{"id":375444,"date":"2020-12-07T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=375444"},"modified":"2020-12-07T16:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T21:27:31","slug":"patrick-bashams-fascinating-analysis-of-bidens-implausible-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2020\/12\/07\/patrick-bashams-fascinating-analysis-of-bidens-implausible-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fascinating Analysis of Biden\u2019s Implausible “Victory”"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Let\u2019s get into the election fraud aspect of the current state of affairs. There are two lawsuits that are out there at present, and they are not both being sponsored by the campaign. The campaign is alleging the fraud. The Trump campaign, their suit is Rudy\u2019s and Jenna Ellis\u2019, and they are alleging fraud in the various states. There is another action taking place that\u2019s purely constitutional, and it is being mounted by people that are not part of the presidential campaign. Ted Cruz is part of this movement.<\/p>\n

And Sunday night on Levin\u2019s show on the Fox News Channel he had a fascinating guest, a pollster by the name of Patrick Basham, B-a-s-h-a-m. Now, I didn\u2019t hear his name pronounced; so I\u2019m not sure how — he might pronounce it Basham. I\u2019m not sure. I don\u2019t mean to be mispronouncing the name. He is the founding director of the Democracy Institute. And the reason that I\u2019m asking this question about how in the world is Make America Great Again controversial to a majority of Americans? I understand the answer. The answer is obvious.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If the American education system from kindergarten through the university level has succeeded in two generations in corrupting that many young people, if they have had that much success in convincing that many people that this country is hateful and is worthy of being hated, then — well, I don\u2019t know. I know that\u2019s been going on, but I think it ought to open people\u2019s minds. The reason I tried to make the point, Make America Great Again controversial? Who in the world could oppose this?<\/p>\n

Well, of course, that question deals with people who\u2019ve been raised as Americans on the true story of the American founding. But then again, you\u2019re drawn back to, well, how many millions of Americans have been denied that true story? How many millions of Americans have not been taught that story? That\u2019s the question. What numbers of people are we talking about here? Well, the reason that fascinates me is because Patrick Basham\u2019s way of looking at what happened here is a fascinating thing to me.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t focus on the specific allegations of election fraud. Instead, what he did was explain that traditional markers associated with an incumbent\u2019s almost inevitable victory were all lined up to result in an overwhelming Trump win. He said it was all there. All of the traditional markers — you know, the incumbent return rate in the House of Representatives is 95%. What that means is that the incumbent wins 95% of elections. It is really tough to beat an incumbent anything. It\u2019s especially tough to beat an incumbent president.<\/p>\n

And this guy, Basham, says that all of the traditional markers that you would look at that are associated with the incumbent\u2019s practically guaranteed reelection were all lined up to result in an overwhelming Trump win. And he made the point, he told everybody on Sunday night, the fact that Trump did not win just makes no sense. Forget your partisan affiliation. Forget any of that. It just didn\u2019t make any sense.<\/p>\n

Now, he first set this all up — he wrote a column for the Spectator on November 27. And I remember talking to you about that piece. I have it. I printed it out again. “Reasons Why The 2020 Presidential Election Is Deeply Puzzling. If Only Cranks Find The Tabulations Strange, Put Me Down As A Crank.”<\/a><\/p>\n