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Rush Limbaugh: The Definition of Mind-Numbed
EIB Network ^ | February 16, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 02/16/2011 3:40:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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RUSH: Columbus, Ohio. This is Kevin. Welcome, sir, I'm glad you waited. It's great to have you on the program.

CALLER: Thanks a lot. And I just wanted to thank you for all you do. You, um... You expose every day to me how racist and seditionist, anti-government, domestic terrorists, all of that... You guys, man, it's unbelievable. It really is. That you can have so much hatred for a president that just happens to be black, but I think that even makes it that much more delicious to you guys.

RUSH: Okay, let's... For the fun of it here. Racist, seditionist, anti-government, domestic terrorist, I expose every day.

CALLER: You expose people that --

RUSH: Who are we talking about? Who am I exposing?

CALLER: You're exposing all the people that listen to your program with some of their comments, some your com -- actually most of your comments are that way. Even with your little I guess you want to call it "satire." You guys hide behind that line when it's racism, actually. You'll say satire. All of the commercials on --

RUSH: Like what? Give me an example. Give me an example out there, Kev. What are you referring to?

CALLER: Okay. All of your little commercial breaks or whatever, all your little songs, it always seems to be some Negro dialect you got going there, and it's not even that funny.

RUSH: That's why I say, "What 'Negro dialect' and what satire?"

CALLER: Well, you just played three or four in a row. You got whoever supposedly is Obama saying those things, whatever -- and I only heard McCain in there, and that's only because you don't like him. But I never hear anybody from your side doing anything. I mean, I don't ever hear that. You don't ever pick with them. You're just always one-sided.

RUSH: Really?

CALLER: How is somebody supposed to believe you're "fair and balanced," ummm, when it's that way? I mean, I listen to you a lot, and that's all I ever hear.

RUSH: I've never said that I'm "fair" or "balanced."

CALLER: Well, you know you never say it because you couldn't say that, but --

RUSH: Well, but you just said I --

CALLER: -- supposedly you are. I mean --

RUSH: No, no. There you go. You suppose --

CALLER: I guess -- I guess Fox must be the same way. They're not really, either, right?

RUSH: Kevin, what is...? Let's see if we can isolate this.

CALLER: Okay.

RUSH: 'Cause you I really want to know. Do you read the New York Times? You sound like the people that post comments there.

CALLER: No, I'm not from New York, and I don't read the New York Times, no.

RUSH: You don't have to be from New York. You can read the New York Times in Oshkosh if you want to It's called "the Internet." Do you read and post comments there?

CALLER: No, sir. I never have.

RUSH: You wonder why I don't criticize people I like?

CALLER: No, I didn't say that at all. I said even whether you like 'em or not, if they do something that maybe is not right or whatever, I never hear you criticize 'em.

RUSH: Like who?

CALLER: Well, that's what I'm saying. That's why it's, "Like who?" You don't do it. You have people messing up all the time. What about Sarah Palin? What about Michele Bachmann? What about some of the crazy statements they make?

RUSH: What do you want...?

CALLER: You never say a word.

RUSH: Give me an example of some crazy things. Just give me a crazy thing Sarah Palin said.

CALLER: All you gotta do, uhh, is pull her up. Anything she says, to me, really is kind of crazy.

RUSH: No, no. No, no, no, no. You're gonna have to tell me. Give me an example.

CALLER: You know... You know, and... You know what? I've noticed this tactic, too. Whenever I talk to a right-wing person, the first thing they want to do is deflect the question you ask them by asking you a question.

RUSH: I'm not deflecting anything. I'm trying to find out exactly what it is that you think Sarah Palin said that is stupid.

CALLER: (laughing) Oh, so you don't think anything she said is dumb, huh? Okay. I see. This is what I mean. You don't have anything. Everything she said is very intelligent and -- and is correct. That what you believe, right?

RUSH: Uh, this is --

CALLER: What about...? Okay, let's go back, when she first came out. What about seeing Alaska from -- or seeing Russia from -- her backyard? Do you think that was stupid or not?

RUSH: She never said it. See, this is --

CALLER: Oh, my God.

RUSH: He's my God, too, so watch it.

CALLER: Well, you don't act like it.

RUSH: And I'm going to tell you something: She never said it.

CALLER: She never said it? Okay.

RUSH: This is the problem. Kevin, the audience would agree here that I have been very "fair and balanced." I have given you so much opportunity to be specific about your complaints, and you can't do it. I mean, you want to call me racist. I think it's amazing. The president proposes a budget. Even the Washington Post is saying the president punted on the budget, even members of his own party question the budget, foreign governments are questioning the budget because it's an outrageous run on our Treasury, a threat to future generations, and you call here and tell me that I saying it is racist! It's a shame. We've lost you. You're a walking cliche.

You are partly responsible for the problem this country's in, because you are willingly ignorant. You willingly keep yourself stupid and ignorant and uninformed, and you run around and live in your political cliched world, and you unwittingly are contributing to the problem that we've got by not getting up to speed and understanding what's really going on. The people that I assume you support are actively destroying whatever opportunity you might have to make something of yourself someday -- if that opportunity still remains for you. That's an open question. (sigh) Anyway, Kevin, thanks for the call. I appreciate it.

He waited an hour and a half, ladies and gentlemen, to use his EIB broadcast time in this fashion. He waited an hour and a half. Now... (interruption) No. He doesn't have a point. His point is that I mean-spirited. His problem is I'm right. It bothers him I'm on the air being right because it challenges his worldview, so he's gotta call in and try to Darrell Issa me. That's what he's trying to do. Now, keep in mind I have questioned Pelosi, and over the years I've questioned Kennedy, Kerry, Cuomo, on and on. I've questioned the policies and philosophies of whomever holds office, whomever is proposing policies that conflict with my views of freedom, the Constitution, the rule of law.

But this caller insists on making this racist! He has nothing substantive to say about anything -- which is to be expected, because whenever the left is faced with a direct confrontation on their views, they don't have any. They can only resort to deceit and lies and all these cliched accusations: Racism, ageism, sexism, starving children, hating aliens, on and on and on. He said not a single substantive thing. Not one. Despite my compassion. Despite my guidance. I attempted to guy guide him into something substantive. But you just heard the definition of "mind-numbed" on this program.

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RUSH: You know, in all candor, folks, it's callers like this last guy who make me question the whole concept of evolution. How can there be evolution? It doesn't logically compute with me. But now and then it serves a purpose for this kind of stuff to happen. I mean, this budget, this president's actions are going to harm the country -- and that means everybody in it, regardless of race, regardless of sex, regardless of party, regardless of IQ. The only blessing, I guess, to having no IQ is you won't know how screwed you've been.

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RUSH: Mike in Dallas, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER: Good afternoon, Rush. Mega dittos. I started listening to you 21 years ago on KRNV in Tulsa.

RUSH: Thank you very much, sir. I remember our first week there.

CALLER: Yes. I have some information for that caller in the last hour that you tried to pin down on issues, and he could not do anything about it. He needs to stay off of those hate sites like Media Matters, MoveOn.org, and Daily Kos and Huffington Post because he's not gonna get any factual information.

RUSH: Or the New York Times. You know, folks, you really ought to do something. The New York Times likes to think that they're the upper crust. I mean they've got the smartest readers, the smartest citizens. You ought to go to any New York Times website story and read the comments. I guarantee you'll run a gamut of emotions, from hilarity, laughter, to outright shock.

CALLER: And none of it is going to be the actual truth, Rush. None of it is.

RUSH: No, I know. It's all agenda oriented. But the comments, the comments are just... like I said earlier, folks, that caller made me question the whole concept of evolution, and I think anybody with just a modicum of intelligence would agree. Read the comments. You know what you're gonna get at Democrat Underground, Daily Kos, all those places. Go to the New York Times and read the comments there and then send a note to "Charles Darwin's full of it."

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: obama; palin; rushlimbaugh; sarah10pissant0; talkradio
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I wonder what Kevin's screen name is here: "You know, I love Sarah Palin, but I'm concerned that she is...."
1 posted on 02/16/2011 3:40:53 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You are a hoot!!!!


2 posted on 02/16/2011 3:44:46 PM PST by GregB (Congratulations President Palin on your election and being the first Female President!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I heard the show, I thought the guy was reading from a script. What’s Acorn’s new name? Or are they a full subsidiary of the DNC and the SEIU?

And that phony quote from Sarah. Very insulting. I love to throw it back at people every time.


3 posted on 02/16/2011 3:46:18 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (Fire all the damn rino!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I remember that call. Jeez, what a maroon!


4 posted on 02/16/2011 3:47:08 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Kevin must be unaware of this man who Rush ocassionally turns his multimillion dollar show over to guest host.

5 posted on 02/16/2011 3:47:21 PM PST by TSgt (Colonel Allen West & Michele Bachman - 2012 POTUS Dream Team Ticket!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; pissant

“I wonder what Kevin’s screen name is here: “You know, I love Sarah Palin, but I’m concerned that she is....”

Paging mr. Pissant to the red courtesy phone....


6 posted on 02/16/2011 3:47:39 PM PST by jessduntno ("That 3 a.m. phone call from Egypt to Obama went right to the answering machine." - Sarah Palin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sure sounds like a few trolls...


7 posted on 02/16/2011 3:48:55 PM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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I bet you Kevin has a few Apple products...
8 posted on 02/16/2011 3:54:23 PM PST by Leo Farnsworth (I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ONE person Kevin speaks of is......SARAH!! More rent free space for Sarah 24/7. And they say we worship her? LOL! They are non stop in their talking about her. Wasn’t February to be ‘Sarah free’? Their addiction is showing.


9 posted on 02/16/2011 3:56:58 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: Leo Farnsworth

I know Rush has given away those EIB version IPADS.

I doubt this guy got one.


10 posted on 02/16/2011 3:57:06 PM PST by NoLibZone (Obama must be impeached and tried for treason.)
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To: TSgt

Good point but that wouldn’t suit his agenda. Pitiful numb minded bots.


11 posted on 02/16/2011 3:59:38 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

EVERY conservative caller gets a dozen callers like Kevin every week. They are full of generalities and will readily say that you are racist and that “everybody” knows that Palin said such and such, but when you push them to give specifics, they can’t because they are just useful idiots who are full of propaganda but no facts.


12 posted on 02/16/2011 4:03:21 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

On the way back from the Hanford nuke site, I heard part of this assclown Kevin’s spew of MoveOn.org and DNC talking points. Talk about invincible ignorance...


13 posted on 02/16/2011 4:05:06 PM PST by Noumenon ("We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s what happwns when you get your news from SNL. What a dope!


14 posted on 02/16/2011 4:09:30 PM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: Leo Farnsworth

It doesn’t take much intellect to know it’s easier to use a Mac.


15 posted on 02/16/2011 4:12:08 PM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (DRAFT PALIN)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s not OK to be skeptical anymore when it comes to the McCain loving Palin?

Is that it?

Here’s a direct quote from Palin herself:

“If you want conservative solutions and common sense leadership ... to fight for what this state and country needs, I’m asking you to vote for John McCain,” Palin told several thousand people packed into a fairground in Tucson, Ariz.

“Let’s send the Maverick back to the Senate,” she added, in her first appearance at the stump with McCain since he lost the November 2008 presidential election to Democrat Barack Obama and Palin lost her bid to be vice president to Joe Biden.

Now, doesn’t it make a lot of sense to be skeptical after hearing that? John McCain is a Rino’s Rino. He was a maverick allright, he got that moniker from the MSM when they loved him so much for going against the GOP and helping the Rat party. It makes a lot of sense to be wary and skeptical to me.


16 posted on 02/16/2011 4:19:33 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
But it does require intellect to understand that the business world - sadly Kevin is immune from this world - relies upon Microsoft based software to function.
17 posted on 02/16/2011 4:20:50 PM PST by Leo Farnsworth (I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.)
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To: ABQHispConservative

“And that phony quote from Sarah. Very insulting. I love to throw it back at people every time.”
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Ask them how far Russia is from Alaska.
They will not know the answer, but then you blow them away by
telling them it is less then 3 miles.
Big Diomede Island (Russia) and Little Diomede Island (USA)


18 posted on 02/16/2011 4:24:56 PM PST by AlexW
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What about seeing Alaska from -- or seeing Russia from -- her backyard? Do you think that was stupid or not?

"I can see Russia from my house!" - Tina Fey (D-SNL)

Funny, I doubt if one liberal in a hundred knows that it was a Democrat who came up with that one.

19 posted on 02/16/2011 4:31:07 PM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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I wonder what Kevin's screen name is here:

I'm guessing "pissant".

20 posted on 02/16/2011 4:32:16 PM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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