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RUSH: Jacksonville, Florida.  Brian, great to have you, sir.<\/p>\n

CALLER:  Hey, Rush! Great to finally talk to you.<\/p>\n

RUSH:  Thank you.  I very much appreciate that.<\/p>\n

CALLER:  I went to a rally last night.  They had 16,000 people in our rally, and 5,000 were kept out because there wasn\u2019t any room.  It was standing room only, and it was just electric inside.  The paper this morning printed a story about it, and said there was only 10,000 people. Then they interviewed a bunch of the protestors.  There weren\u2019t very many protestors.  It was awesome. <\/p>\n

RUSH: Let me ask you a question. In the first place, that\u2019s not unusual.  I remember when I did the Rush to Excellence Tour.  Whatever you see in America, I\u2019ve done it. Whoever out there is doing things now, I\u2019ve done it.  And I did this back starting in \u201988 all the way through… Well, for two years I traveled every weekend to a different city as we got stations in these cities to affiliate with the program.  I went out and did the Rush to Excellence Tour.  Every weekend except four — except holiday weekends, when I didn\u2019t go.  I did that for two straight years.  I remember in a lot of places, there were protestors. Like in Baton Rouge, there was a mother and her daughter.  There were 5,000 people inside.  It was capacity for this venue.  There was a mother and daughter carrying signs outside, and what do you think was on the front page of the paper Sunday morning in Baton Rouge? <\/p>\n

CALLER:  That\u2019s who they interviewed.<\/line><\/p>\n

RUSH:  It was the mother and her daughter protesting! Two people protesting, 5,000 inside having the time of their lives, a great time.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Yep.<\/p>\n

RUSH: “Limbaugh Stirs up Controversy in Baton Rouge.” That was the headline.  Two malcontents out front! The fact that it happened in Jacksonville? That\u2019s par for the course.<\/p>\n

CALLER:  It\u2019s just a created narrative that they\u2019re trying to portray, you know? After the last few weeks, Trump\u2019s falling apart and he\u2019s on the ropes.<\/p>\n

RUSH:  Let me ask you a question.  I need to ask you… Seriously.  Do not infer a tone of sarcasm or attack or anything. I\u2019m genuinely curious.  You\u2019re like anybody else. You consume media every day, and I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve seen these stories that the Trump campaign is imploding and people are planning an intervention. Trump may be thinking of quitting.  He\u2019s down by 10  to Hillary.  There\u2019s no way Trump can win, on and on and on.  Why did you even go? <\/p>\n

CALLER:  Well, because, you know, it\u2019s time for a change in Washington DC.  We\u2019ve been doing the politically correct stuff for so long, people are tired of it — and all those Senate and congressional leaders, we\u2019re tired of them, too.  So this is where we\u2019re starting.  I think that it\u2019s a movement, like you say. And I think the media, they didn\u2019t make him and they can\u2019t break him.<\/p>\n

RUSH:  Exactly.  But have you seen all the media talking about his campaign\u2019s almost over, that he doesn\u2019t have a chance? Have you seen all that? <\/p>\n

CALLER:  He addressed that last night.  He said they were in good shape.  He said they were raising money.  All the venues are sold out or filled up.<\/p>\n

RUSH:  I understand.  What I\u2019m trying to get at is you obviously don\u2019t believe in any of that.<\/p>\nCALLER: No!<\/line> RUSH: I\u2019m suggesting that if people really believe the Trump campaign was on its last legs, why go to a rally? What\u2019s the point if this was practically over? But you were there and the place was overflowing.<\/line>\n

CALLER:  I don\u2019t fall for it.<\/p>\n

RUSH:  You don\u2019t fall for it and the people inside the arena don\u2019t fall for it.<\/p>\n

CALLER:  No. It was packed and everybody was energized.  People were chanting.  It was great.  I mean, it was awesome. <\/p>\n

RUSH:  Was Trump in a good mood? <\/p>\n

CALLER:  Yeah! He was telling jokes.  He\u2019s funny.  I\u2019ve never listened to him talk.  He talked for an hour and a half without notes.  He\u2019s just off the cuff and he kind of rambles a little bit.<\/p>\n

RUSH:  Okay.  I was going to get to some of that.  Another question for you, since you were our on-the-scene reporter.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Ha!<\/p>\n