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RUSH: We want to go back to 1992. In 1992, the Clinton campaign was much like the Obama campaign is today. It was just sailing along and Clinton was thought of as something new and fresh and young. And we, on the opposite side of Clinton, had very great problems with his character, his inability to tell the truth, and people\u2019s seeming lack of interest in any of that.Clinton\u2019s big campaign slogan was, ‘It\u2019s the economy, stupid,\u2019 and he kept talking about how this was the worst economy in the last 50 years, when it wasn\u2019t. We were coming out of a tiny, tiny little recession. People\u2019s memories were so short, the seventies under Jimmy Carter, the late seventies, were absolutely horrible, and yet people were calling and saying it can\u2019t get any worse, it can\u2019t get any worse. I had spent all this time trying to convince people, he\u2019s not what you think. This guy is as disingenuous and as dishonest and as insincere and doesn\u2019t have a whole lot of substance whatsoever. It didn\u2019t matter. They were just angry at George Bush. They were feeling economic pain. So I decided on a different tack. Rather than tell people what I thought was wrong with Clinton, I thought that I would illustrate it.<\/section>\n
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\"\"BEGIN ARCHIVE CLIP RUSH: I actually have the shakes. I do not want to do the show today. My friends, it\u2019s just this simple. I have changed my mind on the presidential race. And if the mood of this country is not where I am right now, then I\u2019m the one that\u2019s going to have to change. Here at 12 minutes after the hour on the 22nd of October, I\u2019m here to tell you that I have decided to endorse the candidacy of Bill Clinton for president. It\u2019s the only way I think the country can really, truly be saved. I\u2019ve had to weigh my thoughts very carefully. I\u2019ve had to weigh this decision. I\u2019ve thought about it a lot. I\u2019ve talked to a lot of people. I have not made this decision lightly. Let\u2019s see. What else do I have — I\u2019m — I\u2019m — I don\u2019t know. Let me just go to the phones. Camille in Brooklyn. Camille, hi, Rush Limbaugh, welcome to the program.CALLER: Yes. I\u2019m surprised you said that you\u2019re voting for Clinton. I\u2019m really shocked. I can\u2019t believe you threw in the towel.RUSH: You have to do what you think is right.<\/p>\n

CALLER: But Clinton, that slimeball, how could you even think of voting for that — oh, my God. I just can\u2019t talk anymore, I just can\u2019t, I\u2019m sorry. (hangs up, dial tone.)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Hmm. Well, see, that\u2019s an indication of how tough it is for everybody. What am I to do? Am I supposed to come in here and make it up? Am I supposed to come in here — just the charade is — I can\u2019t do that, folks. Phyllis in the Bronx in New York. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello. My name is Phyllis.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yes, ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I am a conservative. I am home sick today, but now I\u2019m really sick. Rush, what are you doing to us? I\u2019m sick and tired of the liberals in this country pushing our buttons.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What are you talking about?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I mean, you\u2019re backing mister — you\u2019re backing Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I am not. I am not.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You just said you\u2019re backing —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I never said that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: But I heard you say those words.<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, no. You\u2019re just trying to twist my words and turn them around. I never said it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: What did you say? Could you just tell me — you said you could — you know, I can\u2019t even talk, I\u2019m so upset. I\u2019m practically ready for tears.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You keep talking about something that happened 23 minutes ago. It\u2019s irrelevant.<\/p>\n

\"\"CALLER: You know, Rush, I know what I heard. I\u2019m sitting here, and I\u2019m listening to you. I listen to you every chance I get.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, you\u2019re going to have to —<\/p>\n

CALLER: You\u2019re the guru of conservatives.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re going to have listen a little bit more closely, Phyllis and you\u2019re going to have to think about the future. What happened in the past is irrelevant, it doesn\u2019t matter. Suzette from Chicago, welcome to the program.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You know, mega dittos, and accolades. You are wonderful. I put on your show, and I had a coronary, and I\u2019m listening to you, and I start to think, ‘No, I know what you\u2019re doing, Rush. You\u2019re doing the Bill Clinton flip-flop.\u2019<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, this is really sad.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (laughing) No —<\/p>\n

RUSH: No, no, no, no —<\/p>\n

CALLER: — the guy, you\u2019re going to deny it.<\/p>\n

RUSH: This is really pathetic.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You\u2019re going to deny it, but then again–<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, of course I\u2019m going to deny it —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, sure.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — because I didn\u2019t say it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know, I\u2019m going —<\/p>\n

RUSH: And we cannot move forward.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know we can\u2019t move forward.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re going to continue to try to make me the issue here, this is really sad.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know, isn\u2019t it terrible? What you\u2019re doing is really great. You can deny it, that\u2019s okay, but —<\/p>\n

RUSH: What do you mean I can deny it? I am denying it. I do deny it.<\/p>\n

\"\"CALLER: Oh —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I never said I was for Clinton.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I know.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You people out there, you are so worried about my conservative views. You think I\u2019m such a maniac, now you\u2019re hearing me say things I\u2019ve never said.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You want to play the tape?<\/p>\n

RUSH: I\u2019m not gonna play the tape. I know what I said. I didn\u2019t say that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay. You know, I\u2019d like to say one thing, though, is that you really bring home a point with —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I don\u2019t know what she\u2019s talking about. You keep going over and over. She just keeps making the same point here, and we\u2019ve been patient.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You can deny it, dear sir, but I know what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I didn\u2019t say it. Still, I\u2019ve had you on the phone here for five minutes and all you want to talk about is something that happened, what, 45 minutes ago. I was younger then.<\/p>\n

END ARCHIVE CLIP<\/p>\n

RUSH: That was in my youth. Can\u2019t hold me accountable for what happened in my youth. It doesn\u2019t matter. We gotta move the country forward. I had people calling from all over the country. They were going to cancel their Rush to Excellence Tour tickets. They weren\u2019t going to go. At any rate, it didn\u2019t work. Clinton, of course, was elected with 43% of the vote. Maybe it did work. This was the Perot election, as you recall.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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