My Night With the People Who Make the Country Work

It's become a formula, it's become predictable. Bad guys write a book, bad guys go on TV, drive by, circle the wagons, amplify, lie, distort whatever. We've got to spend all of our time defending the garbage all in us posed battle for the hearts and minds of the American voter. And so we're here and that's what's on the agenda. It's great to have you with us. Open Line Friday,

we go to the phones. Anything you want to talk about, have at it telepone number eight hundred to eight to eight to the email address ll rushbo at eib net dot com. If you note that I sound somewhat frustrated, you would not be incorrect, because none of this is news where all of us are caught up in the middle of never ending political agendas. Uh, but it's disguised as news. We're being told that this is news, this is earth shattering breaking news. Why we had no idea

this was coming. And that's not at all what any of this is. This is all prepackaged, and it's pre planned. It's been edited and formatted, and it's been timed. It has everything about it designed to move forward a political agenda. But everybody involved in that's like, no, no, there's nothing going on here. We just have an honorable guy who's very, very worried about the country and wants to set the records.

If he wants set the records, right, why did he wait a year and do it for millions of dollars if he cares so damn much about this? Anyway, yesterday, my friends, I spoke about the concept of two Americas, at least two America's, and I want to illustrate exactly what I'm talking about here, if you'll pardon me for just to if you'll indulge me here for just a moment again, to restated on one side. Here, we have the country and the people who make it work and

the way they live their lives. They get up every day and they go about their business, and in the process, the country works using the freedoms and the liberty, the ambition of talent, the desire, whatever it is that makes up people would ever it is that makes everybody who

we are. Everybody gets up and goes to it. On the other side, we have the drive by media and the American left, which is engaged in a single project of tearing the other America down and tearing it apart, all because they don't like American all because they don't like the people who are making the country work from top to bottom, and so there's is a never ending

quest to tear it down. They tear it down, or try to tear it down by depressing and dispiriting the people who are getting up and going to work or whatever it is they're doing that constitutes actual living life as opposed to the other side. Yeah, they're alive, but

they're not living life. They are people absorbed and drenched in hatred and resentment, anger and outrage, and they're taking the fact that they're outraged and unhappy and miserable out on everybody else, and in the process one half of America spends its day making the country work and trying to defend it. The other half is just trying to tear everything apart. And last night I was with the half of America, or whatever percentage it is, it makes

the country work. Last night was the annual dinner for the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, the annual fundraising dinner. M cleff is twenty three years old. I was there in the home of one of the founders as the whole idea was being put together. In three It was a home in Rockville Center in New York, and it was a number of Great X Marines, some now in aw enforcement, somewhere in finance, and they wanted to put together a foundation which would provide college scholarships for the

children of Marines killed in action. They later added law enforcement to it, and many of them worked in the FBI. Many of them worked in law enforcement police departments elsewhere, And so what was originally a charity to provide college scholarships for the children of Marines killed in action was expanded to include children of people in law enforcement and on extreme emergencies. Night nine eleven, m cleft expanded to all federal agencies were heads of families died and their

children needed college scholarships, they became an early donor. I've i've I've never been an active practical participant in the actual structure to charity, but Cather and I have been active Downer as an active fundraiserism. As you well know, much of what we do is tied to mcleff. The two of by Te project was was was tied to m cleff. The Rush Review book series is tied to mcleff. And last night was the annual fundraiser. The Marine Band shows up. There's always a special guest hon a ree

from the United States Military. Last night it was to be the Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who had to cancel on Tuesday and the event was last night and he had to cancel because of what's going on in Syria now. The event was held at Citriani Wall Street.

It was a beautiful setting. It was jam pegged. It's a black tie event and formal military attire, and it is a night totally devoted to celebrating the Marine Corps, celebrating the United States Military, celebrating the values in the traditions of the military, which I think form the bedrock of the values and traditions of our society at large.

We had a table at two tables. Captaine, I had two tables, and we invited you know, We've got this new feature going on our website, Rush limbaugh dot com called meet Rush and it when you click on that, you're presented with a form where you can fill out a a little email questionnaire about why you think our team should arrange a video conference with you to explain why you listen, how long you've been listening, and we convert those videos and occasionally play them on an area

of the website. And we've been at this for I don't know a month and a half now, maybe longer.

In setting it all up, we've we've began airing some of the videos that we because you remember the one when I told you about in the Pacific Island, who has to walk a bunch of well feat to get to the top of mountain to get two g Eliot or connectivities that she can download podcast of the program each and everything goes back down the hill where she does her missionary work talking to people all over the country. And last night we invited three that we have met

during the meat Rush team rush effort here. They're all former Marines. They're all lifetime listeners. They and their wives, So as Catherine and me and our six guests, well three guests and their wives at one table. And we've got some pictures of this will put at rush limba dot com. After I finished this little segment here, Coco's going to transcribe it and put some pictures up. Just

great people, lifetime listeners. When you see these pictures, these are the people I'm talking about who make the country work. These are the people that, uh not because they listen to me, although I think it is inseparable, people who make the country work listening this program, because this program reflects what they believe. This program validates what people who make the country work, live, breathe, and believe. It was a pleasure meeting them. I had a hustle up there.

I had a race out of here after the program. I had a fly up, had to find a Newark because the superintendent of the Port Authority, So I'm leaving something out. They asked me to speak when General Mattis couldn't make it. You you talk about these people have all paid to be in there to hear the Secretary of Defense and he can't make it, and so it's me. Jim Calstrom, former director the f Office FBI office in New York, is who asked me, would you mind? Is

a Jim? Are you kidding? I mean, I'm not. I'm not. No, no, no, no, you gotta do it well. How how much you're looking for? Ten fifteen minutes, max? Ten fifteen minutes, Jim, I don't even get warmed up until thirty minutes. Okay, No. So they sent the superintendent of the Port Authority to New York to meet me for lights and sirens into Manhattan to make sure I got there in time, and we did.

We pulled in right as the reception and cocktail period was ending at seven and everybody was being seated, and it was one inspirational speaker after another. There was a woman who lost her husband in combat. The foundation had

provided provided scholarships for her two kids. She gave a stem winder of a speech about what it all meant, about what it meant being married to somebody who the families know what's going to happen, what can happen in combat, and it's the other America with this this last night. Without the people that were in that room, the country

and be what it is. But we could get along without James Comey, and we can get along without Nancy Pelosi and Valerie playing, and we can get along without Always, We can get along without Anderson Cooper, we can get along without George Stepanopolis, we can get along with it,

probably get along without me. But we cannot get along without the people in that room last night, As the closing speaker said, and he was responding to some of the comments I made because I I talked about this divide in the country, and I I pulled, no part, don't tell him I'm worried. I told him that we've got a serious challenge, that we've got a great nation

at risk in a dangerous world. And I talked about this divide, and I talked about you've heard me to the theory that I don't think we have any advind us together anymore like we had in World War Two. This guy stood up after I had finished. There were some other comments, and he referenced it not by me and by name, but he said, look, we just tell them we were in a uniform here in this room tonight. Don't worry we got it. We got it, just like the NYPD, they got it, just like the Port Authority

cup they got it. Don't worry, we got it. We stay in our lane. It doesn't matter who's running the show. We know what we gotta do, and we got it. And that's why we couldn't get along without those people in that room. And those people in that room last night are among those who get ripped and lampooned and impuned by these other guys that we have to spend a bunch of time chatting about here today, as though what they think matters, as though what they say or

right is gospel. So we have spend time exposing who they are and exposing the lies or the misrepresentations, the deceit that they're using you this repeating formula of left on the assault against the country, and a few of us here on the right standing up trying to say no and stop them and defend it. But it was the people in the room last night, the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation, not just the uniform Marines, but the people that were there as donors and who show up

every year. It was a microcosm of what I believe is people who make the country work, make the country run, and it was it was an honor for me to be part of it. It was distinct privilege to be asked to speak in that room. I always think I'd bomb it too. I mean, I always think I didn't do nearly as good as I could have when that I've fretted over and all the way home last night. But then I realized I would have today to fix

any not infny wrong. Just just you know, I'm so hyper critical that I never, ever, never ever, I rarely tell myself I nailed it. But the crowd was was up and supportive. It was just it was it was a great room to be in and a tremendous event to to be part of. And I just I wanted to acknowledge this, and I'm wanting to let you know we're gonna just a few pictures when we need to respect these people's privacy. No last names of the three lifetime listeners all ex military, and they had the time

of their lives they had. I mean, they're they're ex military, They observed their country, they had never been to an event like this, and they just it was so great to have them there, people who who genuinely appreciated one of one of these guys wants to go play that these people remember everything I've said from the time they have been listening, and they're throwing it at me. Then I'm just stunned and blown away. They remember more than

I did. And I have one of the best memories in the world, and they remember more than I do about certain things I've said and when and uh and how So it was an invigorating evening and it was very uplifting, and I wish everybody could participate in events like this for that very reason. So it won't be long we'll have I just got two pictures I'm gonna

put up for now. One is a shot of all of us at the table, and then a not dislike the others, but there's a really good picture of me with with one of the h three listeners that we invited from the Meat Rush event. His name is Joel, his former marine. He's wearing his medals on his h on his tuxedo jacket. Great people, their wives were fun. It was, but these two pictures will give you a

flavor for what the evening was. And again no last names, because you I don't want these people descended upon by the people are going to be talking about today on the left, who seemed to have only one desire and that's rip everything to shreds and tear it down. And I just do not want people who have done nothing but be listeners of this programmed to deal with any

garbage like that. So that's why no last names. The names of the three couples lifetime listeners, all military members who are guest last night, Philip and Patricia, Joel and Felicia and Joseph and Bryer, and I would love to tell you their last names, but in this day and age, in this climate, I'm not going to subject them to any potential harassment that might result from the trolls that live and breathe on Facebook and Twitter and media matters

and wherever. But trust me, when you see the photos, you will you'll be able to they look at they're great Americans. You'll be able to tell Bibe looking at them.