Rush Greeted Like Rock Star

NewsMax ^ | February 9, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

[Kaslin]

America's top radio talker Rush Limbaugh was greeted like a rock star on Monday during an appearance in San Jose, California, while taking a few days off from his regular broadcast to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament.

The packed house at the San Jose Civic Auditorium "welcomed him with a standing ovation," reported the San Jose Mercury News. "There were no hecklers or protesters, and the only shouts were of love for the host," the paper said.

"We are in the midst of a seminal historic shift in this country," Limbaugh told the audience. "The Democrat party and the media have lost their monopoly. They don't rule the roost anymore."

The watershed political moment would have amazed his father, the top talker observed. "If my father could see what's happened today, just the sight of the Democrat party would extend his life by 10 years."

That's one reason conservatives have nothing to fear from Hillary Clinton, he assured those on hand.

Still, the GOP faces a major political problem that can no longer be ignored, he warned. "The Republicans' failure to understand the American people's building rage on illegal immigration" could give rise to a third party candidate, he said, who could tip the 2008 presidential race to the Democrats, much the same way Ross Perot's campaign did in 1992.

Limbaugh also seemed to revise earlier criticism of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for not being conservative enough, telling the audience, "I was wrong."

2,700 people paid $40 a piece to see Limbaugh live. Proceeds from the event will go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, a charity Limbaugh has supported since he went national in 1988.

[Katy_Katarina]

DoctorMichael
Since Sep 28, 2001

Thanks.....

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I've seen the errors in my way!

Rush does not have to talk to Kerry in person.

Shoot the messenger, me.

[UnionCountyYoungRepublican]

hes the MAHARUSHIE

[Conservababe]

No, first you have to have an audience to listen or read your tomes.

Take some advice from Rush. Before him, we had the old conservatives ala Buckley. Good man with good conservative ideas but boring as hell. Rush was the first to hit the media with a refreshing and funny approach to conservatism.

Rush's dad, when he first heard him on the radio, looked at Millie and said "why is he being so damn silly...he should be talking about serious issues". Millie replied "he has to get their attention, first". Rush got his political savvy from his dad and his mouth from his mother.

He has been very successful doing it "his" way. Now, if you want to do the same, get out there and quit whining he doesn't do it "your" way. LOL

[blackie]

You are absolutely right, T.J. ~ some people think NY State is like the rest of the US ~ Hillary doesn't have a chance in real America except to bring us out in droves to drive the final stake through her evil (politically speaking) heart!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Now, if you want to do the same, get out there and quit whining he (Rush) doesn't do it "your" way. LOL"

Yes, attack me, not the enemy within, Hanoi Kerry

PS How come you didn't complain to me BEFORE the election?

Oh, I know you got my vote, you have no need for me now.

[TomB]

Are you going to answer my simple question?

Why would it make any difference what Rush "asks" if Tim Russert already asked him face to face and it didn't do any good?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Are you going to answer my simple question?
Why would it make any difference what Rush "asks" if Tim Russert already asked him face to face and it didn't do any good?"

Ask Rush, he knows EVERYTHING!

I've seen the errors of my way.

I'm just a "war criminal"

[Dr. Scarpetta]

That's one reason conservatives have nothing to fear from Hillary Clinton, he assured those on hand.

Hillary should not be underestimated. Her book sold a lot of copies, and I know people who like her. They don't watch the news and don't really know the issues. They watch Idol. Hillary's a big liar and has the ability to TRICK the masses.

[TomB]

In other words, you can't answer the question, can you?

[Hot Tabasco]

. Now I know how my dog feels when I leave for work and why he is so exited when I get home.

No way will you ever get me to believe that Rush scratches your ears and tickles your belly.........(I hope you never neutered your dog....)

[leprechaun9]

Richardson of New Mexico

Did you mean Monica Lewinsky's employment agent (while he was at the U.N.)!

[TomB]

Well, lookie here.

Looks like the irrational, but colorful, Gulf has been wrong. Rush hasn't ignored Kerry's refusal to sign a form 180. This is from his show Nov, 8:

John Kerry was quite possibly less than honorably discharged by the Navy. The facts surrounding this case have been documented by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and The New York Sun ... Kerry refused to sign the Standard Form 180 and at least 100 pages of his military record remain hidden from view. The question ask yourself is: Can anyone seriously contemplate a Republican managing to run for office as a war hero without releasing such records?

[CounterCounterCulture]

"I was wrong."

Are they sure that was actually Rush who was speaking?

I was in attendance.

This was the context during a Q&A part of the event...

Rush has criticized Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that he wasn't conservative enough. Responding to this youngish blond woman in the balcony who supported Schwarzenneger, he said: "You're a woman. I have been a husband. I was wrong."

It was kinda cheeky in that "the man/husband always has to apologize" mode.

[blackie]

From Rush's web page:

Listen Live:
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2/9 Archived Show:
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Press Buried Kerry Facts

November 8, 2004


Listen to Rush…
(...list some of the vote-changing Kerry facts the partisan press simply didn't report)

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

I mentioned a minute ago, we went through some of the media myths that were passed off as media truths. I'm gonna go look at some things here via our friends at the AmericanThinker.com, a great conservative blogger site out there, and the column here is called, "Reading Tea Leaves." It's by "Nathan Hale," and this is all about the things that the media knew about John Kerry, but weren't interested in -- and believe me, folks I left this out, the media got Bush a lot of votes. The media organized a lot of Republicans. The media contributed to this notion that this was not fair, that there was a bunch of cheating go on, and it steeled the resolve of people who didn't agree with them rather than persuade them. Another reason why I tell you you ought to be confident about where your country is right now. Here are a few stories the mainstream press couldn't have cared less about.

"John Kerry was quite possibly less than honorably discharged by the Navy. The facts surrounding this case have been documented by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and The New York Sun [ 1 | 2 ].... Kerry refused to sign the Standard Form 180 and at least 100 pages of his military record remain hidden from view." The question ask yourself is: "Can anyone seriously contemplate a Republican managing to run for office as a war hero without releasing such records?" Do you know what Dan Rather and Mary Mapes would have been spending their time on trying to find, and when they found it, do you think they would have just kept it a secret? If there was a rumor that Bush had been dishonorably discharged that's all we would have heard about. With John Kerry, there was no interest whatsoever in the mainstream press.


"John Kerry is a cancer survivor who refused to release his medical records," and Clinton didn't either. The press didn't care. "The fact that Kerry is a cancer survivor who did not release his records, after the death of Paul Tsongas during what might have been his presidency, is entirely germane to voters' consideration of him. If Rudy Giuliani runs for president in '08, and he doesn't release his medical records, do you think the press is going to let him get away with it? (pause) Doubt it. A third one: "John Kerry and Teresa Heinz released less financial information than any candidate in history. We all know about the 'failed Arkansas land deal' and the trauma that caused our country. What would have happened if...links between Teresa's fortune and radical Democrats and their 527s had been documented only after the election? We do not have enough proof to declare Ms. Heinz guilty of anything. But the appearance of impropriety certainly follows her around like a cloud...

"The simple fact is that no one knows how many of Kerry's 55 million voters would have voted for Bush or simply withheld their vote for Kerry had they had better information," about where she was spending her money and what her full tax burden was and how few and little taxes she was paying. The mainstream press did not report the stuff about her tax rate being an effective 12.8%. They were not interested in that story -- and, of course, they were never interested at all in what the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth had to say. So there are a number of things that were big news out there but that the media was not interested in. So they constructed a bunch of myths that were not true about Kerry, promulgated those, and ignored a bunch of things that were -- or at least were curious and had they been items of a Republican candidate, no money would have been spared digging to the bottom of it to find out what it was.

END TRANSCRIPT

Read the Articles...

(American Thinker: Reading tea leaves - Nathan Hale)
(New York Sun: Kerry's Discharge Is Questioned by an Ex-JAG Officer)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

And what did Rush say about these?
I'm going to listen to Rush everyday and become a dittohead.
Show me what has has said about the US Senate and Kerry.
He did cover it, right?

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or elector of President and Vice President,
or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States,
or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress,
or as an officer of the United States,
or as a member of any state legislature,
or as an executive or judicial officer of any state,
to support the Constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere,
is guilty of treason and shall suffer death,
or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined
Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection
under this title but not less than $10,000;
and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

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directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse
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thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained
from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

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(a) A person charged with absence without leave or missing movement in time of war,

or with any offense punishable by death,

may be tried at any time without limitation.

[johnny7]

48,000,000 Americans voted for Kerry. Rush Limbaugh didn't have anything to do with it.

[TomB]

OH THE HUMANITY!!!

He's wrong again. From Oct 24:

RUSH: Oh, really? Your record isn't public, senator? I thought you had made your military records all public. I thought they were all on your website, senator. Now you admit that your records aren't public? See, this bothers him. Brokaw says that military analysts have concluded Bush has a higher IQ than Kerry. So Kerry, he can't handle this. So he screws up by saying, "I don't know. My records haven't been released." Yeah, senator, and why not? Is it because there's a questionable passage there on your discharge, senator? Is that why you won't sign Form 180 to release all your records? Is there some question about your honorable discharge, senator? Hmm?

So what is is, exactly, that you are bitching about?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

And tell me, what has Rush said about the false testimony in April 1971

He did cover this also, right?

[blackie]

She didn't trick the masses with her socialized medicine scam.