{"id":13788,"date":"2012-12-05T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:55:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-05T17:55:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T17:55:51","slug":"is_it_time_to_panic_el_rushbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/12\/05\/is_it_time_to_panic_el_rushbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Is It Time to Panic, El Rushbo?"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: Vinny, the old reliable. Vinny\u2019s like Old Faithful. When things blow up, Vinny from Queens somehow gets through here, and we welcome him back. Vinny, welcome back to EIB Network, sir. How are you?<\/p>\n

CALLER: (dejected) Hey, Rush. It\u2019s great to talk with you again.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You sound thrilled, Vinny.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you know, I…<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: You know, it\u2019s a little tough these days, and I\u2019ve been listening to you because you\u2019re about the only anchor I have politically.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me see if I can properly characterize how you feel for you. I\u2019ll take a wild guess and stab. And if I\u2019m wrong, feel free to say so. The election happened. You\u2019ve invested all these years in caring about this. You\u2019ve invested I-don\u2019t-know-how-many years listening to this program. You\u2019ve invested a lot of years watching Fox. You\u2019ve invested a lot in what you think the Republican Party stands for. Now we have the absolute most disastrous Democrat president to come down the pike.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s such an opportunity to finally — for once and for all — roll back what\u2019s known as liberalism or socialism, and it\u2019s blown. And you\u2019ve said, after all these years of investment, “What\u2019s the point?” So you turn this show off. You turn Fox off for a while. You say, “What\u2019s the point? Okay I\u2019m gonna find something else to occupy my time or to be passionate about.” And then few days, maybe a week go by and you\u2019re back here and now you want to talk about it. Am I close?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you\u2019re close. I never turned you off but I did check out on a few other things because it\u2019s been… I told Bo: It\u2019s surreal what happened, and it\u2019s really hard to understand exactly what happened. You know, basically, though, when you went on a few days ago about California <\/a>—<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALLER: — and how those folks out there willingly vote themselves into liberalism with each passing year? I\u2019ve seen this over the years I\u2019ve watched and listen to you; you\u2019re absolutely right. I applauded out loud when you said that those people knew exactly what they were voting for, and it\u2019s what they wanted. I submit to you that the people of this country knew exactly what they were voting for November 6th, and they got it. That\u2019s why when my friends say at me, you know, what do I think is going to happen, all I say is —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me ask you a quick question \u2019cause I got just a minute and a half here.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Sure.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Have you seen the polls? Did you hear yesterday about all these polls out? There are three of them. Obama voters don\u2019t want taxes to go up. They don\u2019t like Obamacare.<\/a> Did you hear those polls?<\/p>\n

CALLER: (groans) Rush —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m asking that in the context of, we think, people voted for what they want. I\u2019m wondering: How many Obama people really did? I agree with you about California. I\u2019m so glad you mentioned California<\/a> because I have a fascinating, fascinating piece from one of my tech blogs about an entrepreneur in California who can\u2019t believe what happened, because he doesn\u2019t understand that California\u2019s more than just the coastal cities.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, I\u2019d like to add one more thing, or ask you one thing that you can maybe give me an answer for.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: All right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You always told me that you would let me know when it\u2019s time to panic.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay, well, panic has set in a bit. That\u2019s number one. Number two, there was an analogy — and I don\u2019t know who made it, but it was damn spot on. You can go over the cliff doing 90, which is what Obama\u2019s doing, or you can go over the cliff <\/a>doing 50, which is what the Republicans are doing.<\/a> Okay? Just like you said, “I hope he fails,”<\/a> I hope we crash and burn in this country a bit. Because it needs to happen. Because, you know what? I may not save myself, but maybe my kids will have a chance at the old America.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I understand the point.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I understand the thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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