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RUSH:  Yes, my friends, it\u2019s an interesting… (laughing) Take a look.  I\u2019m telling you as I was telling Mr. Snerdley this morning, “The media has gone all Palin on Trump now.  They\u2019ve gone all Palin.”  Folks, there\u2019s no doubt what is going on.  The media is trying to take Donald Trump out.  And I\u2019ve told this story a number of times.  Please indulge me as I tell it one more time, because there are new listeners, not just every day, there are new listeners every half hour on this program.  We have the data to document that. <\/p>\n

Back in 2008, I got conned into hosting a dinner party at my house, and there were some people there that I had not met before.  But I had it on good authority that they were okay.  So they showed up, and everything was fine — until we began to discuss the campaign.  And two of the guests at the dinner suggested that it was time to throw Sarah Palin overboard.  They claimed to be Republicans, and they were going to vote for McCain.  But it was time to get rid of Palin.  It might have been before… No, she had been chosen.  She was the VP nominee.<\/p>\n

Their point was, “Rush, you\u2019re wasting your time trying to save her.  The media has destroyed her.  There\u2019s no saving her.  She\u2019s done!”  I said, “What? You mean we have to come up with nominees that the media approves and won\u2019t destroy, and that\u2019s the only hope we\u2019ve got?” And one of these two guys said, “Well, essentially, yeah! If they can take anybody we nominate out, what good are they?” So I said, “At what point do you think it might be necessary to step in and start defending these people against these slanderous and libelous attacks?”<\/line><\/p>\n

He said, “It\u2019s pointless.  If the media wants to take you out, they\u2019re going to take you out.  So we\u2019ve got to move on.  Besides, Rush, she\u2019s an idiot anyway to let this happen.” They went on and on.  So I got so mad, I walked out of my own dinner party.  I think I had to fly out… Where was I going?  I might have been flying to California for a golf trip.  I forget which.  But I left early, stormed out of there.  Kathryn followed me out on the front porch, driveway, shaking. (laughing) Couldn\u2019t believe what had just happened:  I was leaving my own dinner party.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m telling you, I wonder how long it\u2019s going to be… Well, it\u2019s already happening, even before today.  But we do have a number of Republicans — Meg Whitman being the most famous and noteworthy recently — who are suggesting not only is it time to throw Trump overboard and get rid of Trump, it\u2019s time to sidle up to Hillary Clinton.  But I\u2019m telling you, there seem to be so many people on our side that are deeply affected by what the media does.<\/p>\n

They still believe that the only way we can ever win is to have a nominee or a candidate for whatever election is up that the media doesn\u2019t destroy.  And, of course, I said, “Well, then if you get that kind of nominee that the media doesn\u2019t want to destroy, they\u2019re really not going to be that good.” Here\u2019s an example: We have what is no doubt a hostage payment in violation of American policy, foreign policy, FBI policy.  You name it.  You don\u2019t pay ransom!  You just don\u2019t do it. <\/p>\n

We did. <\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s denying it. <\/p>\n