{"id":4986,"date":"2015-11-02T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T18:44:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-11-02T18:44:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T18:44:06","slug":"unashamed_drive_bys_gop_whining_about_debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/11\/02\/unashamed_drive_bys_gop_whining_about_debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Unashamed Drive-Bys: GOP Whining About Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: I mentioned to you — Snerdley didn\u2019t believe this — that after the CNBC debate, the next day I said there\u2019s no shame. They\u2019re not embarrassed. I don\u2019t care what the news stories say. I don\u2019t care, the CNBC people — and, by the way, we\u2019ve learned that the guy that ran the CNBC debate worked in the Clinton White House<\/a>, three different jobs for Algore. They\u2019re all Clinton hacks, exactly as I told you. As far as they\u2019re concerned, that debate was mission accomplished. And I mentioned to you in the last hour that an evolving narrative now is how the Republicans are a bunch of whining losers who can\u2019t handle a little adversity. And that narrative is starting to bubble up out there. This is last night and this morning, CNN, Fox News Channel, bunch of different people. Here goes. Listen.<\/p>\n

CHRIS CUOMO: The whining over the CNBC debate is far from over.<\/p>\n

HOWARD KURTZ: They seem to be a little whining.<\/p>\n

ELISABETH HASSELBECK: Republicans need to stop whining about these debates.<\/p>\n

BRET BAIER: A lot of them don\u2019t want to appear to be whining.<\/line><\/p>\n

RYAN LIZZA: Stop whining about tough questions.<\/p>\n

CARL CAMERON: It\u00c2\u2019s probably best not to whine too much. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Eighty percent of those voices are the Fox News Channel. And you think CNBC and the rest of the Drive-Bys are embarrassed?<\/a> You think they\u2019re shamed by that performance, CNBC? Hell, no, folks, they\u2019re applauding themselves. Mission accomplished. No less than Dan Rather on CNBC — well, he\u2019s actually on CNN. He\u2019s on Reliable Sources yesterday. He was defending CNBC, but of course he would. I mean, if you forged documents for a news story and think you\u2019re telling the truth, you wouldn\u2019t have any problem what CNBC did. Brian Stelter said, “You\u2019ve been on these stages so many times, Dan. You\u2019ve been a moderator so much. You\u2019ve done this more than anybody. You are the seasoned professional at moderating debates. What would your review of the moderators of the CNBC debate be?”<\/p>\n

RATHER: Look, they didn\u2019t do it perfectly. It wasn\u2019t their best night. But I think we have to see clearly what\u2019s at play here. That candidates on the right side of the political spectrum, a large part of their constituency loves attacks on the press. It\u2019s part of the political game that, particularly with those on the right side of the political spectrum, they\u2019re going to attack the press because a large part of their constituency likes it and that\u2019s what this is about. By and large, a reporters\u00c2\u2019 job is to separate bull shine from brass tax. And by in large that\u2019s what the press does. <\/p>\n