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RUSH: There\u2019s a lot of teachable moments out there today. Oh, I should point out, I should say that the efforts being made to mischaracterize what I said, my analysis of what the election meant, the efforts to, shall I say — what\u2019s the right way to put it? Well, let\u2019s just say on the conservative media side of things, there is an effort to mischaracterize what I say, or said. <\/p>\n

And it\u2019s best understood by just telling you that there are members of the conservative media running around and saying, “Well, you know, Rush, yeah, he\u2019s only half right. We gotta do more than stop Obama. That\u2019s not what this meant. They didn\u2019t mean stop. We gotta get things done.” <\/p>\n

They\u2019re not mentioning my name, but they\u2019re running around saying, “These people that say all the election meant is stop Obama. No, no, no. We\u2019ve got to advance conservatism.” And I listen to this in total incredulity, as though it is possible to believe that I, El Rushbo, am not in favor of advancing conservatism. It\u2019s mind-boggling to me. But such is the nature, ladies and gentlemen, of competition everywhere. <\/line><\/p>\n

Now, I spent an inordinate amount of time last week explaining my take and doubling down on expanding it, making sure that nobody could possibly misunderstand what I said, and they continue to act as though — some do — continue to act as though I only got it half the right. I\u2019m not gonna beat you over the head with it again today. I just wanted to reference the fact that if you\u2019re out there and you happen to be casually tuning in media, and you hear people say, “Well, you know, this idea we gotta stop Obama, yeah, but that\u2019s not all,” that is an effort to mischaracterize what I said. <\/p>\n

Does anybody really believe — look, as I say, I don\u2019t want to beat this horse dead again, but it seems to me common sense. Stopping Obama is indeed all about advancing conservatism. But even if it weren\u2019t, I stated what we should do<\/a>, and I\u2019ll do it again. You advance conservatism by teaching it. That\u2019s the best opportunity we have. How do you teach it? You come up with legislation, since that\u2019s what people say the election meant, we need to get things done. Okay, let\u2019s do things. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s come up with precious legislation such as repealing, I don\u2019t know, a couple things in Obamacare. Then you get a public opinion poll on it, showing that 60, 75% of the American people support getting rid of X, Y, Z in Obamacare, and you send all of that up to Obama. You send the bill, and you send the public opinion poll results. You publicize it all and then you make him veto it and you make him the obstructionist. You make him the guy that\u2019s the party of “no.” <\/p>\n

<\/a>By the way, I think Obama — this is kind of funny. In the immediate aftermath of the election, Obama was hell-bent on making sure that it wasn\u2019t his fault, right? It was everybody else\u2019s fault but his. He had nothing to do with it. Then Valerie Jarrett or somebody got to him, says, “No, no, you\u2019re gonna have to accept some responsibility.” So he went out and he basically said, “The message that I took from this election, and we\u2019ve seen this in a number of elections, successive elections, people want to see this city work,” Obama said. And in that little quote, does Obama think he\u2019s the mayor of Washington, or does he think he\u2019s the president of the United States? <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about seeing the city work! That is the trap everybody is falling into here. “They see Washington gridlocked and they\u2019re frustrated, and they know one person in Washington and that\u2019s the president,” and so, yes, I must take some responsibility. They see Washington gridlocked? They don\u2019t see Washington gridlocked. The Obama agenda is moving forward. The Obama agenda is advancing, and this is why people voted the way they did. They want it stopped. They want the end of the Obama agenda, pure and simple. It isn\u2019t even complicated. <\/p>\n

But he\u2019s out there now trying to claim a little responsibility for it by claiming, “Well, I know people want to see this city work.” Mr. President, you\u2019re not the mayor. You are the president of the United States. He said, “I\u2019ve gotta take responsibility for the Democrat loss<\/a> in the midterms.” See, I don\u2019t think Americans see gridlock. They see Obamacare jammed down their throats. <\/p>\n

They see and hear that Obama is going to grant amnesty to however many millions of illegals — many of whom are sick, many of whom have serious criminal records, some feared to be terrorists — flooding the Southern border. They see their careers being downsized to part-time jobs. This is not gridlock that they\u2019re upset about. That\u2019s a convenient excuse for the elected political class to fall back on, because that\u2019s easy to solve. <\/p>\n

All you have to do is write some legislation!<\/p>\n

Write some bills and then have a few debates and then send it up to the president, and, “Voila! Washington\u2019s working again.” That\u2019s not what this election was about. People of this country are not out there wringing their hands over the fact that Washington doesn\u2019t work. That\u2019s another left-wing media trick designed to convey the false impression that the American people only care about whether or not things are happening in Washington.<\/p>\n

They care about what kinds of things are happening in their personal lives that are being ordered, directed, or otherwise steered from Washington. If the American people thought gridlock was the problem, they wouldn\u2019t have elected the opposition party in overwhelming numbers to go up against Obama. They would have sent a bunch of Democrats up there so that gridlock could end and get all kinds of things done. <\/line><\/p>\n

But they don\u2019t like the kind of things that have been done, and they want them stopped. Mr. Snerdley, am I…? (sigh) When I say, “I really don\u2019t see why this is so complicated,” am I missing something? (interruption) See, I actually think if… Well, how can I put this? Given the nature, ladies and gentlemen, of competition — and it\u2019s everywhere. There\u2019s competition in the left-wing media. There\u2019s competition in conservative media. <\/p>\n

If, say… I\u2019ll pick a name out of my hat. Let\u2019s say… (muttering) Pick a name. If any analyst at Fox, said exactly what I said, it would be… Oh, Karl Rove. If he had said it, it would be brilliant. If Karl Rove was echoing exactly what I said, it\u2019d be genius and that\u2019s all they\u2019d be talking about. “Oh, man, this is really right on the money! It\u2019s brilliant.” But because I\u2019m not on Fox and I said it, it\u2019s got to be mischaracterized and misstated a little bit. <\/p>\n

But don\u2019t be distracted by it, folks, because it\u2019s really not complicated. You know what you did. You know why you voted. You know exactly what you want to happen. You want Obama\u2019s agenda arrested, stopped in its tracks. No more. It\u2019s not complicated. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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