Posted on 01/22/2006 2:32:44 PM PST by chuckpez
Despite, or perhaps as a result of Rush Limbaugh's position as the nation's most popular radio talk host, it isn't easy to get El Rushbo to agree to an interview. For one enterprising newspaper reporter, however, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic golf tournament in Palm Springs proved a great place to catch him in a happy, chatty mood.
If you bumped into him on the course, what might you ask?
Like most radio, stage and film performers, Limbaugh is notoriously quiet and introverted in person. And why shouldn't he be? There's more risk in opening up than simply keeping one's mouth shut.
That reluctance to speak, however, extended even to the radio studios, where he had little to say to us, either. Considering just how much public and media blowback a person in his shoes has to endure in any given day, though, it's necessary to cut Rush a certain amount of slack.
So whether the Desert Sun's Leighton Ginn had these questions mapped out in advance, or if they were cooked up on the fly, they weren't half-bad. A sample:
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Q. Who do you think will be the GOP's candidate for president in 2008?
A. This is the first year I can remember, the first election that there's no acknowledged frontrunner. It's wide open. A number of people think it will be McCain, I hope not. I like George Allen.
Dittos. (no pun intended)
Aren't you embarrassed taking so much time off?
"Q: Why don't you release all those video clips you showed on your show. Including the fake crocodile tears Bill Clinton cried and the time Bill Clinton cursed out an aide at the first Clinton White House Easter Party. It would show just how viscious and mean that man really is and what sychophants his followers are."
When I looked a while back many of these clips were available on the paid side of his site.
Bleah. A pox on Rush. If he would just release them on a CD with a new book similar to "Do as I say and not as I do", it would be a huge hit. He could then go on all the talk shows and show a few clips. It would devastate the liberals. I mean who here at FR hasn't seen Clinton's crocodile tears and Ron Brown's funeral?
So he thinks that satellite radio only has 3 million subscribers?
Try over 9 million, and growing fast, unlike commercial laden "free" radio.
Maybe it's time to hang it up and play golf full time, Rush. It's pretty clear that that's where your interest lies.
Who's going to take your place when your time is up? I would ask this in all seriousness. Rush is unique and I think it is his humor and entertainment values that make him this way.
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