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What is up with Rush???

The silenced majority said:
Yay for a stupid response!

Jeremiah Wright has expressed a deep hatred for Jews, Whites and Italians. Rush Limbaugh expresses a deep hatred for Barack Obama's policies.

Did you expect that this President would be ramming his way into the private sector to the extent that he has?

Look yourself in a mirror and answer it honestly. No need to respond here.
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Sarcasm so does not come through text well....Sorry, next time I will try and be clearer that I am joking around.
 
The silenced majority said:
Why do people feel the need to apologize for listening to talk radio? The vast majority of talk-radio detractors are just Saul Alinsky goosesteppers who aren't even objective enough to listen to what they "despise".
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I wasn't apologizing in the least. It's a common tactic by some folks on the left to immediately discount any challenge of their mindless attacks on Rush and others by claiming the challenger is brainwashed by Rush or whoever. I was preemptively short-circuiting that attempt.
 
Did you see the president smack a fly during an interview? They got a closeup of the fly:

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORZ00OyKp0I[/ame]
 
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talloulou said:
Rush is an entertainer.
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He entertains, but he is far more than a mere entertainer.

You don't get President Clinton complaining Limbaugh has 3-hours of air time 5-days a week, and trying to label him a racist... and then having to eat crow.

No, the guy combines entertainment, usually ridicule of the left, with news analysis. The AMMP* left such a gaping hole someone had to fill it. He did, and saved AM radio in the process.

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Fineman: 'Mainstream Media Party' is over - Howard Fineman- msnbc.com
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UtahBill said:
Not so brave....he knows he has a large audience of ignorant people, and all he has to do is spoon feed them their pablum of the day. It doesn't bother him even a little what others think of him, as long as he gets the big bucks.

If he really wanted to CONTRIBUTE to the SOLVING of PROBLEMS, he would float some ideas that make sense, some ideas that both parties can get behind and move us forward. But there is more money in fomenting devisiveness...
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Ok so you lied the first time and now you try to deflect by attacking people you have no clue about.


Limbaugh Listeners Most Informed

"A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that listeners of Rush Limbaugh, the popular conservative radio talk show host, have a greater incidence of ‘high knowledge’ than any other news outlet except for the Weekly Standard/New Republic."

Knowledgeable News Audiences

Next.
 
akyron said:
Ok so you lied the first time and now you try to deflect by attacking people you have no clue about.


Limbaugh Listeners Most Informed

"A new study by the Pew Research Center shows that listeners of Rush Limbaugh, the popular conservative radio talk show host, have a greater incidence of ‘high knowledge’ than any other news outlet except for the Weekly Standard/New Republic."

Knowledgeable News Audiences

Next.
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Put another way. The PGA Tour is known to have a Rush following... the NBA... well... let's say not.

Who would you rather do business with, put your trust in and believe was better informed?
The average NBA player or the average PGA Tour member?
Both have about the same amount of college education.

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repeter said:
As UtahBill said, that site would probably be more biased towards Rush then FOX towards the Republicans. It would be completely pointless to go to that site, and see more of his lies. Furthermore, I was wondering how all you conservatives view Rush, your savior. And I was also looking if anyone could decipher that mess inside Rush's head...
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Could you please elaborate upon your concept of gaining or professing knowledge based on an underlying philosophy of ignoring information?

I have little doubt that you expostulation will be completely fascinating.
 
Oftencold said:
Could you please elaborate upon your concept of gaining or professing knowledge based on an underlying philosophy of ignoring information?

I have little doubt that you expostulation will be completely fascinating.
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Do you mean to say I should watch FOX and think they aren't lying through their teeth about the Republicans? Or that I should watch CNN and think that they aren't lying about Democrats? The media is among the most corrupt part of everything we have access to today, so to take what they say at face value, and believe it would be completely moronic. Much the same, to view Limbaugh's site, and believe that everything on that site is on the level would also be pretty stupid.

And how long did it take you to think of using the word "expostulation?"
Seeing as right before you made a basic spelling error, a long time....
 
talloulou said:
He killed an f-ing fly. Big whoop. Who hasn't????? Anyone?:roll:
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He didn't sit down with it and have a discussion without preconditions.
 
What is up with Rush???
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His ratings..his appeal...his message..his money...etc.

Its quite humorous to see those who hate him trying to use him while their use of him backfires. Many of his complaints/arguments/opinions about Obama are resonating with the American people..as shown in numerous polls.
 
Obama and the liberals fear Limbaugh, because he knows them like the back of his hand.
 
Triad said:
His ratings..his appeal...his message..his money...etc.

Its quite humorous to see those who hate him trying to use him while their use of him backfires. Many of his complaints/arguments/opinions about Obama are resonating with the American people..as shown in numerous polls.
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With the Ultra Far Right? Or with people who actually get things done?
 
Listening to Rush self-destruct is a specacle, sort of like watching the Hindenburg burn and fall from the sky. The comparison is right on so many levels.
"Oh the humanity".
 
hazlnut said:
Great post.

Such a simple notion that Rush fans don't get. He is not an Economist. He is not Lawyer. He does not have a degree in Business, Public Policy, Political Science, or History.

The man dropped out of college after less than 2 years. He uses terms and discusses theories he does not understand at all. He lacks the critical thinking abilities of a college graduate. A sad statement on his audience and our society at large.

I don't like that in our society we sometimes reward underachievers. We reward ignorance and/or lack of education.

A functionally-illiterate professional athlete I understand. He has a talent people will pay to watch and thus contributes to the economy. Of course, when he is no longer able to preform...

But what 'talent' does Rush have. Being angry and ranting? Fine, there are many very educated people on both sides that make a living doing angry rants. Why do we reward lesser people doing this?

If his rants were half-way intelligent, I'd understand. But IMO, he is the bottom of the partisan barrel. No substance.
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I wouldn't mind listening to Rush if he'd give credit to some of the positive things his opposition does, but he doesn't. Even when proven wrong, Rush still makes the hardnosed effort to spin or otherwise discredit any positives on the side of the Left. He just can't bring himself to say, "You were right and I was wrong" about anything. That, above anything else, is the main reason I don't like him. Unfortunately, were I live down in the dirty south I have no other choice in political talk radio other than Conservative radio. Rush and his many talking head conservatives are it.

I listen just to hear what the other side has to say, and when I've had my fill of his obsurdity I turn him off.

On a related topic from the above quoted posted, I wonder how many of Rush's listeners are educated people? High school grads, some college or college grads?
 
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To answer the question in the title of this thread.


"He is a douchebag."


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bhkad said:
He never incites to violence. He's not crazy. What he's trying to do is to give people facts to use to oppose the forces of liberalism and socialism in America.

This country was built on ideals that are being erased by the current Administration and you aren't aware that it is happening or you don't care.
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:rofl: HE'S GIVING FACTS?!?!?! LMFAO! Now that's good comedy!
 
American said:
Obama and the liberals fear Limbaugh, because he knows them like the back of his hand.
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Again with the comedy! We laugh at his ass..... you just don't get it do you? HAHA
 
formerroadie said:
:rofl: HE'S GIVING FACTS?!?!?! LMFAO! Now that's good comedy!
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Tell's more truth then Obama, perhaps you have heard enough of Rush's lies to tell us a couple that no one here will be able to deny. I mean you said it was quite laughable that he gives facts... so recalling his "so called" lies should be quite simple. Whenever you're ready...
 
BoyKagome said:
Tell's more truth then Obama, perhaps you have heard enough of Rush's lies to tell us a couple that no one here will be able to deny. I mean you said it was quite laughable that he gives facts... so recalling his "so called" lies should be quite simple. Whenever you're ready...
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Here are just a few

1. "It has not been proven that nicotine is addictive, the same with cigarettes causing emphysema [and other diseases]." (Radio show, 4/29/94)

2. LIMBAUGH: On the Republicans' "Contract With America": "The New York Times never ran anything on the contract 'til after the election. The rest of the news media hardly talked about it at all." (TV, 4/6/95)

REALITY: In the 42 days between the announcement of the "Contract with America" and the Nov. 8, 1994 election, the New York Times published 45 articles that mentioned the contract--more than one a day. The Nexis computer database reports that more than 1400 pieces mentioning the contract were published before the election.

3. LIMBAUGH: "Banks take the risks in issuing student loans and they are entitled to the profits." (Radio show, quoted in FRQ, Summer/93)

REALITY: Banks take no risks in issuing student loans, which are federally insured.

4. LIMBAUGH: Comparing the 1950s with the present: "And I might point out that poverty and economic disparities between the lower and upper classes were greater during the former period." (Told You So, p. 84)

REALITY: Income inequality, as measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, fell from the 1940s to the late 1960s, and then began rising. Inequality surpassed the 1950 level in 1982 and rose steadily to all-time highs in 1992. (Census Bureau's "Money Income of Households, Families and Persons in the United States")

5. LIMBAUGH: "Oh, how they relished blaming Reagan administration policies, including the mythical reductions in HUD's budget for public housing, for creating all of the homeless! Budget cuts? There were no budget cuts! The budget figures show that actual construction of public housing increased during the Reagan years." (Ought to Be, p. 242-243)

REALITY: In 1980, 20,900 low-income public housing units were under construction; in 1988, 9,700, a decline of 54 percent ;Statistical Abstracts of the U.S).In terms of 1993 dollars, the HUD budget for the construction of new public housing was slashed from $6.3 billion in 1980 to $683 million in 1988. "We're getting out of the housing business. Period," a Reagan HUD official declared in 1985.

6. LIMBAUGH: "There's no such thing as an implied contract." (Radio show, quoted in FRQ, Spring/93)

REALITY: Every first-year law student knows there is.
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Please name 5 lies Rush Limbaugh has made? - Yahoo! Answers

Source:

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BoyKagome said:
Tell's more truth then Obama, perhaps you have heard enough of Rush's lies to tell us a couple that no one here will be able to deny. I mean you said it was quite laughable that he gives facts... so recalling his "so called" lies should be quite simple. Whenever you're ready...
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You're new here, so here's some advice: don't go and dig up super old threads.

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