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To: ConservativeStLouisGuy
I love Rush and everything but if the above is any example, he nailed NOTHING!

CALLER: Die hard Republican, I actually have the Bush-Cheney '04 sticker on the back of my car, not like that woman from Friday. But the defense of Martha Stewart, both my wife and my father-in-law are stockbrokers and Martha Stewart was a stockbroker, has a series 7 license and the cardinal rule is you don't trade on inside information, and Martha violated that, and on top of that, Martha was a board member of the New York Stock Exchange. So she had a double responsibility to ethics in this and she broke those rules, and, you know, I've read a lot of defense of Martha in the conservative press and the Washington Times, et cetera, and I just flat out disagree with it. She got caught, she knew she was wrong.

RUSH: Wait a second, there's no conservative-liberal to this. And, by the way, I'm getting very suspicious here of all you people who call here and say I'm a registered Republican, I have a Bush-Cheney sticker on my car, just talk to us and we'll know whether you do or not. But I mean you people call here, I got a Bush-Cheney thing on my car, Bush sucks, Bush and Cheney are cheating everybody with Halliburton. Well, then why you got the thing on your car? You're not fooling us. Or me, anyway, with this talk of "I have a Bush-Cheney sticker on my car" and then launch into some stuff about the conservative media. That's just seminar caller get-up and I don't fall for it. Substance of your comment I will make in just a second. All right, here's the final Martha Stewart analysis. Given what she was charged with, and given what she got - she got what she got. That's what H.R. just told me, so there you have it.

The caller made excellent points and Rush didn't respond to it at all. He just inserted a red herring argument and piled hyperbole on top of it. Might make interesting radio talk, but it is far from nailing the debate.

3 posted on 03/10/2004 8:37:04 AM PST by King Black Robe (With freedom of religion and speech now abridged, it is time to go after the press.)
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To: King Black Robe
Once Rush realizes he has a seminar caller he dispatches them pretty quickly.
7 posted on 03/10/2004 8:45:09 AM PST by evad (Cut taxes again. Cut spending. Cut Guv Regulations. Cut Guv Programs...Repeat)
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To: King Black Robe
Duck and run for cover!
8 posted on 03/10/2004 8:45:21 AM PST by WayneM (Cut the KRAP (Karl Rove Amnesty Plan). Call your elected officials and say "NO!!")
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To: King Black Robe
I disagreed with every point Rush made in defense of Martha. His comment that lying to the FBI was okay as long as she wasn't under oath was just disgraceful.

He blames the jurors for not being of the elite class.....therefore.....WHAT, THEY'RE TOO DUMB TO KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG?

15 posted on 03/10/2004 9:00:01 AM PST by OldFriend (Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
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To: King Black Robe
Looking back at the transcript (after listening to it on the radio yesterday), I can see your point....you know, I'm thinking Rush is so used to spotting seminar callers that he just jumped a little too quickly on that call....also perhaps his cochliar implant was working properly at that moment and he "heard" something that wasn't even said....

FReegards,

- ConservativeStLouisGuy
41 posted on 03/10/2004 11:38:20 AM PST by ConservativeStLouisGuy (transplanted St Louisan living in Canada, eh!)
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To: King Black Robe
I agree with the caller and you. Stewart broke the law and is now paying the consequences. She knew what she was doing, she's not stupid (except for the whole breaking the law thingy). The fact that she is a rich celebrity did not help any, but she did not get convicted of being rich and famous.

Cramer of CNBC said that the one way you make white collar crime go away is to put these people away. Fines are nothing to them.

43 posted on 03/10/2004 11:41:22 AM PST by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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To: King Black Robe

The caller made excellent points and Rush didn't respond to it at all. He just inserted a red herring argument and piled hyperbole on top of it. Might make interesting radio talk, but it is far from nailing the debate."<---My thoughts exactly!


69 posted on 12/26/2004 5:24:39 PM PST by M-cubed
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