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CALLER: Well, yeah, he said some people that are going to vote —<\/p>\n
RUSH: He said some people that are gonna vote for Romney are friends. And the fellow Mormons thing —<\/p>\n
CALLER: That\u2019s what I was really curious about.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, I saw it. I saw it reported over the weekend. I guess Saturday is when I saw it. I kind of cocked my head, and I said, “What the hell\u2019s that?”<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. I thought it sounded kind of snarky.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, I\u2019ve not talked to Boehner about Romney so I don\u2019t know what he thinks.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, do you think that that sort of comment coming from the Speaker of the House is helpful to Romney?<\/p>\n
RUSH: No, but I don\u2019t think it really matters all that much. Like you said, it hasn\u2019t been widely reported. Members of my staff, who, like most people, they rely on me for everything they know, had not heard it, either.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah, I heard about it over the weekend.<\/p>\n
RUSH: So more people are hearing about this now than heard about it over the weekend. (laughing)<\/p>\n
CALLER: John Boehner probably wishes I hadn\u2019t made this call.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, here\u2019s the quote. “Listen, we\u2019re just politicians. I wasn\u2019t elected to play God.” He [was responding to], “Can you make me love Mitt Romney?” He said, “No. Listen, we\u2019re just politicians. I wasn\u2019t elected to play God. The American people probably aren\u2019t going to fall in love with Mitt Romney.” He said that Romney\u2019s got “‘some friends, relatives, and fellow Mormons… some people that are going to vote for him,\u2019 but suggested that at the end of the day, Republicans would be voting against President Obama rather than for Romney.” I\u2019m gonna tell you something, you may not like the way he said it, but I said something similar last week <\/a>when I said Governor Romney had better learn fast this election is not about him.<\/p>\n CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n RUSH: And I mean that from an ego standpoint. I think what Boehner means, the world, the country\u2019s not clamoring for Romney. They\u2019re not. We gotta be honest. What they\u2019re clamoring for is no more Obama, and that\u2019s what has to be capitalized upon. Now, throw in the Mormon thing, must be something going on behind the scenes that we\u2019re not privy to.<\/p>\n BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n RUSH: Okay, so John Boehner says that nobody\u2019s gonna fall in love with Romney. Nobody\u2019s clamoring for Romney. Well, the bottom line, nobody\u2019s clamoring for John Boehner. But by the same token, did Wisconsin voters fall in love with Scott Walker? Stick with me on this. Walker has accomplished something profoundly great for the state of Wisconsin and potentially for this country, if it has legs. But are people in love with Scott Walker? No. Are people out there clamoring for Scott Walker to run for president? Not many. Some people may be. <\/p>\n I have a story here: “Unemployment Rate Dropped in Every State That Elected a Republican Governor in 2010.” There are 17 of them. The states are Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Florida, Nevada, Iowa, Ohio. All elected Republican governors. All have unemployment rates dropping. I know, the media is what it is. Not focusing on this, making a story out of it. But the people that live in these states know it. And yet, does it indicate that a movement\u2019s underway or is it just a coincidence? <\/p>\n See, I think it portends disaster for Obama. I think it portends disaster for the Democrats. But there\u2019s no way of having that emotion or that idea shared because the media\u2019s what it is. I\u2019m not complaining. I\u2019m trying to make a point here, how when Republicans are elected, good things genuinely happen. Not always, of course, I mean this $16 billion national debt, the Republicans spent their share of it. There\u2019s no question about that whatsoever. But what is clearly obvious is that in order to reverse the direction this country is headed, Democrats have to lose in as many elections as possible. That\u2019s what has to happen. And how do you bring this about? <\/p>\n My theory today is that the economy\u2019s not that big a deal. The unemployment rate is not that big a rallying point as a campaign idea because it\u2019s not that painful for the people who are unemployed. It\u2019s not the way it used to be and so simply running for election on the economy, as the Republicans are doing, is not enough. It isn\u2019t gonna get it done, particularly when Obama\u2019s gonna be running the kind of campaign he has to run. He cannot run a positive campaign. Obama can\u2019t run on anything positive. He has to totally destroy Romney. Obama\u2019s task is to make people think that the reason things are bad now is because Republicans held power in the past, and it\u2019s gonna get even worse if they get back in. That\u2019s what the Republicans are up against. And they\u2019re going to have to answer that. <\/p>\n People don\u2019t have to fall in love with our candidates, and they don\u2019t have to be media darlings in order to win, as has been demonstrated. They just have to be responsive and loyal to their own traditions and policies. They have to be confident and willing to fight for them. And at the same time, willing to tell the American people the truth about the circumstances we\u2019re in now and why. That must happen. It has to be part of the campaign. In other words, being critical of the Obama administration, of Obama, must be a major element in the campaign. <\/p>\n We live in a different age. The country is transforming in ways that Obama really has nothing to do with. He\u2019s responsible for enough of them. But there are other transformations taking place that he\u2019s simply capitalizing on, taking advantage of, which is another thing that infuriates me. Because he\u2019s willing to see, he\u2019s willing to preside over the decline of this country, for whatever reason, whether he believes we deserve the decline or it\u2019s his ticket to power. I don\u2019t care what the reason is. All I know is he\u2019s willing to do it. He sees a direct route to power in presiding over the decline of the country. <\/p>\n What bothers me is why the decline\u2019s possible. What\u2019s making it possible? Why are Americans so accepting of this decline? We have to admit that there are far many more of them than we\u2019d like to admit. We don\u2019t know if it\u2019s majority yet. Indications are in past elections that it\u2019s not, 2010 being the most recent one, and the Scott Walker election in Wisconsin. Indications are that the majority of Americans are not comfortable with decline. But an increasing number are, and they\u2019re ordering their lives around that decline. They\u2019re fashioning lifestyles based on that decline. In other words, they\u2019re accepting it. And that bothers me as much as anything. It really does. I think that may be one of the most fundamental sources of my bad moods, is why are so many people accepting this? Because it leads to questions, what\u2019s happened to the country? <\/p>\n BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n RUSH: We go to the Gainesville, Florida. This is Jerry. I\u2019m glad you waited, Jerry. Great to have you here. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Walker.jpg\"\/)
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<\/a>CALLER: (garbled cell connection) Hi, Rush. Thank you for everything that you do. You know, you asked a question earlier. Why, with all of the polls that people are responding negative to the numbers in policies, is the popularity of Obama still there? And you\u2019ve been answering that question all day long. What it is is that this majority of our votes don\u2019t even think about the questions or the details until the poll-takers ask that specific question, and then they come up and they say, “Oh, yeah, well, here\u2019s what I think about that.” But when they go to the voting booth, Rush, it\u2019s a beauty contest. And they\u2019re looking and they say, “Oh, this guy\u2019s got charisma. He seems nice. He has a nice smile. He speaks well and the like,” and that\u2019s the way they vote. So it\u2019s a beauty contest in the voting booth, and no thought is given to the policies. And you\u2019ve been answering that all day long.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/BushObama.jpg\"\/)