WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh June 29th 2018

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<v Speaker 1>On April, New York Times editorial board went into a panic.

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<v Speaker 1>They'd heard rumors that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy planned

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<v Speaker 1>to retire. Their editorial that day was an open letter

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<v Speaker 1>to Justice Kennedy, begging him to stay because American needed him.

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<v Speaker 1>They used flattery, They praised him as the most powerful

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<v Speaker 1>member of the Court because he was willing to side

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<v Speaker 1>with liberals when it mattered. They used fear. They told

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy that Republicans were already smelling blood a chance to

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<v Speaker 1>put another Gorsetch like conservative on the bench, someone who

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<v Speaker 1>would lock in a right wing majority for a lifetime.

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<v Speaker 1>And they used their trump card. They asked Justice Kennedy

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<v Speaker 1>if he was really willing to hand President Trump, who

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<v Speaker 1>desecrates civility and decorum, the chance to fill his seat.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about your legacy, Justice Kennedy. Well, eight weeks later

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times editors and everybody else got Justice

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<v Speaker 1>Kennedy's answer. All their flattery, all they're whining, all of

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<v Speaker 1>their begging, all their fear tactics went nowhere. Justice Kennedy

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<v Speaker 1>is officially retiring, and President Trump gets to pick his successor.

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<v Speaker 1>And Trump went out there and said that Kennedy told

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<v Speaker 1>him that he was glad to be retiring so that

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<v Speaker 1>Trump could choose his successor. That had to really rub

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<v Speaker 1>the times raw after all of their efforts. Sometimes there

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<v Speaker 1>are happy endings. Folks, keep the faith. M