60 Minutes Gave Bannon the Devil Treatment
RUSH: You know what I'm told they did? I didn't watch it. I don't watch 60 Minutes since I last appeared on it, but apparently they did some color things with his face to make him look darker red and his eyes appear to be watery and so forth.
Trump’s Deal with Chuck and Nancy Wasn’t a One-Off
RUSH: I think there's potentially many more things like this that could happen, and I know the reason why, and that is that he is totally frustrated with the lack of apparent desire and apparent energy on the part of Republicans to advance any part of his agenda, which he won on.
One of the Greatest Smears of My Career
RUSH: Never did I say the hurricane wasn't gonna hit, because nobody knows. Never did I say the hurricane was not a bad one. Never did I say you should ignore the forecast… This is a series of lies and misstatements, and this is because I do not heel, I do not join everybody in the conventional wisdom, the consensus and the groupthink.
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 Open Line Friday. Check out Mark's Stack for links and audio clips. Rush returns to the Golden EIB Microphone Monday September 11th.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Left Invests Totally in Nate Silver-Type Prognostication
RUSH: Gregg Easterbrook of Tuesday Morning Quarterback theorizes here that the low turnout, 18 to 29, was because these kids, these Millennials love Big Data, they just are into it, and the Big Data was telling them that Hillary was gonna win this thing in a walkover. It was gonna be a smear. It was gonna be Trump barely gonna get 20%, Hillary was just gonna cream everybody. So why vote? I mean, it’s already in the bag.
Chuck Schumer Declares Victory on Illegals, Hurricane Relief, Debt Deal? He Doesn’t Run Congress!
RUSH: The Democrats are claiming victory with Trump on the debt ceiling, on hurricane funding, and a continuing resolution through next November. And Trump's praising Pelosi, he's praising Chuck You Schumer, and they're out there claiming victory.
Are Trump’s Executive Orders Illegal Like Obama’s?
RUSH: A lot of what Trump has done has been to roll back, like reducing the regulations, like enforcing immigration law. That's all Trump has done. He's not invented new law. Obama made sure that federal immigration law was not being enforced. Trump's done the opposite.
Congress to Raise Debt Ceiling, Give DACA “Kids” Amnesty, But Not Spend a Peso for the Border Wall
RUSH: The Republican Party knows. They know what their base voter's opinion is on any amnesty! They know that Donald Trump got elected on the basis of his immigration policy! They know. It's just they don't care as much what you think as they do what the Chamber of Commerce wants, and other donors. They want the DACA kids in the country, and they want the DACA kids to be aware that they're here because of the government, Republicans and Democrats.
California Rejects Electric Car Subsidies
RUSH: Of all places, California denying subsidy money to Tesla.