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Radio host's royal welcome
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 2/09/05 | Brad Kava

Posted on 02/09/2005 7:01:56 AM PST by Utah Binger

Preaching optimism and slamming Democrats, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was greeted like a rock star by a packed San Jose Civic Auditorium audience Tuesday night.

``We are in the midst of a seminal historic shift in this country,'' Limbaugh, 54, told audience members who paid $40 a ticket and welcomed him with a standing ovation. ``The Democrat party and the media have lost their monopoly. They don't rule the roost anymore.''

Other than one swear word and a slightly off-color story about Sen. Ted Kennedy's sex life, his fare was largely that of his radio show -- the country's most popular with some 20 million listeners.

He praised President Bush and demonized Democrats and liberals, to great cheers.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: rush; rushlimbaugh; standingo
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Hard to believe that the reporter was so fair. I would have thought that the Merc would have really slammed.
1 posted on 02/09/2005 7:01:56 AM PST by Utah Binger
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To: Utah Binger

What was the "swear word" ?? Anybody know?


2 posted on 02/09/2005 7:03:19 AM PST by MTD
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To: Born Conservative

Ping!


3 posted on 02/09/2005 7:03:38 AM PST by b4its2late (Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear.)
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To: Utah Binger

Murky Nuz reporters still write in crayon.


4 posted on 02/09/2005 7:03:40 AM PST by martin_fierro (Fierro-san)
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To: MTD
Forget what the swear word was......I want to hear the "slightly off-color sex joke" about Teddy Kennedy, LOL.

Leni

5 posted on 02/09/2005 7:06:12 AM PST by MinuteGal
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To: MTD

Probably said "heck"


6 posted on 02/09/2005 7:06:47 AM PST by Utah Binger (Recovering)
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To: Utah Binger

Ted Kennedy's life IS an off color joke.


7 posted on 02/09/2005 7:06:58 AM PST by Vaquero
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To: MTD

"Liberty"


8 posted on 02/09/2005 7:08:10 AM PST by RetroSexual
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To: Utah Binger

Hard to believe that the reporter was so fair. I would have thought that the Merc would have really slammed.
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It would have been too obvious since Rush was a sell out as predicted. With the far-left running on very thin ice, their normal BS smear tactics would not have played well -- amazingly someone at the far-left Mercury made an intelligent call. (must have been a screw-up!) chuckle.


9 posted on 02/09/2005 7:09:48 AM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Utah Binger
Maha Rushie bump.

Roger's OK but I look forward to Rush coming back tomorrow.

10 posted on 02/09/2005 7:10:13 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: martin_fierro
...in the midst of a seminal historic shift... Proof? Shouldn't that be semenal? Or, am I wrong?
12 posted on 02/09/2005 7:11:53 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (lex orandi, lex credendi)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

You are oooozing with sarcasm. I wouldn't touch that if I were you. Maybe he meant a historic shift is coming.


13 posted on 02/09/2005 7:14:23 AM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: MTD
What was the "swear word" ??

Most likely is was Damn.

Rush sometimes tells the story about Senator Sam Erwin of Watergate fame. Erwin was shown a picture of Teddy Kennedy at sea on his boat in the act of having sex with young woman.

Erwin looked at the picture of Kennedy and the young lady having sex for a moment then remarked, "I see the Senator from Massachusetts has changed his position on offshore drilling."

15 posted on 02/09/2005 7:16:56 AM PST by Common Tator
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I would have thought that the Merc would have really slammed (Rush).

Yeah ... I was visiting San Jose last October when the Murky Nuz came out with their ringing endorsement of Kerry critter.

16 posted on 02/09/2005 7:19:03 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o

I lived in SJ for thirty five years. Got to the point where I couldn't read the paper. Found Rush.


17 posted on 02/09/2005 7:22:32 AM PST by Utah Binger (Recovering)
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To: Common Tator

Excellent story!!


18 posted on 02/09/2005 7:23:20 AM PST by MTD
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To: Common Tator

Aside from it's Senator Sam Ervin, that's the best joke of the day for me. I can't believe I haven't heard it before!


19 posted on 02/09/2005 7:24:26 AM PST by Right Winged American (We don't need a fountain of youth, what we need is a fountain of SMART!)
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Rush sometimes tells the story about Senator Sam Erwin of Watergate fame.

The story must be true, It seems the story was being tolded around Washington D.C., for quite awhile...Its' like the Dodd/"Swimmer" "Waitress Sandwich" story...They (the Democrats) seem to use these stories, to glorified their "power" in Washington, by impugning, the mores of the Country-at-large, like Bubba Klintoon did, in the '90s.

20 posted on 02/09/2005 7:54:47 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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