand how our economy works, to create jobs for the American people. He's done it here in Nevada. He's done it across the country. He understands that our economy is facing threats from abroad. He's one of the few people who stood up and said, "You know what, China has been cheating. They've taken jobs from Americans. They haven't played fair. We have to have a president who stands up to cheaters." So I want to say thank you to Donald Trump for his endorsement. It means a great deal to me to have endorsement of Mr. Trump and people across this country.
RUSH: Trump's the same the guy that he was four years ago in 2012. But here's Romney accepting his endorsement and praising him, praising him on the terms Trump is using in this campaign. He's gonna get back at the people cheating Americans (i.e., the Chinese). He's gonna get back at the people taking jobs from Americans. Romney applauds that. Trump is campaigning on those very things. But strip away the details.
The way people who have had it with the establishment are gonna hear this is they're gonna think it's Romney who has to explain himself, not Trump. They think Trump's being consistent. They think Trump's the worthwhile. Whatever they think about Trump, they think whatever Trump stands for, whatever Trump means (which I think is bigger than Trump)... Romney's the one who seems to be in diametric opposition to himself. How do you go from lavish praise and almost acting like a groupie just to be in Trump's presence...
"There are some things that you just can't imagine happening in your life. This is one of them, being in Donald Trump's magnificent hotel, and having his endorsement is a delight. I'm so honored and pleased to have his endorsement." That's one of those wonderful things you never expect. How do you go from that to this today? Now, I realize some of you may not have heard the Romney speech. As I say, we are feverishly assembling sound bites from it, and I'm gonna get your input on this, too, because there's a lot of different takes on this.
Your GOPe paymasters should reduce you to minimum wage. Your credibility here is zilch, nada, zero, bankrupt, all used up, spent, shot your wad, we wouldn’t buy a used politician from you.
Thanks!
If Trump was not the front runner, Romney and the GOPe would probably be going after Cruz. Ted ought to think about what happens if he starts gaining any momentum. He’ll be on the GOPe target list next.
That only applies to candidates winning the nomination before the convention. After the first vote, it would not apply, and anyone can be nominated.
How do you spell “Romney”?
J-E-B-!
or perhaps Q-U-I-S-L-I-N-G
We now see how well they listened.
My point that Romney lost is factual. It may still upset you that he lost, but he lost. I voted for him and I think he is a decent man. He isn’t going to reach the hordes of angry voters flocking to vote for Trump. It’s just the truth.
Is this for real?
Romney/Ryan filing for President/VP. Jan, 2016
Check out # 6 ,
Originally he *was* going to run again. He was dissuaded by Jeb Bush.
What’s his deal? He expects to bypass all the primaries then be handed the nomination at the convention??
May not be 'his' deal, per se. If a 'plan' to hand him the nomination at the convention exists (and there may well *be* such a plan), it doesn't necessarily had to have originated with him, although it would appear that he would be the direct main beneficiary. I suspect that if such a plan does indeed exist, he would be called upon by the originators to 'take yet another dive'...
the infowarrior
That second bank is CIA.
It appears to me that the establishment in London, both King and court, still believes that whatever is happening out here in the Colonies; that is causing people to support George Washington in large numbers; is something temporary: a mere blip that caused a tea party or something like it to occur.
Of COURSE!!
He's still a MORMON!!!
Ask Mitt if he TRULY believes the following...
"He (Joseph Smith) is the man through whom God has spoken... yet I would not like to call him a savior, though in a certain capacity he was a god to us, and is to the nations of the earth, and will continue to be."- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:321"You call us fools; but the day will be, gentlemen and ladies, whether you belong to this Church or not, when you will prize brother Joseph Smith as the Prophet of the Living God, and look upon him as a god..."- Herber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 5:88"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"- (as quoted in 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142)There is "no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190"I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God; and there are many of them beside him. I tell you, if we get past those who have mingled with us, and know us best, and have a right to know us best, probably we can pass all other sentinels as far as it is necessary, or as far as we may desire. But I tell you, the pinch will be with those that have mingled with us, stood next to us, weighed our spirits, tried us, and proven us: there will be a pinch, in my view, to get past them. The others, perhaps, will say, If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. If it is all right with him, it is all right with me. Then if Joseph shall say to a man, or if brother Brigham say to a man, I forgive you your sins, "Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them;" if you who have suffered and felt the weight of transgression—if you have generosity enough to forgive the sinner, I will forgive him: you cannot have more generosity than I have. I have given you power to forgive sins, and when the Lord gives a gift, he does not take it back again."- Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155"It is because the Lord called Joseph Smith that salvation is again available to mortal men.... If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation,"- Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 396, 670
They succeeded in killing Joseph, but he had finished his work.He was a servant of God, and gave us the Book of Mormon.He said the Bible was right in the main, but, through the translators and others, many precious portions were suppressed, and several other portions were wrongly translated; and now his testimony is in force, for he has sealed it with his blood.As I have frequently told them, no man in this dispensation will enter the courts of heaven, without the approbation of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun.Who has made this so?Have I?Have this people?Have the world?No; but the Lord Jehovah has decreed it.If I ever pass into the heavenly courts, it will be by the consent of the Prophet Joseph.If you ever pass through the gates into the Holy City, you will do so upon his certificate that you are worthy to pass.Can you pass without his inspection?No; neither can any person in this dispensation, which is the dispensation of the fulness of times.In this generation, and in all the generations that are to come, everyone will have to undergo the scrutiny of this Prophet.They say that they killed Joseph, and they will yet come with their hats under their arms and bend to him; but what good will it do them, unless they repent?They can come in a certain way and find favor, but will they?Brigham Young,--JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, vol. 8, p. 224
I'll find another person to vote for instead of a back stabbing Republican
Even if FR comes out and proclaims that "We'd better hold our nose(s) - again - and vote for NON-trump, because ANYONE is better than Hillary!" ??
And he has the MONEY to pound NON-trump AND Hillary! into the GROUND!
Has there EVER been any VP running mate selected from the field of losing candidates that ran AGAINST the winner of the primaries?
https://www.quora.com/How-are-vice-presidents-chosen-by-presidential-candidates
I did not 'stay home' in reality, but I'll forgive you for not forgiving me for NOT voting for this wonderful fella Mitt 3 1/2 years ago.
AS long as Mitt paid his 'full' tithe; all is well.
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Hey!
I used that line LAST time!
It probably would not mean as much to me in the NEXT election; as no member of a deceiving religion is trying to persuade me that they are the answer to America's problems.
From whom?
Cruz or Rubio??
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