Transcript as follows (courtesy of RushLimbaugh.com):


Everybody just calm down, just calm down. All of this was predicted to you, every bit of this was predicted to you. I mean the media behavior. To show you just how lame the media is and how little they’ve got, they’re already asking what did Trump know and when did he know it, and that’s not the question. The question is, what did Barack Obama know and when did he know it and what has he engineered here?

This all happened with Flynn back in December. Trump had not even been inaugurated yet. And it’s still mysterious to me what really happened. Even if, even if Flynn, as the incoming national security director, had called the Russian ambassador to talk, so what? That’s not hard to imagine. That’s not a big deal. It really isn’t a big deal

Now, if he lied to Mike Pence and said, “No, no, no, I didn’t talk to the guy. I didn’t talk to the guy about sanctions. I didn’t talk about maybe lifting the sanctions. No, no, no, I didn’t.” And if he did do that, if he lied to Pence, then, okay, there’s a reason for Flynn to be in trouble and maybe to resign, get out of the way. But for the media to say what did Trump know and when did he know it? Get a grip here, folks.

I realize that a lot of people do not pay a whole lot of attention to this, which is good, but for those of you who are, I can imagine the impact on you, and you’re asking, “Well, when’s he gonna stop? I mean, how much more of this can anybody take? How much more of this kind of assault and attacking nature can any administration handle. And then the other question, how long can the Republicans in Congress handle it. How long are they gonna stay bucked up and stiff-spined about it, and time will tell on that.

I’m gonna tell you, Trump’s not stopping. There will be more ICE raids this afternoon to make people forget about this. The media’s gonna try as hard as they can not to let go of this, because now they’ve got their scalp. They think they have blood in the water, they’ve got a scalp and they think they can get another and then another and then another and then another until finally they get Trump.

They have become the full-fledged resistance to Trump and they have decided that that’s going to be their modus operandi for the next four years. They’re not gonna do news. They have now mobilized and made it official, they’re even talking about it, some of them are, on cable networks that — I mean, they disguise the words they use, but the impact is clear that they are going to do everything they can to get Trump out of Washington and out of the White House and out of office.

So what we have here, we have a political assassination that’s taken place here, a political assassination, Mike Flynn, who, do you know he worked for Obama four different times? You didn’t know that? Let me find the details. In September 2011, Mike Flynn was promoted to lieutenant general assigned to the office of the Director of National Intelligence by Barack Obama. On April 17th, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Michael Flynn to be the 18th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

The defense department has its own intel operation and he ran it, as opposed to the Central Intelligence Agency. It’s called the DIA, and it’s big, and it’s relevant, and it’s important, and it does great work, and Flynn ran it after having been promoted to lead it by Obama in 2012. He took command of the DIA in July of 2012. He is a member of the Democrat Party, according to Wikipedia. Michael Flynn is a member of the Democrat Party.

Aside from all of this, he has a reputation as a great man. He’s also a hawk. And that’s something the left just can’t abide. Hawks like Michael Flynn, they may as well be Dr. Strangelove. They want to run around, they want to start nuclear war, they want to destroy the planet, they’re deranged, they’re unhinged, they love blood and guts, and they love the sound of gunfire and napalm in the morning, and they just love it, and this is totally unacceptable.

So we have a resignation over a phone call, a freaking phone call. The Democrats don’t resign when they’re caught red-handed with their hand in the till or in bed with an intern or whatever else transgression the Democrats engage in. There are no resignations and there are no demands for resignations. And if you want to compare the Trump administration to the Obama administration, you just need to ask yourself one question: Why did you vote for Trump?

Eight years of the Obama administration, it may not have appeared to be chaotic and it may not have appeared to be amateur hour and it may not have appeared to be out of control, but it was in terms of its agenda. The Obama administration was trying to dismantle the United States of America. That’s why everybody voted for Trump! And the people that supported Obama and were trying to dismantle the United States of America are still out trying to do it and now doing so via taking aim at Trump and his administration.

Flynn I guess didn’t want to be a distraction, especially given how worked up the Drive-Bys are. ‘Cause the Drive-Bys are seeing a Russian under every bed. The Drive-Bys are seeing a Russian at every computer keyboard. You know, they walk in their own offices, see a keyboard, they see a computer, and they think the Russians are there.

/cont

Now, the media is saying that Flynn’s conversation with the Russian ambassador back in December could have left him open to blackmail. Are we serious about this? Flynn was open to blackmail? Who was it that the Drive-Bys wanted to see as president in? That would be Hillary Rodham Clinton, who could have been blackmailed six ways from Sunday by the Russians and who the heck else we know.

We don’t know who has those 34,000 emails that she deleted. We don’t know who has Tom Brady’s jersey. (laughing) We’re trying to find both. We don’t know what top national security secrets were revealed in those 34,000 emails. This is a woman whose home brew server was hacked by world powers, the ChiComs, the Russians. This is a woman who, with her famous Russian reset, embarrassed the United States of America.

Blackmail?

Here’s Hillary Clinton who had collected campaign contributions supposed in advance that were nothing more than advance payments for policy considerations. She was selling access to the Oval Office via the Clinton administration. You want to talk about blackmail? You are vworried about blackmail and Michael Flynn and Donald Trump when you were going to have Hillary Clinton in the White House if you had your way?

But if you watched yesterday’s press conference, if you read about the fallout from it this morning, the Drive-Bys now smell blood, and they’re pig-biting mad they weren’t able to ask Trump the Flynn question yesterday ’cause Trump is calling on conservative media now in these press conferences, and it’s really ripping the Drive-Bys a new one. They just can’t abide it. But, folks, I really… I don’t want to sound like I’m delivering admonitions or warnings. Just a reassuring sense here that all of this was predicted.

It was going to happen, just like the protests that magically and immediately sprang up after Trump announced his executive order. This is who the left is. This is what you voted against. This is what you wanted no more of, this behavior. Not by Trump, not by Flynn. What you voted against — the reason you voted for Trump — is exactly what you’re seeing day to day now from the left and from the Democrat Party and from the media.

Yes lets all listen to the fat controller.

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 9:11am:

It really isn’t a big deal

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 9:11am:

Get a grip here, folks.

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 9:11am:

Everybody just calm down, just calm down.

funnily enough, I've never, in all the years I've been on this forum, once heard you use those terms about ANYTHING Obama or Hillary did.

pull your head out of your arse and stop making excuses for Thrump

What does Rush mean by this, Bogie?


Quote:

There will be more ICE raids this afternoon to make people forget about this.

I'm curious.

Yep, I'd say that's an adjective that fits with you very well Karnal.

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 11:17am:

Yep, I'd say that's an adjective that fits with you very well Karnal.

I'm always curious, Bogie. What do you think Rush means?

Do you think, and I'm speculating here, that Rush expects Trump to order raids in order to get negative media coverage off the front pages and news bulletins?

How would Rush know this, Bogie?

I'm curious.

John Smith wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 9:25am:

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:11am: It really isn’t a big deal bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:11am: Get a grip here, folks. bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:11am: Everybody just calm down, just calm down. funnily enough, I've never, in all the years I've been on this forum, once heard you use those terms about ANYTHING Obama or Hillary did. pull your head out of your arse and stop making excuses for Thrump

Not very nice John. I don't think I've ever spoken to you like that.
These are not my words, you saw that did you. I've offered you another view on this pretty insignificant matter in the scheme of things.

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 12:35pm:

John Smith wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:25am: bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:11am: It really isn’t a big deal bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:11am: Get a grip here, folks. bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15th, 2017 at 9:11am: Everybody just calm down, just calm down. funnily enough, I've never, in all the years I've been on this forum, once heard you use those terms about ANYTHING Obama or Hillary did. pull your head out of your arse and stop making excuses for Thrump Not very nice John. I don't think I've ever spoken to you like that. These are not my words, you saw that did you. I've offered you another view on this pretty insignificant matter in the scheme of things.

A view that says Flynn is a DEMOCRAT???

year right...

I never could understand people who won't read or listen to people like Rush or Alan Jones or whatshisname from Melbourne.
I listen to Phillip Adams all the time. But I do draw the line at the dickhead who runs Q&A.
I have standards.

bogarde73 wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 12:53pm:

I never could understand people who won't read or listen to people like Rush or Alan Jones or whatshisname from Melbourne. I listen to Phillip Adams all the time. But I do draw the line at the dickhead who runs Q&A. I have standards.

funny... you have standards... but they are ARBITRARY standards and not even remotely balanced ones.

Four years ago today, just about this time, I was pottering about getting ready to guest-host The Rush Limbaugh Show when the telephone rang. It was Kraig Kitchin, his longtime friend (and head of the network that distributed his show), calling to break the news that Rush had died earlier that morning.

Post-Limbaugh talk radio seems smaller to me than it once did - not just because Rush had a big personality, but because he managed to fit the flotsam and jetsam of the news cycle into the big picture. Whatever topic he'd alight on, he would enlarge, and connect to the great coursing currents of the age. He was also incredibly, naturally funny. I have nothing against any of his successors up and down the dial, but, on the rare occasions I switch on the radio in his time-slot, it's not the same.

Two years ago, the anniversary of Rush's death fell on the day of our weekly Clubland Q&A. It wasn't intended to be a one-hour remembrance of America's anchorman, but, because listeners had so many questions about him and his show, it somehow turned into one. Listening to it later, I thought it was worth a re-broadcast - not just for the questions and answers, but for other aspects, too: a musical selection courtesy of his beloved Kathryn, a brief evocation of my guest-hosting days, and the last words Rush ever spoke on air.

Click above to listen.

As you can hear toward the end, I was still recuperating from my (first two) heart attacks. Nothing like a spot of ill health to prompt intimations of mortality. We all deal with it in our own way, as I reflect re Rush in the course of the show. A year ago, in the witness box of the DC Superior Court, I was asked by Michael E Mann's lead counsel John Williams whether it was not the case that I was a guest-host of The Rush Limbaugh Show. I said I was.

A lot of trial observers seem to think that was the moment when the DC lefties on the jury determined to convict me, of whatever they could. Some of those close to hand suggested that I should have finessed the question: "Oh, I may have guest-hosted that show a couple of times over the years ...long time ago ...can't really recall all the shows I've guest-hosted ...Anne Robinson on the Beeb, all kinds of things..."

Instead, as Steve from Manhattan, who was present in the courtroom, reminded me:

Mark, I remember that, when John Williams asked you if you had guest-hosted for Rush, your response was: 'Till his dying day.' As with all of your testimony: well said.

As I say, intimations of mortality: If I'm going down, I'd rather go down as who I am than try to thread a needle of lies. Rush was profoundly decent to me - especially when it mattered. He was very decent to untold legions of people, and certainly a much better man than the revenge-obsessed misogynist psycho sitting across the courtroom from me. So please click away and enjoy the show.

https://www.steynonline.com/15044/rush-four-years-on]

Mark Steyn - who he?   :-/

In the US he has guest-hosted the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh Show, as well as Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News, on which he regularly appeared as a guest and fill-in host.

Ah.

In February 2024, a civil trial jury in Washington found that Mark Steyn and Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) blogger Rand Simberg defamed and injured climatologist Michael E. Mann in blog posts. The jury awarded Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each writer. It awarded punitive damages of $1,000 from Simberg and $1 million from Steyn, after finding that the pair made their statements with "maliciousness, spite, ill will, vengeance or deliberate intent to harm."

I think I've seen enough.

What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 6:53pm:

Mark Steyn - who he?   :-/ In the US he has guest-hosted the nationally syndicated Rush Limbaugh Show, as well as Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News, on which he regularly appeared as a guest and fill-in host. Ah. In February 2024, a civil trial jury in Washington found that Mark Steyn and Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) blogger Rand Simberg defamed and injured climatologist Michael E. Mann in blog posts. The jury awarded Mann $1 in compensatory damages from each writer. It awarded punitive damages of $1,000 from Simberg and $1 million from Steyn, after finding that the pair made their statements with "maliciousness, spite, ill will, vengeance or deliberate intent to harm." I think I've seen enough.

Totally corrupt US/DClegal system

A punitive damages award should have a single-digit ratio to the compensatory damages award. In other words, a ratio of 9:1 is the maximum acceptable. In addition, the court may not consider the defendant’s assets to justify an excessive award.



So in Steyn's case it should have been $9. Not a million.

The awarding of damages up of $1 tells you just what a b.s. case it was by Mann of the hockey shtick h o ax.

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:01pm:

What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right.

Thankfully he's not stealing our oxygen any more.

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:01pm:

What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right.

I bet you have never actually listened to him, stupid fowl.

You are gobbling up the Granuiad and ABC bollocks totally uncritically, like the waddling, shitting ditz you are.

Karnal wrote on Feb 15^th, 2017 at 10:24am:

What does Rush mean by this, Bogie? Quote: There will be more ICE raids this afternoon to make people forget about this. I'm curious.

I don't think he means anything he has been dead since 2021. He had little meaning before 2021 but none at all since.

Frank wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:05pm:

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:01pm: What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right. I bet you have never actually listened to him, stupid fowl. You are gobbling up the Granuiad and ABC bollocks totally uncritically, like the waddling, shitting ditz you are.

I feel so much better since I stopped reading your dribble but for a little bet I reckon that you tried to insult me?

No need to listen to the silly old bastard.

This tells you all you need to know:

Of Limbaugh's controversial statements and allegations they have investigated, Politifact has rated 84% as ranging from "Mostly False" to "Pants On Fire" (signifying false statements that cannot be reasonably assessed as merely errors), with 5% of Limbaugh's contested statements rising to the level of "Mostly True" and 0% rated "True".

These debunked allegations by Limbaugh include suggestions that the existence of gorillas disproves the theory of evolution, that Ted Kennedy sent a letter to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov seeking to undercut President Reagan, that a recent lack of hurricanes disproves climate change, and that President Obama wanted to mandate circumcision.

He was just another right-wing lunatic peddling bullshit.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:03pm:

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:01pm: What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right. Thankfully he's not stealing our oxygen any more.

You despicable creeps cannot tolerate ANY diversity of views. Your immediate reaction to ANY different - DIVERSE! - view is to label it unacceptabke. That way you dont have to actually think, thinking being the crucifix, sunlight and garlick to you weirdo zombie cockroaches.

Frank wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:09pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:03pm: Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:01pm: What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right. Thankfully he's not stealing our oxygen any more. You despicable creeps cannot tolerate ANY diversity of views. Your immediate reaction to ANY different - DIVERSE! - view is to label it unacceptabke. That way you dont have to actually think, thinking being the crucifix, sunlight and garlick to you weirdo zombie cockroaches.

Not diversity - bullshit.

Of Limbaugh's controversial statements and allegations they have investigated, Politifact has rated 84% as ranging from "Mostly False" to "Pants On Fire" (signifying false statements that cannot be reasonably assessed as merely errors), with 5% of Limbaugh's contested statements rising to the level of "Mostly True" and 0% rated "True".

These debunked allegations by Limbaugh include suggestions that the existence of gorillas disproves the theory of evolution, that Ted Kennedy sent a letter to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov seeking to undercut President Reagan, that a recent lack of hurricanes disproves climate change, and that President Obama wanted to mandate circumcision.

Why would anyone listen to someone so full of poo?

Different views are fine - lies and conspiracy theories are not.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:03pm:

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:01pm: What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right. Thankfully he's not stealing our oxygen any more.

Not sure that his species has any use for that particular gas.

Rush is the start of the reason that so many on the right are completely brain dead.

Rush Lumbar (90's) Bill O'reilly (1996) Hannity (2000's) Carlson (2010's)

Many on the right have been subjected to the continuous stream of mind numbing biased dishonest rhetoric slammed down their throat for about 4 decades now - just on FOX propaganda or Fox Lies alone.

No wonder that so many of them are now non compos mentis.

Frank wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:09pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:03pm: Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:01pm: What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right. Thankfully he's not stealing our oxygen any more. You despicable creeps cannot tolerate ANY diversity of views. Your immediate reaction to ANY different - DIVERSE! - view is to label it unacceptabke. That way you dont have to actually think, thinking being the crucifix, sunlight and garlick to you weirdo zombie cockroaches.

You describe yourself to a "T", Soren.  What a WOFTAM you are.  A complete and utter WOFTAM.  I've never seen you concede a single point in any argument.  To you, it is all Racism/Culturalism/Xenophobia/Isolationalism/etc.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:35pm:

Rush is the start of the reason that so many on the right are completely brain dead. Rush Lumbar (90's) Bill O'reilly (1996) Hannity (2000's) Carlson (2010's) Many on the right have been subjected to the continuous stream of mind numbing biased dishonest rhetoric slammed down their throat for about 4 decades now - just on FOX propaganda or Fox Lies alone. No wonder that so many of them are now non compos mentis.

You are waddling, mindless duck.

You are not in a position to make a reliable judgement on things not concerning peas.

Brian Ross wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 8:09pm:

Frank wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:09pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:03pm: Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:01pm: What a waste of space he was. Early propagandist for the mean and nasty right. Thankfully he's not stealing our oxygen any more. You despicable creeps cannot tolerate ANY diversity of views. Your immediate reaction to ANY different - DIVERSE! - view is to label it unacceptabke. That way you dont have to actually think, thinking being the crucifix, sunlight and garlick to you weirdo zombie cockroaches. You describe yourself to a "T", Soren.  What a WOFTAM you are.  A complete and utter WOFTAM.  I've never seen you concede a single point in any argument.  To you, it is all Racism/Culturalism/Xenophobia/Isolationalism/etc.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...  ::) ::)

Bollocks.

Lying bollocks.

Frank wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 6:49pm:

Four years ago today, just about this time, I was pottering about getting ready to guest-host The Rush Limbaugh Show when the telephone rang. It was Kraig Kitchin, his longtime friend (and head of the network that distributed his show), calling to break the news that Rush had died earlier that morning. Post-Limbaugh talk radio seems smaller to me than it once did - not just because Rush had a big personality, but because he managed to fit the flotsam and jetsam of the news cycle into the big picture. Whatever topic he'd alight on, he would enlarge, and connect to the great coursing currents of the age. He was also incredibly, naturally funny. I have nothing against any of his successors up and down the dial, but, on the rare occasions I switch on the radio in his time-slot, it's not the same. Two years ago, the anniversary of Rush's death fell on the day of our weekly Clubland Q&A. It wasn't intended to be a one-hour remembrance of America's anchorman, but, because listeners had so many questions about him and his show, it somehow turned into one. Listening to it later, I thought it was worth a re-broadcast - not just for the questions and answers, but for other aspects, too: a musical selection courtesy of his beloved Kathryn, a brief evocation of my guest-hosting days, and the last words Rush ever spoke on air. Click above to listen. As you can hear toward the end, I was still recuperating from my (first two) heart attacks. Nothing like a spot of ill health to prompt intimations of mortality. We all deal with it in our own way, as I reflect re Rush in the course of the show. A year ago, in the witness box of the DC Superior Court, I was asked by Michael E Mann's lead counsel John Williams whether it was not the case that I was a guest-host of The Rush Limbaugh Show. I said I was. A lot of trial observers seem to think that was the moment when the DC lefties on the jury determined to convict me, of whatever they could. Some of those close to hand suggested that I should have finessed the question: "Oh, I may have guest-hosted that show a couple of times over the years ...long time ago ...can't really recall all the shows I've guest-hosted ...Anne Robinson on the Beeb, all kinds of things..." Instead, as Steve from Manhattan, who was present in the courtroom, reminded me: Mark, I remember that, when John Williams asked you if you had guest-hosted for Rush, your response was: 'Till his dying day.' As with all of your testimony: well said. As I say, intimations of mortality: If I'm going down, I'd rather go down as who I am than try to thread a needle of lies. Rush was profoundly decent to me - especially when it mattered. He was very decent to untold legions of people, and certainly a much better man than the revenge-obsessed misogynist psycho sitting across the courtroom from me. So please click away and enjoy the show. https://www.steynonline.com/15044/rush-four-years-on]

Worth listening to, as always


https://www.steynonline.com/15044/rush-four-years-on

Frank wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 8:10pm:

Dnarever wrote on Feb 18th, 2025 at 7:35pm: Rush is the start of the reason that so many on the right are completely brain dead. Rush Lumbar (90's) Bill O'reilly (1996) Hannity (2000's) Carlson (2010's) Many on the right have been subjected to the continuous stream of mind numbing biased dishonest rhetoric slammed down their throat for about 4 decades now - just on FOX propaganda or Fox Lies alone. No wonder that so many of them are now non compos mentis. You are waddling, mindless duck. You are not in a position to make a reliable judgement on things not concerning peas.

so many of them are now non compos mentis.

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 18^th, 2025 at 7:08pm:

No need to listen to the silly old bastard. This tells you all you need to know: Of Limbaugh's controversial statements and allegations they have investigated, Politifact has rated 84% as ranging from "Mostly False" to "Pants On Fire" (signifying false statements that cannot be reasonably assessed as merely errors), with 5% of Limbaugh's contested statements rising to the level of "Mostly True" and 0% rated "True". These debunked allegations by Limbaugh include suggestions that the existence of gorillas disproves the theory of evolution, that Ted Kennedy sent a letter to Soviet General Secretary Yuri Andropov seeking to undercut President Reagan, that a recent lack of hurricanes disproves climate change, and that President Obama wanted to mandate circumcision. He was just another right-wing lunatic peddling bullshit.

I know, right? And those were the good old days, back when the lies were a bit of fun.

For Rush Limbaugh, eating the cats and dogs would have been so oh-not-satire.

Today, it's known as truth.