{"id":5653,"date":"2015-08-11T16:10:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T16:10:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-08-11T16:10:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T16:10:06","slug":"bernie_sanders_phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2015\/08\/11\/bernie_sanders_phenomenon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernie Sanders, Phenomenon?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: Bernie Sanders. Folks, I have to tell you something. Bernie Sanders is drawing record crowds. Portland, Seattle, and now Los Angeles. (interruption) What are you frowning at in there? (interruption) It is amazing, but wait. Let\u2019s put this in perspective. Let\u2019s go back seven years, shall we? Maybe eight years. At this time in the 2008 presidential campaign, everybody thought Barack Hussein O was a political phenomenon. <\/p>\n

We thought the crowds, we thought the excitement and the cult-like atmosphere was unique to him. It turns out that Obama wasn\u2019t a phenomenon at all. The phenomenon happens to be anybody who runs against Hillary in a Democrat primary. I mean, that\u2019s the way I, your beloved host, choose to look at this. Bernie Sanders? Come on. Nothing against Bernie. He\u2019s a nice old codger, and he\u2019s an honest but insignificant little socialist from Vermont. A perfectly fine human being. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s wrong about everything, but he\u2019s harmless. Bernie Sanders drawing record crowds? Barack Obama drew record crowds. What\u2019s the common denominator? Hillary Clinton. I\u2019m here to tell you that the big secret here, the thing that nobody wants to talk about. Maybe they figured this out on the Democrat side, I don\u2019t know. But it sure seems to me that in this primary cycle and in 2008…<\/line><\/p>\n

I mean, you got Obama. He came out of nowhere. Nobody knew who he was. I mean, he hadn\u2019t made a speech. I\u2019m not trying to put Obama down here. I\u2019m trying to be honest and perspective. He is getting these record crowds, and we all thought, “Oh, my God!” “Oh,” we thought, “he\u2019s Bill Clinton Jr. able to fool all these people with all these platitudinous speeches.” It turns out given what we\u2019ve seen with Bernie Sanders that the common denominator is in the Democrat Party. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re gonna treat anybody this way who runs against Hillary, whoever is the first out of the box. It might have been Martin O\u2019Malley, but he waited. It might have been Jim Webb, but he waited. I\u2019m not denying that Bernie Sanders\u2019 uber, extreme, off the charts left-wing radical liberalism is not a factor; it is. Because that\u2019s what the Democrat Party has become. I\u2019m not take anything away from him here, don\u2019t misunderstand. <\/line><\/p>\n

This is not an attempt here to belittle Bernie Sanders. I\u2019m just engage here in objective political analysis as America\u2019s Real Anchorman. (interruption) Why you frowning in there? Does this not make sense to you? (interruption) What do you mean, “It\u2019s almost unbelievable?” Why do you think it\u2019s…? You know, you think it\u2019s unbelievable because you\u2019ve bought, as most people have, the idea that Hillary is inevitable. You\u2019ve bought the idea that it\u2019s Hillary\u2019s just because it\u2019s her turn. <\/p>\n

Everybody did this in 2008; look what happened. The difference here, I think, is I don\u2019t think the Democrat Party wants Bernie Sanders anywhere near the Democrat nomination, \u2019cause he means it. He means it when he\u2019s gonna distance the party from big money and Wall Street and bankers. He means it. And when he\u2019s gonna take aim at American corporations, he means it. The Democrat Party\u2019s in bed with all those people right now. <\/p>\n

\"original\"That\u2019s where the money is, and not gonna let Bernie shake it up. That\u2019s why all these rumblings about Biden out there. I tell you this. Just don\u2019t don\u2019t don\u2019t doubt me on this. The Democrat Party hierarchy, whoever it is, they\u2019re noticing this, and they\u2019re all going, they\u2019re all doing the same thing, “Bernie Sanders? Are you kidding me?” (interruption) Well, Mr. Snerdley, the official program advisor — observer. No advisor here. He\u2019s the program observer. <\/line><\/p>\n

“We know why we don\u2019t like Hillary, but why don\u2019t they like Hillary?” The answer to that question is more properly stated, “What is there to like?” Let\u2019s just turn it around, “What is likable about Hillary…?” (interruption) No, no, no, no! She mouths all right stuff.” Yeah, yeah, yeah. She mouths all the right stuff. But what is it? Is she likable? Bernie\u2019s a lovable, cuddly old guy running around. Hillary\u2019s Nurse Ratched! Bernie Sanders is not Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest. <\/p>\n

He\u2019s not even a nurse\u2019s aide. Hillary\u2019s Nurse Ratched. You can\u2019t make the comparison. You know what I\u2019d like to see? The Democrat debate is coming up on the 16th of September. It\u2019s out in…? Where is it? Where is the Democrat debate? Ah, it\u2019s in LA somewhere? No, the next Republican debate is in the Reagan library. The Democrat debate… Wait a minute. It\u2019s been put off. I\u2019m thinking the next Republican debate is September 16.<\/line><\/p>\n

But the Democrat debate, they\u2019ve moved it and that\u2019s why Martin O\u2019Malley is so ticked off. Martin O\u2019Malley is running around asking, “Is this Democrat Party? What is this, no debates?” That\u2019s another thing, by the way. They are delaying these debates. They are limiting the number of debates on the Democrat side. Their first is October 13th in Nevada. Right, right. Okay, and that\u2019s moved back from whatever the original schedule date was. This also tells me that the Democrat Party is nervous about Hillary. <\/p>\n

I think they do want her this time. Who else is there? I think they do want her, but I they don\u2019t want Bernie, and so they\u2019re moving the debate back and they\u2019re limiting the number of debates. Can you just see CNN? I would love… You know, CNN\u2019s always trying to emulate Fox. Well, that\u2019s not quite the way to put it. CNN, despite what they would say, is a little jealous of Fox. Everybody would love to have Fox\u2019s ratings.<\/p>\n

They would love to have Fox\u2019s respect. They would love to have the respect Fox has. They would love to have the core audience Fox has. You know how copycat media is, how emulative. How about this? How about — I don\u2019t know — Andrea Mitchell, or a female infobabe to be the debate moderator, and Mrs. Clinton gets the first question. “Mrs. Clinton, let me mention seven names:<\/p>\n

“Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, Gennifer Flowers, Monica Lewinsky, Beth Dozoretz, Denise Rich. Now, tell us: Hw can you look at anyone with a straight face and talk to them about family values, when It Takes a Village to satisfy your husband?” That\u2019s my (laughing) variation on the Trump question at the Fox debate. To keep things equal, hit Hillary the same way, and that is the question. <\/line><\/p>\n

I was talking to a friend (laughing) talking to a friend. You know, every election cycle somebody says, “If so-and-so wins, I\u2019m moving! I\u2019m leaving the country.” So I was talking to friend of mine out in Los Angeles last night, and I said, “Look, if Hillary wins this, are you gonna move?” He said, “Not only am I gonna move if Hillary is voted into the White House. I\u2019m joining ISIS!” (laughing) Oh, yes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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