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Rush Clip Endorsing Dubya's New Cabinet Dept. on Tom Brokaw NBC Nightly News (Opening the Show)
MSNBC ^ | June 6, 2002 | Tom Brokaw

Posted on 06/06/2002 7:08:33 PM PDT by codebreaker

I was surfing the dial during the nightly newscasts looking for details on our Presdients speech tonight and lo and behold Tom Brokaw in the first 5 minutes had video from the Rush cam and audio of Rush enorsing Dubya's actions like that was a stamp of approval from the grass roots.

I have never seen Rush featured so prominently before on a nightly newscast, is this the result of the heat we here at FR have been bringing down on El Rushbo since his Bush bashing Monday?

I honestly can't remember Rush making the evening newscasts ever since the 'hate radio' debates of 1995-and does he speak for us as a whole most of the time?


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brokaw; cabinet; department; rush
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To: codebreaker
it felt like the Twilight Zone!

I'll bet. I quit watching the little three as soon as I watched the first Fox News and I've never gone back. Now I might start surfing just to see if I can catch a gem like that one.

21 posted on 06/06/2002 7:44:13 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER
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To: Russell Scott
This cabinet department is a PR move and a good one at that.

Let the Senate Democrats wrestle with this..

22 posted on 06/06/2002 7:44:25 PM PDT by codebreaker
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To: codebreaker
The second time in a week Rush has been quoted and used on NBC.
24 posted on 06/06/2002 7:52:10 PM PDT by rintense
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To: codebreaker
Isn't Rush supposed to be just an entertainer? It is interesting what difference one letter makes. If you substitute a "B" for the "R" in Rush, you get Bush.
25 posted on 06/06/2002 7:52:47 PM PDT by Don Myers
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To: Russell Scott
I just posted this. Follow the links in my comments for additional info.

Hart/Rudman -- 21st Century Commission Recommends New Anti-Terror Cabinet Agency

The article is from February 2, 2001

26 posted on 06/06/2002 8:09:05 PM PDT by Pete
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To: codebreaker
Thanks for the flag.
27 posted on 06/06/2002 8:22:32 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: Russell Scott
Who came up with the term "Homeland Security". Sounds like something right out of Nazi Germany.

Sounds fine with me, cuz this time around, the targets are the ME extremists, not me. Do I care? No, cuz this has no equivalency to what the Nazi's did to the Jews. I have absolutely NO qualms about profiling Middle Eastern men; they, and they alone, perpetrate the horrors against Americans. We are right and moral, they are wrong and murderous. So there.

28 posted on 06/06/2002 8:39:58 PM PDT by PLK
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To: Norvokov
And are you absolutely sure Arafat is a terrorist? I don't think so.

What? Please repeat that question.

29 posted on 06/06/2002 8:42:04 PM PDT by PLK
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
She (Lisa Meyers) also did a piece on him (el Rushbo) in the summer of 2000 for the Today show. He agreed to do the interview, if certain stipulations were met. From what I remember, NBC didn't abide by their agreement.

Maybe NBC is giving Rush face time because someone FINALLY recognizes Limbaugh as America's foremost political commentator!!! Good for him! The more they keep this up, the more sheeple that watch NBC nightly news will come to know him in a positive way--not as the "right-wing blabbermouth" he was made out to be for so many years by the mainstream media.

30 posted on 06/06/2002 8:50:33 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: BOBTHENAILER
Rush has been all over the map lately. Retracting positions more than little tommy daschle.

Like what? I'm having trouble thinking of other examples.

31 posted on 06/06/2002 8:53:00 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: Captainpaintball
The way NBC/Lisa Myers edited the piece it made Rush 'the voice of the GOP grassroots.'
32 posted on 06/06/2002 8:53:05 PM PDT by codebreaker
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To: PLK;Norvokov
And are you absolutely sure Arafat is a terrorist? I don't think so.

I'd like to know what that meant, as well.

33 posted on 06/06/2002 8:57:49 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: codebreaker
In regards to the summer2000 piece, I think she promised not to have the typical, stacked-deck liberal gaggle of Paul Begala-types make typical dopey liberal comments about what Rush said after the clip. Instead, they basically lied to him, and had Begala on after the Rush segment!
34 posted on 06/06/2002 9:02:05 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: codebreaker
The only reason the media was there was to see if they could get a good sound bite of what they were hoping would be Rush bashing the Prez. What they got was his endorsement. Ha!
35 posted on 06/06/2002 9:06:27 PM PDT by MadelineZapeezda
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To: PLK
Who came up with the term "Homeland Security".

As a follow up, the earliest use of the term that I was able to find is from the 2nd report from the US Commission on National Security/21 Century, which was published on April 15, 2000. While this is the first use of "homeland security" I could find, it should be noted that the first phase report, issued in September 1999, frequently refers to "homeland defense" in a consistent context. Now, while the term "homeland defense" has been used for quite some time, historically when referring to the Soviet nuclear threat, the first time I have been able to find it used in our current context is from a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Roundtable titled "Terrorism and Homeland Defense" from April 12, 1999. Here is a link

For those of you who are wondering what the CFR has to do with this, I point you to a previous post of mine, here (#52 - second one down). Also, I have found poking around the CFR webpage to be helpful when considering how we got to where we are today in terms of "homeland security".

36 posted on 06/06/2002 9:13:08 PM PDT by Pete
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To: codebreaker
Rush said today he had dinner with Gulliani last night and talked to Rove this morning. I think Rove filled him in on what the Pres. was going to talk about. So he backed off. And was talking a wait and see approach.
37 posted on 06/06/2002 9:15:56 PM PDT by Brimack34
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To: Brimack34
According to the NBC report (I still cant believe they are covering el Rushbo!) the maha-Rushie is 100% on board with Rove on this.
38 posted on 06/06/2002 9:18:18 PM PDT by codebreaker
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To: Pete
What is Salmon Rushdie doing on the Coucil of Foriegn Relations page..they will let anyone in these days!!
39 posted on 06/06/2002 9:19:58 PM PDT by codebreaker
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To: codebreaker
What am I doing wrong?

Can't find the clip.

40 posted on 06/06/2002 9:22:53 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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