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RUSH: Pamela in El Cajon(es), California, nice to have you on the program.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, thank you, Rush. I am so honored! First of all, I want to let you know I\u2019m a recovering Democrat.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well —<\/p>\n

CALLER: And I\u2019m 81 years old. (laughing) It took me a long time.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, recovery is a never-ending thing.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right. (laughing) I hope you recover quickly! In this last year, I\u2019ve listened to you every day.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Before that, I thought you were terrible. I just… I couldn\u2019t believe it. But I heard you for the first time, I don\u2019t know, back in the nineties and I couldn\u2019t believe what I was hearing. I thought, ‘What in the world?\u2019 you know, and I turned you off. Now I have a new friend who is a history teacher, and she a conservative, and she started teaching me about conservatism, and I, you know, was adamant. ‘I think Rush is terrible,\u2019 and then discovered that, you know, things that I was clear off. I just didn\u2019t understand what the difference between liberalism and conservatism is. <\/p>\n

RUSH: I know. Most people do not know what liberalism really is. They just think it\u2019s Democrat versus Republican, and they really don\u2019t know the hideous nature of liberalism.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: They just don\u2019t get it. Even a lot of people on our side don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, you know, I went through the Depression, and FDR was the only president when I was 16 years old that I never knew, and I thought he was wonderful. So put that aside. Then I finally decided to start listening to you, because my friend, the history teacher thought you were pretty good. And so I can\u2019t believe how much I have learned in this last year, and I want to thank you for that. But the reason I called today was that I almost burst into tears because your comments about people being frightened and being awake at night, and that… (sigh) I hate to say this. You know, I should know better, but I\u2019ve been having one heck of a time, because we are so frightened of what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019re 81 years old, right?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yes, and my husband…<\/p>\n

RUSH: You\u2019ve lost half of whatever you\u2019ve saved.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know you\u2019re not going to get it back.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: And you want to preserve what\u2019s left, and you don\u2019t know where to do that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right. And on top of that, we had a small business breeding Arabian horses. Try to sell a horse. You can\u2019t sell a car now. And the feed has gone sky-high. And when June hits, our pension will drop immensely because it\u2019s tied up in the stock market.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And, you know, we say, ‘Well, get rid of the horses,\u2019 but how? Put those beautiful animals to sleep? That\u2019s the only thing I can do, and I\u2019m… You know, I\u2019m —<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, that reminds me of something. Did you know that the Democrats have put out a new poster on the pilot, the US Air pilot?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No.<\/p>\n

RUSH: What was his name? Sully, Chesley Sullenberger. They found out the guy is a Republican, and so they put out a poster with a guy, and underneath it says ‘Goose Killer.\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: Oh! That makes me sick to my stomach.<\/p>\n

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

CALLER: Oh. I was perfectly sure when somebody was going to come up with something, they were going to blame Bush somehow or another for the geese being there (laughing) or whatever. God.<\/p>\n

RUSH: They\u2019ll blame Bush for as much as they can get away with, but one thing, Pamela. You know, I understand. I totally understand and relate to your fear of, what do you do to keep whatever\u2019s left? I just want you to remember that the people that were elected to run the country right now are the ones that a lot of Americans mistakenly believe have all this compassion and understanding for the circumstance you\u2019re in, when in fact they\u2019re doing nothing to address it — and, in fact, Pamela they may be doing things to make it even worse. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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