Rush Limbaugh talked about the Hugh Hewitt interview with Donald Trump today on his radio show and basically said that Trump had a fairly decent answer to Hewitt’s questions about the names of the terrorist organizations in the Middle East. And because of that and the fact that both Reagan and Bush had a similar problem and were both elected twice, he really doesn’t think this is going to hurt Trump at all. <br /> <br />Note: There’s a portion near the bottom of the transcript that I didn’t get the audio of and it’s ‘one more theory’ Rush say she has on this. You can read it if you wish. I’ll note where it begins with ***. <br /> <br />Transcript via Rush Limbaugh: <br /> <br />RUSH: Okay, let’s get… First, I think probably what everybody here wants some clarification on — or at least some analysis of or explanation of or discussion of — is Trump and his inability to identify certain names thrown at him on the radio, names of Al-Qaeda leaders, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian Quds Force leaders and so forth. It’s real simple here, folks, and I guess I should address this to the Republican establishment and like-minded. If you think this is going to harm Trump with his supporters, it won’t. <br /> <br />It didn’t hurt George W. Bush when he was unable to do the same. It didn’t hurt Ronaldus Magnus when he was unable to do the same thing. But it specifically isn’t gonna hurt Trump’s people because Trump, A, had a fairly decent answer. (summarized) “It doesn’t matter. These guys are all gonna be gone by the time I’m elected.” But, anyway, that’s not the point. I want to get some historical perspective. Let’s start here first off with what Trump said. This was on the Hugh Hewitt show last night. He’s interviewing Trump. <br /> <br />This guy Hewitt, by the way, is one of the CNN moderators. He is the conservative Republican moderator CNN has chosen. He used to be in the Reagan White House. He’s a graduate of Harvard. Solid guy, nice guy. No problem with Hugh Hewitt. He has his own technique, has his own way of doing his program and vetting presidential candidates. He asked the same questions later of Carly Fiorina. She was able to ace them all. So now we got comparisons, by the way. <br /> <br />“You know what? You know what?” they’re saying in the Drive-By Media. “Why, this just like Sarah Palin! Sarah Palin, she didn’t do the homework. She didn’t study. She thought she could wing her way through and look what happened to her.” They’re saying that Trump is on the same path that Sarah Palin was on. Not, of course, noting the profound differences. <br /> <br />Anyway, here’s the question. We have one of two. “At the debate…” Hugh Hewitt was telling Trump, “At the debate, I may bring up Nasrallah being with Hezbollah and al-Julani being with al-Nusra and al-Masri being with Hamas. Do you think if I asked people to talk about those three things and the differences, that that’s a gotcha question?” <br /> <br />TRUMP: Yes, I do. I totally do. I think it’s ridiculous. I’m a delegator. I find great people. I find absolutely great people and I’ll find them in our Armed Services, and I find absolutely great people. When you start throwing around names of people and where they live and — you know, “Give me their address” — I think it’s ridiculous. The names you just mentioned they probably won’t even be there in six months or a year. <br /> <br />HEWITT: So the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas does not matter to you yet, but it will? <br /> <br />TRUMP: It will when it’s appropriate. I will know more about it than you know — and believe me, it won’t take me long. It won’t matter. I will know far more than you know within 24 hours after I get the job. <br /> <br />RUSH: By the way, you might think that Trump is putting Hewitt down. What he’s actually saying is, “I’m gonna have some experts in there. We’ll know everything there is to know about these guys 24/7 after I’m be elected. We’re gonna know everything. We’re gonna know everything we want to know. We’re gonna know everything about who they are because we’re gonna destroy them in the first 24 hours that I’m there. We’re gonna get rid of them.” That’s the unspoken message that the Trump supporters will hear. So let’s go back to November 4 of 1999. This is Boston on the educational staked WHDH TV. Political correspondent Andy Hiller is interviewing former governor of Texas, George Bush. <br /> <br />HILLER: Can you name the president of Chechnya? <br /> <br />BUSH: No. Can you? <br /> <br />HILLER: Can you name the president of Taiwan? <br /> <br />BUSH: Yeah, Lee. <br /> <br />HILLER: Can you name the general who’s — <br /> <br />BUSH: Wait. Is this a 50 questions? <br /> <br />HILLER: No, it’s four questions of four leaders in four hot spots. <br /> <br />BUSH: The new Pakistani general that’s just been elected — not elected. This guy took over office. He appears he’s gonna bring stability to the country, and I think that’s good news for the subcontinent. <br /> <br />HILLER: And you can name him? <br /> <br />BUSH: General… I can’t name the general. <br /> <br />Read more here: http://www.tranganhnam.org/2015/09/rush-trump-had-fairly-decent-answer-to.html
