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RUSH: I knew it was just a little too good to be true yesterday. (interruption) What? What are you expecting? (interruption) What\u2019s the question? (interruption) Oh, no, they don\u2019t. That\u2019s the point. Snerdley just asked, “Do rallies ever accomplish a damn thing?” No, except making the people that do them feel better. Rallies make the people who involve themselves in them think they\u2019ve done something. You\u2019ve heard people say, “I want to do something with my life. I want to make a difference.” So you go to rally, and you get together, you hold hands, and you\u2019re all unified in purpose.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re around people that share the same desires and passions, and you do that for a couple, three hours. When it\u2019s over, you made a difference, in your mind. I\u2019m not being — you know, it\u2019s kind of a loaded question for you to ask me out of the blue because it\u2019s obvious this rally didn\u2019t accomplish anything, other than a show of unity. But it\u2019s not gonna stop ISIS or whoever. It\u2019s not gonna stop Al-Qaeda, is the point. <\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t think the people that did the rally, which, by the way, the White House had plenty of time, this rally was put together as early as January 8th, from what I\u2019m told, anyway. That would be five days ago. Well, tight. But the point is, a rally isn\u2019t gonna stop any of the bad guys. But a show of unity and a display of unity, actual engagement in unity with everybody showing up, admitting to each other that they are aligned together against these people can help raise spirits.<\/line><\/p>\n

It could help maybe inspire a sense of purpose later on, but the rally itself, in terms of a deterrent or an action to stop anything, no. But you tell me. Did civil rights marches matter? They clearly did. That\u2019s right. The civil rights marches, many of them, did more than sway public opinion, but if nothing else than that, that\u2019s still an impact. That\u2019s a huge impact, is change… (interruption) But a lot of people are afraid of the terrorists. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: All right. Let me give it to you straight, on the down low. This rally\u2019s gonna have as much effect on ISIS, Al-Qaeda in Yemen, whoever, on the Islamic extremists as the hashtag campaign had on Boko Haram, #saveourgirls. And that\u2019s essentially your question. Does this mean anything? What I think is different about this, with allowances here, I think you people in the audience understand what I mean. Normally it\u2019s the bad guys that take to the streets and start raising hell and demanding justice and what have you. In this case it\u2019s clearly the good guys who don\u2019t do things like this. Good guys got together and stood up, and were shouting “no more.” <\/line><\/p>\n

Now, some people think it was a brave thing to do. This is not gonna change Al-Qaeda. It\u2019s not gonna diminish. It\u2019s not gonna shame. It\u2019s not gonna have one measurable impact on stopping Islamic jihad, militant Islamist extremism. But a lot of people think it was a courageous thing to do. There is palpable fear of these people. I mean, it\u2019s everywhere, and that includes, in certain governments, at the highest level of government. <\/p>\n

There are some places that will not call this what it is simply because they\u2019re afraid that that will target them. There are others who won\u2019t call it what it is for other reasons we can only speculate, but it\u2019s not fear of anything. I don\u2019t think Obama\u2019s afraid of them, for example. Kerry, I don\u2019t know. Biden, who knows. But Obama, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s afraid of Islamic extremists at all. That\u2019s not why he will not call it what it is. Well, you fill in the blank yourself on that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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