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RUSH: Hey, I like this, folks. CNN: "Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night reminded at least one Republican of another time the former president stepped before the microphones. Former California Gov. Pete Wilson said Thursday at a fundraiser for GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan that Clinton's finger shake was reminiscent of the time he denied engaging in sexual behavior with a White House intern."
Remember him shaking that bony finger? He's up there shaking that bony finger at the convention. It bothered me. And Pete Wilson's right. (imitating Clinton) "I never had sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky, not a single time, and I never asked anybody to lie, not once." This is the guy doing character references for Barack Obama, and Pete Wilson of all people, doesn't matter, it's great. Finally somebody out fighting back against the Clinton speech, which supposedly owned the convention, it was the greatest thing under the sun.
This is the kind of stuff that's gonna have to happen, folks. We can't rely on my perception that I just shared with you carrying the day. It's gonna have to be told. The Romney campaign is going to have to campaign. The Romney campaign is gonna have to burnish Obama's record in the minds of every voter in this country. They're gonna have to highlight this unemployment news. They're gonna have to broadcast it. They're gonna have to focus on it: the dismal economic performance; the drop from 55 to 51,000 in average family income; the number of people on food stamps.
The campaign can't go lax. The campaign can't count on talk radio to carry the day. They can't count on public perception of the Democrat convention, because I don't know how many people saw it the way I did. I'm just telling you how I saw it. I know a lot of people still live in fear that no matter what the reality is, the left can spin it so that the public is lied to and believes the lies. I know people believe that. I know that no matter how bad Obama's speech was, people on our side still think that it can be spun and presented as the best speech he's ever made.
Although it isn't being spun that way.
Nobody's even trying that.
I mean, not even Debbie "Blabbermouth" Schultz went there! She didn't even try it. But that's great opportunity. They had all that time last night to go out and make the best case, to seize the moment, to try to redefine this race to be anything they want it to be -- and what did they do? It was stunning how incompetent it ended up being last night. How un-smart, how un-cool. It was striking to me. It really was. I can't emphasize enough that I literally felt physically ill before it started. It was new. I've not felt that way before.
But it ended up everything was fine and dandy when it was over.
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RUSH: You know, I tell you, I like the idea Pete Wilson calling Clinton out. I like the Republicans calling Clinton out. And the unemployment numbers have given the Republicans an issue now to get energized on, and they're doing that. But, folks, you watch Bill Clinton, and a woman says to you, like she says to Alex Castellanos, "Golly, you know what? I watched Clinton last night, and I want to vote for Clinton, and I want to sleep with Clinton." That is the actual War on Women and an insult to their intelligence. Here is a guy, when you boil it all down, who has mistreated women, from interns to his wife, and the Democrat Party throws him up as somebody to fawn after and admire.
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