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"I heard his rant driving back to St. Pete from Gainesville. ...he said, "I don't care about conservatism" in relating his feelings to a caller who reminded him that conservative principals usually condemned the Federal Government getting involved in state laws and individual rights, I was shocked. ...Rush, like many here would ignore the rule of law to save what he perceives to be the death of one innocent. ..." [the rest of the BS snipped] ~ KDD

He used the phrase, "intellectually vacant" and you recognized yourself??? No wonder you're pi$$ed.

For those who can handle it, his exact words -in context- are copied and pasted below.

Virulent Passion for Terri's Death Grows March 25, 2005
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com

Excerpt:

RUSH: Let's see. Louisville, Kentucky, and Greg, welcome, sir. Nice to have you on the program.

CALLER: Hello, Rush. How are you?

RUSH: Fine, thank you.

CALLER: I enjoy your show. I don't agree with you on this issue. I think Terri Schiavo's cerebral cortex has been destroyed, and all the medical testimony that I've heard says that, and if that's the case, then Terri Schiavo, the person, has been dead for 15 years. We're talking about the body of Terri Schiavo, the brain, the stem and the forebrain, which is not a conscious, not the personality of Terri Schiavo. Therefore, we're not talking about the life of Terri Schiavo, the person.

RUSH: It's that easy for you, is it?

CALLER: Well, I think it's actually fairly easy yes. I mean, I'm a Libertarian now. I used to be a Republican before they were basically captured by the big spenders and the witch doctors. Unfortunately, you know, the big government can intrude everywhere apparently now.

RUSH: Yeah.

CALLER: And I must disagree. I understand what you're saying.

RUSH: How did big government intrude here?

CALLER: Well, of course, you're right. You're constitutionally correct. Congress has the Article 3 power to set the jurisdiction of the federal courts. You are totally correct about that. However, that's not consistent with the conservative agenda. Conservative agenda has traditionally been to keep the federal government out of our personal business, keep the government out of local and state affairs, so while you are correct legally--

RUSH: No, that's not the --

CALLER: You're correct legally, but you're incorrect philosophically. That has not been the traditional view of conservatives.

RUSH: You know, conservatism doesn't matter to me here. Maybe it would help if I were to tell people that my view on this has nothing to do with ideology. I don't care what the conservative split is over this, and I think it is absolutely intellectually vacant to try to argue for this woman's death on the basis that there is hypocrisy in the conservative movement. What does hypocrisy in the conservative movement have to do with this woman's death? To []me, nothing. I couldn't care less that there are some conservatives who worry about the overreaching federal government and therefore, they're not being consistent if they support this. How about the founding documents? If you want to go this way, I'll be glad to. Founding documents charge the government with protecting life, l-i-f-e, liberty, property, pursuit of happiness. There are certain roles that government has. National defense. Whether you're conservative or liberal, you acknowledge that. The problem is that too many liberals don't want the government involved in life decisions, as we are seeing. If somebody doesn't stand up for it on the whole, who will? Are all of our lives going to come down to what some judge thinks someday?

So to me, this is not an ideological argument. I don't care whether I sound hypocritical to people as a conservative or not. And I don't care whether there's hypocrisy. In fact, this whole business of trying to win an argument based on the hypocrisy of the opponent is nothing more than a flashy little attempt to sidestep the substance of the argument. Don't tell me about the hypocrisy of conservatives. Tell me why you want this woman to die, or tell me why you don't. But don't say, "The conservatives are being hypocritical, federalism, overreaching federal government and so forth." We've got a federal judge, we've got a federal appeals court, we've had the US Supreme Court, the federal government is involved. It's not just when Congress gets involved. You want to talk about the overreaching federal government? We got a whole branch of the federal government that is siding with death here. Anybody worried about that? I happen to be. And it's not because I'm a conservative or liberal. It happens to be because I do have a sacred view of life. Sorry.

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RUSH: I'd like to read you an e-mail I just received, ladies and gentlemen, from one of the subscribers at Rushlimbaugh.com. It's perhaps the most virulent of the e-mails, but there are a few, and have been many over the course of the week that are of equal sentiment.

Rush, get off this bleep. It's none of your bleeping business. You're advocating more government intrusion. I'm tired of this diatribe by you. I've been a big supporter, advocate, and listener since you started but now I've gotten blanked. You don't know what the blank you're talking about in this case. You just stated that Congress has the authority over the courts. Well, dumbass, the people have authority over the blanking Congress. Get your blanking facts straight. I have more damn authority than the blanking Congress or the blanking courts. I'm an American voter and I've spoken. Let her blanking die and move on. You and Hannity are destroying our power in this country by acting like holier-than-thou morons trying to control our lives. I didn't vote for Bush because of a religious zealot attitude. Although I'm a Catholic and a conservative Republican, I did not vote for Bush or you to get more involved in my life, so get out of my life, as you would like others to get out of your life. You've become a hypocrite. Get out! Signed "Al."

This is from a subscriber to my website, ladies and gentlemen. Now, he's spoken. I don't know how he voted on this. He's a voter. And he has spoken. "Let her blanking die and move on." So you tell me there's no passion? You tell me there's no enthusiasm for this woman's death? Don't try telling me that that's not the case, ladies and gentlemen. And, of course, now I find it interesting these people are getting so mad. The fact that she hasn't died yet is my fault, and Sean Hannity's fault.