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RUSH: What did I tell you, cut 16? You\u2019ve got to hear this. This is ruling class member David Frum who… (sigh) What would be the most descriptive and honest way to describe David Frum? David Frum remains a guest on Democrat talk shows because he wrote a phrase for a George Bush speech during the first term. It is said that David Frum came up with the slogan ‘axis of evil.\u2019 So David Frum wrote three words, and for that he has guest emeritus status. Well, that plus he frequently rips conservatives. He\u2019s from the ‘Reagan is over\u2019 crowd, the ‘era of Reagan is over\u2019 crowd. So he was on a television network not to be named last night, and he was asked about something that Newt Gingrich said. It doesn\u2019t really matter what he was asked. It\u2019s his answer. Basically the question was: ‘What do you think is Gingrich\u2019s consideration here? Is he trying to get an edge on a possible rival?\u2019<\/p>\n

FRUM: I do think that there is a lot of concern in senior levels of the Republican Party. People in that kind of orbit are worried about the down-ballot effect of a Palin candidacy. 2012 is shaping up to be a very good year for Republicans in senatorial races. It maybe in the Republican interest to have 2012 be a rather lower-intensity year rather than a higher-intensity year. If it\u2019s a lower-intensity year, you\u2019re gonna lose the presidency anyway, but your more educated, older, more affluent voters are coming out as a bigger part of the electorate then you can have even bigger gains in the Senate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That, by the way, in tone is the ‘new civility.\u2019 That is ruling class-speak. But what he\u2019s saying here is that establishment Republicans, if Palin\u2019s anywhere near the presidential candidacy — if she\u2019s anywhere near this run — that that\u2019s just too divisive to try to beat Obama in 2012. They may as well just cede the presidential election in 2012 and try to pick up a few Senate seats, is what the erudite and brilliant ruling class (I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s a member or wannabe) David Frum suggests. It\u2019s just gonna be too volatile. Beating Obama, especially if Palin\u2019s around, is not possible. <\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t even think about doing that. Just go for the down-ballot wins and forget the presidency. And he says, ‘[T]here is a lot of concern in senior levels of the Republican Party. People in that kind of orbit are worried about the down-ballot effect of a Palin candidacy.\u2019 So it\u2019s a great year. In other words: ‘The Republican leadership, we gotta great chance to pick up Senate seats, not so much the presidency. Let\u2019s not even focus on that. We\u2019ll just cede that.\u2019 Now, I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s true. I don\u2019t know that that\u2019s the establishment Republican view, but this is what the exalted, celebrated, erudite, ruling class member, David Frum, says. Just FYI. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/line> <\/line>RUSH: We go to Los Angeles. Hello, Scott, great to have you with us, sir. Hello.<\/line><\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush, how are you?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Good.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Good. Hey, with the Democrats wanting to sit amongst the Republicans at the State of the Union address, I was thinking how bad this would be for people like myself who will be watching it at home alone, and Obama\u2019s gonna say something ideally that I\u2019m not gonna agree with. And when I look at the television, I\u2019m not gonna see a bunch of people, elected officials that I feel represent me because the entire audience will have people standing up throughout it. And I think it\u2019s gonna alienate every single person who is not agreeing with the president and tries to see that there\u2019s a group of congresspeople who relate to my thinking.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you have a point, but the way things are going I don\u2019t know if there\u2019s any profound opposition to what Obama is saying the Republicans are gonna display it anyway, given the new tone, given the call here for new civility. But your point is well taken. You\u2019re basically warning people, Tea Party types, ‘Hey, you\u2019re gonna get depressed during the State of the Union show.\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: I\u2019m gonna get really depressed.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And you\u2019re warning people they\u2019re gonna get depressed if this sitting together thing actually happens?<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s a bad idea. I\u2019ve called the congresspeople and left messages. This is like Lucy saying to the blockhead, Charlie Brown, ‘I\u2019m not gonna move the football this time. I\u2019m gonna go ahead and hold it and you\u2019re gonna be able to kick it,\u2019 and Charlie Brown falls for it just like that health care debate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Right. Well, that is the exact purpose of this, and when the night is over if what you foresee happens, the media reaction will be, ‘See, there aren\u2019t any Tea Party people here in Washington. There aren\u2019t any Tea Party people.\u2019 And the whole night is gonna be designed to dispirit Tea Party people, make no mistake about it. You\u2019re absolutely right about that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s gonna be destructive.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, but don\u2019t let it be since you know that\u2019s gonna be the case. <\/p>\n

CALLER: I know it\u2019s the case and I will still look up there and the problem is the rhetoric from the left media will come afterwards and talk about what a great speech it was — (crosstalk)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — and see the response, and as much as I say I\u2019m not gonna want to get depressed about it, it is gonna be all over the news the next couple days. I think it\u2019s a bad idea and if there\u2019s any way that people could call their congresspeople and suggest against this. I want to see somebody who relates the same way I do to this president, and that is sitting down when he says something that is absolutely ridiculous.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He\u2019s absolutely right, folks. Scott in Los Angeles, absolutely right. That\u2019s the exact purpose. I wonder if Obama will refrain from attacking the Supreme Court this time. They might not show up, speaking of people that might not be there, the Supreme Court might not show up. Scott, thank you much for the phone call. I appreciate it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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