{"id":240894,"date":"2017-07-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=240894"},"modified":"2017-07-18T16:02:27","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:02:27","slug":"my-golf-weekend-focus-group-nobody-blames-trump-everybodys-angry-at-the-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/07\/17\/my-golf-weekend-focus-group-nobody-blames-trump-everybodys-angry-at-the-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"My Golf Weekend Focus Group: Nobody Blames Trump, Everybody\u2019s Angry at the Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: So I was away for the weekend. I went up to play in my annual member-guest golf tournament up in Fairfield, Southport, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Country Club of Fairfield<\/a> was the venue. And if it weren\u2019t for the three teams ahead of us, we would have won our flight. You know, these are always fascinating events for me, because people who play in member-guest tournaments, people who are members of country clubs are largely family and business type people. And it\u2019s fascinating to talk to them and find out what\u2019s on their mind.<\/p>\n

\"\"And I have to tell you, I mean, this happens all the time, folks. People come and ask me what I think of X, usually a political issue of the day. And I always listen, I always try to pay attention to the first two, three things people ask me about. And it was universal. Everybody who sought to discuss things like this with me. Some people just want to talk about golf and the tournament and all that, but those who wanted to talk about events were just totally invested in what\u2019s going to happen to Obamacare.<\/p>\n

They are fit to be tied. They\u2019re frustrated. They were livid. They are under the impression that nothing is going to happen because they think — and, look, I\u2019m talking about maybe 15 people here, so it would be dangerous to extrapolate that. But it was common that they don\u2019t think Trump is the problem. Not one of them thinks Trump is the problem. I didn\u2019t have anybody — and these are achieved businesspeople, some of them still actively working, most of them are, some of them with their sons, otherwise with associates or just friends.<\/p>\n

And I didn\u2019t hear a single criticism of Trump from anybody. I heard people laughing about Trump. One of the things people loved what Trump said to the prime minister of France or the president of France about his wife. And they routinely said that their wives were livid with what Trump said but that they thought it was funny as could be. Do you know what I\u2019m talking about, Mr. Snerdley? Well, I know exactly — this is where I know Trump, and, of course, I\u2019m from Trump\u2019s generation, so I know how guys like Trump think.<\/p>\n

\"\"Now, in Trump\u2019s world, a 39-year-old guy married to a 64-year-old woman is odd. Now, you can say whatever you want about it, but it\u2019s unusual. It\u2019s not something that you see every day, and particularly among world leaders. A 39-year-old young man married to a 64-year-old woman. But to each his own. Well, in Trump\u2019s world, he feels sorry for the guy. And so he thought it necessary to compliment her to try to make the guy feel better.<\/p>\n

So he says, “She\u2019s in great shape,” because in Trump\u2019s world you assume that everybody knows she\u2019s 64, you\u2019re 39, that\u2019s weird. But, okay, we\u2019re not gonna judge that. In fact, I\u2019m gonna try to make you feel better. She looks in great shape. He was trying to compliment. But, in this day and age, women are — I\u2019ll give you my own example.<\/p>\n

We went to the traditional Friday afternoon event. It rained all day Friday. We got nine holes in in the rain. And you know what, it was 63 degrees. That\u2019s 30 degrees below normal for this time of year, at this tournament. Routinely we can expect a day or two in the weekend to get close to a hundred degrees. It\u2019s 63. And, like an idiot, I didn\u2019t even consult the weather forecast before I left so I had no cold weather or rain gear, so I had to slapstick put it together.<\/p>\n

And we got nine holes in. We had three holes in and quit and thought we were through for the day and the weather forecast said, hey, a couple hours in the afternoon, a window where it\u2019s not gonna rain. So we went back over there and got six or seven more in. It was freezing! And it was freezing at night. The hosts usually have to have their air-conditioning at high speed for me in the bedroom. It was just odd. All I could think of was Algore<\/a>, is he in town, is Algore nearby making a speech. Because any time he goes anywhere to talk about global warming, a blizzard usually happens.<\/p>\n

So, anyway, after the qualifying round on Friday we go up to the club and there is this cocktail party and heavy hors d\u2019oeuvres at various food stations. And you see everybody that you secretly hope to cream but you\u2019re telling each other, “Hope you really play well.” I didn\u2019t. And I tell people, when you break up you\u2019re gathering on the first tee or teeing off, everybody says, “Good luck, play well.” I don\u2019t. I say, “Bad luck and I hope you screw up.” Well, because it\u2019s the truth.<\/p>\n

But, anyway, there are about 10 of us at a table on Friday night, and the women all there have known me for years. They adore me. But not anymore. Because my host said, “Why don\u2019t you tell –” talking about Trump and his comment about the 64-year-old wife of the 39-year-old French premier or prime minister, president — what is it, president of France? Is that what he is? So my host said, “Why don\u2019t you tell \u2019em your theory –” How it started, one of the women asked me how Punkin was, and Punkin is my late cat. I said, “Aw, Punkin died.”<\/p>\n

\"\"“No, really?”<\/p>\n

“Yeah, I went out, I couldn\u2019t help it, I got a new one, exact same. I got a ruddy Abyssinian.”<\/p>\n

“What\u2019s her name?”<\/p>\n

“Allie.”<\/p>\n

“Allie, Allie, you mean like alley cat?”<\/p>\n

“Right.”<\/p>\n

And my host said, “Why don\u2019t you tell \u2019em your theory about cats and women.” (laughing) Well, these two women at the table no longer adore me. I gave \u2019em my theory. They tried to smile but you could tell that it kind of grated on them. And it was just humor. But you know what? Mock chauvinism, pretend chauvinism, there\u2019s no tolerance for it anymore. I mean, even among mature generations. And it\u2019s a sad thing because that\u2019s a long line of comedy and laughter that is no longer accepted.<\/p>\n

And I could see there was a tinge of, what would it be, there was a chill each time I came into contact with these two women for the rest of the weekend. They were nice, but you could see they were a little — (interruption) Oh, you want me to repeat it now? No way. No way. I\u2019m telling you, it\u2019s a different world. It\u2019s harmless. It\u2019s totally harmless. It\u2019s nothing but stereotypical humor. There used to be comic strips with humor like this in the newspapers when I was growing up and nobody was worried about getting offended.<\/p>\n

You know, there are two types of people on the left, and many of them are both: either offended or they\u2019re victims. That\u2019s their mind-set and they\u2019re waiting to be one or the other. So, anyway, the interest in Obamacare and getting rid of it and then tax cuts, it was incredible, because this is what I would hope would have been on the minds of people, but, interestingly, they didn\u2019t blame Trump. Nobody was blaming Trump. There was various degrees of disappointment and anger registered about the Republicans and the question, “Why can\u2019t they do anything? Seven years they promised –” you\u2019ve heard the drill, and these people all had it down pat. And they wanted to know what I thought.<\/p>\n

And I said, “Look. Isn\u2019t it obvious they don\u2019t want to do anything? Isn\u2019t it obvious they don\u2019t really want to repeal Obamacare? Isn\u2019t that obvious?” How hard would it really be if it\u2019s this bad? If Obamacare is imploding, as a lot of people say that it is, and if it is falling apart (and it is; it\u2019s by design), and if the implosion by design is going to lead to single payer, what could be worse from our standpoint? Nothing could be worse! But you cannot detect a desire to do it. And now we\u2019ve got the situation with Senator McCain\u2019s health, which means a delay in the vote.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t know how long that\u2019s gonna be. The CBO score is not going to be forthcoming today, I think, when it was supposed to be. But it\u2019s obvious they don\u2019t want to do anything about it. They\u2019re gonna have to be cajoled and pushed. You know, this was interesting too. I have evolved a theorem over the past year or so that — and I\u2019ve shared it with you. None of this is new to you. That legislation\u2019s not even written by members of Congress, when you get down to it. That legislation — and maybe even the word-for-word, but certainly the broad-brush ideas contained in legislation come from donors, come from the money people and the people they hire who are the lobbyists.<\/p>\n

\"\"And that\u2019s where all this stuff gets done. And the Chamber of Commerce on the Republican side is one of the largest factors in whether or not there will be legislative reform or changes. Well, the current construction of the Obama repeal and replace contains yet another bailout for the insurance companies. And I had one guy say, “Why do they need to be bailed out at all? Obamacare itself was a bailout for insurance companies with the mandate.” And, I have to say, I was impressed. I have to say, I was impressed with the knowledge and understanding of this particular person.<\/p>\n

I said, “You\u2019re exactly right. I mean, mandating that everybody buy health insurance? You can\u2019t have a better regulation if you\u2019re an industry than the government requiring — with the force of law — that every American buy it. How can you lose? And yet they still found a way. And the bailout in this case becomes necessary because the first mandate didn\u2019t work out. People can\u2019t buy what they can\u2019t afford. You could pass every law in the book mandating people buy this or buy that. But, if they can\u2019t afford it, they\u2019re not gonna buy it. And if they can\u2019t get subsidies…<\/p>\n

Once you start talking subsidies, then whatever you\u2019re talking about is not real anyway. If the government needs to subsidize it… Like, look at Australia and Tesla. You realize when no subsidies are offered for Tesla cars in Australia they haven\u2019t sold a single one? Not a single one! Which reminds me of Algore, who is on the verge of releasing a book timed to the release of his sequel to An Inconvenient “Lie,” which is coming up. Some of the stuff that he\u2019s been saying… He\u2019s back now talking about seeing fish swim in the streets in Miami.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it was fun. It was a great weekend, and I really had a great time talking with some of these people. Some of the groups didn\u2019t say much. Some of them take it so seriously. It\u2019s the Masters. They don\u2019t even smile at you because of the competition involved. But two of the three days I hit the ball well. I didn\u2019t putt particularly well, but I hit the ball well enough that I enjoyed it and had a great time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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