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RUSH: I want to go back to Obama\u2019s Berlin speech where he addressed the world as a ‘citizen of the world,\u2019 and I want you to realize the pattern — and, frankly, show you how badly I misread the public mood or misunderstood the power of cult followers. I thought after this speech and as wide coverage as it got, because this speech in Berlin ripped this country to shreds in no uncertain words, ‘There\u2019s no way this guy is gonna get elected. We have not gotten to the point, have we,\u2019 I said, ‘where you go overseas, rip your own country, and get elected president?\u2019 But I\u2019m wrong. I can also remember 20 years ago if Fidel Castro had endorsed you and you were a political candidate — or a sitting elected official and Fidel Castro said he wanted to do whatever he could to help you — you were finished. It was the kiss of death. Not today. Fidel Castro can say he wants Obama to succeed. He can ask the Congressional Black Caucus what he can do to help, and this is regarded as a sign of progress. So let\u2019s go back in time, shall we, to our archives. Here\u2019s audio sound bite one of Barack Obama in July 2008 — less than a year ago, folks — in Berlin.<\/p>\n

OBAMA 2008: I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before; although tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen — a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world. (cheers and applause) I know that I don\u2019t look like the Americans who\u2019ve previously spoken in this great city. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Yay! Right on, right on, right on. Once again, this illustrating that it was the Democrat Party introducing race throughout the presidential campaign. ‘I don\u2019t look like… I don\u2019t look like the Americans who have previously spoken in this great city,\u2019 meaning, ‘I\u2019m not the same old racist thug pigs that have come over here and spoken to you in the past.\u2019 Here is the next one. This is Obama telling the world to look at Berlin as an example of how the world came together as one.<\/p>\n

OBAMA 2008: Look at Berlin, where Germans and Americans learned to work together and trust each other less than three years after facing each other on the field of battle. (snip) Look at Berlin, where the bullet holes in the buildings and the somber stones and pillars near the Brandenburg Gate insist that we never forget our common humanity. People of the world — look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one. (applause)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right on, right on, right on, right on. It\u2019s a total misrepresentation of truth. The world did not ‘come together as one\u2019 after World War II, even. (snorts) World War II gave us East Germany, communist East Germany. It gave us the Soviet Bloc, gave us the Soviet Union. The world coming together had nothing to do with the Berlin Wall falling. Two countries made that happen: the United States and Great Britain. But, of course, in the modern era it\u2019s Gorbachev that made it happen. Gorbachev! Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika and glasnost, brought it about. World didn\u2019t come together. The world could not become united against communism. Most of it is communist or socialist! The world didn\u2019t come together to bring down the Berlin Wall. If anything, the world came together to oppose the Berlin Wall coming down. But it didn\u2019t stop Ronald Reagan. Here\u2019s the next one.<\/p>\n

OBAMA 2008: The fall of the Berlin Wall brought new hope. But that very closeness has given rise to new dangers — dangers that cannot be contained within the borders of a country or by the distance of an ocean. Think about it: The terrorists of September 11th plotted in Hamburg and trained in Kandahar and Karachi before killing thousands from all over the globe on American soil. As we speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, and bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya.<\/p>\n

RUSH: ‘[C]ars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps, shrinking coastlines in the Atlantic, bringing drought to farms from Kansas to Kenya,\u2019 all the while his half-brother lived in a nine-square-foot hut. For all we know, he still does live in a nine-square-foot hut. That\u2019s probably the fault of automobiles in Florida. One more before we go to the break…<\/p>\n

OBAMA 2008: Will we acknowledge — Will we acknowledge that there is no more powerful example than the one each of our nations projects to the world? Will we reject torture and stand for the rule of law? Will we — Will we — Will we welcome immigrants from different lands, and shun discrimination against those who don\u2019t look like us or worship like we do, and keep the promise of equality and opportunity for all of our people? (applause) People of Berlin — people of the world — this is our moment. This is our time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: ‘[N]o more powerful example than the one each of our nations projects to the world? Will we reject torture and stand for the rule of law.\u2019 That\u2019s ripping the United States of America. He\u2019s being critical of his own country at every opportunity. The one thing that\u2019s missing, purposely so — and it\u2019s missing because it cannot possibly be there with this bunch — is the notion, the concept of American exceptionalism. Now, there\u2019s no question America is exceptional. Not because we\u2019re any better or different as human beings. Not because our DNA has some secret code in it that makes us better people. That\u2019s not it. But there is the concept of American exceptionalism, and this guy hates it. This guy doesn\u2019t like it, doesn\u2019t agree with it, thinks the only thing we\u2019re exceptional about is being bullies. We\u2019re too big. We\u2019re thieves. We steal the world\u2019s resources. We need to be cut down to size! There\u2019s more to this, but there\u2019s a pattern here, and the reason I wanted to play the Berlin speech, \u2019cause it\u2019s really no different than the speeches he made at the G20. Rip America, blame America. America has to change. Yes, it\u2019s America\u2019s fault, financial crisis. The world must come together! He doesn\u2019t look at himself as president. He\u2019s leader of the world. All this is about him. It\u2019s not about representing the interests of the United States wherever he goes. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: One more sound bite from our archives. President Obama in Berlin on July 24th, last summer.<\/p>\n

OBAMA: People of Berlin — people of the world — this is our moment. This is our time. I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we\u2019ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We\u2019ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So there you have it, and this is the essence of Barack Obama, to go around the world, apologize for America, admit what he thinks are the imperfections, to disown and ignore the entire concept of American exceptionalism. Somebody with this view of America has been elected president is still something I have trouble believing. I don\u2019t know that I\u2019ve actually gotten over this. I mean, I\u2019m an adult, and it is what it is, and you have to deal with it. We\u2019ve actually elected somebody with this attitude about his own country to be president. I\u2019m not gonna bother analyzing the voters. They\u2019re cult followers; they don\u2019t care what he says; it\u2019s how he says it, blah, blah, blah, blah. There\u2019s no suitable explanation that\u2019s good. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s no explanation that will excuse this. Even if you want to say, ‘Rush, the people were fooled.\u2019 That\u2019s not good. ‘Rush, the people are basically ignorant.\u2019 That\u2019s not good. ‘Rush, it\u2019s the education system.\u2019 That\u2019s not good. There\u2019s no good explanation. ‘Rush, he\u2019s African-American.\u2019 That\u2019s not good. That\u2019s not why we elect or promote people. ‘Well, Rush, but he\u2019s so smart.\u2019 That\u2019s not good, \u2019cause he\u2019s not. We gotta redefine smart. ‘Well, Rush, but, you know, he\u2019s so eloquent, he\u2019s so elegant, he speaks so well.\u2019 Listen to what he says. ‘Sorry, Rush, you\u2019re asking too much of people. They don\u2019t listen to what people say. It is the image that is cast.\u2019 That\u2019s not good. ‘But, Rush, he was running against McCain.\u2019 (pregnant pause) That one might work, but I mean that one\u2019s even iffy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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