Vince Flynn’s American Assassin Will Be a Great Movie
RUSH: Vince Flynn's new movie. You know, American Assassin. They've made a movie. It opens on September 15th. I can already tell you it's dynamite. American Assassin is just fabulous.
Shout Out to a Brave Dittohead
RUSH: We got a note from a father and it says: "My son wants to give you a shout-out, Mr. Limbaugh. He's 9 years old. He just went through a heart transplant at Texas Children's Hospital." We are going to not only give a shout-out here, but in our Rush in a Hurry email recap. So thank you, Steven. I appreciate it.
Why Go on The View to Be Insulted?
RUSH: Why do you have to go there and be insulted by Joy Behar? What do you expect to get out of this? I don't understand it.
Original Trumpist: Amnesty with No Wall Will Make Me Jump Off of the Trump Train
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait. I just want to make sure I understand. You're not upset Trump did the deal with Chuck and Nancy is what you're saying?
McConnell and Ryan Are Just Fine with Trump’s Deal
RUSH: I think they're perfectly fine with Trump doing a deal with the Democrats. I'm sure they're mad that they have to take multiple votes on the debt ceiling and all that because it exposes 'em more, and it brings the government shutdown threat to the fore in three more months. But let's be honest about something. When it comes to policy…
Theories on Trump’s Deal with Chuck and Nancy
RUSH: I can’t tell you the number of people asking, “When did Trump become a Democrat overnight? What just happened here? Trump’s talking a…” I was faced with a monumental task last night of trying to explain this to them. I can’t tell you the number of people not mad at me, but trying to figure out what’s going on. And so I evolved, developed some explanations for this that I think have weight. It’s not just one answer that explains this. There are many, and at the top of the list is something I’ve been trying to tell people about since Trump got into this: He’s not ideological.
The NFL Opens Tonight, But Does Anyone Care?
RUSH: The NFL kicks off tonight in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots. And in all my life I have never… I don't recall. Maybe a strike year? No, not even that. Folks, I don't recall a year where I can't find any interest in it.
Why the Drive-Bys Are Lying About What I Said About Hurricane Irma
RUSH: Your beloved and respected host is being slimed and smeared with a fake news campaign that has been ongoing for three days, which, in the bottom-line analysis, confirms pretty much everything I have said.
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: The Loser
RUSH: We have some more excerpts from Hillary Clinton’s new book, What Happened, which tries to explain what happened.