RUSH: You notice we haven\u2019t talked Comey yet today? Anybody upset by that? Brian is shaking his head “no.” Dawn? Not bothered by that. What about you, Snerdley? Yeah, but I\u2019m gonna have to. I have to devote some time to Comey each and every day. One thing I\u2019ll say about Comey.<\/p>\n
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I got in here today, sit down at the real radio announcer desk here that I use, and turn on the TVs. I start getting ready to absorb stuff as show prep, and the TV comes on with Comey being interviewed by somebody somewhere, doesn\u2019t matter where. And he\u2019s answering personal biographical questions, such as where he went to school and what color the grass was on the field where he played when he was a kid, things like this, Oprah type stuff.<\/p>\n
And I\u2019m thinking Comey doesn\u2019t have this kind of a bond with the American people. People are not interested in what made James Comey who he is. People don\u2019t know Comey well enough to care about how he turned out. People are not interested in James Comey in terms of what they can learn about living the good life or the right way. And yet I believe Comey thinks that he has achieved that.<\/p>\n
You know, this is not an insignificant point. Hillary Clinton never did establish a bond with her supporters, a bond of loyalty and genuine love and support, and not very many people really do on a mass basis. And Trump did. Trump had that bond, you could see it from day one, first rally. He has not lost it. He still has that bond. It has to do with the person. Trump has the ability to reach people and form invisible bonds of support. Something about Trump people instinctively associate with and they want to have his back, and they want him to win, they want to support him and all of that.<\/p>\n
Comey hasn\u2019t gotten there yet. Comey is a figure of curiosity right now. But I don\u2019t think anybody is really looking to James Comey to learn life lessons. But if Comey thinks so, if Comey and his handlers believe that the American people have fallen in love with him, well, then he does have an ego problem, and he\u2019s even acknowledged that. He acknowledged that in the interview with Stephanopoulos. That he sometimes has trouble keeping his ego in check. I\u2019m gonna tell you, that\u2019s not a good place to be, thinking that you\u2019re something you\u2019re not in the eyes of either an audience, or in this case the American people.<\/p>\n
But it results from Comey believing his press clippings and what people close to him say, build him up, “You\u2019re the greatest, man. People love you out there.” The worst mistake you can make as a public figure is to misunderstand how you are seen. And Comey simply hasn\u2019t had enough personal exposure to people. Well, he\u2019s had personal exposure, but he hasn\u2019t had experiences where he has effectively reached out and created a bond with people.<\/p>\n
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He\u2019s a figure of curiosity. People are curious who the guy is, what he\u2019s gonna say, what his book\u2019s gonna do, what\u2019s gonna be the impact of it, but James Comey personally has not yet reached this special status that I think he believes he has achieved. And I think a lot of people make the mistake, because they end up buying or believing the fawning media that they get.<\/p>\n
I have often thought that if, when I started, the media had loved me, I don\u2019t think I\u2019d become what I have become. It\u2019s a fine line. It\u2019s a fine point. But I really don\u2019t. In other words, I am so grateful that I\u2019m not who I am \u2019cause the media made me. ‘Cause if the media can make you, they can destroy you.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re big and famous and loved and adored because of the media, well, they can make you hated and despised overnight. But if you become whatever you become because of a strength and a bond, relationship with your customers or your audience or the American people, then the media can\u2019t destroy that; only you can.<\/p>\n
And I think Comey may do a lot of damage to himself here by running around and carrying himself as somebody the American people think is really special and that they want to protect and make sure this guy is not railroaded, he\u2019s gonna make a grave error here. And that\u2019s the first thing I thought, “What is Comey doing answering questions like this? That\u2019s not what people care about right now. There isn\u2019t any personal investment in James Comey yet.” But with as much media cover as he\u2019s received, you could easily, if you were in his shoes, think the opposite.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Here\u2019s Michael in Bloomington, Illinois. Great to have you, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hello, Rush. First of all, a quick thank-you for taking the time over the last two years to learn about the Trump voter. A lot of people just have an opinion right away, and I appreciate the fact that you listened before you spoke.<\/p>\n
I have a comment about Comey. It\u2019s interesting we\u2019ve been told for a year and a half now how nonpartisan he is and we\u2019ve had little facts to dispute that. It\u2019s interesting, on Monday, his wife gave an interview, and she removed any doubt. The first thing she said was she was devastated by Hillary\u2019s loss. And then she said, “I have a lot of friends that work for her.”<\/p>\n
And I was thinking, I may have a lot of friends; I don\u2019t have a lot of friends who work for any one business. And she has a lot of friends who work for Hillary. Probably the rest of her friends work for Obama or work somewhere else in the swamp. And, I mean, it\u2019s so incestuous, it\u2019s not surprising, but I just thought her interview revealed a lot more about sort of the D.C., northern Virginia swamp than a lot of what Comey said.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, you know, it\u2019s interesting that you make this point here. Because you\u2019re right about one thing. Comey, we were always told he was impeccable, that his integrity — I remember hearing this about Comey way back when he worked for Ashcroft. We\u2019re going back to George W. Bush\u2019s regime and the first four years. Everything about Comey was cultivated, perfect reputation, nonpartisan, law and order by the book. And he was not corruptible. This is the reputation James Comey has had, and back then it appeared to be legitimate. It was from coworkers, it was from everybody.<\/p>\n
Then this happens. This whole Trump getting elected thing and Comey has blown his cover. He is obviously partisan. He is obviously an elitist and a self-professed member of the club of elites. His wife, Patrice, you\u2019re right, and his four daughters, I believe, his wife was at that vagina hat rally after Trump was elected. There are pictures of her out there with a couple of her daughters. She was adamantly pro-Hillary for the longest time.<\/p>\n