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To: tejek who wrote (462061)	3/8/2009 8:18:02 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577521

"A recent performance brought the 38-year-old Limbaugh to Irvine (home of one of the "biggest collections of rich Republicans in the country," he says), where more than 3,600 people paid as much as $25 apiece to hear Limbaugh expound on such topics as abortion ("the modern-day Holocaust"), gun control ("the liberals would have you believe that the gun actually triggers itself"), liberal politicians in general and, in particular that night, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.). As the 6-foot, 300-pound Limbaugh stepped on stage at UC Irvine's Bren Center, the audience rose to its feet, some standing on chairs, whistling, hooting, cheering, chanting his name and generally going wild. "You're sexy," yelled one woman. "Forever my hero," yelled Tenchusatu. "A lot of people think it's going to be a lecture," Limbaugh said in an interview after the show. "They think, 'Here comes this right-wing reactionary extremist fanatic who's going to denounce all things that are not conservative.' But it turns out to look to the casual observer like a rock concert." Many Limbaugh fans--or "dittoheads," as he calls them--are willing to dish out fistfuls of cash for Limbaugh T-shirts, satin jackets, "dittohead" mugs and "Rush to Excellence" videocassettes. Nearly all of the merchandise--$10,000 worth of it--was sold at the Irvine show. Limbaugh says he gets a percentage of the profits from those sales, but won't say how much. Limbaugh's shows are a lot like his radio programs--full of vitriol against liberals."