{"id":28988,"date":"2008-04-14T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T04:00:17","slug":"bitter_small_towners_to_obama_leave_us_alone_big_government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/04\/14\/bitter_small_towners_to_obama_leave_us_alone_big_government\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitter, Small-Towners to Obama: Leave Us Alone, Big Government!"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: John in Mineral, Virginia, you\u2019re next on the EIB Network. Hello.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah, Rush, it\u2019s an honor. Thank you so much. This is a great birthday present for me.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.4584.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignright\"\/>CALLER: My concern is, like I expressed earlier, I\u2019m sick of the candidates that we have all together. I do believe that what we need is a candidate that will protect America, and all this fighting amongst ourselves internally is destroying us. And I just, I\u2019m from a small town, I\u2019ve served my country, I drive a four-wheel drive, I drive a Harley. And it\u2019s just life in general.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Let me ask you a question. Are you saying that Obama\u2019s right, that you\u2019re bitter and that you\u2019re clinging to your guns and your church because you\u2019re mad that government is not doing enough for you?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: No, I\u2019m not. I am saying it because I\u2019m a true-blooded American that stands up for his rights, that a country that I protected, that I am not bitter about anything. I can take care of myself. I don\u2019t need the government doing that for me. I don\u2019t need that.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: But you are fed up with government or you\u2019re fed up at something because you think of all the bickering that\u2019s going on internally.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Oh, I think if we could wipe the slate clean and start over, I think it would be awesome.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: How do we do that?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Just kick \u2019em all out.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Oh, I see, I see, yeah, term-limit them all.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Exactly.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: All right, this proves my point. To the extent that he\u2019s got any bitterness, he\u2019s bitter at government, he\u2019s not waiting for government to do something. It\u2019s not that government\u2019s forgotten him. It\u2019s that government won\u2019t leave him alone.<\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Back to the phones quickly to Spencer, Iowa. This is Chris. It\u2019s great to have you here. Welcome to the EIB Network.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Thanks, Rush. Just a second. I have to sit down my gun and my cross, then I can talk to you.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: All right.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Thanks for taking my call. I wanted to tell you why I\u2019m bitter in small-town America. Friday night my husband got a call and got a nice raise, not huge. But this morning I checked my online banking &#8212; we have that, too, in small-town America &#8212; and the government took 40% of the raise that my husband got. So that\u2019s what makes me bitter.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: See, this doesn\u2019t surprise me. But people think&#8230; Obama\u2019s trying to portray you as a racist. You\u2019re bitter because there are black people in your neighborhood!<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: (giggles)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: You\u2019re bitter because of illegal immigrants coming in &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: &#8212; and you\u2019re bitter because the gays are running around your town trying to get in your church &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: &#8212; and you\u2019re bitter because people don\u2019t look like you make you mad, and you\u2019re bitter because your government\u2019s not helping them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125113.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"257\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignleft\"\/>CALLER: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: The bottom line is: You\u2019re bitter because the government\u2019s taking too much from you.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: That\u2019s right. And, you know, like I said, it wasn\u2019t a huge raise, but it was nice, and I have five kids, and, you know, it\u2019s disappointing to see that much money coming out of what my husband earned.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Amen. A-men. <\/p>\n<p>CALLER: (sigh)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Forty percent of your husband\u2019s raise is gone in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Mmm-hmm. I did the math.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: You sure you know how to do math? You live in a small town?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: (giggles) Well, it\u2019s public education. I\u2019m not sure, but &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: &#8212; I think I got it right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Well, Chris, hang in. Believe me, it can only get better.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: And, you know what? It\u2019s great here. So, Barack Obama can\u2019t ruin my day.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: There you go.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: (laughing)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: That\u2019s the spirit of the people in flyover country that I know, and that I love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: John in Mineral, Virginia, you\u2019re next on the EIB Network. Hello. CALLER: Yeah, Rush, it\u2019s an honor. Thank you so much. This is a great birthday present for me. RUSH: Thank you, sir. CALLER: My concern is, like I expressed earlier, I\u2019m sick of the candidates that we have all together. 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