RUSH LIMBAUGH JUST MADE A BOLD PREDICTION ABOUT TRUMP'S NEXT BIG MOVE
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS THE LORD OF MODERATE RADIO.
FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME THE RADIO CHARACTER HAS BEEN AMONG THE FIRST TO SPOT
RISING PATTERNS AND NEW MOVES THAT OCCUR INSIDE D.C.
WHAT'S MORE, THIS TIME, LIMBAUGH IS MAKING AN INTENSE FORECAST ABOUT WHAT TRUMP'S NEXT
ENORMOUS MOVE IS.
PRESERVATIONIST RADIO HOST RUSH LIMBAUGH ACCEPTED AN OPEN DOOR THIS WEEK TO PLUNGE INTO THE
WRECKAGE ENCOMPASSING THE ONGOING EXCHANGES OVER FRINGE SECURITY IN CONGRESS.
IN THE WAKE OF CONSUMMATION THE LONGEST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN EVER, CONGRESS STARTED
GATHERING TO HASH OUT A TRADE OFF BILL SO AS TO TURN AWAY A SECOND SHUTDOWN BY THE CENTER
OF FEBRUARY.
LIMBAUGH IS SUSPICIOUS THIS NEW "BARGAIN" BILL IS DEFINITELY NOT A TROJAN HORSE FOR
REPUBLICANS BE THAT AS IT MAY.
"ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, WE SHOULD GET TO THE SUBTLETIES OF THE TRADE OFF ENACTMENT.
THIS NEW OFFER FROM THE DEMOCRATS — THEY'VE FALLEN OFF OF ZERO.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING CASH FOR A DIVIDER, $1.375 BILLION.
WHAT'S MORE, I NEED TO BRING UP THAT THAT IS STILL NOT EXACTLY THE FIRST CASH CONSENTED
TO BY THE ALLOCATIONS PANEL," EXPRESSED LIMBAUGH.
THE PRESERVATIONIST ANALYST WENT FURTHER IN ANY CASE.
"ALSO, THE PROCEEDING WITH GOALS THAT TRUMP HAD BEFORE HIM HAD NO CASH IN IT, NOTHING,
WHILE THE SENATE SIDE HAD APPROVED $1.6 BILLION THAT GOT HAULED OUT IN THE TRADE OFF SO'S
THE REASON I SAID HE'S GETTING NOT AS MUCH AS NOTHING."
LIMBAUGH THEN DOVE INTO THE SUBTLETIES OF THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL TRADE OFF BILL, WHICH
PUTS ASIDE $1.37 BILLION FOR ONLY 55 MILES OF FRINGE SECURITY.
HE CALLED ATTENTION TO THAT TRUMP'S UNDERLYING PROPOSITION OF $5.7 BILLION FOR THE DIVIDER
WASN'T ONLY AN IRREGULAR NUMBER, YET WAS GIVEN TO THE PRESIDENT IN THE WAKE OF COUNSELING
WITH SPECIALISTS.
THIS IS THE PLACE LIMBAUGH MADE HIS FORECAST ABOUT WHERE TRUMP WILL GO.
"SO HOW ABOUT WE TAKE A GANDER AT THE ALTERNATIVES.
ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THIS, NOTHING MORE NEEDS TO BE SAID.
HE CAN SAY, "LOOK, I NEEDED A 64-MILE EXTENSION OF THE DIVIDER.
I GOT 55 HERE, AND IT'S ONLY A CONTINUATION."
ONE OF THE PRESIDENT'S SUBJECTS THE PREVIOUS EVENING WAS WE'RE NOW DOING IT.
WE'RE AS OF NOW CONSTRUCTING THE DIVIDER."
LIMBAUGH PREDICTS THAT TRUMP COULD DEPICT THIS AS A SUCCESS, ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE
DEMOCRATS WERE AT FIRST OFFERING NOTHING AT ALL TO HIM.
HE LIKEWISE CALLED ATTENTION TO, BE THAT AS IT MAY, THAT DEMOCRATS COULD AND LIKELY WOULD
LIKEWISE PAINT IT AS A TRIUMPH FOR THEM AS WELL.
LIMBAUGH AT LAST FIGURES TRUMP WILL TAKE THE ARRANGEMENT AND LIKELY WORK TO DEPICT IT AS
A CONTINUATION OF HIS ENDEAVORS TO GET THE DIVIDER ASSEMBLED.
OUT OF THE 64 MILES HE WAS INITIALLY SEARCHING FOR, THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD FINANCE 55 MILES
OF THE DIVIDER.
THE PRESIDENT COULD THEN UTILIZE HIS NATIONAL CRISIS CARD AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET THE REST,
OR HOLD OUT UNTIL ANOTHER SPENDING EMERGENCY APPROACHES TO GET MORE CASH FROM CONGRESS.
OR THEN AGAIN HE COULD BATTLE FOR RE-APPOINTMENT ON THE GUARANTEE THAT THE ACTIVITY IS JUST
HALF COMPLETED AND HE SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO WASHINGTON FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR-YEAR
TERM SO AS TO FINISH WHAT HE HAD JUST STARTED.
IN ANY CASE, LIMBAUGH CAUTIONS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TRUMP'S BASE WOULD BE AGAINST
THE ARRANGEMENT, AND CONCEIVABLY CONSIDER IT TO BE A CAPITULATION.
IN THE EVENT THAT TRUMP TAKES IT, CONFINING WILL BE VITAL, AS WILL ANY SUBSEQUENT MOVES
HE TAKES FOLLOWING MARKING IT.
WE WILL STAY UP WITH THE LATEST WITH ANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PROGRESSING STORY.
'TEDDY BEARS' ENTER MARKETPLACE, FEB. 15, 1903
ON THIS DAY IN 1903, MORRIS MICHTOM, A TOY STORE OWNER, PLACED TWO STUFFED BEARS IN HIS
BROOKLYN, N.Y., SHOP WINDOW, ADVERTISING THEM AS "TEDDY BEARS."
MICHTOM, A RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT, ALSO SENT A SMALL STUFFED BEAR CUB TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, ASKING PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT FOR PERMISSION TO USE HIS NICKNAME, "TEDDY."
ROOSEVELT AGREED.
THE PRESIDENT WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS TEDDY, ALTHOUGH HE LOATHED BEING REFERRED TO BY HIS
NICKNAME.
THE TOY BEARS WERE A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS, CAUSING MICHTOM TO FOUND THE IDEAL TOY CO.
TEDDY BEARS HAD THEIR GENESIS DURING A 1902 BEAR-HUNTING PARTY IN MISSISSIPPI ORGANIZED
BY DEMOCRATIC GOV.
ANDREW LONGINO ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, WHO WAS AN AVID HUNTER AND CONSERVATIONIST.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTOURAGE HAD CORNERED, CLUBBED AND TIED AN BLACK BEAR TO
A WILLOW TREE AFTER A LONG CHASE LED BY HOUNDS.
WHEN ROOSEVELT ARRIVED AT THE SITE, HIS COMPANIONS SUGGESTED HE SHOOT IT.
ROOSEVELT DECLINED, SAYING SUCH AN ACT WOULD BE UNSPORTSMANLIKE.
HOWEVER, HE INSTRUCTED THAT THE BEAR BE KILLED SO AS TO BE PUT OUT OF ITS MISERY.
THE EPISODE INSPIRED A POLITICAL CARTOON BY CLIFFORD BERRYMAN THAT RAN IN THE WASHINGTON
POST ON NOV. 16, 1902.
SUBSEQUENT BERRYMAN CARTOONS SHOWED THE BEAR SMALLER AND CUTER, IMPLYING THAT UNDER THE
TOUGH, OUTDOORSY AND MACHO IMAGE OF ROOSEVELT LAY A SOFTER, MORE SENSITIVE INTERIOR.
IT WAS ONE OF THESE DRAWINGS THAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE TOY PEDDLER IN BROOKLYN.
IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, OTHER TOY SELLERS JOINED THE CRAZE FOR "ROOSEVELT
BEARS."
ROOSEVELT USED ONE AS A MASCOT IN HIS FAILED 1912 BID TO REGAIN THE PRESIDENCY.
SOME TEDDY BEARS FROM THAT ERA HAVE BECOME COLLECTOR'S ITEMS, WITH OLDER AND RARER
ONES FETCHING LARGE SUMS AT AUCTION.
THE FUZZY BEARS REMAIN ICONIC CHILDREN'S TOYS.
THE POPULARITY OF THE BEAR TOY INSPIRED JOHN WALTER BRATTON TO COMPOSE THE MELODY "THE
TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC" IN 1907, WHILE ROOSEVELT WAS STILL IN OFFICE.
JIMMY KENNEDY ADDED LYRICS IN 1932.
BECAUSE POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOUND THAT TEDDY BEARS CALMED CHILDREN IN
CRISES , THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & LAY CHARITIES CREATED THE TEDDY BEAR COP'S
PROGRAM TO DONATE TEDDY BEARS TO FIRST RESPONDERS.
ROOSEVELT CONSIDERED HIMSELF A CONSERVATIONIST, BUT ON ONE TRIP TO AFRICA HE AND HIS PARTY
SHOT 6,000 WILD ANIMALS TO DEATH.
ON ANOTHER AFRICAN SAFARI THAT ROOSEVELT MOUNTED IN 1909, THE YEAR HE LEFT OFFICE, HE AND HIS
SON KERMIT KILLED MORE THAN 500 ANIMALS, INCLUDING 17 LIONS AND EIGHT HIPPOS.
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