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Bob Schaffer: I just want to remark on the impact that I think Rush has had on our constituency because if you listen closely, as I…

On the recordOctober 16, 2001
I just want to remark on the impact that I think Rush has had on our constituency because if you listen closely, as I have over the years, Rush never suggests his audience pick up the phone and call their Congressman. We hear a lot of talk show hosts that will rally around the cause and say these people in Washington just do not get it, pick up the phone, call. He has never done that, but his listeners do it, and they do it because of the overall suggestion and message that, as I mentioned before, that Americans are ultimately in charge of their own country on an individual by individual basis. When he treats issues the way he does, with passion, with humor, with sincerity and with a great degree of seriousness, too, it does inspire his listening audience to react in a very responsible way.
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Discussing the influence of Rush Limbaugh on his audience and their engagement with Congress.

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