I don't get the radio station Rush is on out here in the rural area we live in so I don't listen to him except if he's on Fox being interviewed, but I know enough to know the man is brilliant and knows how to see through the crap. I don't often visit his website, but just happened to go there today to see what he was saying.
I was so encouraged to see yet another Democrat who now sees where he's been lied to by the MSM. He had no clue what the Tea Parties were about other than the BS the MSM spewed. When he went and actually talked to people at the TPs, he realized how he'd been lied to about what the TPs were really about and how nice everyone was even when they knew he was a Democrat. This is not the first time I've heard this where some liberals will notice that a conservative will actually listen to them.
Conversely, my husband came home from work and was really mad because he overheard a coworker saying "Rush would have people like me [liberal] put in a concentration camp." Therein lies the problem - ignorance, apathy, and an unwillingness to do any fact finding.
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RUSH: Amarillo, Texas, this is Andrew. Andrew called us, what was it, last week, Andrew, that you called us?
CALLER: Yes, sir, last week, the day of the tea party.
RUSH: That's right, called the day of the tea parties, and you weren't quite certain what their point was because you were convinced that most people loved Obama because you thought that's what the media was saying. So to what do we owe this great pleasure of your calling back?
CALLER: Well, I would just like to tell you, coming from a Democrat -- once again, I can't stress this enough -- coming from a Democratic point of view, when I called your show, I did not get what all these people had this grievance, this grievance with President Obama for, I did not get it. After going to the Amarillo tea party, in front of the post office, talking to people there, I began to realize what they were saying, and it started to hit me. How much truth they had with this single subject here, how much truth they were speaking. I realized, you know, all the different packages and plans Obama had put in place since he has been in office, and, like I said, it hit me like a ton of bricks after interviewing all these people, talking to all these people, how much they are right and the government is overspending, overspending with our money.
RUSH: Now, this is fascinating. Let me ask you a question about this. Going to the tea parties and talking to the people there was the first time, I'm assuming, I'm asking, the first time you had heard the real reasons they were there?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: The real reasons they were there you had not heard because you had only been informed by virtue of the media?
CALLER: I was hearing from CNN, MSNBC --
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: -- that these people were just protesting the presidency, I guess you could say, they were mad, that's what I was hearing from CNN and MSNBC.
RUSH: Yeah. And so now your eyes have been opened, and you've learned exactly why these people were there. Did you learn that they're not threatening to you?
CALLER: I don't think that they were threatening to me, no.
RUSH: No. Well, they were portrayed that way as being threats to America, threats to Obama. That's why I asked.
CALLER: Oh, no.
RUSH: They were pretty much nice people?
CALLER: Oh, they were very polite people, they were very polite. As a matter of fact, I introduced myself coming from a Democratic point of view, and they were still very nice to me and let me talk to them.
RUSH: I'm sure they were eager for you to understand how they felt since they finally had a chance to tell you directly. These people know that what they believe and stand for is being inaccurately reported in the media. I'm sure they looked at the opportunity to talk to you, as just that, a great opportunity. I'm glad you went, Andrew.
CALLER: Yes. So am I.
RUSH: So where are you now, after you've gone to the tea party, after you understand where these people are coming from, and you've agreed with some of what they believe.
CALLER: Yes, I do, and even hitting on today's subject, today's subject with Hugo Chavez, I am a firm believer that, for God's sake, that is a man, Hugo Chavez, who called President Bush the devil, who just last month called Barack Obama himself an ignorant man and has done nothing but tear down the United States. Why would we want to be associated with somebody like this?...
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I was so encouraged to see yet another Democrat who now sees where he's been lied to by the MSM. He had no clue what the Tea Parties were about other than the BS the MSM spewed. When he went and actually talked to people at the TPs, he realized how he'd been lied to about what the TPs were really about and how nice everyone was even when they knew he was a Democrat. This is not the first time I've heard this where some liberals will notice that a conservative will actually listen to them.
Conversely, my husband came home from work and was really mad because he overheard a coworker saying "Rush would have people like me [liberal] put in a concentration camp." Therein lies the problem - ignorance, apathy, and an unwillingness to do any fact finding.
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: Amarillo, Texas, this is Andrew. Andrew called us, what was it, last week, Andrew, that you called us?
CALLER: Yes, sir, last week, the day of the tea party.
RUSH: That's right, called the day of the tea parties, and you weren't quite certain what their point was because you were convinced that most people loved Obama because you thought that's what the media was saying. So to what do we owe this great pleasure of your calling back?
CALLER: Well, I would just like to tell you, coming from a Democrat -- once again, I can't stress this enough -- coming from a Democratic point of view, when I called your show, I did not get what all these people had this grievance, this grievance with President Obama for, I did not get it. After going to the Amarillo tea party, in front of the post office, talking to people there, I began to realize what they were saying, and it started to hit me. How much truth they had with this single subject here, how much truth they were speaking. I realized, you know, all the different packages and plans Obama had put in place since he has been in office, and, like I said, it hit me like a ton of bricks after interviewing all these people, talking to all these people, how much they are right and the government is overspending, overspending with our money.
RUSH: Now, this is fascinating. Let me ask you a question about this. Going to the tea parties and talking to the people there was the first time, I'm assuming, I'm asking, the first time you had heard the real reasons they were there?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: The real reasons they were there you had not heard because you had only been informed by virtue of the media?
CALLER: I was hearing from CNN, MSNBC --
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: -- that these people were just protesting the presidency, I guess you could say, they were mad, that's what I was hearing from CNN and MSNBC.
RUSH: Yeah. And so now your eyes have been opened, and you've learned exactly why these people were there. Did you learn that they're not threatening to you?
CALLER: I don't think that they were threatening to me, no.
RUSH: No. Well, they were portrayed that way as being threats to America, threats to Obama. That's why I asked.
CALLER: Oh, no.
RUSH: They were pretty much nice people?
CALLER: Oh, they were very polite people, they were very polite. As a matter of fact, I introduced myself coming from a Democratic point of view, and they were still very nice to me and let me talk to them.
RUSH: I'm sure they were eager for you to understand how they felt since they finally had a chance to tell you directly. These people know that what they believe and stand for is being inaccurately reported in the media. I'm sure they looked at the opportunity to talk to you, as just that, a great opportunity. I'm glad you went, Andrew.
CALLER: Yes. So am I.
RUSH: So where are you now, after you've gone to the tea party, after you understand where these people are coming from, and you've agreed with some of what they believe.
CALLER: Yes, I do, and even hitting on today's subject, today's subject with Hugo Chavez, I am a firm believer that, for God's sake, that is a man, Hugo Chavez, who called President Bush the devil, who just last month called Barack Obama himself an ignorant man and has done nothing but tear down the United States. Why would we want to be associated with somebody like this?...
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