{"id":12731,"date":"2013-04-08T19:05:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-04-08T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T19:05:01","slug":"i_m_not_down_in_the_dumps_but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2013\/04\/08\/i_m_not_down_in_the_dumps_but\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Not Down in the Dumps, But…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: I need to ask you guys something on the other side of the glass. I want you to be honest. I don\u2019t want any of this kiss-butt stuff that you are normally known for. Do I sound like I\u2019m really down in the dumps over stuff today? I don\u2019t? Good. Because I got some e-mail, “Rush, what are you so down for today?” I\u2019m not. I\u2019m not down. But some of this stuff I have learned over the weekend that we\u2019re talking about, to me is really sobering stuff. Folks, I must tell you. I\u2019m one of these people — and I know I overdo this phrase that I can\u2019t get any arms around something.<\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t quite know how to express this. The Melissa Harris-Perry thing, grab audio sound bite number one and play it again. Well, I\u2019m struggling here to explain how all of this is affecting me. I wish I could just ignore it and move on. I\u2019ve been really blessed in life, and I have literally nothing about which to complain. Not one thing. I\u2019m not oriented toward complaining anyway, but if there\u2019s anybody that has nothing to complain about personally, it\u2019s me.<\/p>\n

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Yet, I\u2019m gonna tell you: Some of this stuff that is happening in the country stands in the way of my happiness. It stands in the way of my happiness \u2019cause I am scared to death of what\u2019s happening to the country. It\u2019s not that it\u2019s all gonna crumble before I have a chance to fulfill my life and enjoy it all. That\u2019s not it. I\u2019m not worried about that. I\u2019m not worried about things being taken away from me. I just can\u2019t stand to see this. I can\u2019t stand to see this stuff triumphing. It physically angers me, and I\u2019ll tell you, what did I watch? Da-da-da-da-da…<\/p>\n

I was scanning\/channel surfing over the weekend, and I might have come across the NCAA basketball tournament. I see an arena full of screaming people, and I want to shout, “What in the world are you doing? Do you have any why what\u2019s happening to your country while you\u2019re in there screaming?” I see so many people tuned out, not caring, apparently not concerned. At least that\u2019s the way it appears. I\u2019m probably wrong about that. I hope I am. But I don\u2019t feel like going to a college basketball game and cheering about anything. Even if I like basketball. I don\u2019t feel like doing it.<\/p>\n

Things are so drastically wrong, heading in such a wrong direction. I was playing golf again Saturday, and a friend of mine was playing with the club pro. We should have been talking golf and the latest happening on the tour. We went into the clubhouse after playing, and we started talking about all the rotgut stuff happening to the country. Everybody\u2019s worried about their kids and grandkids, particularly their grandkids and whether or not they\u2019re even gonna have a chance to provide for themselves, much less become prosperous.<\/p>\n

And then I realize, I\u2019m probably — and you\u2019re in this group too — in the 2% to 3% of the country THAT cares, and everybody else isn\u2019t. (interruption) Well, I hope it\u2019s more than that, but I feel like 2% to 3% care and everybody else is just, you know, running around, living their life in their little isolated instances. They\u2019re doing what they can, which I also understand. Who does want to face this?<\/p>\n

What can anybody do about it? The easiest thing to do is to ignore it. I mean, who wants to have to listen to Melissa Harris-Perry<\/a> tell them that they have no right to their own kids? Who wants to hear that? Who wants to even deal with it? I hear it, and I think, “This has gotta be beaten back. This has got to be stopped.” Anyway, here it is again, just so you\u2019re up to speed on what it is I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n