{"id":21623,"date":"2003-09-12T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:20:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T07:20:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:20:06","slug":"elites_don_t_like_choices_you_make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2003\/09\/12\/elites_don_t_like_choices_you_make\/","title":{"rendered":"Elites Don\u2019t Like Choices You Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Well, now, give him the benefit of the doubt. If the person that you talked to in his office denied that this is going on, then a possible explanation is that Senator Lott is unaware that there are other elements in the legislation besides restriction of ownership. That could be the only explanation.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: I don\u2019t understand how they could not be aware of that.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Well, I don\u2019t either because it\u2019s been proposed.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: Right.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> There\u2019s a Congressman\u2019s name attached to it. Which guy is it this time? His name is Maurice Hinchey from New York has proposed it this time. He\u2019s in the House. And everybody\u2019s aware of it. The Journal editorial makes it appear that, in the case of Lott and Kay Bailey Hutchison, that they\u2019re angry at coverage they\u2019re getting from local TV and radio stations in their states, that this is a way of getting back at the ownership of those stations and whatever else is in the bill is of secondary import to them.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: Sort of like cutting your nose off to spite your face?<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Look, as I said at the very beginning of this, I\u2019m under no illusion that the Republicans all like me. I\u2019ve never have been under that illusion. In fact, I\u2019ll tell you something, if you want to know the truth, there are certain quarters where this program and its success are highly resented within conservative and Republican circles. Make no mistake about it; there are a lot of people who wouldn\u2019t mind if this program were infringed upon or harmed. <\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: Well, we love you and we want you to stay on here.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Well, I appreciate that, and I don\u2019t mean people like you. I\u2019m talking about within the confines of the political elites.<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/>CALLER: Oh, I did call Kay Bailey Hutchison also, and it took me a little while to get through to her, and I did pass along my feelings on the whole subject, and she said she\u2019d pass them along. But she didn\u2019t say anything more than that. She wasn\u2019t as rude as the one at Trent Lott\u2019s office.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Well, the rudeness, maybe they\u2019re inundated with phone calls. And you can imagine what some of these people are saying. I mean that\u2019s one of the reasons I don\u2019t urge people to call.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: Well, I was polite.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> I\u2019m sure you were. Oh, oh, oh, I\u2019m not saying you weren\u2019t. Absolutely. But not everybody probably is and passions get aroused and all this, and I appreciate everybody calling. Don\u2019t misunderstand, but this will get shaken out one way or the other. Now, hang on here just a second, Nancy. Mr. Snerdley, let me ask you, did you say that you had seen somewhere that Lott had promised to get this through and make it veto proof if he had to? Okay. Lott has said we\u2019re going to wrap it up in a ribbon and send it to him in a form that can\u2019t be vetoed &#8211; meaning the president, if he vetoes this.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: Oh, brother!<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Where did you see that?<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: I didn\u2019t see anything.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> We\u2019re going to get the source of that for you in just a second here. But look, Nancy, thanks for the call. I appreciate it. I really do.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: We love you.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Thank you. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Here\u2019s Mike in Cleveland. Thank you, sir. Thank you for waiting. Hi.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: Yeah, Rush, megadittos. I\u2019ve been listening for a few years and it\u2019s just really an honor to get to talk to you.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Well, I appreciate that.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: I think you\u2019re just great. Okay. I wanted to make a comment about this Fairness Doctrine and bring up something that I think needs to be mentioned. The NPR or the liberal counter-message to you and other big conservative hosts like Hannity is available. In fact, right now I can find a station here in Cleveland that is a NPR station. After your show is over with, later in the evening, on the AM side, there are other stations that do have liberal or even moderate hosts.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> Oh, exactly.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/>CALLER: But I think the big thing that has these people so upset is that you and other big conservative hosts are on the large stations. You know, the big 50,000-watt AM stations. But that does not mean that another idea or the liberal message isn\u2019t available. It\u2019s just people are choosing to listen to you, where people that don\u2019t want to hear you can find any station they want. The AM broadcast band\u2019s rather large. There\u2019s a lot available.<\/line><BR\/> <\/line><BR\/><strong>RUSH:<\/strong> I know. And it has been the case of that since the Fairness Doctrine was deactivated in 1987. When we first discussed this whole concept of the FCC changing the restrictions on ownership, I want to repeat to you to now what I said you to then. What this is about, my friends, is not complicated at all. The people who disagree with what is said on this program and others like it are upset at the choices you are making. They\u2019re upset at the programs you choose to listen to. And so the objective is to take the choice away from you. Since you\u2019re not listening to the right programs, you\u2019re listening to these things too much.<\/line><BR\/>I mean everybody wants to say that deregulation has led to all these problems in television and radio, that the wrong programs are being listened to and that deregulation has led to mass ownership and that the consolidation of many stations under one ownership hat has caused a reduction in the diversity of programming. It\u2019s quite the opposite. But regardless, this is the free market. There are more views expressed, more places, than ever before. People are choosing to listen to this program more than any other in great numbers. That\u2019s what upsets them. And the only way to stop that is to take the choice away and that\u2019s what the implementation of Fairness Doctrine is ultimately aimed at. Without their fingerprints being on it, by the way. The implementation of the Fairness Doctrine is designed to force local management to not carry programs like this because they don\u2019t want to put up with the hassles of people demanding equal access, or plain access, because of the doctrine itself. That\u2019s the theory. And then their fingerprints aren\u2019t on it at all. They\u2019re just trying to deny you the choice. They don\u2019t like what you\u2019re choosing to listen to. They\u2019re arrogant, elitist snobs and they can\u2019t beat us and want to silence us.<\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong><emphasize>COMMERCIAL BREAK<\/emphasize><\/strong><\/line><BR\/>Here\u2019s the backup on the Trent Lott quote. This is a Reuters story from yesterday: &#8220;The White House on Thursday threatened to veto a Senate proposal that would strike down recently relaxed media ownership rules.&#8221; [and it\u2019s those rules that contain the re-implementation of the Fairness Doctrine.] <\/line><BR\/>&#8220;The Office of Management and Budget said that it strongly opposed the disapproval resolution, which is due for debate later on Thursday, ahead of a vote expected on Monday, saying that it would negate almost two years of careful study. Bipartisan supporters of the measure suggested that they had the two-thirds majority needed to overturn any veto by President Bush.&#8221; <\/line><BR\/>And here\u2019s the Trent Lott quote. He said this to reporters. &#8220;The next time the President gets it, it\u2019s going to be wrapped in a great big package with a bow on it. It would be very hard to veto.&#8221;<\/line><BR\/>So this is where people are assuming that Lott is insistent that these regulations be rolled back and that the other elements of the legislation be vetoed. So that\u2019s plenty of backup for me, as far as what Trent Lott\u2019s position on this is.<\/line><BR\/><strong><emphasize>END TRANSCRIPT<\/emphasize><\/strong><\/line><\/p>\n<p><BR\/><strong>Read More of Rush\u2019s Coverage&#8230;<\/strong><\/line><BR\/><a href=\"\/\/\/home\/eibessential1\/they_re_trying_to_silence_me__again.html\">(eStack: They\u2019re Trying To Silence Me, Again)<\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Read the Article&#8230;<\/strong><\/line><BR\/>&amp;lt;a target=new href=&#8221;http:\/\/opinionjournal.com\/editorial\/?id=110004005&#8243;>(The Wall Street Journal: Why do Republicans want to muzzle Rush Limbaugh?)&amp;lt;\/a><\/line><BR\/><strong>Rush\u2019s Brilliance Continues&#8230;<\/strong><\/line><BR\/>&amp;lt;a href=&#8221;\/home\/eibessential.guest.html&#8221;>(&#8230;in the Essential Stack of Stuff)&amp;lt;\/a><\/line><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/windowsmedia\/en\/download\/default.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/truth_detector_2.Par.0005.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignleft\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Well, now, give him the benefit of the doubt. If the person that you talked to in his office denied that this is going on, then a possible explanation is that Senator Lott is unaware that there are other elements in the legislation besides restriction of ownership. That could be the only explanation. 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