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RUSH: All right, to the phones, Philadelphia. Brett, glad you called, you\u2019re up. Hello.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hey, Rush. Dittos here from one of the few Jewish conservatives out in Chester County right outside Philadelphia, and I appreciate you taking my call.<\/p>\n

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

CALLER: Last hour you touched on the media-created, media-driven swine flu. And I wanted to take it further here and really relate that to the economy and the recession as a whole, which might not entirely be media-created, but I strongly believe it is media-driven. I see a couple things I observe personally every day which contradict greatly what is reported in the news. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, wait, wait. Hold it. Hold it just a second here, now.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I want to understand your premise. Your premise is the economy is better than it really is and that the media is hyping how bad it is?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Correct. But I\u2019m calling because I\u2019m usually pretty sure of these things but I\u2019m actually calling for your advice here — <\/p>\n

RUSH: Good, because you need it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — your guidance on this important matter.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Because it\u2019s the exact opposite. It\u2019s the exact opposite. The media is going out of its way, their way to not report the truth. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Look at the unemployment numbers today. We lost another huge number of jobs. It just wasn\u2019t as many as they expected. They spin it as good news. The truth is unemployment is going to continue to go up. Real unemployment is 16%. There\u2019s no way to say this is good. They try as hard as they can. There\u2019s a story in the Financial Times today: Problems all over the world for Obama! None of them his fault, by the way. None of this is his fault? It\u2019s all his fault! No, I\u2019m sorry. Look, I gotta take a break here and I rudely interrupted you. I want to get your point anyway because I did not get the whole thing. So if you can hang on through the break —<\/p>\n

CALLER: Absolutely.<\/p>\n

RUSH: — I\u2019ll listen to your explanation and your anecdotal evidence, okay?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I appreciate that. Thanks, Rush.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s why my audience loves me. I never shaft \u2019em.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, Brett. Back to you in Philadelphia. Thanks for holding on. Brett believes that the economy is not as bad as it really is; that the media is hyping the bad economy. Okay, go ahead and tell me why you think that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay, well, I didn\u2019t disagree with anything you said before — and if I\u2019m wrong I certainly appreciate you setting me straight. I was going to say this. When George Bush was president and you had the media day in and day out reporting the economy much bleaker than it really was for obvious reasons —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Bleaker? They tried to have everybody thinking we were in a recession in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Right. And it was obvious to everyone why they were doing it then when Bush was president, and it wouldn\u2019t be so much obvious now that Barack Obama is. But what I was thinking is that if they create or paint this picture of a bleaker economy than it really is, I thought, ‘That would open the door for the current Democrats, the current Congress, to push through more and advocate more liberal policies.\u2019 It\u2019s kind of what they\u2019re doing, what they\u2019ve already been doing. And I think that if the media continues to create a panic —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I understand your thinking.<\/p>\n

CALLER: — then I think people will feel the need, and be much more lenient with letting the current administration push through policies —<\/p>\n

RUSH: I understand your thinking.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Okay.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But understand this about Obama and the Democrats: They don\u2019t care what anybody thinks or wants or doesn\u2019t want. They are forcing all of this on us. I mean, the vast majority of every Obama issue, public polling shows a majority of people — including the precious independents and moderates — are overwhelmingly opposed. It doesn\u2019t matter. They\u2019re gonna do it regardless. <\/p>\n

CALLER: Right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Whether the media was on their side or not, they\u2019re going to do it regardless. Now, what they\u2019re doing the media is starting to get a little antsy about the unemployment \u2019cause it isn\u2019t working winning. The stimulus, the vaunted stimulus plan isn\u2019t working. Except that it is. The exact goal is being achieved: Chaos, dependence, people showing up having expectations of Obama handouts. This is exactly what he wants! This is how you grow government. This is how you dumb down people. And the media is saying, ‘We gotta get working here on the economy.\u2019 We had these three columnists on Monday, ‘Does Obama have a backbone? Does Obama have the guts? Is he willing to lead?\u2019 and so forth. So they\u2019ll go out and start talking about a second stimulus, yeah! Make it look like they\u2019re really on the case here. <\/p>\n

But anybody with half a brain economically knows full well that to grow an economy, to create jobs, you don\u2019t do one aspect of any Obama plan so far. So they are underselling how bad the economy is. They have to. They cannot make their guy look bad. They have to prop him up. They have to blame it on Bush. Just like I predicted: The Olympics go south, the bid, it\u2019s Bush\u2019s fault! It\u2019s residual hated for Bush, Bush\u2019s fault. So you can find pockets of the country where people are not in dire straits but when you\u2019ve got a real unemployment rate of 16% and rising, this is a disaster. These are dark days for our country, because there are not the votes in Washington on the opposition party side to stop any of this. By the way, Brett, are you still with me out there? Did he go?<\/p>\n

CALLER: No, no. I\u2019m here, Rush.<\/line> <\/line> RUSH: Are you a football fan?<\/line> <\/line> CALLER: I am a football fan.<\/line> <\/line> RUSH: You like the Iggles?<\/line> <\/line> CALLER: I do like the Eagles. I do not like the current quarterback for the last few years but I do root for them.<\/line> <\/line> RUSH: Now, now, now, now. Too many people have dumped on McNabb too much. You know, I think it\u2019s been really unfair all these people dumping on McNabb over the years. You ought to —<\/line> <\/line> CALLER: Well, I think an initial analysis your take on it a few years back was pretty accurate, and —<\/line> <\/line>RUSH: My comment was on the media and their treatment of McNabb. McNabb\u2019s a fine man. Look, he had his press conference yesterday, his Wednesday press conference yesterday, and a reporter asked him this: ‘Rush Limbaugh says he\u2019s interested in buying a football team. How do you feel about that? Do you think NFL players will embrace him?\u2019<\/line> <\/line> MCNABB: If he\u2019s rewarded to buy that, congratulations to him. I won\u2019t be in St. Louis no time soon.<\/line> <\/line> REPORTER: You wouldn\u2019t play for the Rams?<\/line> <\/line> MCNABB: I\u2019ll be here.<\/line> <\/line> RUSH: So McNabb has rejected a potential job offer before one was even made. <\/line> <\/line> CALLER: (chuckles)<\/line> <\/line> RUSH: I guess I know where I stand with McNabb. But let\u2019s not forget this. December 1st, 2003, Monday Night Countdown on ESPN had Stuart Scott was the host, he had McNabb on there. He said, ‘You said before the that the comments Rush Limbaugh made on this network did not affect you at all. How could it not impact even a little bit in some way?\u2019<\/line> <\/line> MCNABB: I think, you know, with — with everything that\u2019s went on I will probably hire Rush Limbaugh as my marketing agent, uh —<\/line> <\/line> SCOTT: (laughing)<\/line> <\/line> MCNABB: — because it\u2019s done wonders for me.<\/line> <\/line> RUSH: Donavan is a little conflicted even now. He\u2019s going to play this Sunday, though. He\u2019s coming back. Who do the Eagles have? Some chump opponent, I can\u2019t remember who. (interruption) That\u2019s right. I knew it was a chump opponent. Tampa Bay. <\/line><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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