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RUSH: The Drive-Bys are fascinated. Trump is now attacking Ted Cruz <\/a>on the eve of the Hawkeye Cauci. Cruz is still leading there by five, and Trump is alternating his attacks. We get a direct hit and then a back door-attack hitting Cruz on his eligibility, going after Cruz on the birther aspect of whether or not Cruz is qualified.<\/p>\n


\nAnd we\u2019ve got the Drive-By Media sitting here in anticipation, wondering if Trump is gonna get away with this. They\u2019re eagerly waiting. Trump does this, goes after Cruz. They think it\u2019s all gonna depend on what happens on talk radio if Trump gets away with it or not, that it\u2019s gonna be me and others on talk radio who will determine whether or not Trump succeeds with this attack on Cruz. And then they\u2019re saying, “Remember what happened last time that Trump went after Cruz? Rush Limbaugh went after Trump and Trump backed down!”<\/p>\n

People have forgotten (and it wasn\u2019t that long ago) why it is that I sounded a warning bell to Trump on that. It wasn\u2019t the fact that he had gone after Cruz. It was the way he did it. I\u2019m not gonna sit here and tell people not to go after people. That\u2019s crazy. But the way Trump went after Cruz, it was very, very dangerous, because he was using left-wing, liberal language. He was going after Cruz the way a liberal Democrat would. I was saying, “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! You don\u2019t want to do it that way.” But as far as Trump hitting Cruz or vice-versa? Have at it, boys.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I\u2019m not gonna sit here and say shouldn\u2019t happen. But the Drive-Bys, you know, one day they think what happens here is inconsequential and nothing more than a comedy act, and then the next day what happens here determines the outcome of presidential elections, and then the next day we\u2019re responsible for all the anger in the country. So they can\u2019t make up their minds about what happens here on a daily basis. All they would have to do is listen, which they don\u2019t do.<\/p>\n

They go to “watchdog” websites to read what happens on this program each and every day. So we have the sound bites of Trump going after Cruz and Cruz reacting to it. He\u2019s still not falling for it, still not taking the bait on it.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, let\u2019s move on to the Republican presidential campaign. Starting here with Trump. This has got the Drive-Bys all excited. They\u2019re waiting and they love Republican infighting. They have tried their best to take Trump out. Now they want talk radio to take Trump out. That\u2019s essentially what they\u2019re hoping happens. That\u2019s what they\u2019re breathlessly waiting for. Because whatever else they say on a given day, they are fully aware of the power that resides here. What they don\u2019t understand — and what they will not believe and never will believe — is that said “power” is not even something that I am aware of on a day-to-day basis.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not at all why I do what I do, using it, wielding it. I\u2019m not even… It never even strikes me that I have any, is the point, until these guys in the Drive-Bys start making it clear they think a lot of power resides here. You may say, “Rush, clearly you\u2019re not telling us…” Yes! What I\u2019m trying to say, I\u2019m not trying to deny there\u2019s power. I\u2019m telling you using it is not at all how I prepare or do, perform, whatever you want to say, this program. It\u2019s not at the forefront of my mind. But they think it is. The point is here they tried to take Trump out; they failed.<\/p>\n

They thought Trump would implode and all they had to do was amplify what Trump has said (i.e., broadcast it, write about it, amplify it so more people hear about it) and Trump gets embarrassed and he quits, goes away. That hasn\u2019t happened. Now they\u2019re looking for somebody else to do it. The Republican leadership\u2019s tried; they can\u2019t do it. Various other agents have tried. Debates moderators, take your pick. They\u2019ve tried. Nobody\u2019s been able to take Trump out. Trump is now going after Cruz. The Drive-Bys say, “Okay, this may be it because we know talk radio is not gonna put up with this!<\/p>\n

“Talk radio is not gonna put up with Trump going after Cruz, and when even talk radio starts dumping on Trump…” They really believe that if we start dumping on Trump, that he\u2019s finished, which illustrates once again that they have no idea. You know, if you want to understand, if you\u2019re watching now today, tomorrow, at any time, the media talk about talk radio, the key to understanding it, the key to deciphering it, is they believe you are incapable of thinking on your own, that you never have, and you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

That every action you take politically, every thought you have politically, every opinion is the result of you being brainwashed by me and others like me. You are not independent; you do not think on your own; you don\u2019t have the ability to. And they believe this because they think all of conservatism is mind-numbed robots, idiots, you name it. They think all of conservatism is what you watch, what you saw when you watch Making of a Murderer, frankly.<\/p>\n


\nSo they are eager to see this Trump versus Cruz thing happen because they think it\u2019s gonna result in me or who knows who else going after Trump and taking them out. Here\u2019s what\u2019s got \u2019em all excited. This is Trump yesterday in New Hampshire, on New Hampshire 1 TV news. The political director Paul Steinhauser is interviewing Trump and says, “Mr. Trump, I want to ask you about Ted Cruz and your comments, because his birthplace is in Canada, it may be ‘precarious\u2019 for the Republicans to have a nominee like that. Are you suggesting or questioning his birthright, his citizenship?”<\/p>\n

TRUMP: No, I\u2019m not at all. I just know that it\u2019s being questioned all over, and a lot of people are asking me that question. I hope it\u2019s not so. I hope it doesn\u2019t come about. But people are worried that if he wasn\u2019t born in this country — which he wasn\u2019t, he was born in Canada, and he actually had a Canadian passport along with a US passport until just recently. So I don\u2019t know what it all means. I know that other people are talking about it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: So Trump says, “Yeah, other people are asking me about it. I don\u2019t know what the problem is. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s got a problem. He was born in Canada, had a Canadian passport. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s got a problem. He may not even be an American, but I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s for other people to figure out. I\u2019m not. It\u2019s just people are asking me. What do you want me to do about it?” So Steinhauser sits there mesmerized while Trump continues.<\/p>\n

TRUMP: The problem is that if the Democrats bring a lawsuit, the lawsuit could take years to resolve, and how do you have a candidate where there\u2019s something, you know, over the head of the party and that individual? So I hope it wouldn\u2019t be the truth. I hope that wouldn\u2019t be, you know, what it is. And we\u2019ll find out, I guess. I mean, Ted will be able to answer the question hopefully satisfactory. I hear a couple of states have a problem with it, too.<\/p>\n

RUSH: “I really hope there\u2019s nothing to it. It would be horrible. Can you imagine a lawsuit for two years over our nominee? Nobody would want that. Ted wouldn\u2019t want that. I wouldn\u2019t want that. Maybe Marco wouldn\u2019t want that. So we hope this gets sorted out. I\u2019m sure there\u2019s nothing there, but a lot of people are asking me. They think there very well could be, and he wasn\u2019t born in America. I\u2019m not saying it! Other people are. Ted said it himself.” This is… (laughing) I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s entertaining. It\u2019s cl… And then Cruz is reacting to it in his own way, here. More