Despite the Hysterical Drive-By Watergate Narrative, Trump’s Ratings Remain Steady
RUSH: These people, they can smell blood. They think they've got Trump close to resigning or being forced from office, but there's also desperation, 'cause they know they've got nothing. They've got nothing at all. They're not even close to having Watergate. All they can do is pretend and paint pictures and try to convince people. But from the polling data following the Comey firing and the ensuing chaos, it doesn't seem that the picture painting they're doing is that effective.
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: Charity Begins At Home
RUSH: Remember Corrine Brown? For over 20 years, she represented Jacksonville, Florida in Congress. She was a prominent member of the Congressional Black Caucasians. Until she lost her Democrat primary last August. Well, Ms. Brown had her day in court last week.
Bob Schieffer on the Grassy Knoll
RUSH: For crying out loud, we're now gonna compare this to the Kennedy assassination and Oswald? Who's on the grassy knoll in this story? The Russian ambassador?
Interesting Columns and Takes on Comey and the Clinton Investigation
RUSH: There's all kinds of upbeat Trump news when it comes even to the Comey story.
Explaining Socialism to a New Millennial Listener
RUSH: The first thing that I would tell you about socialism is that it has never worked a single time in the history of the world. It has never accomplished any of its objectives anywhere in the world. It has not made people prosperous. It has not expanded liberty and freedom. It has not created more open-mindedness and tolerance.
The Genesis of the Russia Hoax
RUSH: In the 45 days prior to the election, there wasn't a word said about the Russians, because the Clintons thought they were gonna win. They didn't want anybody thinking the election was tainted.
Fake News Perpetrator Cokie Roberts Says There’s No Such Thing as Fake News
RUSH: You heard her say it. "We know there's no such thing as fake news." I'm holding in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers a story from February 14, 1994.
Gloria Steinem: We Have Climate Change Because We Didn’t Have Enough Abortions
RUSH: Dadelut! Dadelut! Dadelut! Dadelut! Dadelut! Dadelut! Dadelut! Time to go back to the Grooveyard of Forgotten Favorites, my friends, for a Feminist Update.
An Epic Presidency: Interpreting Trump’s Tapes Tweet
RUSH: Let me tell you the next thing the media is going to have an absolute fit over. It's already begun, and it is because of a tweet that the president sent out earlier today.
Trump Must Stop the White House Leaks
RUSH: The purpose of these leaks is the destruction of the Trump presidency and the purpose of the destruction of the Trump presidency is not just to destroy Trump. It is to dissuade anybody else from ever trying what Trump tried here.
Good Things Are Happening Because of Donald Trump
RUSH: Just the threat to build a wall is already reducing illegal immigration, the attempt to get here illegally. It's down over 70%. You think that might have something to do with the jobless rate hitting a 28-year low?
The Media Sets the Narrative — and the Democrats Follow
RUSH: They're starting the ball rolling. They're the ones setting the tone. They're establishing narratives. They're creating talking points. The Democrats are following along.
Real People Don’t Care About the Comey Story
RUSH: To people on Facebook — which is a lot of people — the Comey firing is less important than seven other stories. There are seven other stories that are being circulated, re-whatever, retransmitted, talked about — seven stories much more important to Facebook users than the Comey firing.
CNN’s Sweetest Trump Scandal
RUSH: I did not believe this when I saw it. I was in stunned amazement when I saw this. I was watching CNN, and I want to thank God for making that happen or I’d have missed this.
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: Resistance
RUSH: Howard County, Maryland is a Democrat Party stronghold. Dems outnumber Republicans two-to-one. It’s an upper-middle-class county, with lots of professionals, including scientists and engineers. But a fifth of the population are immigrants.
Stop Watching the News and Focus on the Agenda, Mr. President!
RUSH: You're the guy that's gonna drain the swamp. Go in there and drain it. Tell 'em what's gonna be what-for. You don't have to tell them why you fired Comey. Nobody deserves an explanation of the timing or anything else. He can fire whoever he wants! It's the executive branch! He doesn't owe anybody an explanation, and he doesn't have to go defensive with it.
The Media Wants Their Reaction to Be Your Reaction
RUSH: You are supposed to now think that the White House is out of control. It's run by a bunch of incompetent boobs, and everything they say is a flat-out lie, and you are to have no confidence whatsoever. That's their reaction; they want it to be yours. Their reaction is portrayed as a reaction by all people in the country. This is the trick the media has perfected, to make it look like what they're reporting is not really what they think.
Classic Trump in Lester Holt Interview
RUSH: The important thing here is Trump doubled down.