RUSH: Stephanie in Charlotte, North Carolina, nice to have you with us on the EIB Network. Hello.
CALLER: Thanks, Rush. I called today to ask you why you’re not on Twitter?
CALLER: I understand that. But when you JIP the president during your program and you add your commentary, it’s one of my favorite things that you do. When I think about when he’s giving primetime speeches, which is all the time now, it would be nice to have your thoughts and your humor.
RUSH: Well, now, you are very shrewd, and I am flattered that you are excited about the possibility that I would Tweet. You know, Tweet, Facebook, all this stuff, I’ve never been a joiner. And whatever the conventional wisdom is, I’m out. And if the hordes are doing it, I don’t. I’m not a sheep and so forth. Besides, there’s a strategic reason. If I start Tweeting every night what I think of what Obama said why should anybody listen to me the next day?
CALLER: Oh, I doubt that you would run out of thought and commentary. I mean it’s 140 characters quick —
RUSH: Yeah, but not you’re just talking about one Tweet, you want a whole series of Tweets during an Obama speech.
CALLER: Really, honestly, I’d settle for a good laugh. You’re so good providing that. I’m not giving up on you here.
RUSH: That’s not a bad idea because I do sometimes with friends, you know, i-chatting or instant messaging with people while I’m watching one of those speeches and those things are pretty funny back and forth.
CALLER: I don’t doubt it. I’d like to read them.
RUSH: Well —
CALLER: Think about it.
RUSH: I will.
CALLER: Don’t say ‘yes’ right now, just think about it.
RUSH: All right, I’ll put it in the hopper and ponder it.
CALLER: Yeah, I appreciate that.
RUSH: First question I’ve had about Tweeting.
CALLER: Well, there are so many twits out there Tweeting. It would be nice to have good commentary from time to time on that.
RUSH: I know. I mean it’s a vast wasteland, isn’t it?
CALLER: Yeah, and a fresh perspective, speaking to the — I’m 26 years old, I’ve been listening to you since — I cannot remember a time when you were not on the radio between noon and three. It’s been a part of my education, so to speak. So to have you enter into another medium that I am a part of, it would be great.
RUSH: I appreciate that. I really do.
CALLER: Well, thank you. My dad had me listen to you all through summer break actually when I was in elementary school in the mid-nineties, I requested for my social studies teacher to be able to call you to ask your opinion as a part of a project. He sent me to the principal’s office, the principal heard my question, sat me down at his desk and for five days let me call you between noon and three for a whole week, I never did once get through to you.
RUSH: What was the question, what was the question, do you remember?
CALLER: Oh, I don’t think that was as important as the fact that I was trying to call you. I think it was about the conflict in Bosnia. I think that’s what it was.
RUSH: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
CALLER: But I was shocked that I didn’t get suspended. If I tried that today, I’d be suspended, expelled, you know, I’d be sent to the principal’s office for a totally different reason. But he let me sit in his office for five full days, I tried you three hours a day, five days.
RUSH: Amazing.
CALLER: Yeah, I learned more in that week than I probably did in the rest of my public education.
RUSH: By the way, do you have a cold?
CALLER: No.
RUSH: Must be your phone. You sound like you have a cold.
CALLER: Sorry. I’m on a cell phone.
RUSH: Yeah, that’s what it is. It’s not your phone, it’s the way my cochlear implant hears cell phones. Sometimes I mistake things. You sound all stuffed up, I was going to suggest you go out and get some Zicam.
CALLER: Nope, got it in the house already. We love it and use it all the time.
RUSH: It works, right?
CALLER: Yes, it does, my husband gets colds all the time.
RUSH: Terrific. All right, well, hey, Stephanie, I’m going to seriously consider this Tweet stuff. You know there are a bunch of fake Rush Limbaughs out there already Tweeting?
CALLER: I know, but you can tell they’re not you. I mean there’s only one Rush Limbaugh.
RUSH: Well, you can, but —
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: Some of the sponges that are out there Tweeting all day may not know the difference until the real one showed up, you might be right about that.
CALLER: Right. Think about it. We appreciate you so much. You’ve had such a positive impact on me and my family and my life so I’m looking forward to having you around until everybody agrees with you.
RUSH: Well, I’m not leaving ’til that happens so that will be a long, long time. Thanks, Stephanie, very much. I appreciate it.