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<\/a><\/p>\nCALLER: In Africa, yes. Yes. So, I mean, thank you for everything you do. Thank you. I mean, if I was in White House, I\u2019d give you a medal, the highest possible, you know. I learn — <\/p>\n
RUSH: (laughing). <\/p>\n
CALLER: I learn so much by listening to you over the course of the years, it\u2019s unbelievable. <\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, I appreciate it. I really do. <\/p>\n
CALLER: No, seriously. <\/p>\n
RUSH: If you were giving medals out, I would accept one from you. <\/p>\n
CALLER: (laughing) Listen, my question was the following. I mean, before the election, we heard that President Obama had the highest rating, 55% or something like that. <\/p>\n
RUSH: Right. <\/p>\n
CALLER: I think listening a few minutes ago you said something about the Democrats and Obama\u2019s policy was sent packing. I think you probably answered all of my questions. I just wanted to know, why does it happen? I mean, if people approve him that much, how come they didn\u2019t vote for whoever he was supporting? <\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, there\u2019s no way of knowing for sure, but I can tell you what I think, because it doesn\u2019t make sense. I mean, Obama, he campaigned and he specifically asked people to vote for Hillary to save his agenda. <\/p>\n
CALLER: Exactly. <\/p>\n
RUSH: To continue his — so he made this campaign about him. We have to acknowledge that. He didn\u2019t say elect Hillary \u2019cause she\u2019s great. Well, he did, but he also said you need to save my agenda. You need to show up and vote for Hillary so that my work can continue. So he put himself on the ballot. <\/p>\n
CALLER: True. True. <\/p>\n
RUSH: And he got shellacked, Hillary got shellacked, he got shellacked. Now, in the popular vote, no, but the popular vote\u2019s not really representative of national attitudes because of California. Most of these additional votes are gonna be shown to come from California. But let me give you these numbers, in fact, since I have you here, Benjamin. <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes. <\/p>\n
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RUSH: Donald Trump won 2,600 counties in America. Hillary Clinton won 500 counties. So geographically, Donald Trump — <\/line><\/p>\nCALLER: Wow. <\/p>\n
RUSH: — won 83% of the geographic area of the country. And if you map that, you\u2019re gonna see the Democrats\u2019 strongholds are New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, maybe a little bit of a Seattle, and Chicago. You\u2019re gonna see coastal and then the little outpost in Chicago — <\/p>\n
CALLER: The blue spot on the edges, yeah. <\/p>\n
RUSH: Exactly. So what I think explains Obama\u2019s approval numbers is that he\u2019s a likable person. The average American who sees Obama on TV, he\u2019s a likable guy. He comes off as intelligent, and I think there is a distinct racial component. I think that people, when talking to pollsters and other people they don\u2019t know, when being asked to render an opinion on the president, will tend toward the positive to avoid anybody perceiving them as not liking him simply \u2019cause he\u2019s black. <\/p>\n
So to eliminate any possibility that the pollster or others might think that they are racist or discriminatory, they will say, “Oh, yeah, I love Obama. I approve of the job Obama\u2019s doing.” But when you poll his policies and he\u2019s not part of the question, it\u2019s a totally different story. Obamacare, amnesty, they\u2019re way down on the approval list. They\u2019re nowhere even 40. But you put him in the question and he goes to 53, 55, as you said. I just think it\u2019s the racial component, and I think there\u2019s a lot of guilt in America about racial matters and people just find it the course of least resistance — <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. <\/p>\n
RUSH: — to say that, “Oh, yeah, Obama, love the guy, love the job he\u2019s doing,” and everybody goes away happy. <\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, it\u2019s unfortunate people cannot express their true feelings, you know? This is America, after all. I don\u2019t get it. <\/p>\n
RUSH: Benjamin — (laughing) — you just zero in on it, man, especially in America. <\/p>\n
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CALLER: Yeah. I mean, this election almost cost me some friendships, you know, it wasn\u2019t easy. It wasn\u2019t easy. <\/line><\/p>\nRUSH: Well, I know. A lot of people said that, and — <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. <\/p>\n
RUSH: — and yet you\u2019re asking, it\u2019s a legitimate question. How in the world can this happen, if the president\u2019s got a 55% approval number, which is astronomical at this time in a second term, it\u2019s astronomical, like George Bush was in the thirties here. Now, there\u2019s another answer, too. The media has not spent any amount of time beating up on Obama like they do most presidents. <\/p>\n
CALLER: True. True. That\u2019s true. <\/p>\n
RUSH: So there\u2019s a lot of factors here. But I don\u2019t think you can eliminate the racial component, \u2019cause it\u2019s real simple. Poll Obama\u2019s policies without him in the question, it\u2019s bad, bad news. Same questions with Obama in the question, totally different reaction. So, anyway, I actually think, Benjamin, that the racial component here has been a detriment in that it has paralyzed legitimate criticism. It has paralyzed and prevented legitimate debate. <\/p>\n
I mean, he\u2019s the president. He\u2019s historic, the first African-American president, but, okay. Fine. Feel good about it, but he\u2019s still the president. What he does really, really matters. And to have debate about that shut down simply because of his race is a paralyzing thing that\u2019s not good for anybody, but I think that\u2019s what happened. I have to go, Benjamin. I really appreciate your call. Thank you much. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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