Ted Koppel Thinks We’re What’s Wrong with America
RUSH: Mid-February I got the first call that Ted Koppel is doing a piece on modern media for a CBS Sunday Morning news program, and Koppel wants to come down here and interview me, a 45-minute interview. I said, "No." Instinctively, right off the bat, I said, "No."
Trump’s Voters Are Still with Him
RUSH: Trump's voters are nowhere near abandoning him, folks. Trump's voters are not gonna blame him for this no matter how much the Washington establishment wants that to be the case.
It Turns Out Transgenders Don’t Really Want to Be Treated Like Everybody Else
RUSH: I always thought that transgenders wanted to be treated like everybody else, and now that TSA is gonna treat 'em like everybody else, they are uneasy about it.
Did You See This Chelsea Clinton Tweet?
RUSH: It's likely that Chelsea Clinton literally, actually believed that Abraham Lincoln had worn a Make America Great cap and had been photographed wearing it back in 1863. She was serious, folks. She was scared to death that Lincoln actually wore the hat.
Scenarios and Theories: What Happened on Friday? And What Happens Next?
RUSH: I am the mayor of Realville — and, as such, I accept reality. And I deal with it. I immerse myself in it. I don't try to pretend it isn't what it is. And there's some hard, cold realities that we face here as a result of this vote.
Rush 24/7 Stack of Stuff
RUSH: No longer is this just gonna be a long list of stories that I might mention on the program. Now, you will get specifically the stories that I talk about on the program and a select list of a few others that I intended to get to but ran out of time. It's going to be more of a real-time base feature rather than just a generic list of places that I go to prep the show.
Rush 24/7 Morning Update: Ignore Them!
RUSH: Ever since he won the election, Democrats have been trying to turn that hotel into a political liability for Trump.
Really, Steny?
RUSH: Well, now, if this doesn't just take the cake. I was just watching Fox, the Fox News Channel. They had an interview with Steny Hoyer.
The Drive-Bys Want to Know: Who Will America’s Anchorman Blame?
RUSH: For those wondering who I'm gonna blame, they'll have to wait 'til Monday. I might hide a little blurb on my website to give some indication.
Donald Trump Isn’t Doubting Himself
RUSH: My friends, as you know, I am a powerful and influential member of the media, and I know people. And I can tell you that nobody I know has seen one shred of evidence that would support this, that Trump is sulking around the White House behind closed doors.
Rush Explains the Three Phases of the GOP Health Care Strategy
RUSH: I was gonna say, "I think some people have not done a good job of selling this." I think the right way to say this is, "A lot of people have done a very good job misrepresenting it."
The Health Care Bill and Trump’s Takeover of Washington
RUSH: Trump is doing exactly what he said he was gonna do, as often as he can. He stormed into town and he's trying to take control and fix the functioning dysfunction of much of Washington, as much as he can. He's hated and reviled for doing it. It's not supposed to be possible.
What London Has Become
RUSH: I came across a fascinating piece in the U.K. Daily Mail, an op-ed piece written by… I guess it's a reporter, maybe an op-ed writer in the U.K. named Katie Hopkins… Her basic point was these are no longer acts of extremism; this is what London has become.
Obama Surveilled the Trump Transition and the Media Knew It
RUSH: Not only was their surveillance of the Trump campaign, not only was there surveillance by the Obama administration on the Trump transition, the media knew about it and was using the information they were being given from this surveillance in order to embarrass, humiliate, rip, criticize, Trump and his upcoming administration.
Rush 24/7 Stack of Stuff
RUSH: No longer is this just gonna be a long list of stories that I might mention on the program. Now, you will get specifically the stories that I talk about on the program and a select list of a few others that I intended to get to but ran out of time. It's going to be more of a real-time base feature rather than just a generic list of places that I go to prep the show.
Guest Host Mark Steyn
Mark Steyn filled in for Rush on today's program. Check out Mark's Stack for links and audio clips. Rush returns to the Golden EIB Microphone tomorrow for Open Line Friday.
Rush 24/7 Morning Update: Signals
RUSH: Liberals are working themselves into a lather. They’re furious at “signals” they’re getting from the Trump Administration that Obama’s climate change legacy is being dismantled.
Exasperated Caller on Obamacare Repeal
RUSH: Look, I agree with you to this extent, that you gotta get government out of health care. That's what people don't want, the government involved in health care. Just repeal this.
Vice President Pence Talks with Rush
RUSH: I think we heard something there that is a perspective that we haven't seen, that everybody on the Republican side really wants to get rid of this. There are just disagreements over how and whether this does it.
Trump Is Right! Nunes Says Trump and His Team Were Under Surveillance After the Election
RUSH: People that voted for Trump knew exactly what he meant when talking about Obama "tapping the wires" at Trump Tower. They don't think that Obama put on his intelligence uniform and found some deep, dark room in the basement of Trump Tower and started putting various cables in holes and jacks in the phone bank. The United States government was surveilling him, and Barack Obama ran the United States government!