RUSH: Doug from Myrtle Beach, welcome to the show. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, right?
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: Great to have you on the program.
CALLER: Thank you. Mega dittos. I wanted to comment about the notion of appointing an outsider as a car czar, and that is that the person that was at the helm of General Motors prior to Rick Wagoner was a man by the name of Ron Zarella that had come to General Motors from Bausch & Lomb and had no automotive experience.
RUSH: Bausch & Lomb, the lens people, let you see clearly.
CALLER: Yes. And so based on his track record if anybody thinks that an outsider can be a car czar and help the auto industry, I have two words for you: Pontiac Aztec.
RUSH: (laughing) You people are killing me here. Pontiac. Were you on the Pontiac Aztec design team and got fired or something? (laughing)
RUSH: Yeah, we’ve driven the Vibe.
CALLER: And the Vibe, I’m sitting there looking at this thing, standing on one side of the aisle looking at the Vibe, thinking, ‘That’s a really cool looking car.’
RUSH: Yeah.
CALLER: And then turning over and looking at the other side of the aisle and going, ‘Who came up with that idea?’
RUSH: And that’s the Bausch & Lomb guy that can see clearly now?
CALLER: Yes, sir.
RUSH: Okay. Doug, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, thanks much for the phone call. A lot of people ask me, ‘Rush, why is Bush is insistent that he appoint the car czar? Why is Bush wanting to do this? Why is Bush pushing this bailout?’ I don’t know, ladies and gentlemen, but I could hazard a wild guess, like the journalists do today. They may as well be forecasting the weather now rather than reporting the news.