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RUSH: Jenna in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It\u2019s great to have you. You\u2019re first on the EIB Network today. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, it is such an honor. I have listened to you back when you were on, I don\u2019t know, in \u201989. My mom had you on, and just along with her raising and my dad\u2019s, they put me on the right course before I got through high school and started college. So I wanted to say a message of hope, predictions. I predict if Romney wins — or even before that, but if Romney wins, I did predict a baby surge. But aside from that, I predict that before this election comes about —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait just a second. I\u2019m catching up with you as I read the transcription.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You think there will be a baby surge after Romney wins?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah, I do. I think people feel a little more comfortable and let\u2019s just go with it. Even though I\u2019m trying regardless, I think you\u2019ll see a lot of positivity and new hope there.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What do you mean… Wait, wait, wait. What are you trying to say? Oh, you\u2019re trying…? Oh.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, you\u2019re… Oh, okay. Do you need any help?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, no. Just God. You know, one way or the other, we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, hang in there.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thanks. But I wanted to say that I feel, especially after talking with some Democrats this weekend and sort of those on the fence, that as we get closer… Especially just myself, how I am. I\u2019ve been sort of a closet conservative, and I feel that, you know, the stakes are on the line. We\u2019ve got 28 days, and —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why have you been a closet conservative? When I hear you say that, what I\u2019m interpreting is you\u2019ve been afraid to publicly admit that you\u2019re conservative.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right. I mean, depending on the crew I\u2019m with, you know? You know, some people I don\u2019t mention a word to, and some people they definitely know. Obviously, my family. But I\u2019m sort of letting it more out there now as we get closer, especially these last four years, because I\u2019m so concerned. Maybe me saying one other thing will make somebody pause and think. Even if they\u2019re still not gonna change their mind, if they even just think about it a little bit more. Or I feel like I have done everything I can do on my side. Because it\u2019s not just a president or not a president. It\u2019s the future of our country in a way it\u2019s never been before, and I feel like a lot of other people are maybe coming around to that conclusion if they weren\u2019t already there over the last couple years.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me tell you something.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And as we get closer, we can\u2019t keep quiet anymore.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Jenna, good luck with your efforts. She\u2019s right, by the way. The birthrate under Obama has been down. Did you know that? It has been. There\u2019s a lower birthrate under Obama. There was a report last week about it. In fact, NBC News had a story: “Recession Contraception: Birthrate Down in US for Fourth Year.” But I think what Jenna said here is she\u2019s a closet conservative, and all of a sudden she\u2019s busting out.<\/p>\n

This is another aspect of the debate.<\/p>\n

The debate is not just shifting the polls.<\/p>\n

The debate is creating momentum.<\/p>\n

What it really means is that for the last 3-1\/2 years in the elected or potentially elected political field, there has been no Republican or conservative leadership. There has been none, and then that debate comes along. It\u2019s amazing. In 90 minutes Mitt Romney, for the first time in 3-1\/2 years, exhibited leadership, guts, courage, and blew Obama out of the water. In the process, he validated what many Republicans thought about Obama from the get-go. But they\u2019ve never heard a Republican say because they\u2019ve been too afraid to. So I think there\u2019s a huge momentum that\u2019s building now out there as a result of the debate as well.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s exactly right: Romney showed that it\u2019s possible to go toe-to-toe with liberalism and win <\/a>— and, in fact, that it\u2019s amazingly easy. And I don\u2019t mean by that to undercut what Romney accomplished. It was brilliant and it was fabulous, but what happened? What was illustrated was that Obama doesn\u2019t have any ideas. His ideas don\u2019t cut it. But there was a confirmation, a validation among conservatives and Republicans that there\u2019s somebody in this party who, A, has the guts — and, B, the ability — to confront this guy head on!<\/p>\n

Nobody else has shown the guts to do it.<\/p>\n

Everybody on our side has acted afraid of Obama. Everybody\u2019s acting afraid because they\u2019re afraid they\u2019re gonna upset the independents. They don\u2019t want to criticize the beloved first black president. “Independents don\u2019t like that kind of stuff.” Meanwhile, Obama can run around and tell every lie he wants about Romney — He\u2019s a murderer! He\u2019s a felon! — <\/a>and that doesn\u2019t upset the independents.<\/p>\n

Romney won, and how did he do it?<\/p>\n

Facts.<\/p>\n

Pure, unadulterated facts.<\/p>\n

He looked right at Obama when he told him that his ideas have failed and his plans have failed, and I\u2019m telling you: People were standing up all over this country and cheering. What did I stay the next day? If that were how the Republican Party dealt with the Democrat Party every day, we wouldn\u2019t have any problems. Well, we wouldn\u2019t have the kinds of problems we\u2019ve got now. It wouldn\u2019t be perfect. But, I mean, you get my point here: If we just had people stand up for what we believe, rather than act ashamed of it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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