Programming note: Today, Thursday, I'll be checking in with Tucker Carlson, live across America at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific. Hope you'll tune in.
Yesterday I sat in for Rush on America's Number One radio show. You can hear a few moments from the broadcast here.
Tuesday's State of the Union address occupied much of the focus. Along the way, I pointed out that Nancy Pelosi, in tearing up an official government document on camera, had committed a crime. Click below to listen:
The Nancy boys at Media Matters did not care for the cut of my jib:
That was fast. Took less than 12 hours to go from Pelosi breaking protocol to lock her up.
Limbaugh's guest host literally talking about possible criminal penalties for Pelosi in beginning of show.
Not that "literally". As I subsequently observed, Mrs Pelosi is a Democrat and equality before the law has long vanished in the federal justice system, so she'll pay no price for it.
In the final hour of the show Mitt Romney announced that he would be voting to convict Donald John Trump and remove him from office. This time, the Nancy boys at Media Matters suggested we right-wing madmen were "melting down" over Mitt:
Rush Limbaugh's guest host for the day suggested selling Romney to Venezuela, Ukraine, Somalia, or Yemen.
That's true. I did:
For listeners the most treasurable moment of the SOTU was President Trump's decision to honor Rush with the nation's highest civilian honor. I played the audio at the top of the show, but, if you haven't seen it, here's the video:
As The Philadelphia Inquirer reported:
Limbaugh appeared overcome with emotion when First Lady Melania Trump awarded the conservative radio icon with the country's highest civilian award, the first time that's happened at a State of the Union speech. The 69-year-old had arrived at the U.S. Capitol in a wheelchair Tuesday evening ahead of the speech...
Filling in again as guest host on Wednesday will be Mark Steyn, who called the news of Limbaugh's diagnosis "devastating."
"Rush has been number one [on radio] for a third of the history of the entire medium. He's basically invented that form," Steyn said on Fox News Monday night. "I owe Rush everything."
For those rattled by that bit about the wheelchair, here's Rush and Kathryn later in the evening, courtesy of TMZ:
Thank you to Mr Snerdley and the team for propping me up over the last two days. Todd Herman was behind the Golden EIB Microphone today, and Rush will return to tell you all about the big night tomorrow at 12 noon Eastern.
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Are we absolutely sure that Nancy with the Sour Face is not being paid by Trump to execute this entire impeachment charade? Everything she has done has made him look like the thoughtful, rational, and generous adult in the room, while Pelosi is playing the melodrama villain so emotively that all she lacks is a Snidely Whiplash mustache to twirl. She is every crabby teacher you ever had whose only satisfaction in her miserable life was making you miserable, too. She is playing the archetype of the nasty person, while Trump is untying us from the railroad track of the Socialism Express. She is the Alien Queen, holding us hostage while Trump plays the role of Ripley, piloting her robot suit and yelling at her "Get back, you bitch!" The whole impeachment charade, with its imaginary "crimes", has played out like a months long miniseries campaign commercial for Trump's reelection. The incredible timing of the series conclusion could not be more dramatic in tying up the loose threads of narrative, with the Democratic presidential candidates trapped in a spider web of Iowa Caucus confusion, the triumphant hero speaking to the nation to broad approbation, while the villain spirals down the toilet of her lost ambitions, ineffectually tearing at noble words of the hero. It was great television. It should become a Netflix series we can binge watch on election day.
In the midst of all this, poor Mitt Romney plays the role of the misguided and totally ineffectual fool, duped by the villain. Frankly, the basic elements of the proper legal argument why the impeachment articles should have been tossed out as a matter of law were touched on by the president's attorneys, but I think a much simpler and brutally dismissive argument could have been made. Essentially, in a typical Left Wing inversion of logic, the Democrats claimed that, since the "abuse of power" was plainly not a crime, it must be a "high crime", as required by the impeachment standard in the Constitution. Plainly the opposite is the standard: An action that does not rise even to the severity of a crime cannot rise to the category of "high crime." It is a paper tiger of a charge, that turns to pulp when the first spray of logic descends upon it. But it scared poor Senator Romney, whose actions make no difference to the main plot of the saga, but serve only to artificially and temporarily pump up the tension before the thrilling conclusion of the kabuki play.
I love your sense of humor and analysis, but disagree respectfully with, " Everything she has done has made him look like the thoughtful, rational, and generous adult in the room..." The whole point of Trump veers away from the boring,thoughtful, boring, rational and boring generous -into the new realm of statesmanship-authentic and funny, as when he complains about light bulbs to a packed stadium. Clinton had potential in this area as when he warbled, "I feel your pain." A great follow-up would have been, "Like heck I do, and if you thought I did, you probably bought an Edsel." You could just sense him holding back the confidence man giggle and he came off as devastatingly charming although everyone in the room knew he was taking them for a ride. Trump's style is upfront and quite different; he can switch in an eye blink from talking about the troops in Afghanistan to complaining about light bulbs and it is a conversation that a number of us have had with people met in supermarkets (concerning light bulbs). For the upper crust, he is uncouth and crass, but he knows his audience and plays it supremely.
Romney, on the other hand, is completely different. Charlie Brown who loses the game every time but plays strictly by the rules. He, on the other hand, looks the part of thoughtful, rational and generous. And like Charlie Brown, he has a Lucy behind him. However, this Lucy has swallowed some of Charlie's medicine and is self-destroying in front of everyone's eyes. The rest is in God's hands...faulty app in Iowa which propels a small town mayor up to making a bid on Bernie's nomination, onto to New Hampshire and let's relish the battle twixt the Zanderians and the Butt-Giggians, assuming that Dame of Igotaplan will be bested
Suggested nickname for Nancy of the tearing hands: Rip Van Wrinkle
You win the internet today!
Thanks.
Mitt is the stereotypical establishment RINO politician. People like him are the reason why the Dems got eight years of Obama. He'll say the right things but the moment he upsets his colleagues across the isle with calls of being a racist and what not, they fold like a lawn chair. Very rarely do we have a candidate that we can believe in and is willing to take a hit politically because the country means more than a cushy job in Washington. We need to work hard on being a relevant political party and not just the opposing party to the party of virtue.
bitter mitt is like the male version of bitter pelosi.
I've often advocated for the deportation of leftists to countries that better reflect their political ideals. bernie sanders and all the other commies could be shipped to Cuba in thanksgiving for the time Cuba sent all of their prisoners to Florida. All of the leftists in Hollywood and D.C. who are wishing for socialism can be shipped to Venezuela. I'm sure if we throw in a couple of bales of toilet paper to sweeten the deal they'll be welcomed with opened, emaciated arms. rashida tlaib and omar and all of their compatriots in cair and any other radical muslim organization can be shipped to Yemen where they'll never have to experience the cruelties of islamaphobia that they suffered under here in the U.S. where some people did something and everyone conspired to make ilhan omar feel bad about it.
"Melting down" is right. I mean, apt. It is not something reasonable folk on the political right should do too much of.
Which brings me directly to Mr Romney's verdict submission in the senate impeachment trial. I do not know Mr Romney from a hole in the ground, and I suspect that his verdict submission was based on the same difficulty in distinguishing between his personal moral evaluation and the legal requirements for a responsible verdict that one often encounters from jury members in criminal proceedings. Bit of a "melt-down"? Perhaps, but it should not occasion a similar loss of reason on the part of those who do not share his (probably sanctimonious) view.
The Democrat senators made no bones of voting in party lockstep. Their hidden agenda was entirely betrayed when, in the same breath, they each stood up to deplore the absence of further witnesses on the grounds that further witnesses had been needed to complete the case against Mr Trump, and, each and every one, nevertheless made a verdict submission. And in every case it was the same verdict submission. There was no evidence that each Democrat senator had thought his or her verdict submission through with an open mind.
Mr Romney's dissenting submission provides some evidence that the Republican party is not like that, and suggested at least the possibility that puppet-like compliance with a party position is not a prerequisite of being on the right of politics. I like that, and I suggest that many Republican voters do, too. All that is needed now is for there to be no "melt-down" in the Republican camp about Mr Romney's actions. Let Ms Pelosi and the New York Times provide the demonstrations of vindictiveness. After that splendid State of the Nation address, the Republicans have cornered the market on magnanimity, and it's not as if Mr Romney jeopardised the outcome: two-thirds of the senate's votes are needed to impeach the president. And it's not as if Mr Romney wasn't disappearing into America's political oubliette all on his own.
The moral high ground is there for the taking if Mr Trump and his circle can avoid "melting down" into internecine vindictiveness.
Oh. Oops. Way too late.
It's not as if anyone was going to listen to me, anyway. Still, all in good fun, isn't it? It really is a pantomime, as Larry Gavin suggested in an earlier post.
The only problem is that Romney has been very critical of Trump during his Senate career and this was after he auditioned for and did not get a spot on Trump's Cabinet. A personal vendetta is a much more plausible explanation. Even for prayerful religious people who make it a point to pray loudly on the street corner.
Yes, too late. Well, better President Trump use Romney as his object of derision as a failed presidential candidate because it doesn't seem to matter too much anyway. The people of Utah will make the final call on him one way or another. Politics has become such a carnival. It seems apparent now like it's often every man for himself so it's rare when you find people who actually do want to serve the American people and improve their lives by making the correct decisions, those are the one we can celebrate with vigor. With all the corruption, all the lies and leaks, plotting and lockstep sanctimony on the Dems side, the curtain has been pulled back. They are the big losers. Romney just wanted to go down with them for whatever reasons. The American people have the momentum now but certainly not without damage to the overall system.
One of my Senators, Jeff Merkley, sent me an email with a video that explained that the impeachment had no witnesses. No Documents. No Full and Fair Trail. So he had to vote Guilty. He didn't have enough information to form a judgement but he voted to remove a President from office. This guy went to Stanford, a formerly prestigious university.
There's that, too, B.: thanks. I gather that messrs Trump and Romney have a long history of trying to humiliate each other. Not a good look, perhaps more so for the one who won the discussion hands-down long ago.
Thanks, F. Insightful as ever, thoughtful as ever.
Thanks, W. It boggles the mind a bit, doesn't it? And such children want to exercise power over all they can reach.
I get enraged when people lie in my face: sure way to end a conversation. Politicians do it a lot. The Democrats have been doing a little too much of it lately.
The Go-To Guy for Tertiary Syphillis.
Hmmm.
I did a search on "pox-ridden actor who gave girlfriend syphillis" because I could not recall his name, and he came in third. Appropriately.
Mitt "Swamp man, milquetoast weenie" Romney!
Looks like you may be asked to write tweets for the upcoming Presidential Election romp.
I just watched Tucker on the New Way Forward Act.
Horriffic.
Previously, I read that the impeachment show trial was designed as a misdirection so that the Dems and their GOP allies could pass mass-immigration and other legislation.
Saw the clip as well. It seems a new Manifest Destiny is in the making where embracing illegals and Muslims is both justified and inevitable because of our past.
These campaign ads just write themselves. Thank you, Democrats.
I just haven question for Pelosi re her tearing up the speech: Did you pray about it beforehand?
Nancy - preying is her thing.
As disgusted as I am with Romney, I have more disgust for my own Senator -- Joe Manchin. Remember how there was a lot of speculation that he might break ranks and vote not guilty, especially on the second article? Nope, of course not.
But forget Mitt and Joe. Just as a general question: there are two senators, one Republican, one Democrat. It is thought of each that they might break ranks with their party on an important vote. Now, which one would you guess, which one would you bet on to actually do that?
Always seems to go one way, doesn't it?
I was working in WV a couple years before Trump was elected and saw the toxic effect of Obama's war on coal, globalization, and our country's opioid epidemic first hand (my own state of NH is one of the hardest hit). It must be for purely selfish political reasons that Manchin voted to impeach; but remember it next time around! I myself will for Senators Shaheen and Hassan.
I had been under the impression that Joe Manchin was a rare Democrat of some integrity and principle. It was for that reason I made time to watch him give his 10-minute impeachment speech. To my great disappointment he provided no evidence of said integrity and principle and instead used all 10 minutes to shovel BS on top of BS. Now I know who Joe Manchin really is.
Thanks for your observations Jamie and David (Coats). I'm a native West Virginian (no longer a resident there) and it has been amazing to see their economic and social downfall. I grew up there in the heyday of the chemical and coal industries in Charleston. I understand change, but the effect of Obama has been devastating but I've been pleased in recent years to observe a slight improvement due to natural gas developments and coal comebacks. But still a long way to go!
Manchin needs to think carefully, or just think at all.
Never watched a SOTU before - I have to say that Trump is an irresistible force of nature, a superb leader and a brilliant strategist/tactician.
Romney is outed.
The Dems are like the German or French after being led by their leadership into Russia.
Now we need to see the rest of the Trump Army step up and liberate us from the Deep State crooks.
My observation is that TMZ tries to be fair and to publish accurate news. I used to watch TMZ more than I do now. I don't watch it less for any particular reason, I guess my schedule changed and I don't seek TMZ out. I was pleased to see how gracious TMZ's reporter was to Rush and, ditto that, how nice Rush was to the reporter by talking and answering questions to help the reporter get his story. It's a good reminder that many of us generally try to get along with others, wish people well, congratulate people who get awards, thank others for kind comments, help working stiffs out trying to get a sound bite/work done, etc., etc. Sometimes I need to be reminded. Thanks for posting that clip.
Rush knew who the guy was and then gave him an exclusive. That's gotta make him feel good.
I happened to be watching a bit of President Trump's thank you's to members of Congress and caught his words about Steve Scalise. Trump recounted Scalise's being shot by a Bernie Bro and how he didn't think Scalise would make it, but that he really is better looking now. Then he began to tease Scalise about playing baseball after his recovery but wound the story around to praise Steve Scalise's bravery, courage and determination. His praise went far beyond the usual canned words of admiration. Trump's remarks were warm, from the heart and those of a leader that I would follow up a hill. If you can, you should try to find the session and listen to it because it was pure Trump riff.
PS Media accounts are appalled by what Trump said.
Walt, I watched the session, too, and those remarks to Steve Scalise as well as the ones President Trump made about Mrs. Scalise the day the President and First Lady visited him in the hospital brought the tragic day right back home straight to the gut. Another wet-eyes moment. It was the one part of the entire session I was turning over and over in my head throughout today. I knew it was touch and go for Steve there for a while but the love and admiration shown for the couple shines through with the President's caring words.
The world has turned in to one giant pantomime!
In keeping with the news reporting vein...I'm sure that Mark has noted already that CBS has decided to try to fool everyone (read Fox News viewers) into thinking that they've seen the light and are as fed-up with the Dems as we are and will now swing a little more to the right in their "reporting". So, all of their executives, editors, staff etc.will stop their liberal views and bashing overnight? Wolf in sheep's clothing.
Actually, Mark, you should be flattered that your hosting duties and opinions matter so much to the Nancy Boys! Count on them to hang on to your every word.
BTW, did you find it surprising that Pierre Delecto decided to end his political career by pulling a John McCain?
The folks in Utah knew what they were getting. I would not bet the rent Monsieur Delecto is French toast come 2024. Please Lord let me be wrong again.
Before you start measuring for drapes in Romney's office you might ponder the fact it was brain cancer that removed McCain from office, long after his (McCain's) perfidy was evident to all.
I was bowled over by how gracious TMZ was. PS: I don't think some non-fans realize that Rush still can't hear very well in situations like this one, despite his cochlear implant. Ambient noise outside or in a crowded room just sounds like white noise to him. So for the weird leftists commenting about how "out of it" he looks sometimes when he's not behind the mic, that's why. Duh. #TheCompassionateLeft
Agree with you. Shocked actually.
It was a good little clip to see. You made some good observations, Kathy. I would be a little leery of someone I didn't recognize immediately sticking a mic in my face in the dark. Rush looked so good, so happy.
Literally the same people who yell "Trump made fun of a disabled reporter!" and now yelling, "Profoundly deaf Rush Limbaugh looks confused sometimes, what a stupid old fart."
"It's different when it's us."
Thank you Kathy for pointing this out! A few years ago, my dad went deaf (in very much the same sudden way Rush did). My dad had a cochlear implant put in last year, and he also describes ambient or crowd noise as just "noise" (especially through the cochlear) where he can't figure out where it's coming from or make out what people are saying. You have to get his attention first before speaking to him so he knows you're talking to him, and then he has to focus very hard to catch what you're saying to him. I noticed in the TMZ video, as soon as the guy started talking to Rush, Kathryn grabbed his attention, and then Rush was able to answer. My old dad often gets those same reactions from people that don't realize he's deaf - that he's losing it, or out of it or rude, etc. I'm so glad the TMZ guy was kind to Rush and hopefully understood Rush's limitations.
You're so right Kathy! I saw today that Stephen Colbert did a thing on his show last night where he was mocking Susan Collins. He was even imitating the tremor she has while he was doing it. I had the same exact thought - that these are the people yelling that Trump made fun of a disabled reporter, yet here Colbert is mocking Susan Collins' tremors. Colbert gets a complete pass, without even an eyebrow raised because he's on "their" side. The hypocrisy is mind numbing.
Before the topic disappears down the memory hole I wanted to comment on Mark's discussion of joy as he was guest hosting. If Nancy Pelosi really loved the country and the contents of the SOTU were actually true why couldn't she set aside such vile partisanship for a brief moment and rejoice for your country? There was no joy in her at all, and it was revealing to see this juxtaposed to a beaming Mike Pence.
After Mark talked about joy and Rush's exuberant personality all I could think about was Stalin. This may seem a bit of an extreme or odd comment but I don't think it is. At the end Stalin was hold up in his dacha and his meals were set out at three different places so no one would know for sure where he would appear. The guards had to watch constantly for any print or disturbance in the snow outside that might be suspicious. Even Hitler had an inner circle of people who loved him and whom he trusted to the end. Stalin had nothing. He was utterly alone behind a vast and deep moat of terror. Beria only gloated as Stalin internally bled to death from warfarin poisoning. I say this because unimpeded socialism has a fixed and predictable trajectory. God has ordained the consequences to be immutable. Stalin is where it inevitably leads. Rush has often called the Democrat Party the nations largest hate group. They are always angry, always miserable, always hateful, always stuck in an inversion of reality. Joy is unknown to them. These things tell you all you need to know about socialists and socialism. A pastor I knew once said that the Devil can fool you in many ways but he cannot mimic joy. Joy is unknown to him. Gloating is the closest he can get to it. So thanks to Mark and Rush and all the warriors of cheerful and optimistic spirit.
Wise pastor. Seconded.
Good point about those with joy and about those appear to be devoid of joy. I like to judge people's words by what they do. Nancy says that because of her faith, she never hates anyone. Fine, but do her actions match her words?
Nancy is so prayerfully prayful, especially when she prays for Rethuglican TrumpHitler and all the Nazi Yucky Poopy Deplorables. Her prayfullest prayful prayers are very sincere and full of good wishes, yes they are because she is prayerful caring Nancy. Saint Nancy of San Francfeces, Prayerful Paintron Saint of Joyful Nantrums.
That's easy for you to say......
It's easy to test this theory out, too. Observe people who appear on the telly, or you talk to on the phone or meet face to face who spout their hatred for President Trump and start repeating all the talking points from the Left Wing Dem's Media Arm. It shows in the eyes, mouth, overall facial expressions and words. You can sense there's no way to get through to these people. Pelosi really seems to have gone off the deep end finally.
Interesting comment, Todd.
Sheila Gunn Reid calls these joyless leftists "fun gobblers."
"God has ordained the consequences to be immutable. Stalin is where it inevitably leads."
Exactly, Todd. Just as God has ordained the Law of Gravity and so forth.
Venerable Archbishop Sheen observed that socialism/communism was Christianity without two important elements: Discipline and Redemption. These political theories superficially resemble Christianity, but like a cake without all the proper ingredients, it looks ok but tastes terrible.
Far be it from me to raise my hand in Sheen's "class" as it were, but I would add that socialism/communism also lack joy.
Leftists joke about/hate Christianity, esp. Catholicism, because they feel these religions have made sex legalistic and therefore, "boring."
However, you haven't lived until you've read accounts of the Maoist terror cells like the SLA in the U.S. in the 1960s and 70s. Members were obligated to have sex with each other whether they wanted to or not, to "prove".... something or other.
Now who are the legalistic and joyless ones??
Leftists place higher value on words rather than actions. They valorize theory over practice, people and real world consequences.
Further dittos about Mark's comments on joy and Rush.
The Dems made a pretty small package in the face of that joy, and in front of the lovely people in the gallery, not to mention the tv audience. Can't they see anything outside of themselves?...
I wonder if Screwtape advised Wormwood about the dangers of joy...something to look up.
Thanks Laura, great rant!
I'm going to order a Yucky Poopy Deplorable tee-shirt.
And it probably doesn't fit in here, and you all know this, but Washington DC is one big quid pro quo, obstruction of truth, and grab for power...it's their life...their modis operandi, period.
Trump succeeds because he's used to dealing with crooks.
God grant him strength and wisdom.
Perfect!!
As Prager put it, prioritizing feeling good over doing good or being good.
Amen.
That response of 16:33 on 6 February was absolutely brilliant, L. Holier-than-thou sanctimony: one of humanity's more squalid traits. I hate to admit it, but it is that trait alone which governs my own political stance - and some others, besides.
"[...] and all the Nazi Yucky Poopy Deplorables": yup. That's me, right there.
Chris and Laura, Nancy's arrogant self-righteousness calls to mind the story of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector in Luke 18:9-14 "The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men...'"
Now, if only Nancy possessed the audio sweetening talents of Rep. Eric Swalwell for her SOTUS transcript ripping bit...
But would you want to experience that in Smell-O-Vision?
"Trump succeeds because he's used to dealing with crooks." And he has put in tens of thousands of hours doing it which makes him a Master crook cruncher. The opposition party would be better off working with him rather than try to wrestle with him. The former way will make them shine themselves, the latter way just makes them come out like total losers. As Rush has said many times, the Dems just don't understand him. He's a winner and he's full of heart for the American people.
Thank you for taking Sen (ugh) Romney to task over 'victimless crime'. Met a nice young woman on cruise ship who worked in shop on the ship. Her mom makes 200 bucks a month as a teacher. She'd like to move home, but would make so little money that she has chosen to stay on the ship and send money back to help her family.
Yes, the wealth of the nation is being stolen by the Nikolai Zlochevskys of Ukraine and the protection -racket -style- payoffs- to- the- pols (PRSPPs for short, which sounds like a Ukrainian word) in order to keep them off the State Dept bad boy list.
On a another note- what a great man is Rush. He of all people truly understands the greatness of the Medal of Freedom and he of all people is truly deserving. I'm glad he can count on you to spell him during this time when we are all praying for him and his family.
I guess Ukraine can't afford higher wages for school teachers, as the funds are needed for compensation to foreign "experts" in the energy sector. So that begs the question: "Where's Bunter Hidin'?"
You referred to the Media Natters pajama boys as "pansies" in the broadcast, as well, and I thought it was rude. To pansies. They are a reliable annuals to add color and vivacity to any landscape. These drones are colorless and lifeless, more comparable to lichen or algae.
Bwa ha!
I can't honestly say what I want to happen to Mittens or Nancy, not on here.
I can honestly say I enjoyed Mark's perspective, and laugh hard at the Nancy boys listening and informing, hoping the wokestapo will act. Bring it on, Nancy boys, bring it on.
Trump's celebration ceremony today is one of the best things I've ever heard.
The ONLY two things that have eased the pain of Rush's awful announcement were the bestowment of the Medal and your handling of guest host duties right after we heard. Thank you Mark.
It's especially interesting watching Pelosi in the background of that video wherein Rush is presented with the medal.
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Typos are **extremely** rare at SteynOnline, but that's Todd Herman, not Hermon.
While watching the SOTU I held my thumb up to the screen to block her face, but couldn't keep that up the whole time and like everyone else was mesmerized by her weird facial expressions and antics.
Hi Mark,
I hope that on Tucker you will be able to comment on Trump's celebratory remarks today. There's enough material there to cause a lot of media types, even many on Fox, to experience cranial explosions. It was that good. My favorite parts were the "trying to read Mitch" bits and the Chuck Grassley impersonation.
It may not have been a "presidential" speech in the traditional sense, but boy was it ever genuine. At this point, I'm not sure that Trump gives a flying whatever as to how he's received in the media.
There were even a few hints at storm clouds on the horizon for members of the junta plotting the coup. If so, I'm going long on popcorn stocks.
Rush makes something like $50M a year and has for some time. He has "F*** You Money." And deserves every penny.