{"id":326245,"date":"2019-10-23T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=326245"},"modified":"2019-10-30T16:49:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T20:49:37","slug":"dems-will-drag-out-the-impeachment-narrative-for-2020-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2019\/10\/23\/dems-will-drag-out-the-impeachment-narrative-for-2020-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Will Drag Out the Impeachment Narrative for 2020 — and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Here\u2019s another thing. We\u2019re getting closer and closer every day to the 2020 election. I think the public is getting pretty fatigued with this already, but eventually the public\u2019s gonna say, “Wait a minute. The election\u2019s coming up in less than a year. Why are you even doing this? Let the election decide this. Let\u2019s just wait. There\u2019s no reason to do this now. You\u2019re gonna have an impeachment right before the election? This doesn\u2019t make any sense.”<\/p>\n

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Both past recent impeachment efforts took place against reelected presidents. Now, this, I think, is a very key point here. Richard Nixon\u2019s never got to impeachment, but the effort to get rid of him ratcheted up after he won reelection. Ditto Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. These things happened to reelected presidents.<\/p>\n

The point of that? Well, there was no argument to let an election decide. But this, an impeachment less than a year before the next election? The natural reaction to this at some point\u2019s gonna be, “Come on. Let the election determine this. This is crazy.” My point. It is much easier to impeach a reelected president than it is to impeach a president on the cusp of reelection.<\/p>\n

Impeachments are political. Trump\u2019s approval number is not plummeting. There isn\u2019t public support for getting rid of Donald Trump. I don\u2019t care what Schiff has up his sleeve, Pelosi, don\u2019t care what they\u2019re trying. You can\u2019t do this without public opinion. And this is what really has \u2019em frosted. After all of these years, with all these allegations, Trump\u2019s approval number is still right there at 42% in the CNN poll, and they can\u2019t believe it, and you can\u2019t impeach somebody at 42%. Barack Obama was at the same number, 42% at this exact point in his first term.<\/p>\n

But a reelected president, much easier. To impeach a president right before an election, way, way too political for the public and too worrisome for the opposition primary would be nominee. I mean, can you imagine the Democrat Party primaries and eventual nominee couldn\u2019t get any news coverage if there was an actual impeachment going on. It would cover it. It would overwhelm it. The news media would spend zero time to the Democrat primary, especially now, when we all know that the Drive-By Media is distressed over the current field.<\/p>\n

Bottom line. This is gonna drag out, folks. This is gonna keep going because there\u2019s no other alternative for the Democrats. They\u2019re gonna keep it going. They\u2019re gonna drag it out beyond Christmas, the Christmas break. And the longer it goes, the more impetus I think it loses. Now, let\u2019s not forget that we got Barr and Durham and Horowitz out there, at some point they\u2019re gonna present. So that\u2019s my take.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: “Rush, you think the Clinton impeachment was legit?” It was! There were real crimes in the Clinton impeachment! He had suborned perjury! This was back when people breaking the law, especially with high officials, was a big deal. Bill Clinton lied under oath during a grand jury deposition and asked other people to lie. That\u2019s why he was impeached.<\/p>\n

\"\"He wasn\u2019t impeached over blue stained dress. He wasn\u2019t impeached over a cigar with Monica. He was impeached over the Paula Jones case! He had lied under oath! And he asked other people to lie. He lost his law license for a year. You know something, John Nolte at Breitbart<\/a> makes a great point. During Clinton\u2019s impeachment, you know what he did? He launched military strikes.<\/p>\n

Do you remember he launched a missile strike at a Tylenol factory in Sudan? Trump is getting us out of Syria and is catching hell for it! \u201cHe\u2019s trying to distract people from his impeachment by bringing military troops home,\u201d blah, blah, blah. Not only did Clinton launch a missile strike at a Tylenol factory, Clinton also sent a missile into a building in downtown Baghdad on a Saturday and the only person in there was the janitor, who got killed.<\/p>\n

Clinton did all kinds of things to try to distract from his impeachment. Of course, he was sitting there with 60% approval by the American people. It was never gonna happen.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Next up Aaron in Aurora, Ohio, glad you waited. You\u2019re next on the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thank you so much for taking my call. It\u2019s great to speak with you, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you. It\u2019s great to have you with us.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I would like your perspective on this impeachment debacle concerning a point you made the last segment.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And I have an idea about it. You made the point earlier it\u2019s easier to impeach a reelected president, right?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: What if the Democrats are purposely using the impeachment to win 2020 right now, and this is what I mean. What if they plan to carry this, quote, unquote, impeachment through next year and into the race in order to purposely portray to the American people that they\u2019re pursuing justice and protect their weak candidates?<\/p>\n

If all the media\u2019s covering Trump and this so-called impeachment instead of their candidates, they get to hide that way, and then at the last minute they abort the entire process. They make it look like Trump escaped by the skin of his teeth and he\u2019s done some horrible thing with his wicked power to push through, and he escaped them, and they use that to turn the public against him in one last push. What do you think about that?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I think it\u2019s possible. I think it\u2019s pretty risky. I think you nailed it in the first half of what you said. I think this continues even if he wins reelection.<\/p>\n

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CALLER: Wow.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I don\u2019t think this is ever going to stop. I think this is a twofer. They\u2019re using this as their single, solitary campaign issue to beat Trump in 2020. Their candidates can\u2019t. I think the New York Times today makes it plain they\u2019ve got no confidence in any of these nominees, these candidates, could beat Trump. So, this is it. If this fails, it\u2019s easier to impeach a reelected president. Nixon, Clinton. It\u2019s easier to do it. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re ever gonna stop with what they\u2019re trying to do now no matter what happens in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSH: The New York Times today makes it plain they've got no confidence in any of these nominees, these candidates, could beat Trump. 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