September 23, 2021 • 11 mins
RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, let’s turn back the hands of time. Earlier this year you will recall during the continuing resolution debate, the funding of the budget, the raising of the debt limit, I was urging from behind the Golden EIB Microphone, John Boehner, the Republican leadership, to force Obama to cave, that we were the ones who held the position of strength coming off the 2010 midterm elections, which was a landslide shellacking. The Democrats lost 63 seats in the House. Well, it’s a net number that the Republicans have now in the leadership, in their lead. All the way down the ballot, state and local issues, the Democrats just took a bath. And I said winners don’t compromise with losers. Losers compromise with winners.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ladies and gentlemen, let's turn back the hands of time.
Earlier this year, you will recall during the Continuing Resolution debate,
the funding of the budget, the raising of the debt limit,
I was urging from behind the golden EIB microphone John
(00:20):
Baynard the Republican leadership to force Obama to cave that
we were the ones who held the position of strength.
Coming off the twenty ten mid term elections, which was
a landslide, she lacking. The Democrats lost sixty three seats
(00:42):
in the House. Um, well, it's a net number that
the Republicans have now in a leadership in their lead
all the way down the ballot, state and local issues.
The Democrats just took a bath. And I said, winners
don't compromise with losers. Losers compromise with winners. At the
(01:10):
end of World War Two in Japan on the U. S. S. Missouri,
we did not compromise with the Japanese. We gave them
the terms of surrender and they signed them. Ditto in
Europe in World War Two. Winners do not compromise with losers.
(01:33):
And I remember when I said that state controlled media
in the in the Democrat establishment literally had a cow
they called me, and they held those remarks up as
a single reason why this country was never going to
go anywhere, because I L. Rushball was not going to
permit the Republicans to compromise. When I hear Republicans want
(01:58):
to compromise, I immediately say with who and where where
do we want to compromise with Obama? Do we want
to say, Okay, we'll give you health care in ten
years instead of next year, or okay, you can have
half of the tax increases? What uh? Where's the compromise
(02:20):
on tax increases? Where's the tax or the compromise on
government spending? Where's the compromise on stimulus bills? There isn't
any compromise. I don't there's nothing of that agenda. There's
nothing of the socialist agenda that I want to have
(02:42):
as part of mine. We're not competing in elections here
to win them and then compromise with the people who
lost them. You can't compromise. How are we going to
attract the independence? Um? Who is it that gave us
(03:04):
landslide victories in the twenty mid term elections? It was independence.
Independence abandoned the Democrat Party, and not because of anything
The Republicans are doing to attract them, because the Republicans
were scared of their own shadows. The Republicans weren't saying
anything that was a flight from socialism, that was a
(03:28):
mad dash away from liberalism and socialism. And the only
place that you can go in this country where you
don't want socialism to the Republican Party, pure and simple. Now,
the Republicans live and believe this myth that if they
don't compromise, and if they are too critical of the Democrats,
(03:51):
that these independents are gonna run and right back to
the Democrat Party. And it's a lie, and it's a
myth that has been perpetuated, created by the media and
the left precisely to stifle Republican comments, conservative behavior, policy,
and everything else. It is designed to make us live
in fear of being who we are. It's perpetuated by
(04:15):
Republican political consultants who live and work with that of
the electorate that's said to be the undecided every election,
the independence, the moderates. That's where they make their money
by telling candidates, I know how to get those voters
for it. Here's what you can't do. You you can't
run out there don't say Obama's middle name, don't call
(04:38):
him Barack. Who's saying over you do that you're gonna
send and running right back to him and all that
kind of a larkey. And they end up muzzling Republican
and conservative candidates. And then they say, you better talk
about compromise, you better talk about wanting. You be talking
about my partnership. American people want these two parties to
(04:59):
get along. Really, let's how does the math on network?
But one party is abject, no doubt socialist. The other
party is conservative, constitutional conservative, small government, lower taxes, entrepreneurs,
all that stuff. Where is the middle ground there where
(05:21):
we're all these wizards the independence? Where where do they
want to compromise? Where they they want to buy partisanship?
To be? As far as I'm concerned, they have told
us with their votes they don't want any part of
what Obama is. They voted out a guilt, They voted
to be part of history, and some of them probably
(05:42):
voted thinking of Obama. One. There wouldn't be as much
shouting and yelling. If they would have listened to me,
I would have told him. They would have heard me
say that racism is gonna get worse if this guy wins,
because virtually every policy disagreement with him is going to
be chalked up to racism and be I, as I
usually am, have been born out right, and nothing unifying
(06:05):
about this guy. There's nothing unifying about socialism. Socialism has
to be imposed on people. Freedom doesn't. Socialism Marxism, liberalism
has to be imposed on people against their will, which
is exactly what this party has been doing. A Democrat
party been governing against the will of the people for years.
(06:26):
Obamas justs been doing it on steroids. And these Independence
and others figured it out. They saw it. Their home
values cut in half, if they still have one jobs,
don't have any, and what are they told? Sign up
for more unemployment compensation that will stimulate the economy. Pelosi said,
(06:47):
that's not what they want. Some people do, but not
the people were talking about. You can't compromise with people
who want to turn this country into a socialist state. Yeah,
actually you can see the problem is it's way too easy.
But you shouldn't not if you want to keep America America.
(07:11):
I said yesterday, the word, the single word that has
been used to create the most damage in this country
is compassion. And that's why it's easy to compromise with
these people, because everybody on our side seems to want
to be considered compassionate. And compassion is defined by the left,
and the bigger government is, and the more people that's
taken care of, the more compassionate you are, the bigger
(07:32):
heart you have. Well, I've always preferred Jack Kemp's definition
of compassion. We consider compassion to be the result of
how many people no longer need government assistance. Compromising with
socialists is how we got where we are. Compromising with
(07:53):
Democrats is how we got where we are today. It's
why Europe is falling apart right before our very eyes,
because so show us we're compromised with. You know, it's
to me, it's preposterous. It's preposterous that we even should
(08:13):
even be considering compromise with socialists when we have Europe
staring us right in the face. Somebody, as I say,
point out to me, you tell me, call me right now,
send me an email where in today's Democrat party agenda
(08:35):
is compromised. Tell me where you want to compromise with him.
Really preposterous that this should even be a matter of
discussion with the state this country is in and the
condition Europe is in. So that's why red flag went up. Yeah,
(09:02):
people are sending me rush, look at you me a
little bit too hard to hear, you know, Christie, like Rudy,
they talk moderate on issues, but when they get elected,
the crushed Democrats. Hyeah. When let me ask you a question, folks,
(09:25):
when in I want you to think about this in
modern electoral history, when do you remember people first, political people, consultants, candidates,
medium first even talking about independence? When did when did
(09:49):
the group know that independence? When did that become a
primary matter of import, a major subject matter? When did you?
Where were you? What were you doing when you first
heard of independence? Maybe you won't remember, but see if
(10:13):
you can. But you look at Europe. Everything that real, genuine,
intelligent conservatives have been warning about for sixty years is
happening right before our eyes in Europe, and we're on
(10:35):
the same road. We have people of Democrat party who
thank you, Europe is utopia because the smart people are
in charge and run everything. The elites are in charge
of everything. Focent, unemployment, but that's okay. The state takes
care of them. They can't defend themselves. But that's okay,
(10:56):
because we don't believe in war. And if we're attacked,
we'll just call the United States and after they defend us,
will complain in wine and moan about their militarism, their imperialism,
but we'll take it. Obama's trying to turn us into
Europe as fast as he can on steroids. I don't
(11:17):
want to become Greece. I don't want to become Spain.
I don't want to become the UK. Where's where we're headed,
and it's it's utterly predictable. So somebody tell me, where
do you want to compromise with Harry Reid? Where do
you want to compromise with Nancy Pelosi? Where do you
want to compromise with Barack Obama? Where do you want
(11:38):
to compromise with Dick Durbin or John Kerry or Chuck Schumer?
And then tell me why
Ladies and gentlemen, let's turn back the hands of time.
Earlier this year, you will recall during the Continuing Resolution debate,
the funding of the budget, the raising of the debt limit,
I was urging from behind the golden EIB microphone John
(00:20):
Baynard the Republican leadership to force Obama to cave that
we were the ones who held the position of strength.
Coming off the twenty ten mid term elections, which was
a landslide, she lacking. The Democrats lost sixty three seats
(00:42):
in the House. Um, well, it's a net number that
the Republicans have now in a leadership in their lead
all the way down the ballot, state and local issues.
The Democrats just took a bath. And I said, winners
don't compromise with losers. Losers compromise with winners. At the
(01:10):
end of World War Two in Japan on the U. S. S. Missouri,
we did not compromise with the Japanese. We gave them
the terms of surrender and they signed them. Ditto in
Europe in World War Two. Winners do not compromise with losers.
(01:33):
And I remember when I said that state controlled media
in the in the Democrat establishment literally had a cow
they called me, and they held those remarks up as
a single reason why this country was never going to
go anywhere, because I L. Rushball was not going to
permit the Republicans to compromise. When I hear Republicans want
(01:58):
to compromise, I immediately say with who and where where
do we want to compromise with Obama? Do we want
to say, Okay, we'll give you health care in ten
years instead of next year, or okay, you can have
half of the tax increases? What uh? Where's the compromise
(02:20):
on tax increases? Where's the tax or the compromise on
government spending? Where's the compromise on stimulus bills? There isn't
any compromise. I don't there's nothing of that agenda. There's
nothing of the socialist agenda that I want to have
(02:42):
as part of mine. We're not competing in elections here
to win them and then compromise with the people who
lost them. You can't compromise. How are we going to
attract the independence? Um? Who is it that gave us
(03:04):
landslide victories in the twenty mid term elections? It was independence.
Independence abandoned the Democrat Party, and not because of anything
The Republicans are doing to attract them, because the Republicans
were scared of their own shadows. The Republicans weren't saying
anything that was a flight from socialism, that was a
(03:28):
mad dash away from liberalism and socialism. And the only
place that you can go in this country where you
don't want socialism to the Republican Party, pure and simple. Now,
the Republicans live and believe this myth that if they
don't compromise, and if they are too critical of the Democrats,
(03:51):
that these independents are gonna run and right back to
the Democrat Party. And it's a lie, and it's a
myth that has been perpetuated, created by the media and
the left precisely to stifle Republican comments, conservative behavior, policy,
and everything else. It is designed to make us live
in fear of being who we are. It's perpetuated by
(04:15):
Republican political consultants who live and work with that of
the electorate that's said to be the undecided every election,
the independence, the moderates. That's where they make their money
by telling candidates, I know how to get those voters
for it. Here's what you can't do. You you can't
run out there don't say Obama's middle name, don't call
(04:38):
him Barack. Who's saying over you do that you're gonna
send and running right back to him and all that
kind of a larkey. And they end up muzzling Republican
and conservative candidates. And then they say, you better talk
about compromise, you better talk about wanting. You be talking
about my partnership. American people want these two parties to
(04:59):
get along. Really, let's how does the math on network?
But one party is abject, no doubt socialist. The other
party is conservative, constitutional conservative, small government, lower taxes, entrepreneurs,
all that stuff. Where is the middle ground there where
(05:21):
we're all these wizards the independence? Where where do they
want to compromise? Where they they want to buy partisanship?
To be? As far as I'm concerned, they have told
us with their votes they don't want any part of
what Obama is. They voted out a guilt, They voted
to be part of history, and some of them probably
(05:42):
voted thinking of Obama. One. There wouldn't be as much
shouting and yelling. If they would have listened to me,
I would have told him. They would have heard me
say that racism is gonna get worse if this guy wins,
because virtually every policy disagreement with him is going to
be chalked up to racism and be I, as I
usually am, have been born out right, and nothing unifying
(06:05):
about this guy. There's nothing unifying about socialism. Socialism has
to be imposed on people. Freedom doesn't. Socialism Marxism, liberalism
has to be imposed on people against their will, which
is exactly what this party has been doing. A Democrat
party been governing against the will of the people for years.
(06:26):
Obamas justs been doing it on steroids. And these Independence
and others figured it out. They saw it. Their home
values cut in half, if they still have one jobs,
don't have any, and what are they told? Sign up
for more unemployment compensation that will stimulate the economy. Pelosi said,
(06:47):
that's not what they want. Some people do, but not
the people were talking about. You can't compromise with people
who want to turn this country into a socialist state. Yeah,
actually you can see the problem is it's way too easy.
But you shouldn't not if you want to keep America America.
(07:11):
I said yesterday, the word, the single word that has
been used to create the most damage in this country
is compassion. And that's why it's easy to compromise with
these people, because everybody on our side seems to want
to be considered compassionate. And compassion is defined by the left,
and the bigger government is, and the more people that's
taken care of, the more compassionate you are, the bigger
(07:32):
heart you have. Well, I've always preferred Jack Kemp's definition
of compassion. We consider compassion to be the result of
how many people no longer need government assistance. Compromising with
socialists is how we got where we are. Compromising with
(07:53):
Democrats is how we got where we are today. It's
why Europe is falling apart right before our very eyes,
because so show us we're compromised with. You know, it's
to me, it's preposterous. It's preposterous that we even should
(08:13):
even be considering compromise with socialists when we have Europe
staring us right in the face. Somebody, as I say,
point out to me, you tell me, call me right now,
send me an email where in today's Democrat party agenda
(08:35):
is compromised. Tell me where you want to compromise with him.
Really preposterous that this should even be a matter of
discussion with the state this country is in and the
condition Europe is in. So that's why red flag went up. Yeah,
(09:02):
people are sending me rush, look at you me a
little bit too hard to hear, you know, Christie, like Rudy,
they talk moderate on issues, but when they get elected,
the crushed Democrats. Hyeah. When let me ask you a question, folks,
(09:25):
when in I want you to think about this in
modern electoral history, when do you remember people first, political people, consultants, candidates,
medium first even talking about independence? When did when did
(09:49):
the group know that independence? When did that become a
primary matter of import, a major subject matter? When did you?
Where were you? What were you doing when you first
heard of independence? Maybe you won't remember, but see if
(10:13):
you can. But you look at Europe. Everything that real, genuine,
intelligent conservatives have been warning about for sixty years is
happening right before our eyes in Europe, and we're on
(10:35):
the same road. We have people of Democrat party who
thank you, Europe is utopia because the smart people are
in charge and run everything. The elites are in charge
of everything. Focent, unemployment, but that's okay. The state takes
care of them. They can't defend themselves. But that's okay,
(10:56):
because we don't believe in war. And if we're attacked,
we'll just call the United States and after they defend us,
will complain in wine and moan about their militarism, their imperialism,
but we'll take it. Obama's trying to turn us into
Europe as fast as he can on steroids. I don't
(11:17):
want to become Greece. I don't want to become Spain.
I don't want to become the UK. Where's where we're headed,
and it's it's utterly predictable. So somebody tell me, where
do you want to compromise with Harry Reid? Where do
you want to compromise with Nancy Pelosi? Where do you
want to compromise with Barack Obama? Where do you want
(11:38):
to compromise with Dick Durbin or John Kerry or Chuck Schumer?
And then tell me why
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