I Apologize for Yesterday's 3rd Hour

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | May 20, 2015 | Rush Limbaugh

[Kaslin]

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, before we get going here today, I really, really need to offer you a sincere apology for the last hour of the program yesterday. I mean, it was an absolute bomb, and it was because for the first time in I don't know how many years, I abandoned totally my professionalism, and I allowed myself to be totally distracted by a bunch of stuff that was happening that had nothing to do with the program, off the air stuff.

I even alluded to it a couple of times during the program, but the bottom line is that I ended up being distracted, and I don't remember very much of the last hour of that program, and that means it wasn't very noteworthy if I don't remember it. You know, I do this every day, the only measure that I have of this program each day is, you know, when I say meeting and surpassing all audience expectations, I sincerely mean that. This program has always been for the audience. It's never been for the media. It has never been for buzz or PR or hype. It's always been for the audience.

I'm very empathetic in relating to you and imagining how you are hearing the program. And if you thought yesterday's last hour was an abomination, I would have to agree with you. The great thing is in this business there's always tomorrow. When you do one of these programs every day, there's always tomorrow. Tomorrow is now here. Snerdley said, "It was a great hour. You don't need to --" It was not a great hour. I'm telling you it was not a great hour. (interruption) "The only thing wrong was it wasn't long enough." Don't give me that.

Look, you know, I had these two stories on women, that Mad Men story. I mean, I just went through the motions. I might as well have not even done those two stories because I added nothing to it. Anybody can do what I did. I just read because I was so mad. You do not know how mad I was, and it's rare that I allow this to happen. I'm able to compartmentalize and, you know, put everything out of my mind for these three hours and then join the drudgery afterwards. But it overcame me yesterday, and even if you didn't know -- and I doubt that you didn't. I mean, it was so bad, you had to know based on comparisons of previous programs and what you expected, it was bad.

So I've been waiting all day for this hour to start here so I could apologize to you. I will never, ever -- I mean, yesterday was the equivalent of phoning it in. But it was even worse than that 'cause I was going through the motions of trying. Phoning it in, you don't even try. But I was going through the motions of trying in the third hour. I just was unable to overcome these distractions.

[dforest]

I agree, too much football and Apple crap. His over defense of GWB tends to irritate me too.

[Gaffer]

Well, it took two hours and 10 minutes to fall off the NFL free wagon. But he sure enough did it.

Turned him off right there. Damn. I’m just gonna quit. I won’t enable him anymore.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I just have to second this.

Most of all, I’m sick of his Apple garbage. Apple this, it’s the greatest (gag), iWatch that, greatest company ever, bleaaah.

Also tire of his extensive coverage of his books.

It’s like he’s a continuous infomercial.

[dforest]

I hope people won’t get too upset with me...but...I have a problem defending GWB on Iraq. Just exactly what is it all of those soldiers died for? They did not die to keep the US free. Bush and his globalist buddies and people like Obama and his minions are the only people to gain from Iraq. What good does it do shedding American blood when our own President is importing the enemy right into American cities? The average American got nothing but death and burial of their family members. They have been betrayed.

I was offended at Rush getting angry at a caller yesterday for being pissed that nothing at all seemed to be gained from the invasion of Iraq. Iraq, Syria, Libya, Turkey. All are gone.

Right this minute, if we sacrificed more US blood to go back into Iraq, what would be the gain? Nobody answers that.

[stevie_d_64]

I heard he was having the same problem today, as well...

I think its the Amish...

[the OlLine Rebel]

This is why the right approach in those situations is total war. Bomb the hell out of them, and leave them to their stinking hole. So broken little is left for the scum to pick up any pieces.

I’m sick of the pussyfooting and surgical strikes, worrying about how much collateral damage there is. It just blows back in our faces not just carpet-bombing the bastards.

[corlorde]

Interesting about his “email problems” that Rush was mad about..I thought Rush was pissed because he had just found out he’s being dropped by WRKO, which is out of Boston. It was the same day that bit of bad news broke.

[corlorde]

It was also the same day he found out that he’s being dropped by WRKO, that’s a huge loss as they cover all of Boston.