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RUSH: Danny in Frisco, Texas. Hi, Danny. You\u2019re next on Open Line Friday. Great to have you here.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hey. Thank you, Rush. I appreciate you taking my call.<\/p>\n
RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n
CALLER: A couple years ago I was on the sidelines of the Super Bowl and that pales in comparison to this opportunity.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, well, thank you very much. I appreciate that.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. Hey, I was on my way to my second job a little bit ago and I was listening to your show and I thought, you know, what we really need in America is for you to sponsor your own presidential debate.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, that wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea, but you sure could direct the conversation and they would definitely be known for who they truly are.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, look, I appreciate it. You\u2019re very nice to say that. I know precisely what you mean. These incessant debates moderated by people who genuinely hope to see us embarrassed and then lose irritates a lot of people. Danny, you said you\u2019re on your way to your second job.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I thought the recession was over and I thought that the recovery was, you know, pretty solid here. What do you mean, second job?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, I\u2019m working two full-time jobs. I work at a managed care company in the morning. I go in at 5:30 and leave there about noon or so, and then I come and I work in the afternoon at a private school up in Plano, Texas.<\/p>\n
RUSH: What do you do at the private school?<\/p>\n
CALLER: I\u2019m an athletic trainer.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, wow.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I take care of all the kids, their injuries, do rehab, that kind of thing.<\/p>\n
RUSH: You\u2019ve got a long day.<\/p>\n
CALLER: It\u2019s a long day but luckily my daughter goes to school here and she\u2019s a student trainer, so I get to enjoy her during the afternoon and my wife just loves athletics, so that works out great.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, that\u2019s awesome. Well, congratulations. All the best. Are you working two jobs because you like it or is it an economic necessity?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Both. I\u2019ve been very fortunate that both of my companies have been willing to work with me on this, and, you know, the morning is kind of tough but the afternoon\u2019s a lot of fun being around kids and helping those guys out quite a bit. But, you know, a couple years ago I was laid off from my job and I had developed an economic standard and kind of got myself in not a big pickle, but in a position where I needed to continue to earn a little bit of money or seriously downsize, so being able to work both jobs has allowed me to keep mom at home and has allowed me now to put my daughter in private school and has kept me healthy and fun so —<\/p>\n
RUSH: You know, you\u2019re breath fresh air. You\u2019re simply accepting the responsibilities of the choices that you\u2019ve made in your life.<\/p>\n
CALLER: We try. I mean that\u2019s the right thing to do. The last thing I want to do is look to somebody else for help, so, you know, we do what we need to do and try to have fun while we\u2019re doing it.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, God bless you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Thanks.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I want to read something to you about the reason you called, you suggesting me to moderate a Republican debate. The National Journal, which is a typical inside-the-Beltway inside baseball publication. They do the Hotline and number of other things. They had a story not all that long ago: “Why Don\u2019t Right-Wing Radio Hosts Moderate GOP Debates? Conservatives say the media is out to get them, but debates run by conservative talkers would be a catastrophe for Republican candidates and the party.” So they answer their own question. The people at National Journal think that a debate moderated by me would be a catastrophe for the Republican candidates and the party. Now, why would that be? Why do you think that would be the case, Danny? Just off the top of your head. Why would anybody think that? <\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, because you would definitely be able to draw out who the true conservative is, and it\u2019s obvious that the Republican establishment is not conservative. The people out here who are gonna vote, they\u2019re conservative. The people back East who never get east of Washington, DC, or New York City, they\u2019re not understanding American people fall. And you would be able to draw out the true conservative and that person would go on to win just like Reagan did back in \u201980 and \u201984.<\/p>\n
RUSH: By the way, the story actually originally ran in The Atlantic, and it was reprinted in the National Journal. I just find it fascinating that they think a debate moderated by me would end up being a catastrophe for the Republican candidates and the party?<\/p>\n
CALLER: It would be a catastrophe for the party, not for the candidates. Because, again, I firmly believe, Rush — and I wish you would do this — that you moderating or directing or whatever you want to call it a presidential debate, would actually get these guys to tell us who they truly are and what they truly believe. And, you know, the way that the last debate was run? I mean, it was a setup for Santorum. Santorum was pickled between those two guys.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, it was, but those two guys didn\u2019t need CNN to set \u2019em up.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, that\u2019s true, too. That\u2019s true, too.<\/p>\n
RUSH: They didn\u2019t need that, they came loaded for bear. Santorum was the perceived front-runner at that point, and he was gonna get it from all sides no matter what. No matter who moderated that.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I would just enjoy a debate where I got to hear the truth from the Republican nominee, not something like you hear all the time where they\u2019re giving out their talking points or they\u2019ve already thought of the answer and they\u2019re just spewing out what they\u2019ve already thought of.<\/p>\n
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CALLER: I\u2019d like to hear \u2019em speak from their heart and speak from their convictions.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I hear you. I want to ask you a question here because I gotta go. Do you have a computer? Do you like computers?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n
RUSH: What kind do you have?<\/p>\n