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RUSH: Okay, pop quiz. Who said — it\u2019s not a name. I don\u2019t even have a name, so the question not really is who said. Where\u2019d this come from? “We don\u2019t need these fringe guys as much as we did anymore. We can let \u2019em walk on certain bills, and it just won\u2019t matter. This gives us breathing room.” Where did this come from? What kind of person is saying, “We don\u2019t need these fringe guys as much as we did anymore”? Just a little pop quiz. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Fort Walton Beach, Florida. This is Paul. Great to have you on the EIB Network, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. Great to speak with you, too, Rush. Thanks for having me on.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I wanted to comment on the election for the Speakership that occurred in the House this past Tuesday. The contest was actually not in doubt even before the gavel hit the hardwood up on the dais because an incredible number of Democrats didn\u2019t vote. Twenty all told. Yes, 13 were in New York at the funeral of former governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, but a further seven didn\u2019t vote in the chamber, and those 13 that were in New York wouldn\u2019t have gone without permission from minority leader Pelosi. So it appears there was a lot of gamesmanship involved here, because what happens, if people don\u2019t vote, then that lowers the total required for successful majority to be elected. In this case, all told, with the 20 Democrats that didn\u2019t vote, that lowered the total number of votes could be cast at 414 —<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, I\u2019m down to 30 seconds. Let me see if you can answer my pop quiz. Who said — or where did this come from? There\u2019s not a name. Where did this come from: “We don\u2019t need these fringe guys as much as we did anymore. We can let them walk on certain bills, and it just won\u00c2\u2019t matter. That gives us breathing room.” Where\u2019d that come from?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t know. But the Democrats have the Speaker they want. And they arrange things through electoral gamesmanship to make sure he got the win.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, where did you call from yesterday, Paul? Where were you yesterday when you called?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I didn\u2019t call yesterday.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, the day before that?<\/p>\n

CALLER: It wasn\u2019t the day before that. I haven\u2019t been on air for quite some time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, I\u2019m confusing you with somebody. I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019ll answer the question. Don\u2019t go away, folks. Back after this. Don\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: The answer to the question, “We don\u2019t need these fringe guys as much as we did anymore. We can let them walk on certain bills, and it just won\u00c2\u2019t matter. That gives us breathing room.” That is in The Politico, and it is attributed to a senior Republican leadership aide in the House. The Republican leadership spokesman, “We don\u2019t need these fringe guys,” meaning we don\u2019t need the Tea Party. We don\u2019t need the conservatives. We don\u2019t need to care about what they want anymore.<\/p>\n

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RUSH: Now, let me go back. Before we get too far away from the beaten path, I want to go back to this quote, my little pop quiz quote. “‘We don\u2019t need these fringe guys as much as we did anymore,\u2019 said a GOP leadership aide speaking on condition of anonymity. ‘We can let \u2019em walk on certain bills, and it just won\u2019t matter. This gives us breathing room.'” Now, this is in The Politico. The Politico<\/a>, by the way, has become the go-to source for the Republican leadership. <\/p>\n

Everybody in Washington leaks, everybody has anonymous sources, and the Republican leadership has obviously decided Politico is gonna get their news when they want to put something out such as this. So I happen to know, folks, as you probably do, there is still… In fact, I don\u2019t even think it\u2019s debated much. The anger at the Republican leadership in Washington is still palpable, and the phones in Washington are ringing.<\/p>\n

\"large\"Let me guarantee you: The leadership is shocked at how much attention you all are still giving them. They were blown away by the number of phone calls before the Speaker election, and those phones are continuing to ring. What\u2019s happening is that Republicans all over this country have not stopped calling Washington and telling the Republicans how ticked off they are. They\u2019re not happy with the way the vote went. <\/line><\/p>\n

Some of them think they were toyed with up to that 28 votes when you just needed 29. Boehner was toying with them, or others, too. But the point is the anger has not subsided with the election of Boehner. The people that elected Republicans in this massive landslide actually are still ticked off \u2019cause they think that they\u2019re being used and taken for granted and they\u2019re gonna be ignored, and they\u2019re still livid about it.<\/p>\n

I will guarantee you that people in elective office in Washington are shocked at this. <\/p>\n

They\u2019re shocked at two things. <\/p>\n

They are really surprised you care this much. “About a Speaker election? Nobody\u2019s ever cared about that! That\u2019s so inside baseball.” They\u2019re also really in a state of disbelief that even after the election, you\u2019re still calling to register your anger. Now, what this guy — whoever this is, this nameless GOP leadership aide. When he says, “We don\u2019t need these fringe guys as much as we did,” this is an insult, not just the Tea Party members of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

\"original\"“We don\u2019t need these fringe guys”? They\u2019re talking about you! The fringe guys? Who elected the fringe guys? You other fringe freaks. What they think now, what this quote is meant to represent is that the Republican leadership, is saying, “Now that Boehner survived, we don\u2019t care about you Tea Party people. We don\u2019t need these fringe guys anymore. We don\u2019t even need \u2019em on legislation. <\/line><\/p>\n

“We got enough Republicans sitting in here without the fringe guys! We don\u2019t even have to give \u2019em any attention. We don\u2019t even have to let them have any role in any bills that are coming up.” What this guy doesn\u2019t understand, apparently, is with this reference here on the fringe guys he thinks he\u2019s speaking specifically and exclusively of elected Tea Party Republicans. <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think he knows that he\u2019s also insulting the people that voted for \u2019em. So what\u2019s happening here is that the Republican leadership has somebody that got hold of Politico and essentially called a lot of Republican voters “fringe guys,” too. That\u2019s what I don\u2019t think he realizes here. Now, this guy obviously just, “Hey, okay, all right, we survived these challenges to Boehner. Now we can do whatever we want!<\/p>\n

“We can do whatever we want. We don\u2019t need the Tea Party and we don\u2019t even have to act like we care about the fringe groups.” The bottom line is this spokesman — this leadership aide speaking anonymously — has just confirmed that at least he thinks that the Republican base is a bunch of fringe kooks, and it\u2019s very unfortunate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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