{"id":30767,"date":"2008-10-31T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:10:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:10:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:10:24","slug":"brokaw_rose_who_is_obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/10\/31\/brokaw_rose_who_is_obama\/","title":{"rendered":"Brokaw & Rose: Who Is Obama?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RUSH: Now, on Charlie Rose Show last night on PBS. Are they doing their pledge drive yet? Is PBS doing their drive? Because, you know, ‘Without your Pledge, we cannot dust.\u2019 He had on Tom Brokaw last night, ladies and gentlemen. Here\u2019s a montage. Now, this is last night. As you listen to this, keep in mind everything you\u2019ve heard from Brokaw and others in the Drive-Bys can for the past six months, three months, two months or whatever. This is a montage of Charlie Rose and Brokaw trying to figure out who Obama is.<\/p>\n

ROSE: I don\u2019t know what Barack Obama\u2019s worldview is.<\/p>\n

BROKAW: No, I don\u2019t, either.<\/p>\n

ROSE: I don\u2019t know how he really sees where China is.<\/p>\n

BROKAW: We don\u2019t know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.<\/p>\n

ROSE: I don\u2019t really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?<\/p>\n

BROKAW: Yeah, it\u2019s an interesting question.<\/p>\n

ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches.<\/p>\n

BROKAW: Two of them! I don\u2019t know what books he\u2019s read.<\/p>\n

ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?<\/p>\n

BROKAW: There\u2019s a lot about him we don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Incredible! (laughing) Let\u2019s send the journalist to find out! Why, have you guys ever thought of that, Tom? Have you ever thought about sending a reporter to find out who the guy is? Charlie! You got plenty of reporters there at PBS, at least on the… Have you ever thought about sending anybody out to find out who he is, besides the two books? (laughing) I cannot believe this. We know who his heroes are — and, of course, that\u2019s the point! We know who his heroes are. We know who his alliances are with. We know who his friends are. We know that he chose them all. But to hear… This is last night. This is, what, four days, five days before the election. These are two of Obama\u2019s biggest media supporters! You gotta… I gotta hear this again. This is hilarious if it weren\u2019t so damn maddening, because the answer to this is, ‘Hey, Tom? Talk to the bureau chief in Washington, the new guy who replaced Russert. What you do is, you assign a reporter to go out and find out who Obama is.\u2019 <\/p>\n

ROSE: I don\u2019t know what Barack Obama\u2019s worldview is.<\/p>\n

BROKAW: No, I don\u2019t, either.<\/p>\n

ROSE: I don\u2019t know how he really sees where China is.<\/p>\n

BROKAW: We don\u2019t know a lot about Barack Obama and the universe of his thinking about foreign policy.<\/p>\n

ROSE: I don\u2019t really know. And do we know anything about the people who are advising him?<\/p>\n

BROKAW: Yeah, it\u2019s an interesting question.<\/p>\n

ROSE: He is principally known through his autobiography and through very aspirational (sic) speeches.<\/p>\n

BROKAW: Two of them! I don\u2019t know what books he\u2019s read.<\/p>\n

ROSE: What do we know about the heroes of Barack Obama?<\/p>\n

BROKAW: There\u2019s a lot about him we don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, we know one of his heroes is a member of the Communist Party, Frank Davis. He mentored him in Hawaii. There\u2019s a lot we know, Tom. (laughing) Does this not ice it? Does this not ice…? We know as much as can be known about Obama, far more than he wants us to know, and here are these two pillars of Drive-By journalism. ‘I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s an interesting question, Charlie. It\u2019s an interesting question.\u2019 (laughing) I just think this is… ‘That\u2019s true.\u2019 Two pillars of journalism, one has an audience and one doesn\u2019t, but it doesn\u2019t matter. They\u2019re both still pillars. Hey, Tom, Charlie, I think we can help here about his view of China. This was last night on MSNBC, and he was asked this question, Obama was. ‘Is there a possibility you could see in your first term if elected and we need an economic stimulus, an FDR style public works program?\u2019<\/p>\n

OBAMA: I\u2019ve actually talked about this. I think we have to rebuild our infrastructure. Look at what China\u2019s doing right now. They, uh, er, uh — Their trains are faster than us. Their ports are better than us. They are preparing for a very competitive Twenty-First Century economy, and we\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, Charlie? Tom? You just heard Obama say after you\u2019re wondering where he is on China, he thinks they\u2019re better than us! And, by the way, to be grammatically correct it would be ‘better than we.\u2019 You don\u2019t say ‘better than us are.\u2019 You say ‘better than we are.\u2019 The trains run on time? All this infrastructure? Look at the infrastructure that cannot handle a .0001 earthquake! Basically a giant taking a couple of steps will crap some buildings over there. But here\u2019s Barack Obama singing, once again, the praises of China, a communist country — and what? Criticizing the United States. It was an interesting point. It was a very interesting point to an interesting question. Tom Brokaw said it was ‘an interesting question,\u2019 What is his attitude on China, the people advising him. Here it is. He loves China, he thinks the United States sucks. Barack Obama, last night on PMSNBC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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