Did you hear Rush today?

If not, you missed a fascinating call. A young dem named Andrew, from Amarillo, called El Rushbo last week, the day of the Tea Parties, confused about our motives. Turns out he decided to do a little investigating of his own and actually went to the Amarillo Tea Party to hear from attendees what it was all about. First, huge kudos to Andrew for being open-minded enough to actually want to hear what we had to say, instead of swallowing the leftist media spin without question. I know way too many people, some in my own family, who are guilty of that sin.

Anyway, Andrew talked to the folks and was impressed. Found a lot of truth in what they were saying, and found them quite willing to welcome him to their group and share their views in a civil manner. The full transcript of the call is available on Rush's website, but may be available only to website members, so I'm quoting most of it here.

RUSH: Amarillo, Texas, this is Andrew. Andrew called us, what was it, last week, Andrew, that you called us?

CALLER: Yes, sir, last week, the day of the tea party.

RUSH: That's right, called the day of the tea parties, and he weren't quite certain what their point was because you were convinced that most people loved Obama because you thought that's what the media was saying. So to what do we owe this great pleasure of your calling back?

CALLER: Well, I would just like to tell you, coming from a Democrat -- once again, I can't stress this enough -- coming from a Democratic point of view, when I called your show, I did not get what all these people had this grievance, this grievance with President Obama for, I did not get it. After going to the Amarillo tea party, in front of the post office, talking to people there, I began to realize what they were saying, and it started to hit me. How much truth they had with this single subject here, how much truth they were speaking. I realized, you know, all the different packages and plans Obama had put in place since he has been in office, and, like I said, it hit me like a ton of bricks after interviewing all these people, talking to all these people, how much they are right and the government is overspending, overspending with our money.

RUSH: Now, this is fascinating. Let me ask you a question about this. Going to the tea parties and talking to the people there was the first time, I'm assuming, I'm asking, the first time you had heard the real reasons they were there?

CALLER: Yes.

RUSH: The real reasons they were there you had not heard because you had only been informed by virtue of the media?

CALLER: I was hearing from CNN, MSNBC --

RUSH: Yeah.

CALLER: -- that these people were just protesting the presidency, I guess you could say, they were mad, that's what I was hearing from CNN and MSNBC.

RUSH: Yeah. And so now your eyes have been opened, and you've learned exactly why these people were there. Did you learn that they're not threatening to you?

CALLER: I don't think that they were threatening to me, no.

RUSH: No. Well, they were portrayed that way as being threats to America, threats to Obama. That's why I asked.

CALLER: Oh, no.

RUSH: They were pretty much nice people?

CALLER: Oh, they were very polite people, they were very polite. As a matter of fact, I introduced myself coming from a Democratic point of view, and they were still very nice to me and let me talk to them.

RUSH: I'm sure they were eager for you to understand how they felt since they finally had a chance to tell you directly. These people know that what they believe and stand for is being inaccurately reported in the media. I'm sure they looked at the opportunity to talk to you, as just that, a great opportunity. I'm glad you went, Andrew.

CALLER: Yes. So am I.

RUSH: So where are you now, after you've gone to the tea party, after you understand where these people are coming from, and you've agreed with some of what they believe.

CALLER: Yes, I do, and even hitting on today's subject, today's subject with Hugo Chavez, I am a firm believer that, for God's sake, that is a man, Hugo Chavez, who called President Bush the devil, who just last month called Barack Obama himself an ignorant man and has done nothing but tear down the United States. Why would we want to be associated with somebody like this?

Excellent question, Andrew. We've been asking ourselves similar questions about people like Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright for a fairly long time now.

Rush had another caller, in the third hour of the show, who said that he voted for Obama, but can't see anything good happening. He's disappointed. The idea of nationalizing healthcare wasn't what he was expecting. It's day 91 of this administration...what a crying shame that these people weren't paying attention last October.