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RUSH: We\u2019re going to start in Madison, Wisconsin, with Andrew. It\u2019s nice to have you on the program, sir. Thank you for waiting.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hi. Thanks for having me on, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You bet.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I go to UW Madison. I\u2019m a student here, and I went last night to watch the debate at our student union. So I was probably one of maybe two out of a thousand Republicans here that tried to go, and in this debate, right away at the beginning I was one of the people that said, ‘It was like a deer in the headlights watching it for her,\u2019 and even people around me who were Democrats in the tank for Biden, loving it. They thought that, you know, they felt sorry for her and all this. But after she took control, when she made that comment that you just played to the moderator, they started biting their lips. They didn\u2019t know what to say anymore. Halfway through the debate, some of them — a lot of them — started leaving. I could really get the consensus from these hard-core liberals here that they didn\u2019t like what happened at all. I think they know… Well, I got the feeling as I was leaving at the end, a lot of them had the feeling in their gut that they didn\u2019t like because they like her now, and they wish that they could vote for her.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait. Now, this is very, very important. You said the liberals walked outta there.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You said half of them or some of them walked out of there.<\/p>\n

CALLER: A lot, a significant amount left during the debate.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Why all of a sudden? In their gut they didn\u2019t like her; now they like her? A typical liberal would hate her even more.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, but she can talk to them, and there were some girls around me that even said that. They said, ‘Wow, I mean she\u2019s a great speaker. I really like her.\u2019 I mean those are their exact words. Even though — I mean, in my opinion — half the people here are mindless. They don\u2019t know why they like Obama. So when they hear things they do like, they don\u2019t understand why they\u2019re supposed to be disagreeing with her. Do you know what I mean?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Exactly. (laughing) Well said. ‘They don\u2019t know why they like Obama, so, they hear things they\u2019re supposed to disagree with, and they don\u2019t know why they should.\u2019 (laughing) <\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah. Exactly. And I remember my mom bought me a subscription to Rush 24\/7 this year so I could listen to your show and the first episode I got on my iPod was where you talked about Obama at the Cole Center. I went to that. I was on the floor watching — and he signed a baseball, which I kind of want to burn up now, but I think I was the only person there who realized he never said anything. ‘Hope\u2019 and ‘change,\u2019 that\u2019s empty words.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He said it very well. See, that was back in the magic days, that was back in The Messiah days —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — saying nothing better than anybody had ever said nothing —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — at least in my lifetime.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And this campus has cooled down for him. He used to be plastered everywhere here, but now —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, now wait, I\u2019m confused here. Let me read you a couple media reports and I\u2019ll tell you why I\u2019m confused.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: First off, let\u2019s see, what\u2019s this? This is AP. Charles Babington, the headline: ”For GOP, a Grim Week in DC, Elsewhere\u2019 — [N]othing has exposed the depth of the party\u2019s problems and disarray more than this week\u2019s House rejection of a massive,\u2019 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It goes on to say, ‘McCain has abandoned efforts to carry Michigan, once a top target. Several key Senate races, including those in Oregon and North Carolina, show Democratic challengers making strong gains against\u2019 Republicans. You can sum up this AP story by saying: ‘Media to GOP: Drop Dead Now.\u2019 Washington Post, page A-9: ‘Lobbyist Hired by Freddie Mac to Work on McCain Is Now Senator\u2019s Aide,\u2019 by Matthew Mosk and David Hilzenrath. ‘When mortgage giant Freddie Mac feared several years ago that Sen. John McCain was too outspoken on the issue of executive pay, it pinpointed a lobbyist known for his closeness to McCain and hired him to work with the senator. Mark Buse, a longtime McCain adviser who had been staff director of the Senate commerce committee, signed on as a Freddie Mac lobbyist, and his firm, ML Strategies, earned $460,000 in lobbying fees in late 2003 and 2004, according to lobbying disclosures. Buse is now chief of staff at McCain\u2019s Senate office.\u2019<\/p>\n

So you see, McCain pulled out of Michigan. Republicans are losing everywhere. Yesterday this race was officially said to be over. ‘All the polling data is trending Obama! There\u2019s no hope! Republicans should quit! You shouldn\u2019t even go vote!\u2019 Now they\u2019ve found somebody that Freddie Mac hired to lobby McCain, and now he\u2019s McCain\u2019s chief of staff. This means McCain is corrupt. Then there was this from the Financial Times. Here\u2019s the lead in this story: ‘Rush Limbaugh has been accused of many things over the course of his career but, this week marks the first time he has been blamed for a global finance crash.\u2019 Now, my point here, Andrew, is that everywhere I go in the Drive-By Media, they\u2019re saying, ‘Drop dead, GOP! You haven\u2019t a prayer. The election is over,\u2019 and yet you\u2019re telling me that in the heart of liberalism in Wisconsin, Madison —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — that you\u2019re seeing some chilliness to Obama among the young skulls full of mush on the campus.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yep. They\u2019re completely losing their love. I mean, they used to love him here. You\u2019d walk down the streets and people would randomly be chanting, ‘Yes, we can!\u2019 as if they\u2019re these hypnotized mummies walking down the street.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, that\u2019s before the football team started playing.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s true. But now, honestly, they used to have a ton of events, they used to have their headquarters right on campus. Their headquarters have had to move away a little bit, the events have dwindled down —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — they don\u2019t have their chalkings (sic) anymore, and McCain is starting to make a presence here.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But they still know how to slash the tires of Republican get-out-the-vote vehicles on Election Day. Don\u2019t sell \u2019em short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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