{"id":27620,"date":"2011-05-19T04:35:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:35:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-03-05T11:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T16:51:01","slug":"tuesday_quotes_the_johnny_appleseed_of_american_politics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/05\/19\/tuesday_quotes_the_johnny_appleseed_of_american_politics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Quotes: The Johnny Appleseed of American Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>&#8220;The only thing decent about the seventies was the Pittsburgh Steelers and their four Super Bowls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We went into Afghanistan a full year before Iraq, so if anybody tries to tell you that Iraq &#8216;didn\u2019t attack us\u2019, you tell them it\u2019s a regional effort &#8212; that Iraq is simply one battle in the war against terrorism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A little quick question here, Mr. Snerdley: Do you know how many feminists it takes to change a bulb? That\u2019s not funny! is the answer to that question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is why I could never be Oprah. She has made a career out of sitting around listening to whiners and then encouraging them to whine some more. I could never do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Life is hard &#8212; it has roadblocks, it has obstacles, it has liberals in it, and it has government. But the difference between liberals and conservatives is: We do whatever is necessary to get past these obstacles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Frankly, I hated the seventies anyway. I just hated the music in the seventies! 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