Rush In a Hurry - Rush Offers to Meet with President Obama

RushLimbaugh.com ^ | 01-29-09 | Rush Limbaugh

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An Offer: "I am prepared, ladies and gentlemen, to reach out to President Obama, to explain the bipartisan Obama-Limbaugh plan to him, to help bring the nation together under a true stimulus plan. I am willing to build a bridge from the EIB Network to the White House, because there is really only one bipartisan plan on the table, and it is mine." (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here)

» Rush's Wall Street Journal Op-ed: My Bipartisan Stimulus

Rush appeared on Fox & Friends (transcript, video) and CNBC (transcript, video) this morning to discuss his bipartisan stimulus proposal. The CNBC interview turned needlessly contentious.

 

Congratulations to the House GOP for standing up and exposing Obama's porkulus sham. It now goes to the Senate, where RINOs will come under pressure to fall in line behind the president. To vote for this bill would be nothing short of immoral. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here)

» Fox: GOP Congressman Intros "Rangel Rule » WT: Stimulus Has Plum for Obey's Son

 

Pearl of Wisdom: "This porkulus bill represents everything wrong with Washington. It redistributes wealth like no bill before it. It rewards big special interest groups. It rewards people who don't work, people who don't save, and it rewards businesses that fail."

 

Rush interviewed former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy on his new book, "Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance."  (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here)

 

Rush is off next week, but the final Senate porkulus vote won't come until mid-February. So stay cool and remember we're engaged in an epic battle. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here)

 

Matt Lauer and Norah O'Donnell both pushed the race angle in interviews about Rush and Obama. They're trying to marginalize conservatives by charging racism. (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here)

 

Deceitful Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims she's "non-partisan." (Rush 24/7 Members: Listen Here)

 

Pearl of Wisdom: "Not a single Republican voted for this. In fact, the bipartisan vote was the vote against. Eleven Democrats joined all of the Republicans to vote against the porkulus bill. The partisan vote was the vote that was victorious, and that was all Democrats."

Here's a scary thought. The Obama team thinks that FDR made a mistake by not spending enough fast enough. That's why this porkulus bill is just the tip of the iceberg.

» Obama Thinks FDR's New Deal was Too Small: CNS | NYT | NRO

 

Don't get caught up in what Republicans didn't do in the Bush years. Be happy they've done the right thing now, and let them know you support them. It will empower them to keep doing it.

 

Pearl of Wisdom: "The porkulus will pass. What we're doing here is setting the table to win seats back in 2010 and the White House in 2012, after all this overreaching takes place."

 

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[philly-d-kidder]

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[Frantzie]

Who wants to reach out to Der Mullah Fuhrer. Screw that.

[GOP_Lady]

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: Well, the op-ed that I was told yesterday would run in the Wall Street Journal today announcing my serious and brilliant bipartisan stimulus plan, did indeed run today. As such, I have been doing a couple of television interviews this morning. I did 20 minutes on Fox and I did a jam-packed five minutes right before 11 o'clock on CNBC. Now, both of those interviews are now posted; the video is up at RushLimbaugh.com. The CNBC appearance was quite contentious, but it was fun. Mark Haines and Erin Burnett, the Street Sweetie, were the two people at CNBC that I talked to about this. The vote yesterday, not a single Republican voted for this.

In fact, do you know the "bipartisan" vote was the vote against. Eleven Democrats joined all of the Republicans to vote against the porkulus bill. The partisan vote was the vote that was victorious, and that was all Democrats. So the porkulus bill has passed the House, and yet why do the Democrats seem to not think they've had a victory? Why does Obama think that he really hasn't had a victory? I noticed today they're not happy about this. They got what they wanted! Do you know that in this porkulus bill it has been learned, in addition to everything else, that illegal immigrants will also be given checks of $500 to a $1,000 tax credits. So we're going to be giving cash to illegal immigrants as well, in addition to all the other things that are in the porkulus bill.

Now, the president says that he's still willing to work with Republicans on this, that it's going to take a little longer to change Washington than he thought. He's not going to have time. He just can't be done changing Washington in a week. Well, I would be willing to explain my plan to him. I am prepared to go up to the White House and have an adult beverage and some wagyu beef appetizers, which he served last night. That's American Kobe. I'm willing to go up there and share an adult beverage and some Wagyu beef to persuade him of the wisdom of my plan. I am prepared, ladies and gentlemen, to reach out to President Obama -- to explain the bipartisan Obama-Limbaugh plan to him, to help bring the nation together, under a true stimulus plan.

I am willing! I am willing, ladies and gentlemen, to build a road, to build a bridge from the EIB Network to the White House, and to the administration, because there is really only one bipartisan plan on the table, and it is mine. And I am terribly serious. You know, we have to hold the president to the same standard that his party held the Bush administration to. Do you remember -- be it Iraq or any other piece of legislation - when the president tried to get bipartisan support but failed to do so, they went out there and they blamed Bush for a lack of bipartisanship. They said he was purely bipartisan and mean. So we need to hold Obama to the same standard here. He didn't get the bipartisan vote that he wanted, and Bush was raked over the coals for this throughout his eight years. But what I am doing from behind the Golden EIB Microphone at this very moment is extending an olive branch to the magnanimous leader of the opposition, and offering President Obama a way out of this labyrinth that he's created for himself. I am offering him a way to implement my plan and get the political credit for it. He can take the credit. I don't care who gets the credit. This is about America not failing, but succeeding for the sake of all of us. It's about jobs; it's about prosperity. Jobs don't know liberal, conservative, moderate, independent, or even wacko. So I, ladies and gentlemen, magnanimously and selflessly have offered this plan to the president in hopes that he'll bring us all together, unite us, and carry us forward into the twenty-first century -- and I will build the bridge.

I will build the road from the EIB, to the administration --- the White House --- to make this happen.

END TRANSCRIPT

[GOP_Lady]

I think Rush is “calling their bluff.” :-)

[Perdogg]

Did Rush as Tony Dungy why he voted for 0bama today?

[Uncle Hal]

Why would Rush lower himself to meet with Obama.

[GOP_Lady]

I didn't hear his show. I'm in the process of downloading it now. I would guess that he would not ask that question of Tony Dungy, and that he probably just wanted to discuss football with him.

[Enterprise]

On CNBC Larry Kudlow was talking to some guests and he mentioned the Limbaugh-Obama stimulus package. Well it’s Obama’s fault for elevating Limbaugh to the leadership of the Republican Party. I can’t help but think that at some level, the Republicans are a bit steamed because Obama gave them a huge insult by ignoring their status as lawfully elected politicians, and insinuating that they cannot think and act independently of Limbaugh.

[GOP_Lady]

I respect Larry Kudlow. That could very well be. What do you think? I have to ponder that for a few moments.

[GOP_Lady]

I totally agree with Larry Kudlow.

[Future Snake Eater]

insinuating that they cannot think and act independently of Limbaugh

I hope they feel stupid for NOT thinking and acting with Rush.

[twoputt]

If Rush were to meet with Obambi, he better hold onto to his wallet the whole time. It may get picked just like our pockets are getting picked.

[Enterprise]

I combined two different things into one discussion obviously, but Kudlow was right to point out to his guests that Obama had elevated Limbaugh to a position of leadership.

In the prior incident, it was a huge mistake for Obama to throw something in their faces which suggested that they take their instructions from Limbaugh. It was an extremely foolish tactic and he paid for it dearly in the House vote.

[Enterprise]

I wholeheartedly agree. I wish that they WOULD think like Rush. But they don’t like hearing that from Obama! LOL!

[Izzy Dunne]

Will there be preconditions?

[GOP_Lady]

Rush told us, “One prong of his plan, the Great Unifier’s plan, is to isolate — we talked about this Friday afternoon, by the way, incidentally — his plan is to isolate elected Republicans from their voters and supporters. He wants to make the argument about me. He wants to marginalize me. He wants me to be thought of as such an extremist that no mainstream Republican would ever associate with me. He is hoping that elected Republicans currently serving will also publicly denounce me in the process and further marginalize me, and who knows whether they will or not? Because the question we have to ask ourselves as we look at Republicans on Capitol Hill today is this: Are ideological and philosophical ties enough to keep the Republicans loyal to their voters?”

[GOP_Lady]

LOL.

[GOP_Lady]

Rush and BHO would have to wear this?