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RUSH: We have Karen in Albuquerque. Great to have you with us. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hi, Rush. I had an experience a couple months ago. I was getting on an airplane in Dallas, and I was heading for Albuquerque, and I was the second to the last person. There was a guy behind me getting on board the aircraft, and I said to him, “Are you getting off in Albuquerque?” And he said, “No, ma\u2019am, I\u2019m not. I\u2019m going to San Diego.” And I said, “Are you in the military? ‘Cause I\u2019m a military brat.” And he said, “Yes, ma\u2019am, I am.” And I was gonna thank him for being in the warrior class for our country.<\/p>\n
But before I even got a chance to do that I was talking to him and I said, “You know, I\u2019m doing everything I can. I\u2019m as busy and as active as possible with the Tea Party and I\u2019ve gone to the national Tea Party events. You know, I do everything I can.” And he said, “Well, I want to thank you for being part of that and your service. Because I want you to know that when we\u2019re over there and we\u2019re getting shot at, we wonder. We see the Occupy people and we wonder, ‘What the in the hell are we doing over here? What are we over here for?'”<\/p>\n
CALLER: And he said, “And then we see the Tea Partiers,” and he said, “and we know what we\u2019re over there fighting for.”<\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, how did that make you feel, Karen? Here is a military man thanking you for your service in the Tea Party. How did that make you feel?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh, you can\u2019t imagine. I was just shocked. I\u2019ve been spat on, I\u2019ve been flipped off, and it made it all — all — worth it. And when I got on the airplane, there were only middle seats left and I sat in the middle seat and he sat right behind me. And before I got off the airplane, he thanked me again.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Did he pull your ponytail or anything?<\/p>\n
CALLER: (giggles) No.<\/p>\n
RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n
CALLER: But I tell you what: I was just… It made me even more determined to do what I can do.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I\u2019ll bet it did.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh, I was just… He did. You have no idea. Because sometimes you know, you get frustrated because you\u2019re out there, and you hear what the media is saying about you and other people and what they\u2019re… And you\u2019re working so hard. And he made me realize that I\u2019m fighting for my country just like, you know, my dad was in Vietnam, and the Berlin Airlift.<\/p>\n
RUSH: That\u2019s profound.<\/p>\n
CALLER: My husband was in Vietnam, and I feel like I\u2019m doing my part. I didn\u2019t before.<\/p>\n
RUSH: You know, I had a similar experience to that once, and it humbled me like I can\u2019t tell you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Exactly.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I have told it before. It\u2019s very brief story. It was in Washington at some museum-type building. It was the 50th anniversary dinner for National Review, and they had a bunch of guests who were Wounded Warriors from Walter Reed. And I walked over to say hello, and they started thanking me. I put my hand up and I said, “Wait a minute, guys.” One guy did not have an eye, missing an arm. These are really wounded people. And I said, “Wait a minute. All I do is talk.” He said, “Sir, we all have our role.” And that\u2019s what that guy was telling you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: You know, I see you. I can understand it when they say it to you, because I feel the same that they feel when it comes to you, but you\u2019re right. We do all have our role, and if we don\u2019t fight for our country now, when are we gonna fight for it?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, I can\u2019t think of a more heartwarming thing to happen to you \u2019cause I know that people in the Tea Party and just conservatives in general often feel alone. Even as a part of the group, you still feel isolated because of the media coverage. They\u2019re laughing at you. They\u2019re making fun of you, impugning you. They are lying about your strength. They\u2019re lying about your existence, now.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Exactly.<\/p>\n
RUSH: And you know that other people watch that, and you\u2019re afraid that people are gonna believe the lies they\u2019re being told about you. So this is a great reinforcement thing that happened to you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: It is. And it\u2019s for all those people out there in the Tea Party. I want them to know, too, that those guys are over there thanking us, thinking of us. It means… Like you said, it meant everything. I just couldn\u2019t believe it. I still… You know, I\u2019m not an emotional person, usually, but I still get a lump in my throat when I think about that kid. It\u2019s just… It was wonderful.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, you know, I\u2019m not trying to trump you here; I\u2019m trying to relate to you. I had the same thing happen here when I did the little troop visit in Afghanistan in one of the Kellogg Brown & Root cafeterias. They had cable news networks on, and I can\u2019t tell you the number of military men that asked me, “Why aren\u2019t they talking about what we\u2019re doing here? All we ever see is what\u2019s going on in Iraq.” And I said, “It\u2019s \u2019cause you\u2019re winning.”<\/p>\n
CALLER: (chuckles)<\/p>\n
RUSH: “You\u2019re not news to \u2019em. We\u2019re having a little trouble in Iraq, and they can\u2019t wait to report that.” But the point of all this is they do know. They do pay attention. They\u2019re very much attuned to what\u2019s happening here as it relates to what they\u2019re doing. So I know he meant every word of what he said to you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, and those people that said it to you do, too. And I want to thank you, too, for your service. Because I\u2019ll tell you what: You make my day every day.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, thank you very much. I appreciate that, and I really appreciate your call. I\u2019m glad you got through and I\u2019m glad that happened to you, \u2019cause it\u2019s great. You share that story with as many people as you can, \u2019cause it\u2019ll inspire everybody you tell it to.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I will!<\/p>\n
RUSH: And have a good weekend.<\/p>\n
CALLER: You, too. Thank you, Rush!<\/p>\n
RUSH: Okay, it\u2019s Karen in Albuquerque.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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