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RUSH: Now, I want to move on to the latest proofs and illustrations of the Limbaugh Theorem<\/a>. The Washington Post reported on yesterday\u2019s front page, the ABC\/Post poll that showed Obama\u2019s approval rating remains steady. So now we\u2019ve got three polls. We\u2019ve got this one, we got Gallup, and we have CNN. In all three of these polls, Obama\u2019s approval numbers are holding steady or (in a couple of cases) inching up in the CNN poll.<\/p>\n

In the ABC\/Washington Post poll, Obama\u2019s approval number is 51%. That\u2019s steady. Forty-four percent disapprove. This poll found also that Obama\u2019s approval rating is unaffected by all of these scandals — and, in addition, the president was judged to be more focused than Republicans on issues people care about. I take you back to the exit polling after the election. Remember that question: “Cares about people like me.”<\/p>\n

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Eighty-one percent cited Obama.<\/p>\n

Nineteen percent cited Romney.<\/p>\n

Now, the numbers are not like that, but it is still a majority. It\u2019s a bare majority, but it\u2019s still a majority of Americans who say they believe Obama is focused on issues important to them personally. Just 33% think so of the Republicans. There\u2019s an 18-point gap. Fifty-one percent think Obama\u2019s clearly focused on things that matter to people; only 33% think the Republicans are. The people at NewsBusters then write this question:<\/p>\n

“Should we draw from this question that lying to the public and using the imposing powers of the IRS to thwart conservative groups aren\u2019t issues that people need to care about? Would the Post have asked this question during the Watergate hearings?” That\u2019s not it. The reason that this poll result is what it is is not that people don\u2019t think the IRS stuff or any of the other scandals are important.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t attach Obama to it! That\u2019s the phenomenon here. Obama isn\u2019t attached to any of this. Now, look, I know how hard this is. You pay attention every day. You are immersed in it. You and I, we live this stuff. We know it frontwards and backwards. Low-information voters, they hear Obama say, “I didn\u2019t know anything about that,” and believe him! They hear Obama say, “This makes me mad! I\u2019m gonna get to the bottom of it,” and they believe him.<\/p>\n

As far as the low-information audience or voter group out there is concerned, they don\u2019t have any reason not to trust Obama yet. They don\u2019t have any reason not to believe him. They think he\u2019s working on jobs. They think he\u2019s working on the deficit. They think he\u2019s doing everything he says he\u2019s doing, and they think that he\u2019s doing it for them. There hasn\u2019t been anything that\u2019s happened to shake that up, no matter what you think. The reason there hasn\u2019t been is specific.<\/p>\n

He has conducted his presidency in such a way that he is always seen as an outsider. He\u2019s not in charge of all the bad stuff. The fact that he\u2019s causing all these things to happen totally escapes these people, totally escapes the low-information voter. They don\u2019t associate all of this with Obama. Be it Benghazi, be it the IRS targeting conservative groups, they just doesn\u2019t attach to him. That\u2019s because of him.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s because he\u2019s chosen to make himself appear as constantly fighting everything that\u2019s happening in Washington. That\u2019s what a constant campaign does for you in terms of optics. When you\u2019re seen as constantly campaigning and fighting against things, you\u2019re not seen as trying to advance things. It\u2019s just the opposite! They think Obamacare is gonna lower premiums. They think Obamacare is gonna make insurance easier to get.<\/p>\n

They have yet to see the reality of this.<\/p>\n

They believe what Obama says.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s hard, folks. I have two more examples. Are you sitting down? Forbes magazine. Are you ready for the headline? “Economically, Could Obama be America\u2019s Best President?” Forbes magazine! Forbes. Not TIME, not the New Republic, not the Huffing and Puffington Post, not The Nation. It\u2019s Forbes. Now, it\u2019s no longer controlled by the Forbes family, granted. But it\u2019s still Forbes. “Economically, Could Obama be America\u2019s Best President?”<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re thinking Obama\u2019s in trouble (and I\u2019m telling you, he isn\u2019t), and you see headline like this? Let\u2019s go to the Washington Post. Headline: “President Obama Says Journalists Should Not be Prosecuted for Soliciting Information.” How nice. Why, he didn\u2019t know about that, either. Jay Carney said, “By the way, the president thinks that…” He\u2019s telling this to the media at the White House press briefing. “By the way, the president thinks that you should be able to do your job in a free and open way.”<\/p>\n

So all of this targeting of the Associated Press reporters and James Rosen (and his parents) and William La Jeunesse at Fox? That has nothing to do with Obama. He doesn\u2019t think that ought to be happening. He\u2019s got total faith in Eric Holder. The point is: When you ask a question beyond that, you\u2019re missing the point. “The president thinks you should be able to do your job in a free and open way.”<\/p>\n

“Well, who does he support Holder? Holder\u2019s the one doing this.” You\u2019re off the beaten path. Jay Carney said in a briefing, “If you\u2019re asking me whether the president believes that journalists should be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the answer is no.” Okay, so you\u2019re a low-information voter out there. You\u2019re watching this, if you pick up on this at all, and you find out that Obama\u2019s for reporters.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a low-information voter, I dare say you might even support Fox reporters being spied on. Because if you are a low-information voter, you believe the Democrat spin on things, and you might believe that Fox is a problem. You might believe that they need to be spied on. Go read (if you dare) some of the comments at some of these Democrat websites, some of these lackeys in their pajamas sitting around all day long cashing their welfare checks, doing whatever, and posting comments on these sites.<\/p>\n

Carney said, “He cannot and I cannot comment on the specifics of any ongoing criminal matter, but I can tell you that in our conversation yesterday, [the president] reiterated just how important he believes it is that reporters, that all of you and your colleagues are able to do your jobs in a free and open way.”<\/p>\n

Now, meanwhile, you and I know that it is Obama and his acolytes who are responsible for all of this spying on Fox reporters and the AP, bugging of the phones and so forth. But right here in the Washington Post: The New York Times today excuses the media for not reporting on the IRS scandal a year ago before the election because of me. They say, hey, you know, the media was so absorbed in the Limbaugh story one year ago that they missed this IRS thing. They missed it. They were so worked up, so hopeful that they would finally get rid of me. <\/p>\n

By the way, I\u2019m in the media. I\u2019m being suppressed. I\u2019ve been suppressed for over two decades and nobody\u2019s speaking up for me. I\u2019m not complaining, don\u2019t misunderstand. I\u2019m just saying there\u2019s a lot of people saying it\u2019s really outrageous what happened to James Rosen, really outrageous what happened to William La Jeunesse, really outrageous what happened to their parents, really outrageous what happened to Fox. With me, “Don\u2019t stop; keep going, Obama.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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