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RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, violence is flaring. It\u2019s a sad day. It\u2019s very depressing out there in Egypt. Tahrir Square, remember that two years ago? The outbreak of democracy, the Arab Spring, a beautiful thing. Gonna get rid of a mean, bloodthirsty dictator, Hosni Mubarak. Gonna put an Obama acolyte in there. Gonna have freedom and democracy. They told us this at the Weekly Standard, a number of conservative media places. Obama media said, “Oh, yes, Arab Spring, it\u2019s the outbreak of democracy all over the world. The Middle East, bye-bye jihad, hello flower children. I mean, it\u2019s really gonna be a beautiful thing.”<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019m sure everybody had the highest hopes, and I\u2019m sure everybody gave it everything they had. It\u2019s just a sad thing. Hundreds of youths are at the moment clashing with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square in a violent start to the second anniversary of the uprising of the toppling of Hosni Mubarak. So two years, it\u2019s so depressing, so very sad. Two years after this momentous, wonderful, beautiful explosion of democracy, the Arab Spring, Tahrir Square, apparently it\u2019s all fallen apart. Now it\u2019s just violence, protests, and people shooting each other with guns. They still have guns. They haven\u2019t banned \u2019em yet. It\u2019s a shame.<\/line><\/p>\n

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RUSH: It\u2019s such a sad day, the violence taking place in Tahrir Square. We want to go to one of my all-time favorite series of sound bites. Folks, I just love these. Our old buddy Nic Robertson, CNN, February 11th, 2011, in Tahrir Square celebrating the outbreak of the Arab Spring and trying to get people involved in the protest, to praise Barack Obama for it.<\/p>\n

ROBERTSON: Achmed, you\u2019ve been here, down here on the Square for many days. The United States and the international community. You\u2019ve just listened to President Obama saying that America will support Egypt if it wants help and assistance, and hopes that there will be a good transition for jobs for the young people. What would be your message for President Obama?<\/p>\n

ACHMED: We don\u2019t know, actually, who he supports. He serves for his own purposes, and the Egyptian people serve for our freedom and democracy. Any democratic country should see for the people, not for its own purposes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Folks, I love this. There\u2019s Nic Robertson, these people are in the midst of protesting what they think is for their freedom (imitating Robertson), “What would you say to President Obama, who is likely responsible for your being able to breathe today? Do you love President Obama?” What the hell did he have to do with it? So Nic moved on now to Mustapha since Achmed didn\u2019t come through for him. Up next, Nic Robertson here with Mustapha at Tahrir Square.<\/p>\n

ROBERTSON: Mustapha is joining me now. We just heard President Obama say that he wants to extend, eh, support and assistance to Egypt and Egyptians if they want any, and he hopes that there are more jobs for the young people in the future. What\u2019s your message for President Obama?<\/line><\/p>\n

MUSTAPHA: Well, my message to President Obama is just, “We started this revolution without any outside help, and we are going to finish it also without any outside help.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: Our message to President Obama is, “Where the hell\u2019s he been? He doesn\u2019t have anything to do with this. What you are asking me about President Obama for? I\u2019m in the middle here of trying to fight for my own freedom, get rid of a dictator, whatever, Arab Spring, democracy, and you\u2019re asking me what is my message for Obama?” So our old buddy Nic Robertson, CNN, he tried Achmed, then he went to Mustapha, and he said, “I\u2019m gonna give Mustapha one more chance here to praise Obama,” which was all CNN cared about.<\/p>\n

ROBERTSON: Are you pleased that President Obama has come out, however, now and said he supports this change and supports the people and supports the young people and — and what they\u2019ve done?<\/p>\n

MUSTAPHA: Well, actually President Obama\u2019s views were kind of conflicting during the last week, but now he\u2019s saying that he\u2019s supporting the change.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (imitating exchange) “Well, at least Mustapha, are you pleased that President Obama has come out and said he supports the change, supports you, the young people and jobs and what you\u2019ve done?” “Well, actually Nic, old buddy, Obama\u2019s view were kind of conflicting during the last week. We don\u2019t really know where he was.” So our old buddy Nic here spoke to Achmed and Mustapha, wanted them to praise Obama in the middle of the Arab Spring, make it about Obama, and these guys wouldn\u2019t play ball. You heard it. You heard \u2019em basically say, “Obama\u2019s not here. He hasn\u2019t done anything. We don\u2019t know what he believes.” It\u2019s time for Nic Robertson to wrap it up and tell the CNN viewers what they just heard.<\/line><\/p>\n

ROBERTSON: The view from here is one of very happy to now hear that President Obama has swung behind the people.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Really? That\u2019s what we just heard from Mustapha and Achmed, that the view from Tahrir Square is one of very happy people to hear that Obama has swung behind the people? No, Nic, we didn\u2019t hear that. That\u2019s what you wanted \u2019em to say. That\u2019s the danger of live TV. If they coulda videotaped these guys they coulda found a couple of guys to say what they wanted. That\u2019s the risk of live TV, the odds you are gonna find people don\u2019t like Obama, very hard, but you\u2019re gonna find it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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