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I called into the ‘Rush Limbaugh Show,’ and it didn’t go as intended
Deseret News ^ | Feb 17, 2021 | Jennifer Graham

Posted on 02/18/2021 5:43:05 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

I was a first-time caller and, as it turned out, a last-time caller, because my debut on national radio did not go well.

I had called into the “Rush Limbaugh Show” because he was making fun of Hillary Clinton, in particular, her assertion that day care in the U.S. was a “silent crisis.” And I, a newly minted stay-at-home mom, knew much more about the subject than he did.

It was 1997. America was five years into the Bill Clinton administration, nine years into the nationally syndicated “Rush Limbaugh Show.” Already, he was a fixture of American life, albeit a polarizing one. He was, he said cheekily, “the most dangerous man in America,” and yet, there he was on my 80-something grandmother’s radio five days a week.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
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Would be nice to have a link to actual call from 1997.

Or even the National Review Online “The Silent Crisis of a First-Time Caller” (did not find with a quick search).

1 posted on 02/18/2021 5:43:05 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

It came right up for me. Are you still using Google?

https://jennifergrahamtoday.com/2021/02/17/the-silent-crisis-of-a-first-time-caller/

DDG is much better.


2 posted on 02/18/2021 5:44:45 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I never called Rush. I did get on with G. Gordon Liddy once.


3 posted on 02/18/2021 5:45:29 AM PST by real saxophonist (The mouse doesn't understand why the cheese is free.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Here’s the National Review version.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030803045316/http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-graham080103.asp


4 posted on 02/18/2021 5:48:12 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: real saxophonist

I am doubly blessed! I have been on BOTH shows!................


5 posted on 02/18/2021 5:48:22 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: Red Badger

Cool!


6 posted on 02/18/2021 5:49:29 AM PST by real saxophonist (The mouse doesn't understand why the cheese is free.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Seems to say here that it never got published: https://contently.net/2014/06/11/voices/frontlines/if-at-first-you-dont-sell-a-story-wait-a-couple-years/


7 posted on 02/18/2021 5:50:20 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: real saxophonist

I never called Rush. I did get on with G. Gordon Liddy once.


The “G Man” was very awesome.


8 posted on 02/18/2021 5:50:34 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: nesnah

not “was”... “is”. I think the G man is still kicking.


9 posted on 02/18/2021 5:53:30 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Jennifer Graham appears to be a semi-regular columnist for NRO:

https://www.nationalreview.com/author/jennifer-graham/page/4/

10 posted on 02/18/2021 5:54:18 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I never got thru to the program on the phone ... but I did on his fax machine.

He would occasionally give out his fax number and also had on one occasion mentioned a problem he had with it at the time: he was using his Mac to receive faxes and something about his set up (again, at the time) meant that after the fax was printed his printer would keep spitting out paper till the paper magazine was empty ... so Rush would have to get up and stop it manually at the next commercial break.

Knowing this I knew a hand written note faxed at the beginning of a commercial break would be essentially immediately physically noticed by him and if timely enough therefore likely to be read.

On the particular occasion then President Clinton had issued a statement about why he would not return money given to his campaign from the porn industry. His cryptic reply was that if he gave back the money then other money given would have more influence.

Rush was puzzling over this and laboring with the view that it was other money given to his campaign.

I faxed that the other money was money given to political rivals, that if Clinton didn’t have more money whatever it’s source then that would be less money for him to have and spend period. He was, I further pointed out, giving a reason why he should accept money from anyone period, no matter what they were doing.

After the commercial break he referenced the meat of my fax.


11 posted on 02/18/2021 5:57:57 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: bigdaddy45; real saxophonist

I got to meet the G am in 2003 at Sturgis, he rode his hog there from DC. Gave him one of my Air Defense Artillery Insignias I wore in Afghanistan in 2002. He was also ADA.


12 posted on 02/18/2021 5:58:09 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I called into Rush’s show once, and talked to Bo Snerdley, he wanted me to tighten up my words, let me have more time, came back to me once if not twice, before I said I could not get it together. Rush really has the best call screener. Always has great calls, even if seminar callers.


13 posted on 02/18/2021 6:02:38 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Thanks.

It seems she called the show and then couldn’t articulate her point, except that her screaming kid was heard by Rush and he agreed she needed day care.


14 posted on 02/18/2021 6:03:37 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I have no doubt Rush used FR for some of his show prep. Too many times a Freeper would post an off beat idea/perpspective in a thread and Rush would voice it.


15 posted on 02/18/2021 6:06:55 AM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: real saxophonist

> I did get on with G. Gordon Liddy once. <

Maybe 40 years ago I went to see a debate between G. Gordon Liddy and Timothy Leary. It was held at a local college. The crowd was mainly college students.

When the two men were introduced, Leary got lots of applause. Liddy got mostly boos.

When the debate was over, Leary got some polite clapping. But the crowd cheered Liddy. Ol’ G. Gordon was that good!


16 posted on 02/18/2021 6:09:56 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

I believe it.


17 posted on 02/18/2021 6:12:22 AM PST by real saxophonist (The mouse doesn't understand why the cheese is free.)
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To: Rurudyne

I once emailed him an idea that I had that was related to the general topics of that day. This was circa ‘93-’94. He read my email and talked about the subject for five minutes or so.


18 posted on 02/18/2021 6:14:27 AM PST by diatomite (That grifter crook Biden or Kamella isn't my president and never will be!! Resist!!)
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To: nesnah

“The “G Man” was very awesome.”

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Yes he was. And, as I seem to recall, very infatuated with the awesomeness of his, um..., how should I say it(?), maleness(?).

Also, as I recall he was a very loud proponent for anytime someone came to your door and yelled “cop” that you had no choice but to surrender. Never mind, that if the first thing out of the mouth of any two bit home invader was “cop”, you were required to give up your life if that was the invader’s desire.


19 posted on 02/18/2021 6:19:57 AM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: FreedomPoster

I followed your link. Thanks. And to be honest, based on the excerpt I was kind of expecting it to be a hit piece on Rush. But it was pleasant article. The author obviously disagrees with Rush, but she give him his due and said nice things about him.

If only all liberals could be the same.


20 posted on 02/18/2021 6:20:28 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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