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RUSH: All right. Richard in Monticello, Minnesota, you\u2019re next on the program today, as we go back to the phones. It\u2019s great to have you here.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n

CALLER: From the land of 10,000 liberals, I\u2019m a conservative island.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much. I understand how you feel.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I want to humor you for just a second. I\u2019ve listened to you for decades. How\u2019s that sound?<\/p>\n

RUSH: (laughing) Exciting.<\/p>\n

CALLER: I used to cover the Midwest traveling a lot, and I still carry in my car the radio station directory from the AM stations where you started. I used to bounce around. As I ran out of one zone, I\u2019d have to pick up another zone.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, I appreciate it. That\u2019s tremendous loyalty, sir. What was it you called about?<\/p>\n

CALLER: I think the liberal base has made a marketing and strategic mistake by making you the focal point of this attack. I think they\u2019ve taken their eye off the ball, and if you press them for as long as possible, I believe the conservative base overall will come out ahead.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, what you\u2019re saying is — and you\u2019re right — the Democrats have made me their No. 1 obstacle.<\/p>\n

CALLER: You are not running for election.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I know. I\u2019m not running for office. This is what is… On one hand, it\u2019s amazing, but on another hand it\u2019s totally understandable if you know who they are, folks. Now, it is astounding that they are attacking me. I\u2019m not running for anything, and yet they think I\u2019m their biggest obstacle. They have as much as admitted this, because, not only do I influence you, I influence elected officials, they think, and they fear. So I have to be the focal point. In the process of this, what Richard\u2019s theory here is, is that other Republicans actually running for elected office will be ignored and can sneak by these Democrats while they\u2019re distracted attacking me, and so I should continue to make myself a target and take them off their focus. There might be a fun way to do that, to actually start doing campaign-type rallies with the balloons and all that, and the signs that say, ‘Limbaugh \u201908\u2019 and just go out and do speeches now and then, as campaign appearances. (laughing) That would shake \u2019em up, and then Waxman\u2019s investigation of me would have a little bit more ammo he could look at. ‘Am I mingling politics with my radio program? Am I using my radio program to advance my candidacy?\u2019 (laughing) Well, if you didn\u2019t hear that, Henry Waxman has assigned his investigative team in the House to monitor me, and Sean Hannity, and Mark Levin for ‘irregularities,\u2019 and to report back to him, ladies and gentlemen. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: So Henry Waxman will now use government money to do what Media Matters is doing, and the power of government to threaten radio talk show hosts like me and Sean Hannity and Mark Levin. Bring it on, Congressman! Just bring it on. You\u2019re going to make me start my own campaign if you\u2019re going to treat me like I\u2019m running for office. See, the point is, I am the Mr. Big, because I am the one who gets to voters. I am the one who gets to voters in their hearts and minds and changes them, persuades them — with the truth. They can\u2019t handle the light of truth, folks. That\u2019s why this program is a threat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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