Posted on 08/01/2013 4:47:41 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: First call. And we're taking a call right now 'cause I'm fascinated by this. I got a call from my adopted hometown Sacramento. Kitty! Kitty, great to have you on the program. Hi.
CALLER: Hi. How are you?
RUSH: Good. Thank you.
CALLER: I was saying back in, oh, '87, you were in Sacramento locally --
RUSH: Right.
CALLER: -- and you came into where I worked, and everybody in the department -- it was a hospital, you made a visit. And everybody in the department was going, "Oh, Rush is here! Rush is here!" and I would like roll my eyes and go, "Big deal."
RUSH: (stifling laughter)
CALLER: I couldn't stand you. I couldn't stand you at all, just didn't listen to you, didn't like you. Then I started listening to you, and I gotta tell you: I am in awe.
RUSH: Wow.
CALLER: Your insights, your perceptions just amaze me.
RUSH: I thought I was universally loved and adored in Sacramento.
CALLER: Well, you are now.
RUSH: I didn't know there was anybody who didn't like me, except there was a guy on the FM side that hated my guts.
CALLER: (laughing)
RUSH: Gary something or other. I think he's picking up trash today, but I didn't know anyone else didn't like me. So the whole time I was there, you were not particularly enamored? You didn't listen? You only started listening 10 years?
CALLER: Ten, 12 years ago, something like that, yeah. Yeah, I didn't like you. I was a Democrat. I was just very... I can't say I was a liberal. I wasn't an old hippie, but I wasn't really like real liberal. Now I switched over to the Republican Party, and now I'm sort of want be real happy with them and, you know, I'm look at being independent. But your insights, your knowledge just amazes me, and when you go 99.7%, I'd make that 99.8. (giggles)
RUSH: Well, I do, too, but the opinion auditing firm hasn't moved it up in a while.
CALLER: Well, they don't know about me.
RUSH: (laughing) That's awfully nice of you. What part of Sacramento do you live.
CALLER: I am in Rancho Cordova.
RUSH: Rancho Cordova. See, it's great. I know all these places.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: Rancho Cordova, South Natomas, all those places.
CALLER: Like, like I say I --
STAFF: (interruption)
RUSH: No, she's not from Rio Linda. I can tell that by the way she sounds. She's not from Rio Linda.
CALLER: Ha!
RUSH: Snerdley wants to know if you've been to Rio Linda. No. You don't have to answer that. I'm sure people recognize your voice.
CALLER: (laughing)
RUSH: You don't have to admit that. No. Don't answer whether you've been to Rio Linda. I wouldn't do that to you. You're a big fan now.
CALLER: Oh, yeah. Huge.
RUSH: Well, Kitty, thank you, I appreciate it. I really do.
CALLER: Oh, not as much I appreciate you.
RUSH: What changed your mind? People want to know.
CALLER: Just your perceptions and just saying, you know --
RUSH: Yeah, but something had to happen. You didn't like me for whatever reasons, and something 10 or12 years ago happened and you started listening. What made that happen?
CALLER: My husband. My husband like would listen to talk radio.
RUSH: Ah.
CALLER: He had you on, and I started to listening to you.
RUSH: You kinda had no choice, it was on, and you were sort of a prisoner to it, and then it somehow got through.
CALLER: It got through, and it's like, "This guy's right. He's right on. He knows exactly what's going on."
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: I started listening and never stopped.
RUSH: So now do you think back to those four years when I was in Sacramento, what you missed?
CALLER: Yeah. Oh.
RUSH: And what coulda been?
CALLER: Oh, yeah!
RUSH: (laughing)
CALLER: I mean, I was thinking about it, and it's like, "Oh, I didn't get a chance to meet him, and I am just in awe of him now."
RUSH: Well, I'm due to make a return there. I still have a tremendous number of friends out there.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: I've got so many things like that pile up that you want to do, that time sometimes doesn't seem it's gonna make itself available. But, anyway, Kitty, I appreciate the call. Great call, and thank you. Perfect day for you to get through with your message, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.
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RUSH: So apparently all of the 24- and 25-year-old women who are afraid of me just need to get married, just need to get married and then become fans. (interruption) Well, I mean, not all of them are doing hookups, Snerdley. It may be a trend, but that's a college thing. It may bleed over.
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I used to Rollerblade in the lot across from where Rush started in Sacramento, by the weird UFO theaters.
Peeking over the fence, I saw Rush a couple times, when he was big just locally.
I feel a very long and strong connection to Rush, incredibly strong.
I know about the Bake Sale, and Rush to Excellent tours, and all that.
RUSH: THE BIGGEST WEAPON WE HAVE.
That is Kitty O”Niel. Her husbamd is a chef at Mace’s restaurant I tihink. Rush attended their wedding.
Only negative is that Kitty pulled the do you know who I am at the Sac Airport. A friend of mine is related to the officer.
Congratulations to Rush on his anniversary. I started listening during the riots in LA. It had been a few days of non stop riot coverage and then Rush came on that Monday. At first I was mad as I wanted more riot coverage (hubby worked right in the war zone) and loved him immediately! ! So glad I found him
I will never forget the first time I heard Rush. It was Day 2 of the air campaign in the Gulf War. I lived very near work, and had come home for lunch. On the way I was searching the radio for news, and Rush was talking about the media complaining that we were being “mean to the enemy”. Having cut my teeth on Buckley and Buchanan, it was weird to hear the views presented in such a fashion. Been hooked ever since. He’s still the best. Nothing against Levin or any others, but Rush is #1 for a reason. I don’t always agree with him, but he has done more to advance our side of the debate than anyone, maybe ever, certainly over the last 20 years. Love the “former liberal” stories.
I grew up with him on KFBK during my last two years of High School (and ever since) at Casa Roble as well. What a fantastic dude he is, and Northern California loves him dearly.
America’s anchorman has a husband?
I looked up Mace’s and they say it is closed.
Well said!
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