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RUSH: Let\u2019s go back to the Democrat Party nomination process here, shall we, ladies and gentlemen? As I said back on May 7th, it has become clear to me (and I think to all the Democrats, too) that the only way Obama can sail to victory here is by not counting votes, specifically the votes of Michigan and Florida. Now, what does that say, that the Democrat Party\u2019s nominee was only able to capture the prize because votes in two states were not counted? Now, after having listened to Mrs. Clinton from yesterday in Boca Raton, Florida, I have to agree with her. If Barack Obama becomes the Democrat nominee, and if he becomes the nominee without counting the vote in Florida and Michigan, I have to agree with Hillary that Obama\u2019s nomination will then be illegitimate. If Obama becomes the Democrat nominee by virtue of fixing the vote — by refusing to accept the votes of the Democrats in Florida, by refusing to accept the votes of the Democrats in Michigan — then Obama is an illegitimate nominee for president. <\/p>\n

Barack Obama: On the verge of becoming the illegitimate nominee of the Democrat Party. This is what they said after Florida 2000. Bush was an illegitimate president. Back then, by the way — people forget this — Algore, who has established the precedent now of litigating election results… As I suggested yesterday, by the way, to Mrs. Clinton: Do what the Democrat Party is known for: Sue! Litigate. If you don\u2019t get what you want after Florida and Michigan, litigate. You can use the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution equal-protection clause — and in your case, Mrs. Clinton, you\u2019ll be asking that all votes be counted. Algore, in the Florida aftermath of 2000, was not asking for all votes to be recounted. He only wanted the votes recounted in three counties, all Democrat counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, and of course (our very own, home of the hanging chads) Palm Beach County. <\/p>\n

Mrs. Clinton could go Algore one better. If necessary, litigate under the Fourteenth Amendment, equal-protection clause, count all the votes. And, Mrs. Clinton, you need to get your spokesman out there and you need to start using the words ‘illegitimate nominee.\u2019 You might not want to make that direct attack. You might want to say, ‘The party will have produced an illegitimate result.\u2019 Blame it on Dean; throw it back to the party. Speak as a proud Democrat — and you, as a proud Democrat, having served in the White House for two terms (blah, blah, blah) you don\u2019t want the party to be accused or even, in reality, be a party of illegitimacy by virtue of not having counted all the votes. Yeah, I know. The rules were the rules for Florida and Michigan. ‘The Democrat Party has no rules,\u2019 you tell \u2019em. ‘The Democrat Party has customs, and among them: Every vote counts.\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSH: Look, it\u2019s real simple. Obama is cruising to becoming an illegitimate nominee of the Democrat Party, because every vote will not have been counted. Hillary\u2019s right. He would be the illegitimate nominee. I mean, look, this is the same party, ladies and gentlemen, that complains about voter IDs. I mean what a joke. Voter IDs, now they\u2019re disenfranchising millions of voters, minority voters especially, because the state parties didn\u2019t bow to the DNC and Howard ‘George Wallace\u2019 Dean. How can they nominate anybody if the guy can only win by having votes not count? I mean, that would not only taint Obama as illegitimate, it would destroy their entire ability to go back and use Florida 2000 as an attack against Republicans. You Democrats cannot afford to give that up. You gotta be able to use Florida 2000 for the rest of our political lives. If you don\u2019t do this, if you allow votes to not be counted, if you purposely reject votes from Florida and Michigan, then you can never with credibility use Florida 2000 and talk about how votes didn\u2019t count, Supreme Court chose the president, Bush was illegitimate \u2019cause you are on the way to nominating Barack Obama as an illegitimate nominee for the presidency of the United States from your party. It is something else for you superdelegates to put in the hopper and think about. J. B. in Miami as we start on the phones. Great to have you on the program today, J. B. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Good afternoon, Mr. Limbaugh. I\u2019m very upset that you\u2019re speaking in that manner, saying illegitimate candidate or this thing about not counting the votes. You know that he was not on the ballot in Michigan. Now, Florida, whatever they want to do with Florida, that\u2019s their problem with the Democrats, but he was not on the ballot in Michigan. How do you expect them to count the votes of Michigan? You are giving wrong information to the people, and you\u2019re using your radio to do that. This is not right.<\/line><\/line>RUSH: I firmly reject your premise. That was his choice.<\/line><\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, because he abided by the rules and she also agreed to the same rules, right?<\/p>\n

RUSH: There are no rules in the Democrat Party. There are only traditions and customs.<\/p>\n

CALLER: But she agreed to the rules, correct? Yes, I know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah and then she stayed on the ballot because Mrs. Clinton\u2019s a fighter and she is smart and she\u2019ll hang in there for you people.<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, that\u2019s cheating, she\u2019s cheating.<\/p>\n

RUSH: She will fight for Democrats. Obama is one of these wusses who if he doesn\u2019t have a teleprompter doesn\u2019t know what the hell he\u2019s saying and he\u2019s going to be rolled and caved by the Congress if he becomes elected president. This is a crucial moment here for the Democrat Party, J. B., it really is.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Man, I still think it\u2019s sad.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, it is sad when you don\u2019t count every vote. You\u2019re from Miami. You know what went on here in 2000. Were you living in Florida in 2000?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Of course. Of course. I\u2019m an independent, so I don\u2019t care about the Democrats or Republicans. But I just think it has to be fair.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Exactly. And how is it fair if you don\u2019t count the votes from two states, J. B.?<\/p>\n

CALLER: You cannot count the votes in Michigan. You can go ahead and count Florida. They could do whatever they want with Florida. They cannot count Michigan.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, J. B., I\u2019ll play it along your line. There have been proposals by Democrats in Michigan — Carl Levin among them, the ranking Senator — to have a do over, to have a revote.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Then they can go ahead and do that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No. Because Howard ‘George Wallace\u2019 Dean, who is the chairman of the Democrat National Committee, rejected it. No, we\u2019re not going to have a revote. We\u2019re not going to do it. No matter how you slice this, J. B., the Democrat Party is on the verge of having somebody illegitimate as their nominee on the basis of purposely not counting votes.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Then it\u2019s the same if they actually go with Hillary. If she becomes the nominee, it\u2019s going to be the same situation.<\/p>\n

RUSH: How can it be illegitimate if you count all the votes?<\/p>\n

CALLER: You\u2019re counting votes from a state that the other candidate was not even on the ballot.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What kind of rule is that?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t make the rules.<\/p>\n

RUSH: We\u2019re talking about the Democrat Party, for crying out loud. This is like a rule they still have time to fix. This is a bad rule, a mistaken rule, a rule that was written in conceit. They still have time to fix this.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Then you should push on your radio to tell them to do it over.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, there\u2019s a number of various ways of providing influence, but telling them that they are producing an illegitimate candidate here, that might spur them to make those votes in Michigan count however they have to do it, if they have to do a revote. But, you know, I\u2019m not suggesting what they do because that\u2019s their business. I\u2019m merely pointing out to them the ramifications and results of what they have already done and what they\u2019re about to do and that is not count those votes, and that\u2019s not good for them. Frankly, personally, I\u2019m happy about it. I\u2019m happy that they\u2019re gonna establish for the whole country to see that they are willing to disenfranchise their own party\u2019s voters, that they can\u2019t get their nominee unless certain states\u2019 votes don\u2019t count. As a conservative, I\u2019m happy to see that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well — (laughing)<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m just warning you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know you\u2019re having fun with this.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, of course it\u2019s fun. I mean life is to be enjoyed. You only get one of them, and we try to get the most out of it regardless the oil price and the price of corn. We try to do that here and share our good fortune and our good moods and our good vibes. J. B., I\u2019m glad you called. Thanks very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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