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SEAN HANNITY, CO-HOST HANNITY &amp; COLMES: A short time ago, I spoke with our friend, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, in an exclusive and rare television interview.<\/line>(Roll Tape)<\/line>HANNITY: How are you doing?<\/line>RUSH LIMBAUGH, TALK RADIO HOST: I am never better. Great to be back with you. <\/line> HANNITY: You don\u2019t like to do a lot of these interviews. You don\u2019t do a lot of them.<\/line>RUSH: No, it\u2019s not — it\u2019s just, you know, I\u2019ve found my niche, you know? I like doing my radio program. And I like keeping myself sort of special and exclusive to the radio audience. And when you do three hours — as you well know, when you do three hours of radio a day, there\u2019s not much else left to say that day when you go somewhere else and say it. Now, the advantage you have is that you get to mess around with Alan, who\u2019s always going to fire you up with things.<\/line>HANNITY: Yes, and he always does, by the way. (laughing) And he\u2019s a big fan of yours, too.<\/line>RUSH: Oh, I love Colmes. I think Alan\u2019s great. I think he takes a lot of abuse from his own side. I admire him for sticking up for himself.<\/line>HANNITY: He does. He does. Now, you\u2019re here tonight — we are in the Lion King theater. And you\u2019re doing a big fundraiser. There\u2019s going to be a big check given by you, because of your efforts here tonight, to the Katrina relief aid. Tell us about that. <\/line>RUSH: Well, this is something that the people at WABC, which is the mammoth flagship radio station here in New York that carries both of our programs, has been asking me to do this for six months or a year, you know? And I\u2019ve said, “OK, but maybe”…<\/line><\/p>\n

HANNITY: Right.<\/line>RUSH: …”down the road.” This came together. They found this date at the Lion King theater. And it just came all together, what with Katrina and the timing with that. So it gave us an opportunity to do this where the benefit is somebody else. And it always makes it much easier.<\/line>HANNITY: It sold out, literally, I think, in, what, 20 or 30 minutes?<\/line>RUSH: Twenty or 30 minutes it sold out, which is cool… (laughing) That blows my mind.<\/line>HANNITY: Wow. I think it\u2019s a testimony — you just celebrated — you just started your 18th year in syndication.<\/line>RUSH: August 1st of 1988.<\/line> HANNITY: And the Rush Limbaugh Show still, by far, the biggest in the country. Nobody comes close. And that\u2019s got to be a good feeling for you.<\/line>RUSH: You know, I don\u2019t feel much different today than I did when it first started, in the sense that I still have to prove myself everyday. People, “Ah, you know, by this time, you can just show up and everybody\u2019s just going to accept it.” It\u2019s not that way. You know, if you look at what\u2019s happened, August of 1988, when I started, we still had CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, whatever, the two newspapers, and that was it. CNN was it. There was no FOX News. Talk radio starts in August of 1988. And one of the things that makes me happiest and proudest is that the talk radio venue, the whole market has expanded. There are all kinds of people doing it now, than the successful ones are conservatives. And yet the pie has gotten bigger. Nobody took my audience. Nobody\u2019s taken yours. We\u2019ve all established our own audiences. <\/line>HANNITY: Yes.<\/line>RUSH: And it\u2019s just — the business has gotten bigger. The universe of audience has gotten bigger. And I think it coincides with a triumph of conservatism as a way of life for more and more people in America. So it\u2019s had real meaning, too, in addition to just being fun.<\/line>HANNITY: You said something today — I was listening to you on my way into work. And you mentioned liberal radio. And you just — I could see you rolling your eyes and you saying, “They just don\u2019t get it.”<\/line>RUSH: Well, you know, I don\u2019t — I have a practice of really not talking about the competition. I\u2019m from the old school. In my mind, they don\u2019t even exist. Psychologically, when I sit down at noon, I\u2019m it. I\u2019m the only thing on. Nobody else does what I do. Nobody else has the opportunity. That\u2019s the psychological mindset. It\u2019s not an ego thing; it\u2019s just the way I\u2019ve always approached it. For my first — I started radio in 1967. And you never talked about the competition. You just never did. You didn\u2019t elevate them. You didn\u2019t promote them. You didn\u2019t give them credence. You didn\u2019t give them viability. You didn\u2019t even establish that they were alive. But still, people still ask. And it\u2019s fascinating to me to watch liberal radio attempt — they think, I think, that you just announce you\u2019re going to start, and you\u2019ll get 20 million people, and so forth. I find it fascinating they cannot make themselves a commercial success. They\u2019re already now out begging their listeners to send in money… (laughing)<\/line><\/p>\n

HANNITY: Yes.<\/line>RUSH: … doing the NPR rip-off.<\/line>HANNITY: Right.<\/line>RUSH: And I don\u2019t think they have, as liberals, the slightest understanding of the commercial aspects of the success that it takes in radio, particularly talk radio. They\u2019re in funding, and donations, and stealing money from little boys and girls clubs and so forth — not stealing it, but having strange transactions go on there and so forth. You look at them and, for a moment, you almost feel sorry for them. Then you realize, “No, they don\u2019t exist.” And they don\u2019t really — they don\u2019t pose a threat. I mean, they don\u2019t have an understanding of what works on radio. They don\u2019t understand about how the business works. They have no business model whatsoever. They got a bunch of political activists to put it together rather than businesspeople. It\u2019s just fascinating to watch this thing flow on. But the most amazing thing about it is to watch how it is portrayed as a success by those who champion it elsewhere in the media.<\/line>HANNITY: I\u2019ve never seen anybody get more media than some of these other guys out there. It is fascinating, though. You know your brother has been my lawyer for a lot of years, so we have a connection here, but, you know, you started — you have a family of lawyers. You got behind the radio microphone for the first time. What happened? You just fell instantly in love, that was it?<\/line> RUSH: You know, I — my family is all lawyers. Most people when they come on shows like this, “I\u2019m proud of the first member of my family to get a college education.” Well, I\u2019m the first member of my family to — my whole family was obsessed with going to college, and their lawyers, professional people, because they grew up in the Depression. That was the formative experience in my father and grandfather\u2019s lives. You know, when there\u2019s no work to be had, competition for jobs is intense. And it was a college degree back then which got you your leg up and your foot in the door. We haven\u2019t gone through anything like that in this country. And so I could only try to understand it, but, you know, I was just fortunate, or stupid, or whatever. But I was stubborn. And I knew what I wanted to do and stuck to it. My reason for liking radio was two-fold. I love music, and I hated school. And I hated school from second grade on. And I\u2019d get up in the morning, get ready to go to school, and I would dread it. I hated it. And the guy — my mother had the radio on. And the guy on the radio sounded like he was having so much fun. And I knew, when his program was over, he wasn\u2019t going to go to school. (laughing) So that\u2019s what I wanted to do. So I just — I plugged that — fortunately, my father encouraged me, or didn\u2019t stop me, because it was the one thing when I was a kid that I didn\u2019t quit that I had taken up. It was the one thing I really had a passion for. And he had owned a little bit of a radio station when we were growing up and sold it to some guy. Obviously, he knew who the guy was. And I got a chance to go in and intern. And that\u2019s all it took. And I was hooked.<\/line>HANNITY: You still have that passion. I can tell, just talking — look, I know you for a long time. You still have the passion today. Your thoughts — you look at the Bush presidency. You look at the vote that took place in Iraq. What do you think — what are your thoughts on this president now, George W. Bush?<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: I thought in the first term that he had a chance to go down as one of the greatest presidents in history. His fortitude and courage in staying the course on the war, and all these other things — you know, I\u2019ve been an adult paying attention to politics probably since I was 10 or 11. I don\u2019t remember anybody more hated and vilified than Nixon. Reagan was a second close. But I\u2019ll tell you, the way that George Bush has been dealt with, it borders on Nixonian, the way the personal disgust and hatred is for him, not just by the Washington, D.C., culture, but now mainstream — the base I describe as the new kook base that they have — literally filled with uncontrollable rage and hatred. And yet he\u2019s stayed the course on this. I think the president has gone out of his way to make friends with these people. It hasn\u2019t worked. He\u2019s really — he\u2019s bent over backwards. He\u2019s extended the hand of friendship, lets Ted Kennedy write the education bill and so forth. And it just proves something that I\u2019ve always thought: This is war. As far as the liberals are concerned, this is war, control the country, power. Any sign of friendship or — you know, “Hey, I\u2019d rather get along with you than disagree with you,” is received by them, perceived as a sign of weakness. And it doesn\u2019t make them nicer. It doesn\u2019t make them more cooperative. It doesn\u2019t make them more willing to get along. It makes them think that their opponent can be rolled.<\/line>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/line>HANNITY: You write an op-ed yesterday (link <\/a>| &lt;a target=new href=”http:\/\/mfile.akamai.com\/5020\/wma\/rushlimb.download.akamai.com\/5020\/clips\/05\/10\/101705_4_rush_reads.asx”>audio&lt;\/a> ) in the Wall Street Journal. “This isn\u2019t a conservative or a Republican crackup. This is a crackdown.”<\/line>RUSH: Crack-down.<\/line>HANNITY: Explain that.<\/line>RUSH: Well, the thing that — I guess what inspired this was two things. Howard Fineman and some of the other people on the left are just gleefully watching what\u2019s happening on the right. And they think that finally this Republican coalition of conservatives is splitting and falling apart. And the reason they\u2019re so giddy is because they don\u2019t have on the left an agenda of their own they can advance. They don\u2019t have any unity themselves. They don\u2019t have anything but whining, moaning and complaining. They\u2019ve been after conservatives, Bush and others, for five years, trying to criminalize some, discredit others. So here comes this Miers nomination. And what\u2019s actually happening among conservatives is a debate of ideas. You know, if you look in American politics today, across the spectrum, the debate of ideas is occurring on the right. The left doesn\u2019t have the guts to tell us what they believe. They don\u2019t have the courage to be honest about it. They\u2019re all about masking who they really are. And they look at this and misunderstand it, because they apply it — if it were happening to them, it would be deep trouble, which it is happening to them and they won\u2019t admit it. <\/line> They\u2019ve got a new base of supporters that is as extreme, antiwar kook as you can — but they\u2019re the fundraisers. They\u2019re the people that are really dictating the direction of the party. And the Democrats themselves are trying to figure out how to marginalize those people and still figure out to get a candidate that moves to the center, be pro-war, admits he goes to church, and all the — who would you rather be? I\u2019d rather be us. What happens when these debates take place is that we forge even more unity, we find out what it is we truly believe. Everybody gets to listen to us debate these ideas. Nobody holds back. Nobody\u2019s dishonest. We\u2019re not afraid to be who we are. We\u2019re proud to admit it, flex our muscles. We\u2019re proud to be conservative. We want everybody to know who we are so they\u2019ll join us. We want to persuade them. So here comes this little debate over Harriet Miers. They\u2019ve been trying to destroy this Bush presidency for five years, and they think this is going to do it. And I just — I wanted to write this piece to say, “The real crack-up is on the left.” And I find it interesting. All the people in the media who focused on this column have missed that. They have focused on the part of this column where they think I\u2019m taking out after Bush. “Oh, Limbaugh now on Bush\u2019s case.” And that\u2019s not what this is about.<\/line>HANNITY: Well, I\u2019ve been listening to you in this Harriet Miers debate. Look, you don\u2019t think this was the best choice. That\u2019s it. And you\u2019re saying so publicly.<\/line>RUSH: Well, it\u2019s really — it is tough. I mean, it\u2019s not my pick. I didn\u2019t get elected president. And I don\u2019t presume to think that the White House should do what I say. You know, my program\u2019s done for the American people, for the audience. My audience is not in Washington and it\u2019s not in the White House. I don\u2019t know if they listen. I don\u2019t know if they care what I say. Well, they may care what I say if it goes against them, but I don\u2019t have a direct line to them. But my point with this is, it\u2019s just so unnecessary. It\u2019s just — it\u2019s such a pity. It needn\u2019t have happened, this particular choice. The thing that I think of — people have asked me, “Well, Rush, how did this happen? This is a well-oiled White House. They don\u2019t make mistakes here. They come up, and they do everything as smooth as silk, and how did they botch this?” Now, the left is charting — trying to chalk it up to Rove and Plame. And I don\u2019t think that has anything to do with it, or Andy Card. I think it has to do with a misunderstanding among some of the White House over who the conservative constituency is. They think it\u2019s a single-issue group of people based on abortion. And I think they thought that, if they just get a candidate out there that can people can be persuaded to believe is going to do the right thing on Roe vs. Wade, that they would have the base in their back pocket and they could move on. And I just — I think they misunderstand that, because the conservative movement\u2019s not monolithic. It\u2019s not made up of single-issue people. Some of them are, but there are a lot more people who have far more interest than just one issue. And even, you know, where abortion\u2019s concerned, I — you know, pro- abortion, anti-abortion, Roe vs. Wade is bad law. I know a lot of people who are all right with abortion who think that Roe vs. Wade is bad law. And the reason it\u2019s bad law is because seven judges decided on their own to see that the Constitution says, “Yes, there\u2019s a right to abortion,” when it doesn\u2019t say that. Now, if nine men, a majority of nine men and women in robes, lawyers, can say, “Yep, I see this in the Constitution, and therefore it\u2019s the law of the land,” then the Constitution\u2019s irrelevant.<\/line>HANNITY: Were they avoiding a fight? And will conservatives say — are conservatives saying — because I have strong opinions about this, as you know, too — are conservatives saying, “This is our defining moment, you know, we need — an opportunity was missed here to explain to the American people exactly what this debate over the courts is about”?<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH: I think that\u2019s key, because, for 40 years, there have been people working on establishing and building the conservative movement or ideology. It\u2019s a way of life. It\u2019s a way of thinking about the country and things. And the way it was done was to educate and inform as many people as possible, get them to the polls, and vote, so that this transformation of power that has happened is legitimate. It\u2019s not from spin. It\u2019s not through lying. It\u2019s not through telling people something that\u2019s not true. We\u2019ve created a genuine base of people who are conservative and we\u2019re doing what we\u2019re told we had to do, create majorities. This was an excellent opportunity to continue the information and education of the American people about the judiciary, what\u2019s gone wrong with the court, and so forth. I don\u2019t know whether the White House — you know, I said it first, and it appeared to me that the pick came from a standpoint of weakness. And what I really meant by that was that the Democrats were going to look at it as weak. I mean, if we\u2019re going to nominate a stealth candidate about whom little is known, and do an end-run to get somebody confirmed, look at what the left does. I mean, Clinton\u2019s president. Here\u2019s Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ACLU membership, Stephen Breyer — no question who these people are. And they get 96 votes or 92 votes. This need to do an end-run is, yes, it\u2019s disappointing and it\u2019s puzzling, if that\u2019s what this was. But, Sean, I mean, she may be fine. Harriet Miers could be one of the best justices on the court. The problem here is, we don\u2019t know. We\u2019re being asked again to roll the dice and so forth when it\u2019s not thought to be…<\/line>HANNITY: Hasn\u2019t worked out well for Republicans, either, in the past. Prior to Roberts, seven of nine appointed by Republicans. Hardly a conservative court.<\/line>RUSH: I know. I know. And some of these people that were appointed were thought to be, at the time, pretty good. So it\u2019s — that\u2019s why I have not joined the chorus of those who say she should withdraw her nomination…<\/line>HANNITY: Yes.<\/line>RUSH: … or that the president should withdraw her nomination. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessary to do that. But the hearings will be, I think, firebrand and telling.<\/line>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/line>HANNITY: You mentioned the Democrats void of ideas, and then you talk about the criminalization of politics, which you mentioned both of those things. You got DeLay and Rove. Your thoughts on those things?<\/line> RUSH: Well, I think it\u2019s just a — the Democratic Party is stuck in the past. Their presumed glory years are Watergate and Iraq. And they can\u2019t look forward. They don\u2019t look forward. And what they\u2019re attempting to do here is relive these glory years by criminalizing or discrediting conservativism so that nobody will vote for it. If they can\u2019t beat us at the ballot box, we\u2019ll get the courts or the legal system to throw us out of office. And this — I mean, Watergate, that was a nirvana. Sean, they were having live orgasms back then. (laughing) And on the anniversaries of Watergate, they have live orgasms. (laughing) It was Vietnam. They\u2019re trying to create Iraq out of Vietnam. There are no similarities whatsoever. But those are their glory years. And so since they can\u2019t — they really can\u2019t beat us at the ballot box. In the debate of ideas, in the arena of ideas, they do not win elections. They have to tell somebody things that they\u2019re not. And this is their only tactic, I think. And, of course, they have allies in the mainstream press who have the same animus for people like DeLay and Rove. And it\u2019s a unified effort to try to make this all happen.<\/line>HANNITY: You ever envision a day Hillary Rodham Clinton\u2019s elected president in this country?<\/line>RUSH: You know, interesting question. People always mention Hillary\u2019s name to me, “Rush, Rush, what about Hillary?” She puts her pants on one leg at a time like every other guy. She doesn\u2019t scare me. I don\u2019t think looking at things through the prism of fear is going to accomplish anything. You can respect that she may be formidable and she may have the ability to get elected. What, we\u2019re just going to roll over and say, “OK, Mrs. Clinton, you are so powerful. You\u2019re the smartest one in the world. We don\u2019t even have the rights to open our eyes in your presence. You can have the White House.” What was that? You know, this woman is one of the most divisive political figures in the country. And I think a thorough examination of her in debates will illustrate she\u2019s not the smartest woman in the world and there\u2019s no reason to be afraid of her. <\/line><\/p>\n

HANNITY: Your love of the Reagan mantle of conservatism — you see the Republican arena, who do you look to? It\u2019s not McCain, but I\u2019ve heard you talk about Senator McCain. It\u2019s probably…<\/line>RUSH: You\u2019re funny. (laughing)<\/line>HANNITY: Thanks. It\u2019s probably not Rudy Giuliani on social issues. Who do you see that holds the Reagan mantle that you\u2019d like to see run and win?<\/line>RUSH: Now, I know time\u2019s running down, but let me see if I can squeeze this in. Because I did write in that op-ed that when conservatives start warring against each other like this — the last time this happened was 1976 through 1980. It led to two landslides, \u201980 and \u201984, but the ingredient there was Ronald Reagan. Is there another Ronald Reagan out there? I don\u2019t know, don\u2019t see one right on the horizon. But there\u2019s only one Ronald Reagan. But now you\u2019re asking me for — is it you want a name? You want a name?<\/line>HANNITY: You got one?<\/line>RUSH: It\u2019s early. You know, this is not — there\u2019s somebody — see, the danger with mentioning names is that you hurt the feelings of people that you leave out. And I\u2019m leaving — I\u2019m going to leave some people out because of time constraints, but when I hear George Allen speak, there\u2019s a part of me, “Yes, rah-rah.” There\u2019s some people in the House — I know they\u2019re not running for president — Mike Pence — there\u2019s some people there that are doing some great work. They need to be encouraged. They need to be — I think the biggest problem with the Republican Party is the same thing with the Democrats. And Dick Morris — everybody\u2019s obsessed with this great middle. “We\u2019ve got to somehow appeal to the middle.” So Republicans think they\u2019ve got to be pro-choice and moderate on other social issues. If you look at the Republicans that win elections, they\u2019re conservatives. <\/line>HANNITY: I agree.<\/line>RUSH: They\u2019re conservative from the first day to the last day, from the beginning of the day until the end of the day.<\/line>HANNITY: Rush, thanks for sitting down with us.<\/line>RUSH: Thank you, Sean. Appreciate it.<\/line>END TRANSCRIPT<\/line><\/p>\n

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