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RUSH: Ieksa is our next caller. She\u2019s from Princeton, New Jersey. I really appreciate your patience. I\u2019m glad you waited. It\u2019s great to have you here.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Major dittos, Rush. I need to tell you, my son called you because he asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I said, “To speak to Rush Limbaugh!” And he got through! I can\u2019t believe it! I\u2019m calling to let you know that I am a minority. I\u2019m a Latina. I grew up in New York City, extremely liberal. You know, I went to public school, was indoctrinated with the whole thing, except for one thing.<\/p>\n

The big difference is that I was told that you were the evil of America. You were the most wrong man in America. I was one who never really liked to take other people\u2019s views; always had to look \u2019em up. So I had to find out who you were. So, at the age of 16, I went and got your books and started reading them. And, as I read them, I said, “Not for nothing, but this is how my mother is raising us.” It just didn\u2019t make any sense to be a liberal and a Democrat after reading your books.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Do you remember when this was, Ieksa?<\/line><\/p>\n

CALLER: I remember I was 16, I remember I was in high school, and at the time I didn\u2019t really get a chance to listen to you on the radio \u2019cause I was in school. But I do remember one show that converted me completely. Even though I was listening to you, I wasn\u2019t fully conservative. It was one show. It was about 20 years ago. You spoke about capital gains, and you spoke about it in such a way that you kind of… I don\u2019t want to say, “You dumbed it down,” but I guess because I was so young, I understood everything you were saying. I understood how you said capital gains hurts the poor people more than the rich, and that was the one show that converted me. Oh, and I want to say how much I love you. I actually met my husband because of you! (giggles)<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wow.<\/p>\n

CALLER: And my husband went to your show one time! I\u2019m telling you, you\u2019ve been in my life. I\u2019m 41 today. Today is my birthday. I have been following you for 25 years.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I get so many calls from people who were told that I was a monster.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yeah!<\/p>\n

RUSH: It seems to be the way many people have discovered me. You\u2019re told I\u2019m a monster. You\u2019re told I\u2019m the focus of evil.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Mmm-hmm.<\/p>\n

RUSH: In your case, I\u2019m lucky. You got curious and you went and read my books and said, “Well, this is how my parents are raising us.”<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly. I mean, I think at the time I disagreed with probably three of your chapters, but I\u2019m sure if I reread your books I\u2019d probably say, you\u2019re not conservative enough. Because actually everybody says I\u2019m more than conservative enough. I\u2019m actually the lone conservative in my family. I am a stay-at-home mom. I actually was a Rush teenager but all of my kids are Rush Babies. I\u2019m a stay-at-home mom and I home school, and they know between the hours of 12 and three, “It\u2019s Rush time. Don\u2019t bother Mom. We\u2019re supposed to listen because this is social studies.”<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, Ieksa, I appreciate it. You made my day. I can\u2019t thank you enough.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You made my day! I can\u2019t believe it. My son actually called. I can\u2019t believe how excited I am!<\/p>\n

RUSH: It was meant to be, Ieksa. It was just totally meant to be. It was more than fate. It was meant to be.<\/p>\n

CALLER: (happy sigh)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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