RUSH and Sergeant Clay: Politics Not Off Limits This 9/11

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Politics Not Off Limits This 9/11
September 11, 2008

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RUSH: Kelly in St. George, Utah,
welcome to the EIB Network. Nice to have you with us.

CALLER: Hi, Rush.

RUSH: Hi.

CALLER: How brilliant of you,
not only to talk about September 11th like the left tells us that we can't,
but to use it against them as you should
and carefully outline their turpitude.

RUSH: Well, thank you.
If you're just joining us, I led off the program today with my thoughts on 9/11, and then my thoughts since 9/11. And I just recounted some of the highlights of the behaviors of the Democrats who are trying to undermine every effort we've made to win the war in Iraq, or the war on terror, because I think it's important for people to remember.
The reason I wanted to do it, Kelly, is I'm working on the show this morning and I see on Fox, I think, some graphic, "Candidates Set Aside Politics for 9/11."
Well, maybe they're going to set it aside, but I'm not.

CALLER: Well, did you hear Olbermann,
how he shuts everybody down with his bitter hatred and makes it so everybody is afraid to talk about it, tie it in with politics.
You even came on and said,

"They tell us we can't talk about it. I'm talking about it,"
and it was brilliant,
and we need to keep doing that to them.

RUSH: I appreciate that, Kelly. Thank you.

CALLER: Come visit us in St. George!
You could stay in my basement and visit us.
I'll give you a massage at my business, Massage Envy.

RUSH: All right,
well, I appreciate that.

CALLER: Thank you.

RUSH: A massage at your business?

CALLER: Do you ever get massages?
Because we could get you a two-hour massage, Rush.

RUSH: Two-hour massage.
Now, you've got me interested here.

CALLER: Yeah, it'll cost you nothing.
I have a lovely basement. RUSH: In your basement, did you say?
Am I going to get the massage in your basement, did I hear?

CALLER: No, no, no, no!
I am a legit business called Massage Envy. I own a business.

RUSH: Oh, I could stay in your basement
and then go to your business to get the massage?

CALLER: Totally legit. It would be fabulous.
It wouldn't cost you a dime, and you'd get a good bowl of chili, too.

RUSH: Wow.

CALLER: Yeah, it'd rock.

RUSH: That's very kind of you.
You know, as a powerful, influential member of the media I'm used to people throwing freebies at me all the time.
But this --

CALLER: well, this would be different!
It would be different and you would enjoy it and,
you know, it would stand out, Rush.

RUSH: (laughing) Thank you, Kelly.

CALLER: Okay.

RUSH: Thank you very, very much for that.

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RUSH: Scott in Eugene, Oregon.
I'm glad you waited, sir. You're next on the EIB Network.
Hello.

CALLER: Greetings from the People's Republic.

RUSH: Thank you, sir.

CALLER: I was originally calling about 9/11. I will get to that.
I just wanted to say it's an honor and a privilege, sir, and the best thing is
the more they talk at this level of frenzy is better for the nation.

RUSH: I agree. I totally agree.

CALLER: I wanted to thank you for keeping remembrance of 9/11 alive,
because I really think there's a lot of people that don't fundamentally think back to that day and how different, we're still different, we're healing
but we're a different country.

RUSH: I think it's one of those things,
people don't want to think about it
if they don't have to. It was horrible.
You know, we're Americans, and those things don't happen here.
So we've had a secure seven years. There hasn't been another attack;
there hasn't even been an attempted attack.
Well, there are a couple of them that were thwarted. We don't know how many others were thwarted.
So if we don't have to think about it, we won't.
That's why I wanted to remind people of the politics of this,
since everybody seems to say that's off-limits today.
Not to me it's not.

CALLER: I don't think so, either.
I believe it was on this very show that I heard,
wasn't there a poll taken at one point where it was like 35% of Democrats believe that 9/11 was an inside job?

RUSH: Yeah.

CALLER: Not just that Bush knew,
but that he made it happen.

RUSH: Yes, and that was just two years ago.

CALLER: Yes. Can I make one more request?

RUSH: Yeah, 30 seconds, if you can do it quickly.

CALLER: Great,
if I could talk to someone off the air, I have a T-shirt that I'd like to send you to look at that maybe you'd like to add to your line just as a sample. It's an anti-global warming but it's very humorous and you could give me an address to send a sample to, that would be great.

RUSH: I'd love to, but if I do that we're going to get deluged and everybody on the phones is going to ask to do the same thing and the program is going to become cluttered with that.
I appreciate it.
If you work hard, you can find out where to send it. We're not hidden.
Well, we are here, but we have a number of satellite EIB offices. If you work hard, you'll be able to find it.
But he's right:

35% of Democrats thought it was an inside job.
Bush knew, and if they thought that,
that means that they believe Bush had to let it happen.
That's Michael Moore -- and that's also the lunatic, insane state of mind of 35% of the Democrat Party.

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RUSH: This is Sergeant Clay in Aviano, Italy.
Welcome on to the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER: Hey, hello, Rush,
and mega dittos, my brother,
and Godspeed to you.
How are you today?

RUSH: Thank you, sir, very much, sergeant.

CALLER: Thank you.
Hey, Rush,
look, I want to touch very quickly on Obama and other politicians such as Murtha, Durbin, and the rest,
you can name them, I can't because of my position obviously,
but the fact that they are surprised at our success with regard to the surge in Iraq
and the surprise that we are winning this war at all is extremely offensive, Rush,
and I understand it, though, I understand that they think that we are the problem,

that we Americans are the imperialists and the tyrants,

but I've got a message for them, sir, if you don't mind.

RUSH: Go ahead.

CALLER: On this day of 9/11
where so many of my brothers have died and my sisters,

we are not Rome, we do not Romanize.
This is not Greece, and we are not Sparta.
This is America.
We are the purveyors
and the keepers of the faith of freedom and democracy.

Since the birth of our nation, Rush,
all we have ever sought as a people

is not some kind of cheap, negotiated, prostitute piece,
but only liberty.
True and prosperous peace,

Rush, will follow liberty like a shadow,
true and prosperous peace as you know is
-- it's liberty's child --

RUSH: And freedom --

CALLER: -- her natural born child.

RUSH: Freedom is worth any price.
Look, I don't blame you sergeant
for being upset at Obama and these other people taking shots,

saying Iraq wasn't worth it.

It's like saying what you do isn't worth it.
We thank God for people like you,
listen to you speak about what you do
and how close to your heart it is,
you're a special breed.
There aren't very many Americans who would volunteer to do what you do,
and I don't think there is ever
any way
we can properly pay all of you back for what you have done.

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Read the Background Material...

Sweetness&Light: Post 9/11 Democrats - Rockefeller Memo

Wall Street Journal: The Election and September 11 - Daniel Henninger

Reuters: No Consensus On Who Was Behind Sept 11 - Global Poll

ABC: World Wants Obama as President: Poll

National Review: The Other 9/11 Story - Victor Davis Hanson

JewishWorldReview: Bush's War - Chris Matthews - 09.13.2001

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Moving Ad Made by Iraq War Vet
September 11, 2008

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RUSH: This is such a great thing. I found it on YouTube yesterday.
There is mild controversy surrounding this ad because

it is suggested by Democrats
that it was paid for by John McCain and his campaign.
It has not been.
It was not paid for by anybody other than the man who did it.
His name is Joe Cook, and Joe Cook is an injured Iraq war vet, lost his lower leg, foot.
But you don't know that until the end of the piece.
The piece starts with a tight shot of Joe Cook in an outdoor setting,
he says what he says,
at the end of his remarks, Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA comes up as Joe Cook turns around and walks away,
and that's when you learn that he is an injured Iraq war vet.
I want you to listen to this, particularly on this, the anniversary of 9/11.

Dear Mr. Obama: (click on photo to the right)

Having spent 12 months in the Iraq theater
I can promise you, this was not a mistake.
I witnessed firsthand the many sacrifices made by the people of Iraq.
Those sacrifices were not mistakes.
Iraqi people are just like us. They want a chance to live in a secure world, free from tyranny, free from terrorism, free to prosper, free to raise their children and pass on a future.
Are they better off today than they were in 2002?
You bet.
I've seen many men sacrifice their lives for the Iraqi people.
They died for a purpose, not a mistake.
They died giving hope.
They died promoting freedom.
Do you rescue a fireman just as he's about to save a child?
When you call the Iraqi war a mistake, you disrespect the service and the sacrifice of everyone who has died promoting freedom.
Freedom carries with it a price.
Because you do not understand nor appreciate these principles, sir,
I am supporting Senator John McCain for president.
He, too, made a huge sacrifice promoting freedom,
because he understands the fundamental truth,
freedom is always worth the price. (playing of Lee Greenwood song)

RUSH: That was Army Specialist Joe Cook, an Iraq war veteran,
wounded by an IED in Iraq May 2007,
lost his left foot and leg six inches below the knee.
And you see him walking away after making his remarks here.
He's walking on a dirt road in an outdoor setting.
And everybody is saying McCain paid for it.
McCain did not pay for this.
This is not a paid-for by McCain campaign ad.

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YouTube: Dear Mr. Obama
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Great work, Rush.... God inspired word.

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Ponder this...

Beware of false prophets,
which come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast out devils?
and in thy name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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