Are you tired of that racist country?

RUSH: Folks, can I ask you a question? I need to ask you a question. Are you sick of living in a racist country that has twice elected a black president? And are you sick of living in a racist country where a movie featuring a black actor as a black superhero is poised to set box office records? Are you tired of that racist country? Are you tired of living in that racist country?

I’m making a point that I’ve had made for I don’t know how long. How can this country be as racist and bigoted when its wealthiest and most popular TV personality is an overweight African-American female? How can that be?

I’ve often asked that question because, like all Republicans, I sit here and I get fed up with this never ending allegation, and not just personally, but that the country is this, and of course it isn’t.

And so this movie, Black Panther — and by the way, I need to tell you, I totally get this. This is a Marvel comics feature, and I think Disney partners in making these movies. Is that right? Is it Disney or Twentieth Century Fox. Disney? Okay, so Disney works with the Marvel movies. I can understand this being a big deal.

Now, here comes Black Panther, and apparently this movie was so popular when it was being made … They’re looking at $170 million opening weekend.

apparently the production is through-the-roof awesome, the special effects are awesome, the cast. It’s about a fictional African country that has a secret resource that will save the world from every problem there is, and it’s called Vesuvium or some such made-up name. And it’s about everybody in the world trying to get hold of this little country and throw everybody out so they can take over. And this guy defeats the world, the Black Panther. And it’s got great stunts and everything.

Now, if it reaches $170 million, whatever it reaches, it isn’t gonna be on the black audience alone. There aren’t enough exclusive black moviegoers to generate that kind of money, so this has to be crossing over into many different demographic areas of America. I think Millennials are gonna push this movie through the roof.

It’s definitely gonna come from the Millennial crowd and given their political attitudes on things, I think it makes perfect sense that these expectations are there.

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