WEBVTT - How Did You Come Up with the Dingy Harry Nickname, Rush?

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<v Speaker 1>This is Keith in Atlanta. It's great to have your Keith.

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<v Speaker 1>How are you doing, sir, I'm great, Rush, Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>taking my call. You bet. I've been a listener since

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<v Speaker 1>the early nineties and I've always been a fan of

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<v Speaker 1>your nicknames. I think you and Trump have a unique

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<v Speaker 1>talent for that and one that I've always gotten a

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<v Speaker 1>chuckle out of that. I almost feel like it's a

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<v Speaker 1>private joke because I'm not sure that everybody gets it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is dingy, Harry. I'm pretty sure that I know the

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<v Speaker 1>origins of it, and I was wondering if you'd indulge me. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>Harry Reid to me was dirty. This is a guy

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<v Speaker 1>lying about Mitt Romney not paying his tax attend This

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<v Speaker 1>is a guy who tried to get me censured and

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<v Speaker 1>apologized for for claiming I was opposed to the US

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<v Speaker 1>military by creating a phony soldier. This is a guy.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, we raised four million dollars off

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<v Speaker 1>of the letter. He wrote that the guy that was

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<v Speaker 1>running Clear Channel at the time was Mark May. And

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<v Speaker 1>you want to talk about a brave ceo, Mark May's.

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<v Speaker 1>He's the one of the sons of Lowry Mays, a

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<v Speaker 1>founder of Clear Channel. So Dingy Harry that the media

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<v Speaker 1>matters got this phony thing up. I criticized the guy

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<v Speaker 1>who was not a soldier, who was passing himself off

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<v Speaker 1>as a decorated war veteran, ripping into George W. Bush.

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<v Speaker 1>So the media says, limball rips into some guy, claims

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<v Speaker 1>he's phony soldier, which he was. Dingie Harry went to

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<v Speaker 1>the floor of the U. S. Senate to condemn me,

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<v Speaker 1>a private citizen. I wished my parents were alive to

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<v Speaker 1>hear it. And then he demands that Mark Mays do

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<v Speaker 1>something to me, apologize for me, or what have you.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark May's gave me the letter that Dingy Harry wrote him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I auctioned it on eBay as an example of

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<v Speaker 1>your government attempting to infringe on the free speech rights

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<v Speaker 1>of an individual citizen me. I promised to match whatever

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<v Speaker 1>the highest bidder for that letter was. And somebody actually

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<v Speaker 1>bought that letter for two million dollars two point one

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<v Speaker 1>or something. I matched it, so it was over four

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars that was raised for for Marine Corps Law

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<v Speaker 1>Enforcement Foundation. Well that's that's that's Harry Reid. Well, so

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<v Speaker 1>you got Clint Eastwood out, there's dirty Harry. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>call him dirty Harry because Dirty Harry is already taken. Say,

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<v Speaker 1>came up with Dingy because dingy is even better. Dingy

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<v Speaker 1>is dirty and cloudy and murky and filthy. So that

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<v Speaker 1>that was my thinking on it, Keith, is that what

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<v Speaker 1>you assumed? That that's exactly exactly right. And I love

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<v Speaker 1>it Rush and again it makes me smile every time

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<v Speaker 1>I hear it said. Thanks a lot for everything that

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<v Speaker 1>you do. I appreciate that, Thank you very much. I

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<v Speaker 1>love those kinds of questions. How did you come up

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<v Speaker 1>with the name of dingy Harry? I think I know,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not sure.