Posted on 08/21/2015 1:12:18 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: This is Madeleine in Omaha. She's 22 years old. Madeleine, I'm glad you waited. Great to have you here. Hi.
CALLER: Rush Limbaugh, it is such an honor to talk to you. You have no idea. Hey, listen, I have so much to rant about, but I know I can't.
RUSH: No, go ahead! Go for it!
CALLER: (giggles)
RUSH: It's Open Line Friday! That's what it's for. Have at it.
CALLER: There's a couple things. I'm 22 years old. I just graduated college at Nebraska, and I grew up listening to you literally every day. I was a kid who never listens to music. My mom raised me on you since I was one year old, and so I'm just as obsessed with you as she is. She calls you her "boyfriend," and when you got married, she was so mad that she glued a picture of her head on your wife's head.
RUSH: (laughing)
CALLER: And she framed it. (giggles)
RUSH: (laughing louder)
CALLER: (giggles) We are the family that bought all the Club Gitmo stuff, took pictures; I think we made your website one year. Anyway, so that's that. My second thing is, I made it through college still Republican, still conservative, and I cannot tell you how many people drove me up the wall with their hippie-dippie liberal thoughts and ideas. You know, I was in a sorority and these two girls were just the biggest hippies and, you know, all about conserving the environment and protecting animals. And you know what the other thing is? I don't understand how people can vote Democrat. Because, like, do they not understand Obamacare and do they not understand, like, their beliefs?
RUSH: Yeah. (sigh)
CALLER: The other thing, Hillary Clinton. I saw her I believe the other day saying she's gonna take the CEOs' money and give it to the employees underneath her. My dad is the CEO of a real estate company, and he would die. I mean, it took him 40 years to get where he is now. Can you imagine that?
RUSH: And as far as Hillary's concerned, he stole everything along the way to get there.
CALLER: Yeah!
RUSH: So you're frustrated by the way other students at college think.
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: Well, join the club.
CALLER (giggles)
RUSH: We all are.
CALLER (giggles)
RUSH: We all are. And we all are searching for reasons to explain it. The reason why we do that's because we'd all love to be able to straighten 'em out. We'd all like to be able to teach them how they're wrong and help them out.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: And part of that is understanding what is it that seduces them in the first place. I think I have a pretty good idea how it all happens.
CALLER: Yeah?
RUSH: It's all... Liberalism's an emotion-based thing. It's based on caring; it's based on thinking you care more than anybody else; it's based on compassion. It isn't based on results. It's not based on solutions; it isn't based on fixing anything. It's based on caring about everything. You combine that with the fact that girls you're talking about, the women you're talking have grown up hearing that the Republican Party are racists and they're sexists and they're bigots and they conduct a War on Women, and they believe all of this because they happen to believe the people that have made them think what they think now.
CALLER: And, you know what, Rush? That's why it's frustrating. It's frustrating to be a Republican because they call me racist and say I'm against immigration. I'm dating a black person. You know, if that's not enough of a verification, a confirmation that I'm not racist, I don't know what it is.
RUSH: Look, it won't matter.
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: The preacher at the wedding that your mom got so mad at was black. I had a guy come up to me the next day -- we were all having brunch, and a guy came up to me who was at the wedding -- and he said, "You know what? People would not believe this. Here you are, Rush Limbaugh, you got..." He cited all of the diversity that took place in the wedding, including with a black preacher. Nobody would have believed it. The point is it doesn't matter. Do you know who the Koch brothers are?
CALLER: I don't.
RUSH: The Koch brothers are famous wealthy libertarians, Koch Industries out of Wichita. They are perceived to be Republicans. They're one of the few wealthy people that do not donate to Democrats. They're some of the biggest philanthropists. I know them. David Koch in New York donated something like that $25 million to a hospital in New York City. The nurses union at the hospital demanded that the hospital give it back because David Koch only gave the money to cover up the fact that he's a hater and a racist.
So there's no act of goodwill, no act of kindness that you could engage in that's gonna persuade these people. Now, here's the thing, Madeleine. This is gonna be very hard. Now, actually it probably won't be because you pulled it off this far. Whatever you do, I'm begging you: Do not live your life focused either partially or fully on changing these people's attitudes about you. They are the one with the problem, not you.
CALLER: Mmm-hmm.
RUSH: You're not the one who has to change anything about yourself. If they have a problem with you, it's their problem, not yours. They're the ones who are prejudiced; they're the ones who are closed-minded. They're the ones who are, in many cases, smug and arrogant and conceited. You're not. Do not... You know, learn to laugh at it, and stay the course. Live your life the way you do, and let that be the example.
CALLER: I love it. Thank you, Rush. You know, I have one thing to tell you.
RUSH: Yeah?
CALLER: I graduated a broadcast major and I worked for the Big Ten Network. So from one broadcaster to another, I really, really respect you.
RUSH: Well, thank you very much.
CALLER: (giggles)
RUSH: Now, that I really appreciate, because you probably know more than most -- just by virtue of your broadcast training at the University of Nebraska -- what goes on here.
CALLER: Yes, I do know a lot.
RUSH: No, tell me.
CALLER: (silence)
RUSH: Oh, you said, "I know a lot." Well, yes.
CALLER: I do know a lot, yes.
RUSH: I thought you said, "You know what?"
CALLER: (giggling) No.
RUSH: I'm sorry. I thought you were waiting to tell me something. Well, look, you have be so great. Would you like a new iPhone?
CALLER: Yes, I would. (giggling)
RUSH: Would you? Brian, would you make a quick trip back there and see if I've got an iPhone 6? All I've got are the big ones, 6 Plus, and I've found that women are not big fans of the 6 Plus because you can't use it one-handed.
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: The 6 Plus is too big for you?
CALLER: Little bit! (giggles)
RUSH: Doesn't matter. I'll get you...
CALLER: Okay.
RUSH: It's a little big for you? A little too big? A 5-1/2-inch screen is too big for you?
CALLER: I'll use whatever.
RUSH: (interruption) We do have an iPhone 6. All right. Now, is your carrier AT&T or Verizon?
CALLER: It's Verizon.
RUSH: We're in Fat City!
CALLER: (giggling)
RUSH: I just happen to have an iPhone 6 in Verizon right back there with your name on it.
CALLER: Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!
RUSH: Okay, so I want you to hang on. Mr. Snerdley will get the address; we can ship this thing out to you. We can hopefully get it to you tomorrow, if you're gonna be home or wherever you're gonna be.
CALLER: Okay, great.
RUSH: I can't thank you enough. I really appreciate all the kind things that you said.
CALLER: Of course. We love you, Rush!
RUSH: Hang in there. Remember: The Republican Party's in a mess because it's trying to change what the left thinks of them. Do not do that. You do not have to do anything to justify what you think. That's on them. Put that onus right back on them. When they say, "How in the world could you...?" your rejoinder is, "I think you need to answer that question about yourself."
You need to hit 'em right between the eyes with common sense and logic, even though it won't permeate. You know, environmentalism/climate change? A great topic. "Do you really...?" Ask them: "Do you really believe that? Do you really believe that driving SUVs can destroy this magnificent creation of God?" Ask them that. Just see what they say. Have fun with it. But don't acquiesce to them.
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