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<\/p>\nRUSH: Chris in Manassas, Virginia, I\u2019m glad you called, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hi. Yes, Chris, as you said. I\u2019m fairly new to politics. I got into it in 2008, which was the first year I was able to vote. I\u2019m 24 now. What I\u2019ve experienced, I\u2019m trying to get into, like, journalism, conservative journalism or truthful journalism. And what I\u2019ve experienced over the last three-and-a-half years is a never ending barrage of material to write about with Obama in office.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Right.<\/p>\n
CALLER: What I\u2019m worried about is when he\u2019s out of office, like is this politics, like I\u2019m worried that when he\u2019s gone, like, there will be nothing to write about anymore, \u2019cause how much worse can it get, you know? So should I maybe —<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Wait. You\u2019re worried that when Obama\u2019s gone, will there be nothing to write about?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Maybe you should not go into journalism, you mean?<\/p>\n
CALLER: What\u2019s that?<\/p>\n
RUSH: You\u2019re saying maybe you shouldn\u2019t go into journalism because there won\u2019t be anything to say? <\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes. Like maybe I should go to work at the IRS, because they\u2019ll be hiring.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Chris, Chris, Chris, Chris. You must hold on through the break. You couldn\u2019t be more wrong about that, and I want to tell you why, okay? So can you hang on?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Absolutely.<\/p>\n
RUSH: All right. Don\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
RUSH: We go back to Manassas, Virginia, with Chris. Chris, I just want to make sure I understood something before we get into this in detail. Are you asking if it will be as much fun next year if Obama loses —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n
RUSH: — because there\u2019s no shortage of material now, so much to go on now, you\u2019re having a lot of fun now, but will the fun vanish if Obama loses? Is that basically your question?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: The first thing I want to focus on, the answer to your question, there will always be things to write about. In fact, if Obama loses the Democrats are going to get more hysterical than they are even now, more disruptive. They\u2019re more entertaining when they\u2019re out of office, but I want to focus on this fun business with you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: All right.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I\u2019m glad you mentioned that. You\u2019re 24, you said.<\/p>\n CALLER: Yes.<\/p>\n RUSH: You\u2019re looking at this as fun.<\/p>\n CALLER: It is a riot.<\/p>\n RUSH: What is the riot? There\u2019s no wrong answer. Don\u2019t misunderstand the tone of my voice. I\u2019m not challenging anything. I\u2019m just asking, what is fun about this to you?<\/p>\n CALLER: Well, I know you have fun with it, too. It\u2019s seeing them squirm, the Democrats squirm when you bring up facts is priceless. It keeps you wanting more, it\u2019s like a drug. I\u2019ve never done drugs. And Obama, I mean, I can\u2019t explain it. You could explain why it\u2019s fun. It\u2019s probably the same reasons —<\/p>\n RUSH: Well, no, because I\u2019m gonna disagree with you. It\u2019s interesting that you said it. You\u2019re 24, and I am 61. I don\u2019t want to convey the wrong impression here. I mean, I still love this, and I\u2019m energized by it. I\u2019m inspired, motivated, all those things. But it\u2019s not fun. It\u2019s serious as hell. I think the country\u2019s hanging in the balance. And, as such, I have a different approach now when talking to people about this stuff. I\u2019ve got fewer years ahead of me than behind me. You don\u2019t. You\u2019re the exact opposite end of the scale. And don\u2019t lose your attitude about it. I\u2019m not trying to talk you out of where you are. I\u2019m trying to say that from my perspective now, this next election\u2019s pretty crucial in terms of the kind of life you\u2019re gonna have, in terms of the amount of freedom you\u2019re gonna have, in terms of the opportunity to be successful, to create wealth, and to keep most of it, all of that\u2019s on the line in this election. <\/p>\n Your future, your opportunity to accomplish what I have, is on the line here. And if this election goes the wrong way, you\u2019re gonna have a much harder row to hoe than I did. And you\u2019ll deal with it because you\u2019ll have to. And I can tell that you\u2019re capable of it. But I just find it interesting the generational difference in looking at it. The Democrats are all fun, and they are nuts, and they\u2019re whack, and they say some of the most outrageous things. We could put together some of the funniest parodies. We can laugh at \u2019em and make fun of \u2019em. But what Obama\u2019s trying to do, what he and his party are attempting to accomplish here is to basically subvert the Constitution of this country. They are trying to transform this nation into something that it was never intended to be, and I look at them as having to be stopped, all within the political arena.<\/p>\n Even if Obama loses, to get right to your question, they\u2019re not going away. They\u2019re gonna become more extreme. They\u2019re going to become even more violent. They\u2019re not gonna accept it. They\u2019re gonna do everything they can to undermine whatever it is they thought is responsible for their loss or the Republican victory. They\u2019re a different breed. They don\u2019t look this as you win some, you lose some, we\u2019re all in it together, it\u2019s a fraternity, we share power. They look at this as life and death. They\u2019re never happy. They are not having fun, Chris. There\u2019s not one aspect of their lives that\u2019s fun. You never see them laugh. You never see them having fun. I mean, they\u2019re out there wringing their hands. This is deadly serious to them. They\u2019re intolerant. <\/p>\n Take Chick-fil-A.<\/a> They don\u2019t tolerate anybody who doesn\u2019t live or behave the way they do and therefore want everybody else to. You\u2019re never gonna run out of things to write about because liberals are always gonna be there. Your challenge is to get paid for it. Your challenge is to do it in a way that you get to write what you want. Your challenge is to end up someplace where you have the total ability to use every ounce of creativity and ability that you have, so the decisions that you\u2019re going to have as you get older, do you work for somebody, do you try to find a place for a while that gives you some freedom, or you can establish yourself as unique and different from everybody else. <\/p>\n I mean, everybody\u2019s a writer now, Chris. Everybody posts on a blog or Facebook or Twitter. Everybody has followers. Everybody wants fame. Everybody wants everybody to know who they are. You have a tremendous amount of competition. Everybody in your generation wants to be known and will do whatever it takes to be known, including embarrass themselves. So you\u2019ve got a tremendous challenge coupled with your opportunity. And it all depends on you learning what it is you really want and what it is you really love because that\u2019s where the passion that you\u2019ll need to accomplish it lies. So do you know the answers to those questions? I mean, you say you want to write. <\/p>\n When I started in 1988, George Bush won the election two months later and the critics said, “Well, that\u2019s it, Limbaugh\u2019s got nothing to talk about.” When Clinton won in 1992, the same people said, “Well, that\u2019s it, Limbaugh\u2019s side just lost. Nobody cares what Limbaugh says. He\u2019s got nothing to talk about.” And it was two years later they were saying Clinton is the reason for my success. So never, ever listen to your critics, if they\u2019re personal. If you got some people you trust who genuinely want to help you with constructive criticism, of course. But don\u2019t listen to people that are reacting to what you\u2019re writing, particularly those who disagree with you. You\u2019re a threat to them. They\u2019re gonna try to take you off your game, mess with your head psychologically. You\u2019ve got to learn to ignore all that. But you\u2019re never gonna run out of things to write about, never. You\u2019re never gonna run out of things to have an opinion about. You\u2019re never gonna run out of things that will fire you up. It\u2019s only gonna get more intense, particularly if they lose.<\/p>\n CALLER: Well, just so you know, I do understand the severity of this election. I think the news media is the number one threat to the country right now because they\u2019re the ones that allow Democrats to get away with what they get away with. So I want to join the opposition. That\u2019s what got me into this. But as I\u2019m doing it, it\u2019s like, oh, man this is actually fun.<\/p>\n RUSH: Well, don\u2019t lose that. The more fun that it is for you, and therefore the more enjoyment you derive from it, the more you\u2019re gonna want to do it, and the more it will become your life and then you\u2019ll have a sense of purpose attached to it as well, which is always helpful. But you\u2019re very right. The media and the Democrat Party are one and the same. It\u2019s not that one allows the other. They are the same. There\u2019s no difference. They\u2019ve chosen sides now. There\u2019s not even a pretense of objectivity anymore.<\/p>\n CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n RUSH: They are your enemy. Do you know what the biggest temptation you\u2019re gonna face is? You live in Manassas. Do you want to end up in Washington?<\/p>\n CALLER: Maybe. You mean as a politician?<\/p>\n RUSH: No, just where you live.<\/p>\n CALLER: Yeah, okay, writing in Washington would be nice, but I don\u2019t want to be a politician, no.<\/p>\n RUSH: Okay, that\u2019s where you want to live and work. My point in asking that is that the more you establish yourself, as you have said you want to here, the more of a target you\u2019re going to become by those people you just said enable Democrats and Obama. And they run that town, Chris. They run it socially; they run it politically; they run it in every which way. And one of the biggest pitfalls to conservatives of any kind, be they elected officials, media people, academics, broadcasters, doesn\u2019t matter; the biggest temptation is to want to belong in the town and be accepted by the people who run it. And to do that, you\u2019re gonna have to dilute yourself. You\u2019re gonna have to water yourself down and you\u2019re gonna have to hide what you really believe, and you\u2019re gonna have to avoid writing things and doing things that will make them like you and not criticize you.<\/p>\n CALLER: No, no. I love the criticism. Hate mail I get, every day —<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/00-Rush24YearsAnniversary585.jpg\"\/)
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