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RUSH: The first African-American president in history<\/a>. This is why he was elected! Grab the audio sound bites.<\/p>\n

Let me prove this to you. It\u2019s not just me saying it. This is Spike Lee, sound bites two and four. Last night Spike Lee, Anderson Cooper 95, and Cooper said, “Look, a study came out yesterday,” Spike, old buddy, old pal, “about how people\u2019s perception of what happened here Ferguson and how radically they differ among African-American and Caucasian Americans.<\/p>\n

“Does it still surprise you,” Spike, old buddy, old pal, “that there\u2019s a divide in perception and how Americans see this in different ways largely in many cases based on…?” Do you understand what the question was? (interruption) Basically… (interruption) No, no, no. What he\u2019s being asked here in a roundabout way by, old buddy, old pal Anderson Cooper is, “Spike, isn\u2019t it the case that despite the election of the first black president, nothing\u2019s changed?” That\u2019s the question, and here\u2019s Spike\u2019s answer.<\/p>\n

LEE: Anderson, I wish it was true, but it\u2019s not. Many people thought that the moment that President Obama put his hand [on] Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Bible and took the oath as the president of the United States, racism would disappear — abracadabra, hocus-pocus, gone — with a so-called postracial area. That is not the case.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Aw, damn it! Damn it. Our hopes were so high. I mean, people were hoping and praying, hoping and changing for hope and change. I mean, people just bet everything. They voted in a way they otherwise wouldn\u2019t, hoping to end all of this, and Spike Lee… (interruption) I don\u2019t know why Spike Lee, frankly, is there. I don\u2019t know why he\u2019s a guest, but he is, and so we\u2019ll comment. <\/line><\/p>\n

So Spike Lee confirming that which I, El Rushbo, have been castigated for pointing out that it hasn\u2019t made any difference — and, in fact, it\u2019s obviously gotten worse. So here we have the first African-American president and excuses are being made why he can\u2019t go because he couldn\u2019t do anything. This, to me, is stunning. Now, I understand security. I understand that it would divert resources.<\/p>\n

I understand all of that, but it doesn\u2019t stop presidents from going where they really want to go, folks. He\u2019ll tie up traffic in Manhattan or any other city for three days ago in a row. It doesn\u2019t matter. If he wants to go there, the president will go there, any president. The idea here “the White House” is gonna keep Obama from going. He really wants to go, don\u2019t you know that? You low-information voters, he really wants to go.<\/p>\n

He just so badly wants to leave Martha\u2019s Vineyard! He doesn\u2019t want to be playing golf today. He doesn\u2019t want to play 18. He doesn\u2019t want to play 30. He wants to go to Ferguson<\/a>, but the White House saying “no.” The Hill says he can\u2019t anyway \u2019cause it wouldn\u2019t make any difference. Spike Lee says it hasn\u2019t made any difference. Now, the other day I was asking on this program…<\/p>\n

Snerdley was smirking at me. I predicted that the news media would set up bureaus in Ferguson. This story\u2019s not gonna end before November. This story\u2019s gonna at least have legs to get it through the November elections. That\u2019s why it\u2019s happening. I said there might even be some bureaus. Shep Smith might not be coming home. Well, maybe Shep Smith is home, but Anderson Cooper, whoever.<\/p>\n

Whoever they\u2019ve got. Don Lemon may not be coming home. <\/p>\n

Hell, the journalists are becoming part of the story! Wait \u2019til you hear about this. I mean, so much is transforming dramatically. Journalists are eagerly now becoming part of the story. I mean, Don Lemon\u2019s giving his phone number out to people! “If you need anything, you let me know.” To the looters. Is and to the other family. Yeah, I got time for where you remember. So here\u2019s Anderson Cooper. “Spike, you say it\u2019s obvious the Ferguson police, state police, National Guard, don\u2019t have a handle on this, don\u2019t have a clue. Explain what you mean by that, Spike.”<\/p>\n

LEE: My wife and I, Tonya, while we were watching the mass on television last night said, “You know what? Retired Lieutenant General Russel Honore is the person who could bring order!” Anderson, you know firsthand what General Honore did with the Katrina in — in — in New Orleans and — and the Gulf, so I really think I\u2019d called him up this morning.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Stop the tape! Stop the tape! Stop the tape! Very quickly play just a few seconds of sound bite three. This is my predicting this yesterday. I want you to hear just a little of this. Number three. Hit it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RUSH ARCHIVE: How long was Shep Smith and those boys, how long was Anderson Cooper, how long did they stay in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and then how much time did they spend in Houston tracking down the refugees from New Orleans —<\/p>\n

RUSH: See? So there I was yesterday talking about it, and last night they asked for Honore to come in and fix it, \u2019cause nobody there can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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