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RUSH: Harlingen, Texas, this is Regan. Regan, you\u2019re next. Great to have you with us. Hi.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hi, Rush. My name is Reagan, like the president.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Oh, I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes. Home-school fighting Texas Aggie dittos. This whole thing with the in-state tuition for illegals has been mischaracterized. The bill states that in order to get in-state tuition, you have to have first applied for citizenship; and that\u2019s in there because the United States Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to deny public education to illegal aliens.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Mmm-hmm. That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n
CALLER: And it was passed by over two-thirds of the Texas legislature, which is what it takes to overturn a governor\u2019s veto. So if Rick Perry had vetoed it, it would have just been overturned again.<\/p>\n
CALLER: No, I didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, there was one that took place in Georgia that everybody was all hepped up about and there was one that took place in Texas that nobody cared about. The one that took place in Georgia, the execution was of a African-American who had killed an off-duty cop, who denied it. There were 50 anti-death penalty protesters outside the prison before it happened, and of course around the world activists were paying attention; and then in Texas a white supremacist was executed for killing a black man by the name of James Byrd. This was back during the 2000 campaign, presidential campaign. You\u2019re 16, so you might not remember this, but James Byrd was attached to the back of a vehicle and driven to his death; being dragged behind it by this white supremacist. So he was executed last night. There wasn\u2019t one syllable of protest. Not one. But the Reverend Sharpton was all over television. He even went to Georgia trying to make hay about what happened there, and it kinda surprised me because the execution of the white supremacist took place in Texas. It would have been an excellent opportunity to go after Rick Perry.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, you know —<\/p>\n
RUSH: But they didn\u2019t because of race. The race of the victim and the race of the convict who was executed. It was fascinating. Now, that\u2019s not what you called about but it does relate to Perry. I take it you\u2019re a big Perry supporter?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Oh, yes, sir.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Why? What do you like about him?<\/p>\n
CALLER: I love his states\u2019 rights support. That\u2019s one of my main issues.<\/p>\n
RUSH: How did you get interested in that, at age 16?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, I started reading some books, and I started learning about our founding, and like people like Dr. David Horsman and books like The Cosmopolitan Club Dossier and things like that. It\u2019s really, you know, enlightened me and just the founding is full of states\u2019 rights and nullification, and I think it\u2019s one of the main things we need to bring back.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, you\u2019re right. Rick Perry is profoundly a states\u2019 rights guy. People often miss identify Perry as “anti-government.” He\u2019s not anti-government. He\u2019s a big state government guy. He loves using state government. But he is anti-federal government out the wazoo. But when you talk about state rights… (interruption) Well, that\u2019s an interesting thing. It\u2019d be interesting to see how he would make that transformation since he loves state government. He believes in the benevolent use of it. He\u2019s not, from what I can tell, interested in very many limits on state government power, but federal government?<\/p>\n
“Get them out of my eyesight! I don\u2019t even want to smell \u2019em,” is his attitude. If he gets elected president, and if he keeps that attitude, I think he\u2019s articulating his view on federal government overreach, regulation, too much power, extremely well. It would be fascinating to see if that attitude about the federal government held up when he\u2019s got the reins of power. I remember Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger… If I had been governor and been treated like Schwarzenegger was, I would have been happy to get it over with and get out of there, but he said, “Oh, God, I miss it! The power. All that the power I had.” And I\u2019m thinking, “What did it get you?” It must be something you and I can\u2019t relate to. Having never won elections to run a state or a government of any kind. I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
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There will be other debates, but this is gonna be a big one because the Florida straw poll is Saturday, and the Florida Republican guys are running around trying to build up interest in their straw polls. “Hey, the winner of our straw poll is gonna be the nominee.” We\u2019ll see. Did you see, by the way, Ron Paul said that he would hire Dennis Kucinich in his administration if he\u2019s elected president? I didn\u2019t see if he mentioned a specific post. (interruption) Ron Paul wanted the Department of Peace? I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s right, it was Kucinich who wanted the Department of Peace. But I wouldn\u2019t put it beyond Paul. <\/p>\n
Well, I hope that comes up in the debate tonight. “You said that you would put Dennis Kucinich in your cabinet. Explain why.” You know, I shouldn\u2019t say this. Never mind. Never mind. (interruption) Yes, I see Huntsman\u2019s running third in some polls, which has got him worried, because he doesn\u2019t want to win this. Doesn\u2019t want to win this. Where did I see this? Somebody put this idea in my head. I better not utter this because I don\u2019t remember who did it and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s got any validity to it or not. Better not. Better not. Better not. We\u2019ll know soon enough anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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