Our Opposition to Clinton Wasn't Born of Hatred
July 15, 2005
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RUSH: Jeannine in Chestertown, Maryland, I'm glad you waited. Welcome to Open Line Friday.
CALLER: Thank you. Mr. Limbaugh, I'm 57 years old, I have never called a talk show in my life. I want you to know that I am one of those liberals for whom you have such disdain [sic], and I'm calling because of words that you used just a few minutes ago in referring to our liberal motives in regards to Mr. Rove -- and probably every other issue -- that our eagerness is born out of seething hatred. I would like you to just flash back to the Clinton impeachment era, and admit to me -- which is probably not a word I should use with you -- but accept that very possibly you and your conservatives' motives were based out of that same seething hatred -- and I don't admit to seethingly [sic] hating anybody in the Republican or the conservative section of our country --
RUSH: Section?
CALLER: -- but I do believe those words you used were poorly chosen.
RUSH: Where is the conservative section of the country?
CALLER: Those who follow you.
RUSH: Oh. Oh, I thought you meant a geographical area because I wanted to know where my friends were and go there.
CALLER: Well, you have friends everywhere, sir, but luckily, so do I. I just feel that --
RUSH: Well, good, I'm glad you do. Look, let me answer your question about seething rage and hatred. I can only speak for myself. I did not "hate" Bill Clinton. I don't "hate" anybody, and I never have. My opposition to Bill Clinton -- and I think this is what people on the left have never understood, and it boggles the mind. My problems with Bill Clinton were pure policy, and the fact the man couldn't tell the truth. I have said on this program that one of the things, the most irritating characteristics of human beings to me are arrogant condescension and lying, insulting my intelligence -- and if there was any anger in the Clinton years, it was not so much at him, because we knew who he was. We knew what he was about. It was that these sycophant lap dogs in the media just amplified it and marveled at how brilliantly he lied and marveled at how stunningly good at it he was, and I don't think lying, when you're the president of the United States, is admirable.
Now, the left thought it was cool because the right wing got upset, and anything that upset the right wing, the "conservative section" of the country, then of course the left liked. But when you turn this around, the seething rage and hatred for Bush is not based on policy, it's not based on anything. Bush doesn't lie. It's based on Florida 2000 and it's based on the fact that the left has lost its power, and rather than examine what role they might have played in the loss of their own power and figure out what they need to fix, they're out there blaming everybody else for it -- and it's gotten to the point now that they're even not unified in the country when it comes to the war on terror. So I don't think you can draw these comparisons. I know it's easy to do but you misunderstood or misunderstand the opposition to Bill Clinton if you think it was born of hatred or seething rage. It was substantive and born of issues and character defects the guy had.
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