{"id":29708,"date":"2008-06-30T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:40:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:40:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:40:20","slug":"mr_theodore_and_mr_limbaugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/06\/30\/mr_theodore_and_mr_limbaugh\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Theodore and Mr. Limbaugh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RUSH: Theodore, Baltimore, Maryland. It\u2019s nice to have you on the EIB Network. Hello. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Good evening. Good afternoon. I\u2019m respecting the service of both ‘Mister\u2019 McCain and Three Star General Mr. Clark. I think they both served honorably. I wouldn\u2019t consider Mr. Clark failed, and I do think that once I\u2019ve listened to it, Mr. McCain sounded weak. Mr. Clark, and even speeches by the late Ronald Reagan, sounded more forceful. If the attitude displayed by ‘Mister\u2019 McCain in answering this statement back is what we should expect from him in the White House, I think we\u2019d be in trouble. Now, in reference to qualifications, you\u2019re right. Mr. Obama wasn\u2019t in the service. But I think he\u2019s very measured. I like the way he takes the time to talk about what he wants to do, his plans. I think his plans and his signing of the — and his support of the — Veterans Bill which Mr. McCain was against, I think that shows he is supportive of the troops. I like his ideas on taxes. <\/p>\n

RUSH: That support of the Veterans Bill was to cover the fact that he\u2019s actively sought the defeat of US troops in Iraq. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you know… Let me explain something, Mister, uh, Mr. Limbaugh. Anybody who says that you support the defeat of troops, I wouldn\u2019t say that\u2019s treason. I would say that\u2019s absolutely outrageous coming from the mouth of those who didn\u2019t choose to serve. I\u2019m a only son. My mother was blind. I got out on an honorable discharge in hardship conditions. I didn\u2019t have to serve. Am I hero? No. I\u2019m a man who did my job. But anybody who tells me that they can read somebody else\u2019s mind, that\u2019s wrong. ‘Mister\u2019 McCain nor Mr. Obama want the death or defeat of our troops — and I would like you to retract that, if you would, because you\u2019re wrong. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Mr. Theodore, I am not going to retract it, because it is true. Mr. Theodore, you\u2019ve also said you\u2019ve come up with something that the left in this country has been trying since I first became aware of it in the mid \u201980s, and that is if I didn\u2019t serve, then I\u2019m not allowed to comment. <\/p>\n

CALLER: But it\u2019s a funny thing, everybody who disagrees with you, you call them names. Everybody… I know it\u2019s a critical campaign and you support your candidate. <\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s another liberal cliche straight out of a website! I don\u2019t call them names. I do satire. I make fun of the left, and they can\u2019t handle it. We\u2019re supposed to sit around and be made fun of and laughed at all the time. Fine, I can take that. They can\u2019t. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Sir, everybody can take sarcasm if they\u2019re adults. But I heard you all knock Mr. McCain for a whole year when his campaign was down. Now you\u2019re being hypocritical, and you\u2019re coming around supporting the guy.<\/p>\n

RUSH: (bursts out laughing) Geez! <\/p>\n

CALLER: And I look at the qualifications…<\/p>\n

RUSH: Geez. <\/p>\n

CALLER: I look at qualifications and I look at abilities. <\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mr. McCain, out of 900 people, was fifth from the bottom of his class in Annapolis. Now, that should tell you something about whether he\u2019s competent or not. <\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing)<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is about the third time he\u2019s run for president. Maybe he\u2019ll get it right, but I don\u2019t think so. But I think to question a man\u2019s — <\/p>\n

RUSH: All of these… (laughing) I don\u2019t know where to start with you. I was criticizing McCain all last year and now all of a sudden I\u2019m supporting him? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes! Yes. I heard all of the people on radio, particularly right wing radio: His campaign was dead, because he supported immigration and the Open Borders Bill, he\u2019d be —<\/p>\n

RUSH: You should call the McCain campaign and say, ‘Guess what. I\u2019m Mr. Theodore. I just spoke with Mr. Limbaugh and he\u2019s supporting your campaign.\u2019 They will laugh at you and hang up the phone on you thinking you are a kook. <\/p>\n

CALLER: But tell me —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Of course, I\u2019m going to defend anybody with McCain\u2019s military record who is attacked by people who cannot hold a candle to it! This is not about politics or ideology here, Mr. Theodore. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Let me explain something. I was diverted from Vietnam. When my mother got a hold of my recruiter, he called some politicians. My orders were changed to Germany. I was a personnel… I was a grunt, but I was a personnel specialist. But the first thing they handed me when I went to Germany was my rifle, because I had field maneuvers and I went on alert a couple times. <\/p>\n

RUSH: What does this have to do with anything?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Now, does my service make me a hero? Does my service make me a hero? <\/p>\n

RUSH: In somebody\u2019s mind it might. You know, heroes get defined in many different ways. Whether you volunteered or not, if you did it, you joined the armed services, I think that there are a lot of people who have exhibited heroic acts and deeds and have achieved this kind of status. But you know, you call me a (laughing) turncoat for supporting McCain? You\u2019re an Obama hack! You\u2019re just a full-fledged, 100% Obama hack. See, what happened here on this show today, Mr. Theodore, is that Obama tried to get away with redefining — and we respect your hackery, by the way, because we\u2019re talking to you. You know, I respect any hack. You respect any military person; I respect any hack. Your hackery, I have demonstrated monumental respect for. But what happened is Obama goes out tries to redefine patriotism, tries to blunt McCain\u2019s hero status and his qualifications at the same time erasing a McCain strength — when Obama might have trouble finding Annapolis, might have trouble finding West Point unless they put him in an SUV and took him there — and I don\u2019t let Obama get away with this. So the Obama hacks like you, Mr. Theodore, have to call here and try to set the record straight. (interruption) Well, that\u2019s true. Next time you talk to Obama, Mr. Theodore, ask him in which of the 57 states that he said he\u2019s campaigned in, you\u2019ll find the Military Academy and the US Naval Academy. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m still trying to figure out what Mr. Theodore was so defensive about because nobody attacked Mr. Theodore\u2019s military record except Mr. Theodore. Mr. Theodore gave us his military record. ‘Do you think that qualifies me for a hero?\u2019 Only Mr. Theodore downgraded his military service. But Mr. Theodore\u2019s hacks whom we respect are out there trying to destroy McCain\u2019s service left and right. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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