{"id":35312,"date":"2010-05-04T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:05:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T01:05:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T01:05:11","slug":"eib_listeners_register_complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2010\/05\/04\/eib_listeners_register_complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"EIB Listeners Register Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>RUSH: I just got an e-mail during the break. The subject line here is, &#8216;The Good Old Days.\u2019 &#8216;Dear Rush&#8230;\u2019 &#8216;What\u2019s happened to Clarence &#8216;Frogman\u2019 Henry? What\u2019s happened when you used to talk about Gerard Depardieu and Harvey the Whale?\u2019 Now, Harvey the Whale, that was out the stupid idiot whale that got lost in the Sacramento delta. That\u2019s many, many moons ago. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/01125108.Par.89380.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignright\"\/>&#8216;Anita H, Rita X, Mike Tyson intros with pencil-necked geeks, Dan\u2019s Bake Sale, fun updates? I used to laugh myself silly on your show. Now it seems like the fun is long gone. How about one laugh?\u2019 Snerdley was laughing throughout the first hour. I was laughing throughout the first hour. But if&#8230; (interruption) What\u2019s that? Okay, so now a staff member said, &#8216;You didn\u2019t sound funny. Snerdley is only laughing \u2019cause he could see you.\u2019 I cannot get a break here. I\u2019m in the midst of one of the finest programs ever and I got staff mutiny practically here. So go ahead. Give me a time off, give a little break here. <\/p>\n<p>(See You in November parody song)<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Go ahead and laugh now. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! <\/p>\n<p>(song continues) <\/p>\n<p>RUSH: &#8216;White comedian\u2019 Paul Shanklin with a few laughs, the EIB Network and See You in November. Since there seems to be a general consensus among those closest to me that this show is nothing special today &#8212; and in fact somewhat disappointing &#8212; fine and dandy. <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Jason of Fargo, North Dakota, you\u2019re next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hi.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Hi. Say, I\u2019ll get right to it. I believe we all can agree that the N-word used in any context other than literally with written permission, you know, and amongst friends should never be used &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Wait, wait whoa, whoa &#8212; wait a second. Wait a second. There are exceptions to the use of the N-word. Robert Byrd can use it on Fox, the Senator from West Virginia. A number of other Democrats are exempted from using the word. Jesse Jackson can say the word. It\u2019s not totally proscribed, some Americans have an exemption.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Well, with the rest of us not having an exemption, again, the word just shouldn\u2019t be used, causes too much pain, fill in the bank, it\u2019s just wrong. Rush, twice now in two days I\u2019ve heard you use the word tea bagger, even in tongue-in-cheek that word cannot be used, it implies too much, it\u2019s too repugnant, and I just can\u2019t stand hearing it. I promise you this buddy, I love you, I love your program, everything you do, I buy products. If I hear that word one more time not only will I never listen again, I will never purchase any products that you sell, and that\u2019s just it. It cannot continue.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Now, wait just a second. Wait just a minute. I understand how upset you are but sometimes I\u2019m going to be quoting people who use the word to deride them. When I use that word it is to throw it right back at them. There is nobody that listens to this program who believes that I use that term to be accurate in describing tea party people.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Of course. I\u2019m not saying you\u2019re using that, you blank-blanker, but just keep &#8212; I\u2019m sorry to sound corny or liberal on this, which I\u2019m not, it just instills too much pain. Use the T-word or something else, just not that word.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Okay. Well, I take the suggestion under advisement, Jason. Thanks very much. You know, I\u2019m sitting here, it\u2019s a good thing, folks, that I have a strong sense of self and it\u2019s a really good thing that I like myself, love myself in fact. Because here I\u2019m in the midst of what I think is one of the funniest, best, most penetrating great programs in a long, long time and I\u2019m getting complaints about it from my staff, innocent bystanders, e-mailers. 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