{"id":13019,"date":"2013-03-07T17:10:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:10:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-03-07T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T17:10:57","slug":"while_the_old_bulls_went_out_to_dinner_the_new_kids_in_town_threw_a_filibuster_party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/03\/07\/while_the_old_bulls_went_out_to_dinner_the_new_kids_in_town_threw_a_filibuster_party\/","title":{"rendered":"While the Old Bulls Went Out to Dinner, the New Kids in Town Threw a Filibuster Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Okay, folks, what we have here is a fascinating object lesson. What we have here is a golden opportunity. What is happening in the aftermath of the Rand Paul filibuster is very useful. This is extremely eye opening. The filibuster itself was eye opening and has its own educational aspects. But what\u2019s happening in the aftermath is almost as intriguing to me. The way I would put it is, the establishment decided to go out to dinner last night. Obama took McCain and Lindsey Graham and some others, went out to dinner. <\/p>\n

By the way, Obama\u2019s motorcade — I want you to keep this in mind when you realize that they shut down White House tours. All of these children, who for years have been saying, “Mommy, mommy, I want to go see where the president lives. I want to go see the White House, mommy. Can I see the White House during spring break?” Kids these days get everything they want, so mom said, “Sure,” and they set it up, called their local congressman, set it up, and when it was their turn to go the White House tours are shut down because of the sequester. Seven people who work in the White House tour department or tour office, laid off, furloughed. <\/line><\/p>\n

These White House tours are like a lot of museum tours. You walk in, you get a pair of headphones, a CD or some audio source, and you walk around and you\u2019re told in your headphones what you\u2019re looking at. There are people to shepherd you and make sure you don\u2019t walk in on, oh, like the president and a girl in a restroom. They keep you in the right place. They\u2019re basically self-guided tours. Anyway, these things have been shut down. The president goes out to dinner last night. The establishment, the parents, went out to dinner. Obama, McCain, Lindsey Grahamnesty, went out to dinner. <\/p>\n

Obama, a 20-vehicle motorcade to go to a restaurant for dinner. A 20-vehicle motorcade to go to a restaurant while the White House tours are shut down because of the sequester. Anyway, that\u2019s just a side point. The establishment goes out, when they got back home they found all the furniture out on the front porch. The kids had gone crazy. The kids had thrown a giant party while the establishment was out doing whatever they were doing. While the old guard of the Republican Party was out playing footsie with the president, the new kids in town were talking to the American people about liberty. <\/p>\n

The new kids in down captivated the nation talking to them about freedom. The new kids in town were, for the first time in I don\u2019t know how long, actually taking it to Barack Obama and showing how easily it\u2019s done and showing that you live the next day and demonstrating you have tons and tons of support the next day. Not only that, you have tons and tons of support while you\u2019re doing it. Rand Paul starts his filibuster. He just wanted Obama to acknowledge in a letter that Obama will not kill Americans sitting in a cafe minding their own business with a drone. And the regime wouldn\u2019t respond. <\/p>\n

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Now, Eric Holder did, and we had the sound bites for you. Finally, after four or five tries from Ted Cruz, Holder finally admitted that such a thing would be unconstitutional. Now, at that point Rand Paul coulda quit the filibuster. But there was something larger going on. As the filibuster went on, Ted Cruz showed up, pointed out it\u2019s the 177th anniversary of the Alamo. Marco Rubio showed up. Senator Turban, some Democrats that wanted to get in on this. Dingy Harry showed up, tried to shut it down. Meanwhile, meanwhile, the Republican establishment is out playing footsie with Obama at a restaurant. <\/p>\n

Senator McCain just went to the floor of the Senate and blasted Senator Paul saying the filibuster was not helpful. Senator McCain, and I tell you, this illustrates the contrast between the new stars of the Republican Party and yesterday\u2019s mashed potatoes. McCain said that Paul\u2019s filibuster (imitating McCain), “Let me tell you what\u2019s wrong with it, Limbaugh. It\u2019s gonna give ammo to those who think the rules of the Senate have been abused.” Senator McCain, there\u2019s not a person in the world who cares about the rules of the Senate right now. And if the rules of the Senate were abused last night for the American people to hear the truth, then so be it. <\/p>\n

The rules of the Senate? People are gonna think the rules of the Senate were abused? What are we all members of the ruling class here? No siree bobkins, folks, you and I, we are part of the country class. I said part. I popped the P. I\u2019m a highly trained broadcast specialist. I know when you say “part” you pop that P. We are part of the country class. You talk about being out of touch. The low-information voters who need to be our targets are gonna be concerned about the rules of the Senate? They don\u2019t even think there are any. I would bet you that more people watched Rand Paul\u2019s filibuster last night than watched any of the Senate\u2019s televised proceedings in years. And more importantly, a lot of people may have actually been inspired by what Rand Paul did. <\/p>\n