{"id":383557,"date":"2021-02-26T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=383557"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:45:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:45:45","slug":"rush-gets-jazzed-by-an-intriguing-open-line-friday-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/02\/26\/rush-gets-jazzed-by-an-intriguing-open-line-friday-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush Gets Jazzed by an Intriguing Open Line Friday Question"},"content":{"rendered":"

TODD: When he talked to callers — you think about all the calls Rush took, and he still got jazzed when there was a unique idea or a hard question. In fact, anyone who ever got through to the famous phone, 800-282-2882, remembers the thrill of being greeted by the Maha…<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: It\u2019s Open Line Friday. Here is Stewart in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Great to have you, Stewart. How are you, sir?<\/p>\n

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CALLER: Hey, Rush. Love ya. Great man. Question is this. Lee Greenwood sings a song about starting over with his children and his wife. My question to you is, “If you had to start over with nothing, what are some things that money can buy that you would miss?”<\/p>\n

RUSH: Ha-ha-ha-haaaa! What a clever, clever question. Let me translate this: If you were poor and destitute and pooping in the streets of San Francisco, what would you miss the most?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That money can buy. In other words, money can\u2019t buy happiness, but we\u2019re gonna pretend here. What would you miss that you can afford now that you can\u2019t afford or wouldn\u2019t be able to afford? Oh, man. Well, there\u2019s… (chuckles) Now, this is one of these questions, do I answer this honestly or do I try to come up with something clever? (interruption) Yeah, at the top of the list would have to be EIB One, because I still pinch myself when I get on board that thing, Stewart.<\/p>\n

All this tech stuff, not just the iPhone. Tech stuff is a brain exercise for me. It\u2019s something that keeps my brain from stagnating. To keep up with this stuff is a challenge; it\u2019s fun to do. But it would be within range if I were destitute, hopeless, pooping in the streets of San Francisco, \u2019cause he didn\u2019t say that I had no chance of getting it again. So, it\u2019s an interesting question. I appreciate that, Stewart. Thanks.<\/p>\n

TODD: See what I mean about the interaction? Rush, he\u2019s jazzed at the question and the sort of the challenge and the intellectual challenge. But there\u2019s something else there. If you\u2019ve not lived in San Francisco, that pooping on the streets? That\u2019s a real thing. I remember the first time I was in the Tenderloin in San Francisco, and I thought, “Oh, that person\u2019s… He\u2019s lost something.”<\/p>\n

Well, yeah, sort of. Sadly, he\u2019s lost his humanity. So sad. And then this, in the midst of that phone call… Did you hear it? The optimism. The smarts. The quick analysis of the caller\u2019s question. He said, “Stewart from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.” He didn\u2019t say “poor, destitute, and hopeless.” That\u2019s Rush to a T. He\u2019s imagining, “I have to start completely over.<\/p>\n

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