RUSH: The losses were so
massive that the polls got many of them wrong. The polls missed so much, it's
incredible what happened yesterday. This election yesterday is even bigger and
has more impact than even is being admitted to. The full scope of this defeat,
the full meaning of this defeat has not set in with most people because they're
in a state of denial, particularly the Democrats and their buddies in the
media. They're trying to tell themselves it was an anti-incumbent election.
That it was not a rejection of Obama. It wasn't a rejection of Democrat
policies.
The Republican Party was not elected to fix a broken system or to make
it work. The Republican Party was not elected to compromise. The Republican
Party was not elected to sit down and work together with the Democrats. The
Republican Party was not elected to slow down the speed the country is headed
to the cliff and go over it slowly.
The Republican Party was elected to stop before we get to the cliff.
And that’s the mandate: to stop Obamacare; to stop amnesty; to stop the open
borders policy of Obama and the Democrats; to stop the Big Government assault
on the free enterprise economy; to stop national security policies that have
allowed terrorist networks all over the world to pop up and fill a vacuum
created by the absence of the world’s lone superpower on the world stage. That
must be stopped.
The Republican Party was elected to stop the run-up of a debt greater
than all previous presidents combined have created. The Republican Party was
elected to stop efforts by this administration to use the IRS and other
agencies of government, in violation of manners and law, in attacking political
opponents. The Republican Party was elected to put an end to this incessant and
divisive lie that is the War on Women. Yesterday’s result cannot in any way
mean that voters want Republicans to work with Democrats. And anybody who tells
you that and anybody who thinks that could not be more dangerously wrong.
You do not have election results like we had yesterday with the intent
being that the voters intend the winners to work with the losers. This election
was about stopping the losers, in this case the Democrats. There can be no
other correct analysis of what this election was about. They were not elected
to “fix a broken system.”
They were elected to stop the people who are breaking the system.
The results do
not mean that voters want Republicans to govern. The election does also not
mean that the country's become conservative. It can't be said that there was an
ideological component to the mandate, because the Republicans did not run on
ideology. The Republicans ran everywhere to stop Obama, and that's what the
mandate is. Now, whether they want to accept the mandate or not, that's another
question.
Whether they
are even aware of the mandate is an even bigger question. As I listen to the
wizards of smart -- all the analysts of both parties, all movements on TV last
night and today -- the thing I'm hearing from everybody is that what the voters
want is for Washington to compromise and people to work together. That's not
what they said.
That is not
what the voters said. They didn't say it in the exit polls. They didn't say it
in the election results. This was a skunking of the Democrat Party. This was
the people of America "standing athwart history and yelling, 'Stop!'"
There's only one entity that can do that, and that's the Republican Party. They
were not elected to "get along." They were not elected to "reach
across the aisle."
They were not
elected to "compromise." They were not elected to "end
gridlock." They were elected to stop the policies of Barack Obama and the
Democrat Party. Too much damage has been done to too many people. Because of a
president of the United States, people are having their jobs converted from
full time to part time. The American people didn't think that was on the table.
They didn't
think the president, when he was promoting Obamacare, meant that they were
gonna get fewer hours to work. They didn't think it meant that they were gonna
lose their health care. They didn't think it meant that their premiums were
gonna skyrocket. The American people showed up yesterday and voted in numbers
and voices with one message: "Stop this!" There is no legitimate
alternative analysis.
I don't even
know how you come up with the idea or the conclusion that the message in the
vote yesterday is, "Yeah, they want us to cross the aisle and work with
the Democrats." If they wanted you to work with the Democrats, you
wouldn't have won. If they wanted the Republicans to work with the Democrats
and to help the Democrats accomplish more, they would have just elected the
Democrats!
"Yeah,
well, they want us to work together. They want us to fix things. They want to
stop gridlock." No, no, no. They want as much gridlock as it takes to stop
what's going on. The country is careening out of control. All of the public
opinion shows show it. Right track/wrong track? Two-thirds of America says:
Wrong track. The number was increasing as we got closer to the election.
The mandate the
Republicans have is to stop Barack Obama, to stop the further implementation of
Obamacare, to stop government policies that are destroying the private,
free-enterprise economy. Voters across this country know this is not how this country
is supposed to be. They know that this is not what they were electing in 2008
and 2012.
So they have
shown up here; they have thrown Democrats out of office all over this country.
They have thrown Democrats out. Even the polling data could not have been more
wrong in several key races, and that's a subject for later on in the program.
But there is no confusion about the message the voters sent yesterday.
It may be the
myth or the dream of the establishment types from both parties in Washington
that what all this means is, "Ah, they want us to work together to get
things done. They want us compromise and like each other and stop all the
arguing and stop all the acrimony. They just want everybody have fun,
go-along-to-get-along and get things done."
That's not what
this vote was about. This vote was about stopping Barack Obama. It can't be
that it was about anything else. Now, how do we do this? How do you go about
stopping Barack Obama when you've taken impeachment off the table? Well, let's
listen to Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz was on Fox this morning about 12:40.
He was
interviewed by Bret Baier. Baier said, "One of the messages of this
election could be that America wants to see Washington work. Some people said
compromise would be a good thing. What's your thought on that sometimes evil
word, 'compromise,' in Washington?"
CRUZ: It is
incumbent on Republicans to stand up and lead. It is incumbent on us to deliver
that bold, positive, optimistic agenda. You know, the fact that the people rose
up and voted the Democrats out of power doesn't necessarily mean they trust the
Republicans. They've given us another chance. But we've got to earn that trust,
and the way to earn that trust is to listen to the priorities of the people.
And I hope come
January Republicans stand united, we stand as one, and we systematically -- one
after the other -- vote on positive, pro-growth ideas. We vote on tax reform.
We vote on regulatory reform. We vote on embracing the American energy
renaissance. We vote on going after and stopping Obamacare. We deliver on the
promises that Republicans campaigned on.
RUSH: Bret
Baier then says, "Well, you bring up Obamacare. You have a Democrat
president. His name's on the legislation. He's gonna veto whatever you send up
there. So how do you do it?"
CRUZ: With
Obamacare, I think we should start by using reconciliation to pass complete and
total repeal. Now, you're right: The president will, in all likelihood, veto
that. If that happens, we should then systematically repeal the most onerous
parts of Obamacare. We should pass legislation saying, you can't have your
health insurance canceled because of Obamacare.
We should pass
legislation saying, you can't be forced into part-time work like so many
people, especially single moms have been. We should pass legislation saying, no
bailouts for insurance companies under Obamacare. And force the president to
pace those single, rifle-shot repeals and decide whether he's gonna listen to
the American people or just remain an absolute partisan. And, you know, if he
vetoes those bills, I think there's a real chance we might be able to get the
votes to override those vetoes.
RUSH: That's
how you do it. That's how you start. That's how you use the ammunition you have
in your arsenal. But you must understand. They, the Republican Party, must
understand that they have one objective. There was one lesson that was being
taught last night, one message being sent: "Stop Obama. Stop this. Stop
this country careening out of control and being transformed into something it
was never founded nor intended to be.
"Stop the
Democrat Party. Stop Barack Obama." The Democrat Party part of that has
been dealt with in the Senate and the House. Make no mistake: If voters wanted
Republicans to work with Democrats, they wouldn't have seen to it that so many
Democrats got creamed last night. The country is tired of Democrats. The
country is worn out with Democrats.
The country's
depressed because of Democrats. The country is out of work because of
Democrats. The country is feeling aimless because of Democrats. The country is
not optimistic about its future because of Democrats! There is no way the vote yesterday
was a signal to work with them. They have had six years of unstoppable
destruction, and the American people -- and I, by the way -- want it stopped.
END TRANSCRIPT
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Rush is absolutely right. Defunding may be
the only solution to get relief immediately.
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