Posted on 04/15/2014 4:45:59 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: Bubba Watson won the Masters on Sunday. After all the hullabaloo at the course, at the club, after winning, there's the green jacket, champions dinner, at about 12:30, one o'clock in the morning on Monday he took his family to his favorite place, the Waffle House. The left is livid. They are enraged that he would take young kids to the Waffle House and feed them poison. I am not kidding! They are enraged. The left is outraged over this, some of them are, that Bubba Watson has so much attention focused on him and would use that to set such a poor example by taking his kids to the Waffle House.
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RUSH: Okay, Bubba Watson. Teachable moments here. I wish they weren't necessary, but they are. Bubba Watson. Let me just read this to you from ESPN.com. "Bubba Watson might have made $1.62 million from his second Masters victory on Sunday, but the golfer went low budget on his post-championship meal, tweeting a picture in the early-morning hours Monday of his table at Waffle House.
"The tweet by Watson, who has more than 1 million followers on Twitter, was retweeted 10,817 times in eight hours. He is shown sitting at the table with his wife Angie and best friend Judah Smith, a pastor from Seattle." Well, that didn't help, either. He was with a man from the cloth. You're not supposed to do that. Athlete with a preacher? Not supposed to happen.
"'We are very fortunate to call Bubba Watson one of our regulars,' Pat Warner, Waffle House's vice president of culture --" ahem. The vice president of culture at the Waffle House said, "'After growing up in Florida and going to school in Georgia, we were glad to be there for him as he came up the ranks in golf. It's a testament to Bubba's character that even though he has two green jackets, he still comes to us for his grilled cheese and hash browns. All of the Waffle House Nation is proud today.'
"It's not the first time Watson has given the southern breakfast institution a nod. After winning the Masters in 2012, he said he was considering serving Waffle House at the Champions Dinner at Augusta the following year." However, Watson did not follow through. Had he wanted to, I'm sure that the chairman at Augusta National would have stepped in. "It's also not the first time a Masters champ has given an unexpected plug to a food business. In 2010, a picture taken by an Augusta Krispy Kreme manager of Phil Mickelson at the drive-thru -- wearing his green jacket -- on the day after his victory went viral."
Now, yesterday afternoon, Neil Cavuto -- maybe you guys doing the audio today, maybe you can find this. I'm sure we were rolling on Cavuto yesterday afternoon. Apparently there was a real nutso, I don't know who, that was on with Cavuto, a female who was just livid that Bubba Watson had taken his kids to Waffle House. Whoever this woman on Cavuto was said it was irresponsible for an athlete like Bubba Watson not to set a better example for our obese nation than taking his family to Waffle House after his Masters win.
Again, why is this important? Why does it matter where Bubba Watson takes his family after he wins the Masters, or any other day? Why is it anybody's business? Do you realize what they're trying to stigmatize here? Folks, look, this is not insignificant stuff. I'm gonna tell you, you hear this and if this kind of stuff is new to you you're doing what I was doing 25 and 20 years ago, you're laughing about it. Well, I do too, still. You're laughing about it, "Oh, man what kind of a kook --" they're not, well, they're kooks, but they are the base of the Democrat Party.
They are not a kooky, small minority. They're the base of the Democrat Party and they're out there actively stigmatizing. If you don't think the right thing about gay marriage, gone. If you don't think the right thing about Colbert, they're gonna try to humiliate you and insult you and tell people you have no business listening to this guy. And if you think that Hillary Clinton staged a shoe throwing incident, if you even breathe something like that, if you don't conform, and apparently the left thinks that eating any food other than what they say, is bad for your kids.
And so Bubba Watson, who probably couldn't care less about any of this, he loves the place, but they're trying to stigmatize it and stigmatize him. Folks, it's not an insignificant thing. You might think a story like this is a throwaway, and 20 years ago we would have done a big, funny bit about it and laughed about it, and we still could. I mean, that hasn't changed. But what I didn't realize then was that a lot of people think this. The left has really did a bang-up job of creating an army of like-minded genuine idiots to whom this stuff matters, and they are willing to act like a bunch of little junior fascist brownshirts running around trying to interrupt people's freedom, freedom of choice, what have you.
You've got Michelle Obama basically doing the same thing. When you've got the First Lady of the country setting this example, and you've got people following it, don't make the mistake I made 20 years ago and think it's fringe and never gonna amount to anything. Because now it has come to amount to things. If this keeps up, somebody someday is gonna be able to punish Bubba Watson or they're gonna be able to close down Waffle House or something. You laugh about it and think kooks, and they are. They're dangerous junior little fascists. But the thing is, they have a political party that represents and advances that kind of thinking, and it's called the Democrat Party.
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RUSH: It really wasn't that long ago that if the winner of the Masters went anywhere, it would be a big deal for the anywhere he went. It would be a joyous moment and it would be something noteworthy and it would become something that is identifiable about the person.
If Arnold Palmer, for example, had gone to Waffle House earlier in his career when he was Arnie's Army and was golf, it would have been a great thing. You wouldn't have had people coming out of the woodwork demanding that Palmer apologize or chastising him for taking his family to a place that serves maple syrup and it contributes to obesity. Or Chick-fil-A, the same thing. If somebody goes to Chick-fil-A, the same thing 'cause they support a right wing cause.
When I moved to Sacramento in 1984 I was cautioned by the local news director, "Do not be seen in this town at Carl's, Jr."
I said, "What's Carl's, Jr.?"
He said, "A hamburger joint."
I said, "Why?"
"They contribute to right-wing causes."
"So what?"
"You just don't want to be seen there; it's a Democrat town."
"Well, why do they even have 'em here, then?" I was. I was told to stay away from Carl's, Jr. No. I'm not making it up. It was one of the first things I was told when I got to KFBK Sacramento. Do not be seen in Carl's, Jr., after you become known. (interruption) What? They contribute to right-wing causes. In fact, they contribute to Reagan. This is 1984, Dawn. This is in the middle of -- not even Reagan's second term election yet. This is October.
At any rate, Bubba Watson, he's a self-made golfer. You know, he's never had a lesson? He has an unorthodox swing and none of the experts would teach it the way he plays and yet it works for him and he wins. He goes to Waffle House and all of a sudden it's a controversy today? And I guarantee you, if you didn't have a supportive media promoting these kind of fruitcake nutcases nobody would ever hear about it anyway. Well, I know, went on Cavuto, but Cavuto probably had this person on 'cause he knows is a lunatic and it would be good TV, a fruitcake. But the fact of the matter is there aren't a fringe group of people that think this way or act this way.
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RUSH: Yeah, I think I've got the sound bites from Cavuto yesterday with this fruitcake. Yeah, okay, well, I haven't read the transcript is what I mean. I can't find it, but we'll get to it. That's what I'm gonna use the break here at the top of the hour for. Upset that Bubba went to Waffle House. We got that, much more. So don't go away.
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RUSH: Speaking of Carl's, Jr., and Waffle House and so forth, Kathryn sent me an e-mail that we both got. I don't know how long ago this was, but apparently there's a restaurant in Rio Linda called Bowinkle's. Is it a chain? Are there Bowinkle's'? Have you heard of a Bowinkle's here in Southern California anywhere? You have not. It must be exclusive to Rio Linda. And I'm holding in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers -- you can't see it -- somebody took a picture of the drive thru menu, and they have the Rush Limbaugh Burger.
Imagine if Bubba Watson had gone there. Well, it says: "You supply the attitude, and we'll supply the pound of meat." It looks like there's flash glare on the glass in front of the menu here, but it looks like the price is nine -- I don't know what the price is. The Gaggler Burger right beneath the Rush Limbaugh Burger is $10.99, and this looks like it's $9.99, or something. Anyway, the Rush Limbaugh Burger, you supply the attitude and we'll supply the beef.
So we have the sound bites now of the woman that was on with Cavuto yesterday afternoon. Her name was Katherine Tallmadge. She's a nutritionist, don't you know, and an authorette. She was on talking about Bubba and his decision to go to Waffle House after winning the Masters on Sunday. Apparently she'd been out talking about it enough that Cavuto wanted to have her on as a guest. He said, "Why are you sick about Bubba Watson eating at Waffle House after winning the Masters?"
I’d rather die choking on a burger than a piece of tofu.
Almost nothing beats a waffle house double order of hash-browns and cheese topped with tabasco sauce.
As long as the grease layer on that menu is 1/8 inch thick or less, it’s clean enough to touch.
“what do they serve that is supposed to be poisonous?”
Southern White Culture on the Skids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewzfHLo71E
Amen! With sauteed diced onions and a melted slice of cheese. In Waffle House parlance it's called "Scattered, smothered and covered."
WHATEVER THAT IS!!
Bubba just went up a lot more in my book and I already liked him.
Anybody that pisses off the left is doing God’s work as far as I’m concerned.
If it was owned by blacks and they server chiken and waffles the MSM would be gushing over them and that is Rush’s point.
The contempt here is just because waffle house is the epitome of po ass white southern good ol boys.
All food is chemicals. There is nothing wrong with mixing those chemicals up into a form that is tasty and satisfying.
The main thing to remember with nutrition is balance. There are no magic "good" foods or evil "bad" foods, there are just foods that should be eaten in moderation and those that can be consumed more freely.
Whatever happened to the huge manatee picture?
Waffle House serves comfort food.
It is delicious. However, in the interest of watching my figure, I have not been for probably a couple of years.
Yes. They are vile. If you want real hash browns, Your House restaurants can hook you up.
I’m not even sure WH hash browns are potatoes.
I think there scramble eggs are awesome. I wish I can emulate the taste in my kitchen. The wafles are 3.5 out of 5. The sausage gravy is 1.5 out 5. I like my hashbrowns well done; rarely do they do it right, except the place down the street will let me call in 10 minutes ahead of time and they start them. Big tip for that.
I get scrambled eggs, blueberry wafles, hashbrowns and chocolate milk. My favorite breakfast.
Their pork products suck. I thought it will be better since we are in south.
I don’t think I ever ate a sandwich there after the first time 6 years ago. Disappointed.
I agree with you view, but man, those scrambled eggs are just my favorite.
The best hash browns have to be done with a real potato in your hand. Latkes are the best example.
Neeses Sausage is required as well
I wish libs would stop whining.
You know Moochelle has had many an 8 piece box.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72j7Ars1r5g
Some how if we do it we are pigs.
If she does it it is a cultural thing.
OMG all that looks very yummy especially the Steak and Eggs =)
Latkes rock.
gotta get the water out.
All I know is whenever I spend a weekend hiking through the woods my first stop is at Waffle House. Love a good big breakfast and lots of coffee.
Sounds like southern slop!
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