{"id":18185,"date":"2011-08-23T16:21:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T16:21:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-23T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T16:21:10","slug":"a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/","title":{"rendered":"A Report from Obama\u2019s Bus Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Princeton, Illinois. We go back to the phones: Open Line Friday on Thursday. This is Joe, thank you for waiting, sir. Great to have you here.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Hey, it\u2019s great to talk to you, Maha Rushie, and it\u2019s really an honor.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I appreciate that, sir. Thank you very much.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Listen, I live in Princeton, Illinois, and we\u2019re about 32 miles east of Atkinson, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Oh, yeah, the president drove there, very white community.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: I heard a couple of retired teacher women that had gone to see the president.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n<p><BR\/>CALLER: And one of them actually got to talk to him. And these two ladies, they were like teenage girls, goo-goo gaga over what a great guy he was, how charming he was, how <\/line><img id=\"eZObject_53747\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg\"\/><BR\/>much they thought that he was really just a good Midwesterner kind of guy, down to earth, really connected with the middle class, that he\u2019s a middle class guy, and all the &#8212;<\/line><\/p>\n<p>RUSH: See, it was the White Like Me Tour.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah. Yeah. It was so depressing to actually hear them talk that way.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Well, it\u2019s just two biddies. You said they\u2019re retired?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Yeah. I wouldn\u2019t worry about it. Look, that\u2019s pure anecdotal and you can find, I guarantee you, worse than that on that tour.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah. Now, one of them actually said that she wishes that he\u2019d be more like Reagan, and that, you know, like when he fired the air traffic controllers, you know, well, she wants him to be tough with people and say, &#8220;Either you do this or this is gonna happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Who does she want him to fire?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Well, I don\u2019t know, maybe some teachers were on strike, she\u2019d want him to fire them.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: But these were retired teachers, did you say?<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah, retired teachers.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Come on, teachers, probably members teachers union &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Right, right. It just blew my mind &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Probably Democrats from the get-go, ever since they\u2019ve been churning butter.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah. It just blew my mind how sucked in they were, you know &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Well, look, I mean they still got 39% approval, you just happened to run into a couple in the 39% number.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: I guess so.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: Look, do you realize, Joe, everybody can\u2019t be as smart as you? I would be insane if I had that as a demand. Everybody can\u2019t see life the way you do.<\/p>\n<p>CALLER: Yeah, right.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: It\u2019s good that you run into that. It helps you keep things in perspective. It helps you understand what we\u2019re up against. Those two ladies, I mean, look, he should be more like Reagan, they like him? That makes no sense. It\u2019s impossible to make any sense of that all. But I\u2019m glad you called, I\u2019m glad you reported it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Princeton, Illinois. We go back to the phones: Open Line Friday on Thursday. This is Joe, thank you for waiting, sir. Great to have you here. CALLER: Hey, it\u2019s great to talk to you, Maha Rushie, and it\u2019s really an honor. RUSH: I appreciate that, sir. Thank you very much. CALLER: Listen, I live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Report from Obama&#039;s Bus Tour - The Rush Limbaugh Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"A Report from Obama&#039;s Bus Tour - The Rush Limbaugh Show\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"RUSH: Princeton, Illinois. We go back to the phones: Open Line Friday on Thursday. This is Joe, thank you for waiting, sir. Great to have you here. CALLER: Hey, it\u2019s great to talk to you, Maha Rushie, and it\u2019s really an honor. RUSH: I appreciate that, sir. Thank you very much. CALLER: Listen, I live [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SamanthaStrebel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/\",\"name\":\"The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"description\":\"Excellence In Broadcasting\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/\",\"name\":\"A Report from Obama's Bus Tour - The Rush Limbaugh Show\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-08-23T16:21:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-08-23T16:21:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/fbe5d82259c325355adac9f0f1147933\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Report from Obama\\u2019s Bus Tour\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/fbe5d82259c325355adac9f0f1147933\",\"name\":\"SamanthaStrebel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb8647177f80f203ec4271ebeee19479?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb8647177f80f203ec4271ebeee19479?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SamanthaStrebel\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/SamanthaStrebel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Report from Obama's Bus Tour - The Rush Limbaugh Show","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/","twitter_card":"summary","twitter_title":"A Report from Obama's Bus Tour - The Rush Limbaugh Show","twitter_description":"RUSH: Princeton, Illinois. We go back to the phones: Open Line Friday on Thursday. This is Joe, thank you for waiting, sir. Great to have you here. CALLER: Hey, it\u2019s great to talk to you, Maha Rushie, and it\u2019s really an honor. RUSH: I appreciate that, sir. Thank you very much. CALLER: Listen, I live [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SamanthaStrebel","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/","name":"The Rush Limbaugh Show","description":"Excellence In Broadcasting","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/report.jpg"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/","name":"A Report from Obama's Bus Tour - The Rush Limbaugh Show","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2011-08-23T16:21:10+00:00","dateModified":"2011-08-23T16:21:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/fbe5d82259c325355adac9f0f1147933"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/08\/23\/a_report_from_obama_s_bus_tour\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Report from Obama\u2019s Bus Tour"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#\/schema\/person\/fbe5d82259c325355adac9f0f1147933","name":"SamanthaStrebel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb8647177f80f203ec4271ebeee19479?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb8647177f80f203ec4271ebeee19479?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SamanthaStrebel"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/author\/SamanthaStrebel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}