{"id":12219,"date":"2013-06-11T17:24:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T17:24:38","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-06-11T17:24:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T17:24:38","slug":"long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

RUSH: Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. We have the Washington and media elites upset about Edward Snowden<\/a>. Folks, let me ask. Didn\u2019t we just go through an election where we were told that the youths of America had all the answers? We had to get the youth of America interested in American politics. We had to get them interested to the point that they cared. The youth of America, it\u2019s their future. The youth vote, that mattered as much as anything, whoever got the youth vote was gonna win. On contraception, gay marriage, immigration, redistribution of wealth, national security, we were told we needed to get with it, because the youth of America all wanted these things. <\/p>\n

The youth of America demanding gay marriage. The youth of America demanding contraception any time, anywhere, anyplace. The youth of America demanding immigration and amnesty. The youth of America wanting redistribution of wealth. We gotta get with it. The Republican Party, a bunch of old white men, a bunch of old fogies. Okay, so now here comes a youth, 29-year-old Edward Snowden, an ideal young potential Democrat, except for this. So we have a montage here of media people and inside the Beltway types commenting on the guy.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

NORAH O\u2019DONNELL: Snowden is 29 years old, he doesn\u2019t have a high school diploma.<\/p>\n

GWEN IFILL: The 29- year-old.<\/p>\n

NEIL CAVUTO: The 29 year-old behind these sensational US security leaks.<\/p>\n

MARY ANNE MARSH: Twenty-nine years old with a GED.<\/p>\n

LOU DOBBS: Twenty-nine year old high-school dropout.<\/p>\n

KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE: Individuals like this, 29 years old.<\/p>\n

ANGUS KING: I got a problem with a 29 year-old deciding US national security policy.<\/p>\n

CHRIS STIREWALT: A guy with a patchy beard, who\u00c2\u2019s 29 years old.<\/p>\n

BROOKE BALDWIN: He is 29 years old, a Millennial, the generation known for its independence.<\/p>\n

BRIAN KILMEADE: Twenty-nine years old, he feels like he knows it all. <\/p>\n

RUSH: It doesn\u2019t sound like they\u2019re so enamored of 29 year olds here, does it? Sounds like the fact that he\u2019s a 29-year-old is a reason to think the guy\u2019s not worth listening to. This is a punk. It wasn\u2019t that long ago, I kept hearing how important it was to find out what the Millennials thought, how important it was to pay attention to what the Millennials thought their future would be. Okay. This is a pretty good example of a Millennial. And now, all of a sudden, the only difference between this guy and a bag of excrement is the bag because he\u2019s 29. He\u2019s just a punk. Not worth listening to. What a creep, who does this guy think he is? That\u2019s the attitude now. Before the election, these guys were Adonises. Yeah, the patchy beard. At least his beard is better than Jay Carney\u2019s beard, there\u2019s no question about it about that.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Rich in White Plains. Great to have you on the program, sir. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush, thank you for taking my call. You know, Rush over and over again I see something in the news and I form an opinion and sure as heck, it\u2019s the exact opinion you express on your next show. And the last one was this young man, Snowden. My first reaction was, what did he do to make him so dangerous? And, Rush, what\u2019s interesting is, everybody\u2019s opinion before he revealed himself I think was more concerned about the government having our phone numbers, but now that there\u2019s a person associated with it, they\u2019re going on the attack. It\u2019s almost like they enjoy having somebody to scapegoat. And when you said yesterday that what did he reveal, he revealed a process, unlike Obama, for the sake of Zero Dark Thirty, revealed some real details that could really put people in danger.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, that is an excellent point. In fact, there have been a couple of stories — I don\u2019t remember where — one of them asked the question, did somebody in the Department of Defense actually give the producers of Zero Dark Thirty literal intel for the purposes of having themselves portrayed wonderfully in the media taking place? It was speculation, but he\u2019s right. There is a substantive publicizing of intel. Snowden didn\u2019t reveal anything. All he did was reveal the process. He didn\u2019t give away any secrets. He didn\u2019t reveal anything that has been learned. All he did — and I don\u2019t mean “all” as thought it\u2019s inconsequential, don\u2019t misunderstand, but he just detailed the “how.” He detailed the capability. But he didn\u2019t divulge one bit of intel. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think anybody was shocked. I wasn\u2019t. Now, a lot of people are feigning real anger over this, and John Bolton, by the way, we had a sound bite on Bolton yesterday, we didn\u2019t get to it, but John Bolton said, “You know, this reaction that this is getting is hysterical.” And he didn\u2019t mean funny. He said this is an unwarranted hysteria. Every branch of government signed off on this. His point was, there\u2019s nothing rogue about this. Every bit of it happened according to the law. You had the FISA court, judicial. You had the intelligence committees, legislative. You had the president, executive. Every branch of government knew what was going on, every branch of government okayed it. There isn\u2019t one branch of government doing something here without the permission of the other two, and therefore there\u2019s nothing to see here. <\/p>\n

Well, wouldn\u2019t you agree with that, Snerdley? Therefore, don\u2019t get so hysterical about it. This is standard operating procedure. This is how intel happens. This is how information gathering takes place in 2013. It\u2019s a dangerous world out there. The United States is a great nation at risk in a dangerous world, and we\u2019ve gotta make sure that the American people are protected. That\u2019s what causes people to start asking questions. Is this about protecting the American people or is it about targeting them? And that\u2019s where this guy\u2019s detailing of the process started raising at least my curiosity. <\/p>\n

Now, he didn\u2019t reveal anything that was illegal, which was Bolton\u2019s point. And it wasn\u2019t illegal because all three branches had signed off on it. I guess under that line of thinking, if all three branches signed off on doing something, I guess it\u2019s okay. But Bolton\u2019s point, there was nothing unconstitutional here, there was nothing illegal here, and therefore there\u2019s nothing to see here. Basically this is the sausage making of intel gathering, and nobody wants to see the sausage factory. You want to eat the bacon and the links — well, except for Snerdley — but you don\u2019t want to see how it\u2019s made. At least that was Bolton\u2019s point. I understand it. I\u2019m a mature, relatively mature 62-year-old. But I hearken back to it matters who\u2019s doing it and who has the power, and this regime is targeting Americans it doesn\u2019t like, and that\u2019s why it bothered me, pure and simple. And I think that\u2019s only common sense, it\u2019s not paranoia. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. We have the Washington and media elites upset about Edward Snowden. Folks, let me ask. Didn\u2019t we just go through an election where we were told that the youths of America had all the answers? We had to get the youth of America interested in American politics. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nLong Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. We have the Washington and media elites upset about Edward Snowden. Folks, let me ask. Didn\u2019t we just go through an election where we were told that the youths of America had all the answers? We had to get the youth of America interested in American politics. […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"GeorgePrayias\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/\",\"name\":\"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-06-11T17:24:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-06-11T17:24:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4\",\"name\":\"GeorgePrayias\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"GeorgePrayias\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites. We have the Washington and media elites upset about Edward Snowden. Folks, let me ask. Didn\u2019t we just go through an election where we were told that the youths of America had all the answers? We had to get the youth of America interested in American politics. […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"GeorgePrayias","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/","name":"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2013-06-11T17:24:38+00:00","dateModified":"2013-06-11T17:24:38+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/06\/11\/long_knives_out_for_that_punk_kid_snowden\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Long Knives Out for That Punk Kid Snowden"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9a33276eb9dc5b6d3f8218957f30e6b4","name":"GeorgePrayias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d290ab65e2eaca3719268528f83b85bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"GeorgePrayias"},"url":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/GeorgePrayias\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}