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\"Listen<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, folks, I gotta be very careful here. I\u2019m getting some e-mails here<\/a>. “Rush! Rush! Rush! How come you haven\u2019t commented on Boehner and the debt ceiling?” Come on, folks. Please. Did anybody expect anything different?<\/p>\n

I have this phrase that I use and am guided by: Intelligence guided by experience. Some people reverse it and say it\u2019s experience guided by intelligence. Either way, somebody show me in the past three years where there\u2019s been a serious fight with Obama on the debt limit. The one time that you might consider serious, what happened? The government was shut down, and who got blamed and who got scared and who got punished?<\/p>\n

There was no reason to expect anything other than a clean debt ceiling bill. Plus, it was the same old strategery we\u2019ve been hearing. Every time one of these budget things comes up — be it the debt limit, be it the debt ceiling, be it continuing resolution, whatever it is — the strategy of the day is, “Look, look, look. We can\u2019t win this, let Obama have this, and we\u2019ll kick ass six months from now on the whatever comes up next!”<\/line><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what\u2019s happening here. “Look, we can\u2019t stop this. We\u2019re not gonna stop this. We can\u2019t have another government shutdown. We can\u2019t let Cruz ruin it again for us! We can\u2019t do that. So let\u2019s just get this off the table! Let \u2019em raise the debt limit, it\u2019s gonna happen anyway, and we will kick butt on Obamacare from now \u2019til the election,” and that\u2019s exactly what happened. It wasn\u2019t gonna be anything other than that. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: From The Politico: “White House Celebrates House Debt Vote.”<\/a> <\/p>\n

This is, ladies and gentlemen, is a textbook example of how the House Republicans are rewarded by the Democrats and the media for “compromising,” also known as “caving.” “The White House hailed the House vote to increase the debt ceiling as a ‘positive step\u2019 and called on Congress to raise the minimum wage,” and while they\u2019re at it, pass amnesty for illegals. “‘Tonight\u2019s vote is a positive step in moving away from the political brinkmanship that\u2019s a needless drag on our economy,\u2019 press secretary Jay Carney said.”<\/p>\n

The spokeskid “called on Congress to enact Obama\u00c2\u2019s economic agenda of increasing the minimum wage<\/a> to $10.10 per hour and renewing long-term unemployment insurance benefits.” See? Nothing\u2019s ever enough. The Republicans are desperate for praise from the media sector, and they got it. “Hey, Republicans, way to go! Way to compromise on the debt limit! Now, while you\u2019re at it, how about extending unemployment benefits and raising the minimum wage?<\/line><\/p>\n

“And, as an added bonus, if you really want us to love you, why don\u2019t you pass amnesty?” I mean, it\u2019s all here. (laughing) I\u2019m surprised the headline isn\u2019t (laughing), “Republicans Buck Limbaugh, Raise Debt Ceiling!” Well, speak of the devil, there is one story. Did I throw it on the bottom of the Stack? Yeah. They\u2019re close to it. The AP: “GOP Bedrock Principle Dropped in Debt Limit Vote.” It\u2019s by our old buddy Jim Kuhnhenn. <\/p>\n

“It was once the backbone of the House Republican majority — the hard-line stand that brought President Barack Obama to the negotiating table and yielded more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction.” When the hell did that happen? When was there $2 trillion in deficit reduction? What was I doing when that happened? I missed that. It must have happened here \u2019cause it says it right here in the AP. <\/p>\n

Let me read that again: “It was once the backbone of the House Republican majority — the hard-line stand that brought President Barack Obama to the negotiating table and yielded more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction. “On Tuesday, it abruptly vanished, the victim of Republican disunity and a president determined not to bargain again. During the summer budget negotiations in 2011, House Speaker John Boehner had insisted that any increase in the nation\u2019s borrowing limit be matched dollar for dollar with spending cuts.<\/p>\n

“It became the ‘Boehner Rule,\u2019 a mantra of fiscal discipline. And while it didn\u2019t always live up to [itself],” it still was something that looked good on paper. But now they wave bye-bye, and the headline is: “GOP Bedrock Principle Dropped in Debt Limit Vote,” and, by the way, the AP says (if you\u2019re gonna read this story), it\u2019s very smart. By doing this, Boehner has placed the burden of extending the Treasury\u2019s borrowing authority all on the Democrats. Right. Right. <\/p>\n

As though the media is ever gonna blame the Democrats. So the Republicans are probably sitting around saying, “Boy, we really won. They think we caved, but we threw \u2019em a curveball, and they struck out! Now all of this debt stuff is on them. Every new dime of debt, it\u2019s all on them \u2019cause we let \u2019em have it.” I wonder if somebody in the Republican caucus said, “Wait a minute. Do you really think the media is gonna blame them for the debt, or are they gonna blame us again?” <\/line><\/p>\n

Then we get to this: “White House Celebrates House Debt Vote.” So it\u2019s “GOP Bedrock Principle Dropped in Debt Limit Vote,” and “White House Celebrates.” Yes, the White House celebrates. Nothing\u2019s ever enough. Now they want amnesty. Now they want unemployment extensions. The Washington Post headline on debt limit: “Harry Reid Credits Boehner for Doing the Right Thing,” and then Dingy Harry “suggested that House Republican leaders should next hold a similar vote on immigration reform.” <\/p>\n

See? <\/p>\n

It never stops. <\/p>\n

They always want more. It\u2019s never enough. Dingy Harry did find some collegiality here, but it only went so far. “‘Boehner has said he\u2019s going to pass a clean vote. If they do that, I\u2019m confident that we\u2019ll move over here as quickly as it can,\u2019 he said, before cautioning: ‘But I put nothing past the Tea Party-driven Republican House.'” (laughing) It\u2019s all so predictable. It\u2019s all just…<\/p>\n

Every syllable of this is totally predictable. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is yesterday on Capitol Hill, House Republicans\u2019 press conference, a Q&A. A reporter said, “You\u2019re putting up the minimum number of votes to get a clean debt ceiling passed. It\u2019s a ballpark in my opinion. I mean, I know you had the Sandy vote last year which was only 49 Republicans. Isn\u2019t that some abdication of the responsibility of the majority party?”<\/p>\n

BOEHNER: Let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants. It\u2019s a disappointing moment, I can tell you that. We don\u2019t have 218 votes, and when you don\u2019t have 218 votes, you have nothing. We\u2019ve seen that before; we see it again.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What? I don\u2019t even know how to analyze that. This is just… Let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants. It\u2019s a disappointing moment, I can tell you that. We don\u2019t have 218 votes…” You know, the subtext is: “Damn Tea Party! Damn Tea Party! Damn Tea Party! Damn Tea Party! Damn Tea Party!” I don\u2019t think they cared. He wasn\u2019t out there whipping the vote count. They didn\u2019t care. This is one of these bumps in the road. Get it out of the way. Hope the car sees the bump and adjusts the suspension accordingly. You don\u2019t break the axle. So you keep rolling down the road. <\/line><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s go back. May 9th, 2011, Economic Club of New York, Congressman Boehner.<\/p>\n

BOEHNER 2011: Let me be as clear as I can be: Without significant spending cuts and changes in the way we spend the American people\u2019s money, there will be no increase in the debt limit — and the cuts should be greater than the accompanying increase in the debt limit that the president is given.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay. So that was the throwing down the gauntlet there you be in 2011, and then yesterday, ” Let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants. It\u2019s a disappointing moment, I can tell you that. We don\u2019t have 218 votes, and when you don\u2019t have 218 votes, you have nothing,” and people still call me and say, “Why don\u2019t the Republicans fight?” (laughing) I\u2019m sorry to laugh, folks, but what else are you gonna do here? Here\u2019s Dingy Harry, praising Boehner for courage.<\/p>\n

REID: I commend Speaker Boehner for doing the right thing. I put nothing past the Tea Party-driven Republican Congress.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is… Folks, I can\u2019t keep a straight face during this. Just can\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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