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RUSH: We go to the phones to Hampton, Virginia. And Pamela, you\u2019re up first. It\u2019s great to have you here. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, this is such an honor to speak with you. I\u2019ve been listening to you since the day they fired Tom Landry from the Dallas Cowboys. That\u2019s the day I remember meeting you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That goes way back to the early nineties.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It does. It does. Actually, the late eighties. I believe it was 1989.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CALLER: Anyway, I love you, and this is an absolute honor to speak with you, and what I wanted to call you about is I am a bit concerned that you\u2019re being too optimistic<\/a>. I think you\u2019re projecting an image that this may end up being a cakewalk. It\u2019s not gonna be. I believe we\u2019re ahead in the polls, I believe all those things, but we are up against the mainstream medi<\/a>a. We all know they\u2019re a hundred percent in the tank for Obama. They\u2019re not projecting the good things about what\u2019s happening within the grassroots efforts of —<\/p>\n

RUSH: They never do.<\/p>\n

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

RUSH: How would you prefer that I act, Pamela?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, actually, I think maybe just some healthy skepticism. And here\u2019s my point. I want everybody to act as if we\u2019re running behind and that their efforts depend on us actually winning this race. Now, what I\u2019m saying is, I\u2019m calling from Hampton, Virginia. I live in Texas. I am here because I\u2019m working, knocking on doors, I\u2019m being a volunteer in the state of Virginia. I\u2019m going back home tonight. I\u2019m leaving Monday and I\u2019ll be in Ohio until the election\u2019s over with. But my point is we\u2019ve got to get out and do our part.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you think we\u2019re being out-hustled? Do you think we don\u2019t have an ground game that can compete?<\/p>\n

CALLER: We do have a ground game that can compete, but they\u2019re busy, believe me, guys, they\u2019re working. The other side does have a good ground game. I think that that\u2019s the —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I will gladly — if you want to hear more pessimism, I can do that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, Rush, I\u2019m not suggesting pessimism. My point in talking —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you don\u2019t like optimism —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, I love optimism, I do, but here\u2019s what I want everybody to do. Everybody get out and do something. Regardless of where you are. You can make phone calls from home.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: Why do you think people aren\u2019t? And why do you think that\u2019s not being said to people? Why do you think that you have to call any radio show to urge people to do that? Do you think most of the people on our side are not engaged that way? How did 2010 happen? How did it happen? How did that landslide happen? And what has changed to make people less energetic or enthusiastic since then?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Probably nothing. My point, though, Rush, is just that I want to somehow project to people that we\u2019ve got to work hard until the very end and do whatever we possibly can \u2019cause I sense that there\u2019s so many people that are sitting back and they\u2019re not sending in five dollars to different campaigns —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why do you think that? Have you seen Romney\u2019s numbers?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, I absolutely did see his numbers.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Did you see his money numbers?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I did.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is very helpful. Am I creating the impression this election is over and nobody has to do anything, it\u2019s just the media\u2019s lying to everybody and this is in the tank and —<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

CALLER: No, no. I\u2019m not saying that at all, Rush, and if I have, I apologize. I guess I\u2019m just concerned. I want to make sure that we work as though we are a few points behind and that we do our part. You know, it\u2019s difficult sometimes to get people to come to work. I know in Dallas we\u2019ve had a few issues with campaigns — or people not coming in when we want them to, and probably because Texas is not, you know, a battleground state. And in Virginia, yes, it\u2019s true, they could use some more help. All of these states can use some more help. If anybody is listening that has any inkling that they may be able to add to the campaign, you know, in the form of making phone calls or whatever, get out and do it. Gosh, I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m so nervous, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I understand. I understand. I\u2019m up against a time break here I can\u2019t avoid; I\u2019ve gotta take it. But I\u2019d like to thank you for the call<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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