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April 30, 2008 - Rush Limbaugh Program
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April 30, 2008, Wednesday, Hour #3
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That's because we are pursuing the truth relentlessly and unstoppably.
We find it, we proclaim it, and in the process we cause chaos.
Rush Limbaugh, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Operation Chaos, behind the Golden EIB microphone, 800-282-2882.
If you want to be on the program, the email address, LRushbaugh at EIBnet.com.
Folks, a couple things here.
I want to review.
I've been thinking about a couple things here that we've already discussed.
Stick with me on this.
In the last half hour, we learned that Michelle Obama is going to be on CNN tonight to discuss Reverend Wright.
And I said, why?
If they think they've put this behind them, why in the world are they going to bring her out?
And she is a volcano waiting to erupt with the wrong question or two.
This woman can go ballistic.
Because she's running around.
She's got about the same amount of hate for this country as old Jeremiah does.
And I think part of it is counter-programming the fact that Mrs. Clinton tonight's going to be on O'Reilly.
Oh, I have to tell you this.
I am so glad that I don't work in cable TV.
I was just watching Fox News about 15 minutes, last 15 minutes.
And my good friend Martha McCallum had a guest.
A guest, you know, sometimes they go get people that are experts in analyzing body language.
They had a woman, Martha had a woman who was an expert at analyzing facial expressions.
And they played a little snippet of Mrs. Clinton on O'Reilly's show tonight.
And they went to the facial expression expert and they said, tell us, what did you see in Mrs. Clinton's face there?
And this facial expert, the woman, said, well, it was obvious.
Mrs. Clinton was raising her head, raising her chin far more than she usually does.
It was obvious to me she wanted to be able to look down her nose while speaking to O'Reilly.
And I didn't hear it.
I'm reading this on closed caption while I'm talking to a caller.
She held her head up.
She could look down her nose at O'Reilly while speaking.
Where do we get these people?
If you work at cable TV and you want a facial expert, facial expression, where do you go?
Yellow pages?
Probably not.
These people are probably flooding cable TV with emails and facts and say, hey, we're experts in this and the producers keep it on file.
One other thing, ladies and gentlemen, I want to go back to this note that Cookie made me aware of in the last hour from the hotline yesterday.
And the headline, Democrat superdelegates look to Limbaugh for guidance.
How serious is the threat of a Hillary comeback?
Rush Limbaugh today called a temporary pause in Operation Chaos, his effort to push Republicans to vote for Hillary in the Democrat primaries.
Limbaugh says Obama may be so damaged by the right fallout that it's no longer certain that Hillary would be the weaker Democrat candidate in the general election.
If Rush sees it that way, might the superdelegate start seeing it too?
I got to thinking, this just doesn't come out of the ether.
This just doesn't come out of nowhere.
I mean, the hotline just doesn't make stuff up.
And the people at the hotline, you're not going to have somebody speculating about this.
Somebody.
I know how the drive-bys work.
They don't come with anything original.
They get faxes.
They get phone calls.
They get emails, story ideas in this.
So somebody, somebody is out there talking about this, that the Democrat superdelegates might be looking to me and Operation Chaos for guidance on what to do here.
And lo and behold, even though it's true that Lois Capps of California, you remember what Lois Capps is famous for?
Oh, you'll remember when I tell you.
Lois Capps, Democrat congresswoman from California, asked in some budget bill, wanted something like $150,000 or $200,000 for tattoo removal.
People had tattoos, and she wanted to set up federal government tattoo removal centers for people who wanted to reverse the self-mutilation that they had engaged in.
That's who she is.
Anyway, she announced the third member of the House today, superdelegate, to announce she's going for Obama.
However, Ike Skelton, who is a member of the House from Missouri, he's from outside Kansas City.
He came out for Hillary today.
As Missouri goes, as Missouri goes, this is a direct result of Operation Chaos.
Now, this little hotline item did not come out of nowhere.
Somebody in the superdelegate ranks is paying attention to Operation Chaos.
And given that, I wish to address you again.
I did address the Democrat superdelegates last hour, knowing that they are listening.
And I want to expand on my remarks of the previous hour because I've been thinking about since this obviously didn't come out of nowhere.
Those of you in this audience who are Democrat superdelegates who are undecided, there's one thing I have to tell you that you are wrong about.
You have obviously switched from an attitude with an air of confidence to fear.
You are operating now totally out of fear.
And here's what you're afraid of.
You know, you know, you don't have to admit it to each other.
You don't have to admit it to me, my calling, but be honest with yourself.
You know in your heart that the guy who's leading in the pledge delegate count is damaged, damaged big.
You may want to try to pretend that the drive-by coverage of his press conference yesterday has put this behind him, that Reverend Wright is now out of the public eye and that no damage has been done.
And if there was any damage, it's been fixed and repaired.
You know, if you are a Democrat superdelegate, that that's not true.
You know you've got somebody here who has fallen off a very high pedestal.
He's gone from messiah to average, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, inexperienced politician.
And yet he's your leader.
And all the news is that the superdelegates are lining up behind him and you're worried about this.
And your big fear, and trust me, I understand this.
Your big fear as a Democrat superdelegate is that you know he can't win in November.
You just know it.
You know in your heart he can't win.
This depresses you because you've thought you've had it won for the past year.
You know he can't win.
You don't like Mrs. Clinton either.
You'd just as soon see them gone as Jeremiah Wright is supposedly gone.
But you know he can't win.
And yet you're afraid to not vote for him for one reason.
You are afraid of causing a permanent fissure in the black community which votes for your presidential candidate at the rate of 90 to 92 percent every four years.
You own the block of votes known as the black community, and you are scared to death that if you award this nomination to Mrs. Clinton, because you know Obama can't win, that you will forever lose the black vote.
And I want to assure you that is not the case.
You are, and very, very often, almost unilaterally this is true, decisions made within the confines of fear are wrong.
And you are occupying your position right now as a superdelegate.
You are in total fear.
And so what you're thinking is skewed.
You know he can't win and you're scared to death of losing the black vote forever.
And I just want to assure you, Democrat superdelegates, that will not happen.
You have your party has done far worse to the black community in this country than simply snatch victory away from a potential presidential candidate.
For 50 years, the Democrat Party has insulted the black community.
You have, with the best of intentions, I might add, with the best of intentions via the war on poverty and the civil rights movement, you have destroyed the black family and still they vote for you to the tune of 90 to 92 percent.
You have done so many more damaging things to the black community than simply snatching the nomination from Obama.
I wouldn't worry about it if I were you.
And even if there is temporary anger, and if even if Reverend Sharpton does promise to cause trouble, by the time November rolls around, you will have succeeded in convincing the black people that vote for you that the biggest threat they face is John McCain.
You will have succeeded, and you know it.
You know you've been doing it for 50 years.
You have no trouble convincing black voters that their biggest enemy is the Republican Party.
You know how to do it.
It's in your playbook.
You don't even have to think it up.
You don't have to memorize it.
You know it.
It pours out of your heart.
That's all you don't have any to worry about here.
So my advice to you, as the commander-in-chief of U.S. Operation Chaos, follow your instincts.
Your instincts are that Obama cannot win.
And your instincts are right.
This is a horrible position he has put your party in.
Well, Reverend Wright, in all of this, don't worry about pulling the nomination away from him as long as you tell people you're doing what you think best.
They might disagree with you, but they will never challenge your motivation.
You tell them you're doing what you think best for your party and for your country.
And the black voters who might be a little angry at the outset will come along as they always have.
And then, if that doesn't work, but it will, if that doesn't work, Democrat superdelegates, If there is an original hubbub and if there is a little anger, the Reverend Sharpton's out there rabble-rousing, you just continue to tell the black population of this country, like you've been telling them for 50 years, that what you're doing is for their own good.
And you might even imply that you so desperately want a black president in this country, but this guy's not the guy.
This guy as president would do more damage to the advancement of civil rights because of what you've learned.
You've got to be very careful the way you express this, but you know I'm right.
This is not the guy.
So don't worry about pulling those delegates and the nomination away from him.
Follow your instincts.
Do what you think best.
You've been destroying black people for 50 years and you still own them.
And you will own them after doing this.
Quick!
What's the name of this tune?
Quick, quick.
If I told you who does the tune, would it help you?
The tune is done by Nilsson.
Harry Nilsson.
Jump into the fire.
Not to be confused with Troglodytes.
Who produced it?
Randy Newman.
Richard Perry.
Who's Richard Perry?
Who cares?
Rush Limbaugh back, 800-282-2882.
Homes facing foreclosure more than...
Stop making me laugh in there.
Homes facing foreclosure.
I'm not laughing at this.
More than doubled in the first quarter from 2007.
Okay, yip, yip, yip, yip, yahoo.
You know what the number is?
One out of every 194 homes foreclosed on in the first quarter.
Do you know what percentage that is?
I ran the numbers on my Macintosh computer.
0.5%.
One half of 1% of homes in this country are being foreclosed on.
One half of 1%.
One out of every 194.
This next.
Have you ever heard of the Greek island of Lesbos?
There is a Greek island called Lesbos.
And a Greek court has been asked to draw the line between the natives of the island Lesbos and the world's gay women.
The islanders, three islanders from Lesbos, home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women, have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name.
One of the plaintiffs said Wednesday that the name of the association, Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece, insults the identity of the people of Lesbos who are known as lesbians.
My sister can't say she's a lesbian, says Demetrius Lambrew.
Our geographical designation has been usurped by certain ladies who have no connection whatsoever with Lesbos.
An argument here over terminology taking place in Greece.
Here's Janine in Etna Green, Indiana.
Nice to have you on the EIB network.
Hello.
Hello.
So nice to talk to you, Ruff.
I consider myself your big sister.
I adopted you as my little brother a long time ago.
Thank you.
Appreciate that.
I just wondered what you were going to do to help me get through this election.
And you have not failed me at all.
So I am a covert operative here in Indiana, and I had called my county registrar office and talked with them there about being called down for asking for a Democratic ballot when I am a Republican, and this is a pretty strong Republican county.
And she told me that the workers at the debts could not call you down.
Only a voter that was in line could ask you your intentions and cause the worker to then give you a paper to sign saying that.
Wait a minute.
That's not what we heard yesterday on Indianapolis TV.
Indianapolis TV Democrat head honchos, some guy named Parker, said they were going to have workers at the polls, not other voters.
You know, they're going to check you out.
And if you are registering from Republican to Democrat, they're going to see if you've voted Democrat or they're going to try to identify.
The problem is that there's nothing they can do because after you go in and vote, how you vote is private.
The only way you could get in trouble, this is what they said yesterday on Indianapolis TV, was if you turn yourself in.
Well, that's true.
I agree with you, but I was asking the lady and she told me that there at the tumble here.
But she told me that the workers at the office could not tell you what or ask you to sign the paper that you had to be challenged by another voter.
What in the world is this?
Sounds like screaming little babies in your house.
Yes, my little grandson just bumped his head.
He had been sitting on my lap all this time while I've been waiting for you to call.
What did he bump his head on?
Oh, on the chair as he was getting up.
Does he need any attention out there, Janine?
No, he's fine and taken care of now.
Thank you.
Oh, that's gosh, if I could have a kid like that bumps his head and fixes it himself, man, I'd handle that.
I just gave it a little rub, and he's okay now.
Oh, a hug did it?
Yeah, right.
I've seen that.
He bumped it coming up because he was trying to stand up underneath the chair.
I know these babies are stupid.
That's why we're not socialized by human beings.
They grow up to be little savages.
That's why child rearing is so important, why only people who really care about it ought to be doing it.
I mean, look, I don't want to use your name anymore because if child services is listening, they're going to come remove the chairs from your house because obviously pose a threat to the little grandkid there.
If he stands up and hits his head in the chair, you've got a dangerous chair.
It's in violation of federal regulations.
Okay, well, I definitely asking for a Democratic ballot.
So that's what I'm calling.
I'll tell them.
I'll pass it along.
Corporation chaos operatives do not answer any questions you are asked by people in line to vote next Tuesday.
There.
We handle it.
I need to issue an apology, ladies and gentlemen.
To our last caller, delightful and thrilled to speak to us here on the program, Janine, from Indiana.
I have been told by both Dawn and Cookie that I've scared that woman very badly by teasing her about her grandson bumping his head and social services people might be coming by to take the chairs out of there.
I was, you know, just trying to make fun of social services and be funny.
But Janine, I do wish to apologize because one of the things that we don't do here is treat callers with disrespect.
And we certainly don't want to scare callers on this program.
The Democrats and the media do a good enough job of that.
So please accept my heartfelt apologies, Janine.
And if Janine has fled the house with her grandson after this call to escape social service, and any of you know her, please tell her I was just teasing.
And please pass on my heartfelt apologies.
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I have, in fact, I didn't find myself in hot water.
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Here's Dwayne in Columbia, South Carolina.
Nice to have you with us.
Hello.
Good afternoon, Mr. Limbaugh.
Afternoon.
I want to say that I don't always agree with you, but I do recognize that you're one of the greatest minds of my time.
And I'm 34 years old.
Now I want to get to my point.
I am not a registered Democrat, and I want to be honest, I was supporting Obama because he's black, and I wanted a black president because I'm black.
But I will tell you that I do think he's damaged, and I don't think he can win.
I used to like the Clintons.
I will not vote for them now because they have no honor, and they showed that in this election.
The only man that's left with honor is John McCain.
So if I vote, I will vote for him.
But I want to say that the comment that you just made is exactly right.
Black people will be upset if Obama don't get the nomination, but they'll be upset for a minute, and then they'll go right back on the plantation of the Democratic Party because that's the way it's been.
And they have broke down our family, and they're making a foolish mistake if they keep following that party.
I'm not saying that they need to go to the Republican Party, but I am saying that what you said is true.
The Democratic Party owns black people.
They own them for no good reason because they have not done anything for them, and they will shut them down if they start, you know, having too many higher aspirations than what they want them to have.
So basically, that was my comment.
I want to tell you that I love your show.
I do think you're a great mind.
I'm a little nervous.
My voice might be shaky, but I know that I'm talking to somebody that's a real big wig right now.
So I feel like, you know what I mean, it's like talking to a star.
Well, you're very, you don't sound nervous at all.
Number one, you're one of the most coherent and communicative callers that I've had in a long time.
That was especially well said.
I'm fascinated by the fact that you were going to vote for Obama Obama just because he's black.
It had nothing to do with him being a Democrat, right?
Why is that?
I mean, I just feel like because he's a black man, maybe he got some interest that in mind that will help me help my family.
It's hard for me to believe that after years and years of white presidents, that, you know, I'm saying this country got so many races in it that we don't have a president of any other race.
And I thought that a black man would just, you know, maybe for some reason do something that's going to help me and help my people.
But right now I see that, you know, he almost, even if he becomes president, he might turn into a lame duck.
I mean, it just seemed like, I mean, I hate to say this because I love Obama.
I mean, I love the aura, but it seemed like he don't know what he's doing right now.
I was going to ask you what happened.
Is it the pastor situation?
This is the way he's handled the pastor situation.
What is it?
Well, I just think it's like you say, sometimes he says stuff and then he turns around and say other stuff that don't exactly match with what he said before.
The pastor situation is very damaging.
And like you said, the drive-by media is trying to do all they can.
But in the hearts of white people across America and in the hearts of a lot of black people, that you're just too close to a person that makes comments like that.
That just will not sell.
You cannot sell that type of rhetoric in American circles amongst whites, of course, but probably amongst blacks too that love their country.
I mean, I love this country.
I don't want to live no place else.
I feel like they've done some really hideous stuff to my people, but I don't want to go live at a cave with Bin Laden.
I like running water.
You know what I mean?
So.
God bless you.
I do too.
Especially hot water from a Renaissance tankless water heater.
There you go.
Now, let me ask you this.
Because, Dwayne, I want to make sure I heard you right.
You were agreeing with me that the superdelegates really don't have much to worry about, even if they do anger black voters supporting Obama at the outset.
If they award the nomination to Hillary, then by the time the election rolls around, those angry black people will still vote for the Democrats anyway.
Mr. Limbaugh, what it is is you're going to have people that's upset, but then you get people like Al Sharpton that come out front.
And what happens is that people don't take us serious because of people like Al Sharpton and because of people that don't have the prominence that he had, but they say such crazy stuff.
I mean, they make a few small points.
But yeah, they'll be upset for a little while, but they'll run right back.
And it's like, you can't really take people serious when you got these kind of people out front fighting your case for you.
Amen.
You are a well, this is a cliche, but you are really a breath of fresh air.
I appreciate you saying that.
I mean, I don't know what else to say.
I don't want to hold your time.
I know you got a lot of callers, but I just want to say I love your show.
My father gave me a choice a long time ago whether I wanted to listen to old gospel music or talk shows on the radio while I was working for him.
I started listening to talk shows, listening to you.
A lot of stuff you say, I absolutely agree with it.
Maybe for different reasons, but standing up on your own and changing your situation and not waiting on government to do it is what my people need to do.
So, you know, there you go.
I like the show and I'm going to keep listening.
Happy to have you in the audience, Dwayne.
Thanks very much.
Thank you.
Appreciate it.
There you go.
Now, you superdelegates.
Now you don't have to accept my word for it, even though you know I'm right.
Now you've heard from Dwayne in South Carolina: you need not fear giving this nomination to Hillary Clinton and yanking it away from Obama.
That fear is based on angering the black vote that's for Obama, and the polls say they'll not vote or will vote for McCain.
They'll come home.
You have done far worse.
The Democrat party's done.
Dwayne confirmed this.
Done far worse to the black population of this country than simply taking away Obama's nomination via the superdelegates of the Democrat National Convention in Denver, whenever you do it.
So it's time to take this bit of advice seriously.
And I, you know, you really, based on what's happening here with this thing from the hotline and the heartfelt, sincere address, two addresses I have made today to the Democrat superdelegates.
It is clear that there is a contest between myself and Howard Dean over just whose delegates these happen to be.
Here we are, Rush Limbaugh and you having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have.
I am doing what I was born to do, and so are you.
I was born to host and you were born to listen.
Let's go to Dallas.
It's Patty.
Patty, welcome to the EIB Network.
Hello.
Hi, Rush.
I am really upset today, Rush, with you.
I think you're trying to get Hillary elected.
And I never use the word hate, but I hate this woman.
And she thinks she is owed the presidency, and you're telling the superdelegates to go for Hillary.
I don't understand.
I don't understand why you're not in North Carolina and Indiana having Operation Chaos go to Obama.
Because that would not serve the strategical purposes of Operation Chaos.
Let me run a little pop quiz.
And I'm not trying to put you on the spot here, but it'll help me to answer your question if you can answer this one question for me.
Okay.
What is the stated objective and purpose of Operation Chaos?
Well, so they'll go to the convention and beat up on each other.
It is to sustain the primary through the convention by whatever means.
Operation Chaos is not about who wins the Democrat primary because we understand our limitations here.
Okay.
We are about extending this and causing such chaos that neither of them could win the general when that day comes in November.
And the purpose of Operation Chaos was specifically at the outset.
This is crucially important.
And you can make the point that you want to make to me, but this is crucially important.
These two candidates were both getting a free ride.
And our party and our nominee have made it clear that they were not going to be critical of these two candidates, particularly Obama.
And McCain has made that abundantly clear with his criticism and insulting of the North Carolina Republican Party.
And so the theory behind Operation Chaos was Obama needs to be bloodied up politically, and who better than the Clintons to do it?
This has happened.
We need the infighting and the controversy to continue for as long as possible.
And at this point, that means that Mrs. Clinton's got to stay close in the pledged delegates.
But, Rush, don't you think I understood yesterday from I'm not sure which cable news I was watching that Clinton's getting awful close and that she can overtake Obama?
She can't.
Neither of them can win.
See, this is our insurance safety or whatever.
Neither of them can win via pledged delegates.
Neither of them can win via the primary process.
This is ideal.
It is going to take the superdelegates committing political murder against one of them.
But Rush, I mean, you never talk about Hillary anymore.
You just talk about Obama.
And I just want to tell you, if Hillary and Bill get back in that White House, they're both lost.
I mean, I cannot tell you how much I hate them.
I can't.
I'm not going to let Obama be defeated by McCain, then Hillary.
Hillary might win.
I understand.
Believe me, I share many of your emotions.
We're doing our best here at Operation Chaos to do what the Republican Party should be doing and won't do.
I know they're all right.
And that's see to it that whoever these people nominate loses.
All right?
It's just that simple.
Now, I can understand you being very upset at my heartfelt advice to the Democrat superdelegates.
Right.
I'm sure that bothered you.
Yes, it did.
Trust your commander-in-chief.
All right.
All right.
I do trust you, and I love you to death, Rush, but today it's been like, oh, my gosh, my anxiety level is hard to get.
Oh, no.
That's terribly unfortunate.
This has been a fabulous broadcast day.
This has been double doses of the fun.
This has been outright hilarious today.
Are you ever going to tell them to go vote for Obama in any of these states?
Are you going to let Hillary rise?
Look, it's entirely possible.
It's entirely possible.
That's why I called an operational pause yesterday.
Because if I had seen that the drive-bys are going to be dumping all over Obama last night and talking about how his candidacy is irreparably damaged and he's got a huge problem, then I would have issued new orders today for Indiana and North Carolina.
But it's not necessary.
It's not necessary yet.
Well, Carl Rose seems to think that Hillary can catch up and get ahead of him.
So I just was hoping that you maybe would talk a little bit about Hillary again.
Well, give us, look at 15 hours in the broadcast week.
And you got to listen to all of them to hear everything.
I do.
I do.
I want to talk about it.
I listen to you, and I love it.
Be patient out there.
Thank you.
We love you being out there.
Thanks very much, Patty.
Let's see.
Let's go to York, Maine.
This is Herb, and you're next on the EIB network.
Hello.
Hello, Rush.
I'm kind of disappointed in you.
Join the club.
I have made a lot of people mad here at the bottom of the hour.
The way I treated that woman.
I was just teasing, but it sounded rude.
I apologize for that.
I hope that's not what's upset you.
Well, no, that, along with, to me, your ego is getting up too high.
My ego is getting up too high.
Oh, too high.
Too big.
Yeah, that's right.
No, my head's still attached.
If my ego were too big, my skull would have split open, and it's still intact.
Well, no, you seem to just enjoy it when some drive-by or something mentioned your name of that.
And boy, you seem to be thriving on that.
And I know that's not the way that he used to be.
You mean when I play these audio soundbites on the TV networks and when I read the newspaper stories about this?
Yeah.
I'm glad you mentioned that.
It's not about me.
This is, this is, I, look at, you're going to make me answer this and I'm going to give away some, do you want?
Do you understand what's happening here?
This is validation.
For those of you that listen to this program and for me, the one who hosts it, what we're doing here has got them all screwed up out there.
And this is important for the morale of our operatives in Operation Chaos.
They have to see success stories.
We can't sit here and keep that from them, even though we might like to keep as much information classified as possible.
Troop morale, I understand that better than anybody.
They have to know it's working.
This isn't about me.
It's about my ego.
It's about success.
It's about the success of the operation.
It's about how our battle plans have not yet been thwarted.
Do you understand what's happening here, Herb?
We have openly explained in detail every aspect of our battle plan, and they still can't stop it.
It is the Democrats who are meeting in clandestine fashion, trying to come up with a solution to their problem and the problem brought on by us, me, and Operation Chaos.
You'll never find a commander more concerned about troop morale than I. Back in a second.
And welcome back, Rushlin Boy and the Excellence in Broadcasting Network.
Ladies and gentlemen, do you think members of the Third Army in World War II would dare go to George Patton and say, sir, this operation, Sicily, it's just about your ego, sir.
I think anybody would question General Patton and his motivation and his loyalty, his patriotism to the cause by chalking it up to his ego.
Why do it to me?
I want troop morale.
I want people loving this.
I want them understanding the ribald success, the overwhelming success we're having.
I want them to stay motivated, and I don't want anybody questioning orders.
That is not ego.
There has to be one leader.
And we don't lead by consensus like they do global warming and science.
We lead by expertise and confidence.
And the old Winston Churchill adage: we never quit.
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