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RUSH: John in Shreveport, Louisiana. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mr. Rush, don\u2019t you think you\u2019re being a hypocrite when you\u2019re not — when you don\u2019t want the Iraqis to decide the problems themselves, especially since Abraham Lincoln took two — two generals named Lincoln [sic–Grant] and Sherman who were responsible for the deaths of 59,000 southern people? And since you hate Confederate heritage that much, don\u2019t you think that we should allow the people of Iraq to decide their own fate?<\/p>\n

RUSH: (Laughing.) Gee. I hate Confederate heritage?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No kidding.<\/p>\n

RUSH: On the basis of what do you say that?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay, allow me to quote you from 2001: “The American Civil War was the first conflict in human history to set a people free from the bondage of slavery.” Your quote, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALLER: And that\u2019s not —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, the point is, we fought —<\/p>\n

CALLER: — power —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Are we going to have this argument, Steve?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir, we are, if you\u2019ve got the nerve to hold it!<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019ll have this argument with you any time you want. I\u2019ve been hearing from you guys since I started this show. I know, it\u2019s about states\u2019 rights, it was about freedom; it was about independence. But it was about preserving the union — and Abraham Lincoln knew that you couldn\u2019t preserve an America with the institutions defined by our Constitution if one man was allowed to own another.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you could not preserve the Constitution as long as you could override it by military power and invasion.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, there was the preservation of the union that was the number one —<\/p>\n

CALLER: How about the preservation of the Constitution, shouldn\u2019t that be predominant?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Look, you still want to secede? What\u2019s your solution?<\/p>\n

CALLER: We have no choice, we\u2019re under occupation now. The thing about it is you still have to lie about Abraham Lincoln to prove your, to make your point.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m not lying about Abraham Lincoln. What do you mean, you\u2019re still under occupation?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Put it this way. The South was not allowed to vote its own way; we\u2019re not going to allow Iraq to vote its own government, either.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But we did.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Do you think we\u2019re really abiding by that? What they voted for, we\u2019re trying to subvert it by military occupation. No difference than what they did here for 12 years in Louisiana. You don\u2019t think we don\u2019t see that? You don\u2019t think we don\u2019t see you as a hypocrite for what you say about, oh, yeah, preserve the union, but let\u2019s never mind, let\u2019s take away the vote from those who are the voting citizens —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I cannot believe this!<\/p>\n

CALLER: — Constitution!<\/p>\n

RUSH: I can\u2019t believe this. You are taking out your frustrations at having lost the Civil War on me and claiming I\u2019m a hypocrite because of my stance on the Iraq war?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Which I don\u2019t even think you know what it is.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I don\u2019t think you know — I don\u2019t think you know who Abraham Lincoln was.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I certainly know who Abraham Lincoln was. He\u2019s one of the greatest presidents in the history of the country.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Who said that —<\/p>\n

RUSH: And it wasn\u2019t because he defeated the south. It was because he preserved the union.<\/p>\n

CALLER: He preserved the union by trampling the Constitution!<\/p>\n

RUSH: He did not trample the Constitution. He suspended habeas corpus. He did do some things I wish Bush would do.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Like kill 59,000 innocent civilians?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Are you talking about Sherman\u2019s march through Atlanta?<\/p>\n

CALLER: And — and — and Grant\u2019s shelling the city of Vicksburg. Hello?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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