{"id":29713,"date":"2008-06-30T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:40:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:40:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T03:40:19","slug":"mark_twain_s_not_racist_anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2008\/06\/30\/mark_twain_s_not_racist_anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Twain\u2019s Not Racist Anymore?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RUSH: Here\u2019s Jim from Florida. You\u2019re next. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, Rush?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

CALER: Rush, great talking to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Born in Missouri and ended up in Florida, just like you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s a great place to be. Everybody has to be somewhere.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush, I was listening to that deal about Obama pandering to these people in Missouri and mentioning Mark Twain.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah, he mentioned Mark Twain.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Do you remember a few years ago when the Democrats wanted to take Mark Twain\u2019s books off the market and made him a racist because of his Tom Sawyer?<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know what? I had forgotten that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. I thought I would like to remind you so you could work on them people on that a little bit.<\/p>\n

RUSH: It was Huck Finn. They wanted to get rid of Huck Finn and a number of other works. Yes, absolutely right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: A hundred percent racist he was, and now all of a sudden he\u2019s using him as what a…. a… (sigh) What would you say, idol? (laughs)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, of course. He\u2019s in Missouri —<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know. That\u2019s what they do. That\u2019s what caught my —<\/p>\n

RUSH: — pandering to Missourians.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Being from Missouri, that caught my attention.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Quick! A quick little trivia question. What\u2019s Mark Twain\u2019s real name?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Samuel Clemens.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And quick, what state was he born in?<\/p>\n

CALLER: (sigh) Oooooh. You want to say Missouri, but probably Illinois, huh?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Uh, you look it up. Look it up. You\u2019ll be stunned.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Really?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah. Look up Samuel Clemens. You have a computer? <\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Google search?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Samuel Clemens.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I took it for granted that he was from Hamilton — or, I mean —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hannibal?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hannibal or St. Louis or something.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What is the capital of Kentucky? Or, how do you pronounce it, rather. Do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky ‘Louie-ville\u2019 or ‘Louill-ville\u2019?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Uh, I would say Louisville.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Frankfort. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh! (bursts out laughing) Oh, ho, ho! You!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Trick question. (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s the oldest one in the book!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Trick question. (laughing)<\/p>\n

CALLER: You\u2019re too shrewd today.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ah, the people in Kentucky knew that\u2019s a cheap joke. Jim, I appreciate it. I got to take a quick timeout here. We\u2019ll be back and wrap things up after this. Do not go away.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri, which is in Monroe County, Missouri; which is one county due west of the county where Hannibal, Missouri is. It didn\u2019t take him long to gravitate or migrate to the Mississippi River. He died in Connecticut when he was 74 years old. So just a brief little lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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