{"id":12350,"date":"2013-05-22T16:12:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T16:12:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-05-22T16:12:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T16:12:16","slug":"the_new_york_times_rush_limbaugh_is_the_reason_the_media_didn_t_cover_the_irs_scandal_last_year_before_the_election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/05\/22\/the_new_york_times_rush_limbaugh_is_the_reason_the_media_didn_t_cover_the_irs_scandal_last_year_before_the_election\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times: Rush Limbaugh is the Reason the Media Didn\u2019t Cover the IRS Scandal Last Year Before the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: I may as well just say this. Anybody who thinks that I am irrelevant needs to hear this. <\/p>\n

Greetings, my friends. Great to have you here. Rush Limbaugh, the EIB Network, and the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies. <\/p>\n

You know that cold that I have been fighting off? It really is amazing. I have some leftover Zicam and I\u2019ve been using it, and I\u2019m not kidding. The cold first appeared late last week and I immediately started taking steps to arrest the development of the cold, and it worked, I mean, it just stopped it from getting any worse, and the last couple of days I thought it was gone. I woke up this morning and it\u2019s back. If I sound a little hoarse today, that is why, and I just wanted to explain this. <\/p>\n

I was also sitting around last night wondering: The low-information voters out there, they must be lying awake at night wondering what else Obama hasn\u2019t been told about. We have to learn to do this, folks. We have to learn to look at the news through the eyes of low-information voters. Hard as it is to believe, they really believe when they\u2019re told that Obama wasn\u2019t told about the IRS, when he wasn\u2019t told about Benghazi, they believe that. You\u2019re just gonna have to accept it. <\/p>\n

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There\u2019s so much that poor Obama doesn\u2019t know and hasn\u2019t been told about. I picture these low-information voters lying awake at night worrying and wondering what else Obama hasn\u2019t been told about. Because, I mean, he\u2019s important to them. The low-information voters have been told that Obama is the only thing standing between them and the evil Republicans taking everything they have away from them. Obama\u2019s it. Obama is the barrier, and everybody\u2019s out now to get Obama. And the low-information voters, “He doesn\u2019t know anything. Nobody\u2019s telling him anything. It\u2019s not his fault.” And they\u2019re probably worrying, lying awake, \u2019cause the last thing they want is Republicans getting back into power because they think that means all their stuff is gonna be taken away from \u2019em. <\/p>\n

Now, I saw this, I was told about this today, and I didn\u2019t believe it. I thought somebody was toying with me. I thought somebody was goosing me. I thought somebody was razzing me. I thought somebody was just teasing me. Then I went and checked it myself. Ladies and gentlemen, we now know that a year ago, one year ago, the IRS investigated the targeting of Tea Party groups. And they reported to the acting director then, Steven Miller. They reported that there were substantial problems of bias. We know that this happened a year ago. We know the IRS was investigating, the inspector general was investigating the targeting of Tea Party groups, a year ago. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re probably saying, “Well, then how come it\u2019s just now coming out?” Well, the New York Times has the answer. Do you know why the media is just now getting to the IRS story? It isn\u2019t because of Lois Lerner. It isn\u2019t because of Lois Lerner\u2019s staged Q&A at the Bar Association meeting. It isn\u2019t because of the acting general, even the inspector general report. No, no, no, no. The New York Times has an article this morning explaining that the media was too busy covering what I was saying about Sandra Fluke. They were so busy, that all of Washington was so absorbed with that story that they missed everything else going on that week and during that period of time. And during that period of time is when it was discovered that the IRS was investigating itself over targeting Tea Party groups. <\/p>\n

So the New York Times, in a story this morning, is trying to blame me for the media not uncovering the IRS scandals before the elections. Now I\u2019ve heard everything. This takes the cake. I have now surpassed Bush, folks, in terms of being responsible for things that have gone wrong. I mean, I\u2019ve gotta put a notch in my belt on this one or something. Oh, I wish my dad were alive. Folks, my father would not believe any of this, \u2019cause I didn\u2019t go to college. None of this stuff is supposed to be possible in his world because I didn\u2019t go to college. Well, I didn\u2019t get a degree. I went to college; I didn\u2019t stay very long. <\/p>\n

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So there you have it. And, by the way, folks, the fact that the IRS story was not reported before the elections is a huge factor in Obama winning, make no mistake about it. I want you to imagine that everything happening now was happening last May and going into last summer, everything we\u2019re hearing about the IRS, targeting the Tea Party and the IRS babe that was handling this now being promoted to handle Obamacare for the IRS, imagine all of this that\u2019s happening now happening exactly one year ago. You think it would have an impact on the election. Damn right it would have. And this is why it was suppressed. <\/p>\n

The entire effort, all of this stuff, the politicizing of all of this was designed to keep it hidden and unreported prior to the election. Ditto, Benghazi. Everything was about that. And now everything is about the Democrats winning the House in 2014 and giving Obama one-party rule. But I just want you to know, and maybe I should stand up and spank myself again. You don\u2019t think so, Mr. Snerdley? Well, how ridiculous. The New York Times, folks, the paper of record, the greatest newspaper in the world. Let me read the passage to you. Snerdley, stop what you\u2019re doing and listen. I want you to hear this \u2019cause we might get calls about it that you\u2019ll have to screen. <\/p>\n

Here from the New York Times: “Perhaps those who live in the nation\u00c2\u2019s capital can be excused for missing the potential import of the IRS allegations because of everything else that was going on. … In the same week, Rush Limbaugh, the conservative icon and radio host,” had that kerfuffle with Sandra Fluke about birth control “and the fallout from that consumed Washington,” so much so that Mr. Obama eventually had to call Ms. Fluke. And, for that reason, the New York Times, the greatest newspaper in the world, is saying that I so distracted the media that they did not notice what was going on at the IRS, even though the IRS had made it public. <\/p>\n

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The IRS, the IG, everybody knew this was going on; they just didn\u2019t care because I was in the news. And why was I in the news? In one context it does make sense. They thought they had me. After 24 years, they thought this was it. This was the moment that they would be rid of the EIB Network and the Limbaugh Institute for Advanced Conservative Studies, and they would be rid of me. They really thought it. And you know why it didn\u2019t happen, folks? What do you think the answer to the question is? Why did they fail? <\/p>\n

The audience. You people in this audience made it impossible for them to succeed in this. And I don\u2019t want you to ever, ever forget, I don\u2019t want you to ever think that I am not grateful and that I am not appreciative of the fact that you all are there and continue to say that you were there. And it\u2019s the old adage: If the media didn\u2019t make you, they can\u2019t break you. But if the media does make you, in other words, if you become notorious, famous, supposedly successful because the media says you are, well, then, they can just as easily pull the rug out from under you. But the media had nothing to do with the success of this program. That is totally up to you people in the audience. <\/p>\n

And try as hard as they have (and might again in the future), they have been unable to break that bond. It\u2019s a bond they don\u2019t even understand. Even if they\u2019re listening to me now explain it to them, they don\u2019t understand it. They think, “Ah, listen to this guy! He\u2019s so full of himself, thinks this audience loves him. I can\u2019t believe him.” They do not understand the familial-like bond that exists here. There are two ways to go with this.<\/p>\n

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I could ignore this and forget it, but I had to tell you. I had to pass this on. I don\u2019t know how many of you read the New York Times, but this is just… (chuckling) Keep in mind, now, I\u2019m supposed to be irrelevant and inconsequential. Oh, speaking of which, Mike, I want you to grab the tape of the presidential appearance the day after the fundraiser at Harvey Weinstein\u2019s house. That three-minute clip? Yeah, yeah. It\u2019s the one where he blamed me for everything.<\/p>\n

We have people that need to hear this again, and I just wanted to reiterate that I made myself available to the president after his remarks about me. I said, “I\u2019m more than willing to meet him when he wants, wherever he wants, to actually try to get things moving.” He blamed me at that fundraiser for the gridlock in Washington. He blamed me (somebody inconsequential and irrelevant) for the fact that nothing\u2019s getting done, that his agenda isn\u2019t moving forward.<\/p>\n

I offered to meet with him, and I offered to meet with him where he wants<\/a>, in private. No microphones. No showbiz. I offered to meet with him to actually give him some advice and tell him how to move things forward — and, if he\u2019s interested, to tell him where I think he\u2019s going wrong. If I\u2019m this big obstacle, I\u2019ve offered to talk about ways of perhaps removing the obstacle, with me remaining where I am. In other words, I\u2019d be more than willing to meet with him and explain to him how I\u2019m not the obstacle.<\/p>\n

I am the solution, actually.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve not heard from him.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s go back and review. Now, again, the New York Times — the media, the Washington press corps, the New York press corps — couldn\u2019t be bothered with any of the news about the IRS a year ago because of me. I was so distracting, I occupied so much of their time, the story was so fascinating, that they had blinders on. They were unable to let any other news story in. Here is the press conference that the president held the day after his fundraiser with Harvey Weinstein at his house in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

(BEGIN PARODY)<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Mr. President, you say the Republicans simply will not cooperate with you. You thought they might after you won your second term. Why exactly won\u2019t they help you?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: It\u2019s Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault. Uhhh, Chris?<\/p>\n

REPORTER: It has been learned that the IRS did indeed target Tea Party and other conservative groups for tax audits and harassment during applications for tax-exempt status. Did you know about this, sir, and, if so, when did you learn about it, and what do you intend to do about it?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: That was Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

REPORTER: A follow-up, sir. It\u2019s also come to light that the IRS officials in Washington were involved in the targeting of conservative groups, not just some low-level employees from Ohio. Could that imply a direct connection to your administration?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: That was Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault, yes.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Sir, you said yesterday that the talking points on Benghazi had not been altered, that they were only done at the request of the Republicans in Congress.<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: No. That was Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault. Uhhh, Bill?<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Susan Rice went on five Sunday morning television shows and claimed that the attack in Benghazi was due to a YouTube video making fun of Islam. It has since been learned that your administration knew well in advance of her appearance that the attack was a planned, orchestrated terrorist attack. Why was Susan Rice sent out so many days later to continue to say it happened because of the video?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: That was Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault. Uh, Ed?<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Sir, the Justice Department has secretly collected two months of phone records of the Associated Press reporters and editors, ostensibly to find the source of a leak. The White House says it has no knowledge of the investigation, but isn\u2019t the press protected under the First Amendment?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: It\u2019s Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault. Matt, then David.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Mr. President, some Obamacare premium cost estimates are skyrocketing to as high as 400% of current premiums. Can you still honestly say health care costs will come down under your plan?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: That was also Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Sir, the recession will have ended four years ago this summer, yet this is the weakest recovery since the Great Depression. Why haven\u2019t you done more to promote economic growth?<\/p>\n

OBAMA IMPERSONATOR: It\u2019s Rush Limbaugh\u2019s fault. Thank you for being here today.<\/p>\n

(END PARODY)<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s the press conference a day after the Obama fundraiser at Harvey Weinstein\u2019s house. Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, and Tommy Hilfiger were in the audience there. I just want to reiterate that I\u2019ve offered, again, to meet the president and I\u2019ve not heard from him.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I have a question.<\/p>\n

You know, I understand it. It\u2019s all well and good, people being concerned about the administration targeting the Associated Press and the administration targeting James Rosen (and now, we\u2019ve learned, his parents). But, look, I\u2019m a member of the media. I\u2019m America\u2019s Anchorman. Where is the outrage at trying to suppress me? This administration has been trying to suppress me long before they started going after the AP, and long before they started going after Fox News, and long before they started going after James Rosen.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a member of the media. I\u2019m America\u2019s Anchorman. I\u2019m as much a member of the media as anybody else is, and they\u2019ve been targeting me. They have been trying to suppress me. I mean, Clinton, trying to blame me for the Oklahoma City bombing and a couple of other things? Obama warning people two weeks into office in the House not to talk to me or listen to me, that\u2019s “not how things get done”? They\u2019ve been targeting me. A few minutes ago, folks, I thanked you for making their efforts futile.<\/p>\n

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You really are the reasons why they fail. They can\u2019t break the bond that exists here between you and me. Again, I\u2019m never gonna be able to tell you adequately how much I cherish and appreciate that. You people out there are just the best. We just had our two-day sweepstakes at Two If By Tea<\/a>. It was nearly a record. We\u2019ve sold out of the tumblers. They\u2019re gone. The Rush Revere on one side and the revered Rush on the other. Kathryn and I are gonna to be calling the winner. We can\u2019t wait to do that. We\u2019re at a near record here. You all are just fabulous. But it doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re gonna not keep trying. They are. But why is there no concern over the effort to suppress me?<\/p>\n

You know why?<\/p>\n

“Oh, Rush can handle it. He doesn\u2019t need anybody to defend him!” <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Targeted by the Democrat Party for suppression since 1992, Rush Limbaugh and the EIB Network. Here is Shirley in Shelby, Ohio, as we grab our first phone call of the day. Great to have you, Shirley. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, your majesty, this is such an honor. I think you\u2019ve been anointed by the New York Times as the king, the lord, the emperor of the United States. I\u2019m almost speechless.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You are referring to the news in the New York Times today that —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — the media was unable —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — to report on anything else —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — the week of the Sandra Fluke story.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You have more influence than the president. What\u2019s he doing there? You should be in his place. You\u2019ve got more influence.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It is amazing.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It is amazing. He tells everybody that he can\u2019t get anything done because of me.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, I know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: The New York Times says the media can\u2019t get anything done because of me.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s something. They\u2019re declaring you the most influential emperor in the United States.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you know, in all four corners of the world I am a household name.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah, let\u2019s go there, let\u2019s go. Listen, I\u2019m almost 85, and I\u2019ve seen \u2019em all, and this really — oh, boy, this puts the icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re 85? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Uh-huh.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You don\u2019t sound 85.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m 85, my sister\u2019s 88, and we listen to you all the time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s just amazing.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You make my day.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So that\u2019s how you\u2019re interpreting this New York Times story.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, sure. What else would it be?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you\u2019ve been there. You\u2019ve seen a lot.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019ve been there. <\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019ve no doubt done it all. (crosstalk)<\/p>\n

CALLER: — what happened to them, and the same things coming over here, so what the hell. Oh, excuse me, I shouldn\u2019ta said that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, no, no. That\u2019s fine. That\u2019s fine. It\u2019s clear. Like I said, folks, I have been targeted for suppression or worse since at least 1992, and actually before that. I mean, I\u2019m a member of the media. They\u2019re going after Fox. They\u2019re going after James Rosen, James Rosen\u2019s parents. They are going after William La Jeunesse at Fox, going after AP, but they\u2019ve been going after me long before that. I\u2019m a member of the media, too. I\u2019m such a big part of the media here that I alone single-handedly seem to have the ability to distract the media in such a way that they don\u2019t notice anything else when I\u2019m in the news. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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