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This sounds like me and every Irish person I know...... :lol:
More to come.
Those statments were over 10 years old when the addiction to pain killers happened.
Do you hold Obama to this same tough standard in regards to his honesty? :2wave:
I don’t buy into the disease part of it. The first time you reach for a substance you are making a choice. Every time you go back, you are making a personal choice. I feel very strongly about that.’... What he’s saying is that if there’s a line of cocaine here, I have to make the choice to go down and sniff it….And his point is that we are rationalizing all this irresponsibility and all the choices people are making and we’re blaming not them, but society for it.
Does this mean that Limbaugh has not been ideologically consistent throughout his career?
These quotes show something that is consistent about Limbaugh. He only cares about himself and those who validate him. He has no compassion and empathy for others. He is part of the "I got mine" culture.
Those statments were over 10 years old when the addiction to pain killers happened.
Do you hold Obama to this same tough standard in regards to his honesty? :2wave:
I feel liberated, and I'm going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don't think deserve having their water carried. Now, you might say, "Well, why have you been doing it?" Because the stakes are high. Even though the Republican Party let us down, to me they represent a far better future for my beliefs and therefore the country's than the Democrat Party and liberalism does.
You don't get WLS up there?We don't get Rush Limbaugh on any of the stations here. I don't think there is enough of a market for him around these parts. But it would be interesting to see a map of Limbaugh's market areas. I think it would be quite telling.
You guys can debate whether Rush is serious all you want. But in a city of two-million or better, even if just 3% or 4% of the inhabitants are political whackos, from one side or the other, that's still a LOT of people to advertise to. I suspect, in the rual areas, Limbaugh's marketshare increases somewhat.
But in a midwestern city of less than a million, with a dozen other radio stations and TV channels, even if there are 5% whackos, that still isn't enough marketshare to justify the expense.
It's all about the money. Rest assured, there will always be some blowhard mouthpiece to cater to the needs of those who need to be told what they want to hear. Rush does NOT have the monopoly on this. He just happens to blow the loudest.
We used to have a really kooky guy to listen to, that was a rightwing whacko in a liberal sorta way, :lol: named "Mancow." I used to listen to him all morning. But some reason he went bye-bye. His show is no longer on our airwaves up here.
Does this mean that Limbaugh has not been ideologically consistent throughout his career?
These quotes show something that is consistent about Limbaugh. He only cares about himself and those who validate him. He has no compassion and empathy for others. He is part of the "I got mine" culture.
This doesn't sound hypocritical to me from what Tucker's said, it seems right in line with what he's saying. He wasn't going "woe is me, society caused me to do this, a disease made me do it". He made a choice, a wrong one, and one that was a mistake, and owned up to it.
That said, yes, he was a bit hypocritical. I find it rather hillarious though that Liberals seem to only rant, rave, and insult people over being hypocrites when its someone of the opposition. As rev pointed out, and I agree here, if Obama starts talking about drug use being bad will we have calls from the left of "Oh yeah, listen to that former coke-fiend lecturing about drugs". I'm going to guess no. But they'll sing it to the skies about Rush.
He has a principled view on drugs, he made a poor personal choice, he's owned up to that choice and doesn't shift the blame onto society or his upbringing, and he specifically tells people he was wrong and not to look at him as a role model.
Maybe I'm weird, but I'd rather that than someone who purposefully didn't want to have any principles because they're scared to death they may not live up to them.
I think as Ideologically as consistant as most people yes.
By this logic, there is no way for you to argue that Obama is not a racist, since he could no more disown one than he could his racist granmother who is like all those racist whiteys.....
In fact you are showing yourself to be less "idealogically consistant" than anything Rush has shown.
I see you are still twisting his comments. :roll:
You are consistent.
How is that even relevant IT?
You brought up honesty. That was dishonest.
I wasn't even talking about honesty. I didn't say Rush was lying when he made those comments. He had no compassion until he was in that predicament.
That doesn't address the fact that the second thing you quoted as evidence he was a hypocrite is actually right in line with how he handled the situation involving himself.
I know, but people are making excuses for Rush's doctor shopping.
:lol: talk about twisting facts and words..... Your hatred for the man clouds your judgment and allows your hypocrisy to shine through.
Good for you...... :lol:
I feel liberated, and I'm going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don't think deserve having their water carried. Now, you might say, "Well, why have you been doing it?" Because the stakes are high. Even though the Republican Party let us down, to me they represent a far better future for my beliefs and therefore the country's than the Democrat Party and liberalism does.
I don't hate him.
I see why you need me to though. :lol:
I know, but people are making excuses for Rush's doctor shopping.
I think he truly is conservative...but he probably exaggerates his beliefs a bit for money. Saying outrageous things boosts his ratings.
Same with Ann Coulter.
Really? Who is making excuses for his doctor shopping.
Please quote and link.
Thanks. :2wave:
the addiction is scientifically the same, but i do not think people who get perscribed medication and suffer the side affect of addiction are in the same boat as someone who chooses to do recreational drugs and get addicted.
So your argument is that since OTHER people are making excuses for his doctor shopping that makes RUSH a hypocrite.
I'm sorry IT, you're argument is filled with as many holes as swiss cheese.
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