OT:Rush Limbaugh

[ebake02]

Rush is THE rock of conservatism.

Dumbaugh just opens his ignorant fat mouth and says stuff like "I hope Obama fails" without any concern for our country whatsoever. He forgets to remind people that Dumbya is the one who caused all of this mess. People voted out the Republican Party, and Dumbaugh is just a drug-addicted fatass sore loser.

He seems to me to be nothing more than a ratings whore. He'd sell his soul to the devil if it got him high ratings

[The_Noble_Cause]

Republicans don't have any more control over Rush than Democrats do. Rush is THE rock of conservatism. The last thing he is, is a "yes man" for any party.

Really?
Then why was he initially FOR handing our security over to Dubai?
After the Republicans lost more seats, why did he finally comes clean and admit: "I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don't think deserve having their water carried."
Yesterday, he even made light of Ted Kennedy's struggle with brain cancer, saying that: "Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy Memorial Healthcare Bill."

As I've said before, Stern, Imus, and the Greaseman were each thrown off the airwaves for far less.
There's a reason why Will Buckley's son refused to let this pig eulogize at his father's funeral.
Buckley was a genuine ideas man, Limbaugh is a fucking clown.

Or Reagan slashing tax rates across the board which fueled the prosperity of the 80's and 90's?

Under Reagan, the poverty rate went up and middle class incomes barely moved at all.
Productivity growth wouldn't kick in until 1995.

And tho he never initiated it, Reagan caved and raised taxes repeatedly.
1988 and his first year in office were the only two years when taxes did not get raised.

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bart ... 290853.asp

[Rick]

Since the first of the year, Rush Limbaugh’s audience has exploded , according to Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post, even as his daily assaults on Obama have intensified. The conservative Talk Radio maestro has become the most listened-to radio personality in America since before Paul Harvey.

Demand for his air time hs suddenly become so intense, Limbaugh told The Examiner’s Byron York earlier today, that his network sold 80 percent as much advertising in January 2009 as it did in all of 2008, and expects to sell-out the year by the end of March. That was before Obama and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel launched an explicit counter-attack against Limbaugh that seems only to be making him bigger.

last night's Hardball with Chris Matthews, where Matthews reports that Rush Limbaugh's listening audience has exploded from 14 million to 25 million since his speech at CPAC and attacks on him by the White House, this according to Talkers Magazine.

I may have to eat my words on Rush, but tell me this. What's the right wing's motivation? To see this country succeed or just to get rich?

[Glenn]

I don't see how anyone could love him anymore than someone could love Satan. He's an arrogant fatass drug addicted bigot. What is there to love?

My thoughts exactly. Republicans need to put a lid on him because the party will die if they don't. I wonder if he'll spew hate towards this administration when the economy turns around.

Republicans don't have any more control over Rush than Democrats do. Rush is THE rock of conservatism. The last thing he is, is a "yes man" for any party. He blasted Bush over outrageous spending, the steel embargo, illegal immigration and many other things. Obama's "stimulus package" is not a stimulus at all. It's goal is not to turn the economy around. Its goal is to acquire assume more power for the federal gov't and create even more dependent voters for the Democrat party.

Do you ever wonder why Obama doesn't seem to recall the Carter recession? Or Reagan slashing tax rates across the board which fueled the prosperity of the 80's and 90's?

Enjoy your extra $18 a week.(or whatever it is) If I were you I'd put it in the bank, because it's basically a tax credit since your tax rates haven't been reduced. Meaning you're going to have to pay it back. If you don't believe me ask whoever prepares your tax returns Oh how generous our president is!!!

Thank you !

[Rick]

Since the first of the year, Rush Limbaugh’s audience has exploded , according to Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post, even as his daily assaults on Obama have intensified. The conservative Talk Radio maestro has become the most listened-to radio personality in America since before Paul Harvey.

Demand for his air time hs suddenly become so intense, Limbaugh told The Examiner’s Byron York earlier today, that his network sold 80 percent as much advertising in January 2009 as it did in all of 2008, and expects to sell-out the year by the end of March. That was before Obama and White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel launched an explicit counter-attack against Limbaugh that seems only to be making him bigger.

last night's Hardball with Chris Matthews, where Matthews reports that Rush Limbaugh's listening audience has exploded from 14 million to 25 million since his speech at CPAC and attacks on him by the White House, this according to Talkers Magazine.

I may have to eat my words on Rush, but tell me this. What's the right wing's motivation? To see this country succeed or just to get rich?

Rick, and anyone else who cares. Just take the time and watch Rush's speech at CPAC. It's linked right on his site

www.rushlimbaugh.com.

After a bit of his pomposity, he does a pretty good job of explaining that, and more. Without seeing this, or listening to Rush, I don't know how others can have an opinion. Alot of people do that for not listening to the man.

Beware, if you do watch it, you just may become one of those 25 million.

No, I asked YOU people. What's your motivation? Would you prefer to see this country succeed, or would you prefer to get rich? Take your time and ponder the question.

Not a Rush fan, as you know, sorry.

[Rick]

My reply to you is here..the very beginning of part 2.

I want everyone to succeed. Period. If you won't at least watch 5 minutes of this then I'm done with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8NgDRKX ... re=related

Then you're done with it, and so am I. Don't care to watch Rush.

Good answer though. Thanks.

[larryfromnextdoor]

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[Rick]

You really should watch it Rick, especially the last 3 minutes when he talks Obama. Oh well.

Ok. I respect you, so I will.

[Rick]

You really should watch it Rick, especially the last 3 minutes when he talks Obama. Oh well.

Ok. I respect you, so I will.

Cool..thanks.

He's definitely a conservative. And I am also to a certain extent. I turn off lights and don't idle my cars engine needlessly. I don't want to embrace change in society as it pertains to allowing homosexuals to marry, and so on. No offense Bobby, but it's the way I was raised. Can't help that. But Rush lies out his teeth. Does he expect a ditch digger or baggage handler like myself to succeed? That's just not the case in this America. And his ideals are not ones that help people like me.

I'm not a lazy man, I work my ass off. But I live in a 768 square foot apartment with my wife, a dog and a cat. My daughter comes to visit when she can. But I am fucking broke.

I hired on at American Airlines at $8.00 an hour in 1983. I graduated to the top of my pay scale in 9 years at $18.81 an hour. That would be in 1992, not bad there. In 2009, 17 years later, I make 21.20 an hour. Figure in the cost of living. Figure in that NOW we have to supplement our insurance, to the tune of over $300 a month. Plus, since my 17 year old daughter was 4, I've been paying $600 a month in child support.

Now, figure this.

In 1983, my CEO made something like 12x my pay. Now he makes 400x my pay.

The big boys are robbing America and it's employees blind.

Edited for typos.

[Rick]

Plus, since my 17 year old daughter was 4, I've been paying $600 a month in child support.

As well you should have. In a year you'll be off that $600 hook right? Make her succeed.

She's going to do very well, thanks.

[Rick]

Plus, since my 17 year old daughter was 4, I've been paying $600 a month in child support.

As well you should have. In a year you'll be off that $600 hook right? Make her succeed.

She's going to do very well, thanks.

Great, nothing like a child going out and being self sufficient, I've had 2 and a half of em.

She's a kid on fire. If I'd been more like that at her age, well......

[squirt1]

I usually listen to local radio during 12-3. Rush really believes what he says. He has come down hard on Bush, Clinton and now Obama. He interests 20 million listeners and for that gets paid 212 million a year & believe me 60% goes to goverment. Both parties are corrupt. Many Obama appointees have legal problems. Hell, the guy now running the IRS had to pay up 20 thousand to get the job in back taxes. What's up with that? Oh, maybe Chicago politics. Now on to serious issues. Congress created this problem and now they are figuring out how to end it. Oh, and the answer is for you kids to pay for this for the rest of your lives. All Congress does is use our money to buy votes. In 1992 or 1993 Clinton signed the Economic Recovery Act. It was the start of the housing/banking collapse. Clinton told Congress that this was going to happen, but they just had to buy those votes. China had a meeting with their top 45 economists. They are now buying gold. That should tell you gold is going to go higher and BUY COINS!!!! When China pulls their U S credit card ,you will have not seen anyting like this . Someone tell Congress that the only money they have to spend is really yours.

[The_Noble_Cause]

Rick, and anyone else who cares. Just take the time and watch Rush's speech at CPAC. It's linked right on his site

www.rushlimbaugh.com.

After a bit of his pomposity, he does a pretty good job of explaining that, and more. Without seeing this, or listening to Rush, I don't know how others can have an opinion. Alot of people do that for not listening to the man.

Beware, if you do watch it, you just may become one of those 25 million.

I caught it live carried by the "liberal" CNN.
It wasn't a speech.
It was pretty much his show minus the stations breaks....just one long stream of consciousness screed.
Too many contradictions, distortions, and outright lies to keep track.
Also, despite being the recipient of CPAC's "Defender of the Constitution" award, he actually managed to misquote that founding document.

[Voyager]

Without seeing this, or listening to Rush, I don't know how others can have an opinion. Alot of people do that for not listening to the man.

Beware, if you do watch it, you just may become one of those 25 million.

I used to listen to Rush prior to the year 2001, but when Bush took office I became increasingly discontented with the Republican Party - especially after listening to Dumbaugh run his fatass mouth about how much of a demon Clinton was (I wish we had Clinton's "demonic" economy back). Dumbaugh is easily the most embittered, hateful, arrogant, and pompous idiot that has ever graced the political scene. I cannot listen to him anymore at all.

It doesn't matter if people see or hear this bigot's speech or not. They have the right to hate him, just like they have the right to hate Hitler without reading any books about him.

Good luck with defending your hero, and keep it up - it's great for the Democrats.

GO RUSH! Keep on running that fat mouth, and keep shoving more Oxycontin into it too. You're doing a great job of digging a bottomless pit for the Radical Right Wing to fall into. Keep blaming Obama for Dumbya's mistakes. It's working very well!

(I have to wonder if the DNC is paying Dumbaugh to ruin the GOP?)

[artist4perry]

I can't beleive you guys are still going on and on about him. He is just a shock jock. The far left fear him like he is the GOP boogyman.............scream in torrents of his dangerous nature, and that he must be stopped..........only thing I like about him...........getting the far lefts panties in a twist.

I don't care for far left or right, they all have their radio mouths to rant and rave. They have only the power you give them. Why loose sleep over them folks? Turn the dial....................best power at your disposal. Why go on and on as though they have power over your life?

[The_Noble_Cause]

I don't care for far left or right, they all have their radio mouths to rant and rave.

Find me one liberal yapper who has recieved letters of appreciation from the President (as Rush did from Reagan).
Show me one liberal pundit that was awarded the title of honorary member of Congress (as Newt and Co. granted Rush in the 90s).
Closest thing I can think of is a retired Jimmy Carter inviting Michael Moore to sit with him during the DNC convention.
There's simply nobody like Rush on the left.
In terms of rhetoric, I'd compare him to Rosie O'Donnell, the difference being, I don't know any libs that take her seriously.

[artist4perry]

I don't care for far left or right, they all have their radio mouths to rant and rave.

Find me one liberal yapper who has recieved letters of appreciation from the President (as Rush did from Reagan).
Find me one liberal yapper that was awarded the title of honorary member of Congress (as Newt and Co. granted Rush in the 90s).
There's simply nobody like Rush on the left.
In terms of rhetoric, I'd compare him to Rosie O'Donnell, the difference being, I don't know any libs that take her seriously.

But again it is freedom of speech............like him, hate him, it is a right we all have. Take it away from him and you take it away from yourself. Turn him off. It is not likely Obama is just cringing over his existance at night, if he is he is giving him too much credibility as well. Why go on thread after thread? TNC I think your a highly educated guy, even if I don't see eye to eye with you. He did not win the last election for the GOP now did he? I just ignore him. I think anyone far left or far right are extreemists and personally don't see why any one would give them the time of day.

[The_Noble_Cause]

But again it is freedom of speech............like him, hate him, it is a right we all have. Take it away from him and you take it away from yourself.

Really?
I don't recall having a right to be heard on over 300 stations.
And any attempts to make the public airwaves more democratized like the internet is, is instantly shouted down as censorship..

Turn him off. It is not likely Obama is just cringing over his existance at night, if he is he is giving him too much credibility as well. Why go on thread after thread?

I didn't start this thread...

[Voyager]

I don't care for far left or right, they all have their radio mouths to rant and rave.

Find me one liberal yapper who has recieved letters of appreciation from the President (as Rush did from Reagan).
Show me one liberal pundit that was awarded the title of honorary member of Congress (as Newt and Co. granted Rush in the 90s).

Find me one political party that was removed from office in 2008.

Show me one Congress where the GOP is now in minority party.

So much for the RushFest. He's obviously really helped your party a lot.

(P.S. - I'm almost 100% sure that Dumbaugh is on payroll with the DNC - you cannot buy this kind of self-sabotage of a political party!)

[artist4perry]

But again it is freedom of speech............like him, hate him, it is a right we all have. Take it away from him and you take it away from yourself.

Really?
I don't recall having a right to be heard on over 300 stations.
And any attempts to make the public airwaves more democratized like the internet is, is instantly shouted down as censorship..

Turn him off. It is not likely Obama is just cringing over his existance at night, if he is he is giving him too much credibility as well. Why go on thread after thread?

I didn't start this thread...

It is called what is popular..........if it is popular and gets listeners it is on the airwaves, plain and simple. The left just need better speakers.
Never said you started the thread, and I do recall paying you a compliment for your intelligence. I was not trying to upset you personally in any way.

Just don't see why he gets extreme liberals so bent out of joint. The only thing I can see, is they want no voice except their own to be heard. Any voice of the far opposition they want extinguished with a vengence.

If country music is not liked in a region it will be taken off the air. If rock is prefered rock will be played. Supply follows demand. It would be like saying if only country music is liked in a region, for half the day they have to play rock too, because it isn't fair. That is not the way it goes. When I had an oldies stationed here that I liked, the format changed, because it wasn't what the majority in our area prefered. Like it or not that is the right of the station.

[Rockindeano]

The left just need better speakers.

No they don't. They have he White House and both chambers of Congress. There is a reason for that.

But if you want a speaker for the Left,Rachel Maddow is easily as intelligent and informed as Limbaugh.

[artist4perry]

The left just need better speakers.

No they don't. They have he White House and both chambers of Congress. There is a reason for that.

But if you want a speaker for the Left,Rachel Maddow is easily as intelligent and informed as Limbaugh.

I am not for either extreme.

What I was trying to say, was that I don't agree with making the air waves forced to put equal time of either far left or far right, because they scream it is not fair.

If it was liked it would still be on the air, plain and simple. If Rush is hated he won't be on for long. Supply and demand. You tread into dangerous waters forcing people to listen to what they are not wanting, just in the intrest of what some think is fair.
I don't know Rachel Maddow but I am sure she has just as much ability to gain listeners as Limbagh has. Popularity is what keeps a person on the air.

[The_Noble_Cause]

It is called what is popular..........if it is popular and gets listeners it is on the airwaves, plain and simple. The left just need better speakers.

Oversimplification.
Limbaugh's syndication rights were initially handed out for free.
Also, radio ratings are diff. from TV.

Arbitron, the radio industry's dominant audience-measurement company, has never publicly released a national estimate for Limbaugh, and it says, in effect, that the job is too complicated, expensive and time-consuming to bother with.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... id=topnews

Alan Colmes has mentioned that "I’ve been cancelled from stations where I was winning my time slot simply because management wanted only conservatives on the air, fearful that a liberal like me would alienate their core audience, even though I was bringing new listeners in without losing those already listening."
The advertising blacklist Air America found itself up against, also speaks volumes about why certain broadcasters succeed and others don't. http://www.fair.org/images/ABCmemo.pdf

There's a reason why Limbaugh, Hannity, etc rail endlessly againt the public sector.
Corporations advertise, the government does not.

[Voyager]

I am not for either extreme.

If all of our politicians were like that, they would get a lot more done.

[The_Noble_Cause]

What I was trying to say, was that I don't agree with making the air waves forced to put equal time of either far left or far right, because they scream it is not fair.

That, in itself, is a right wing argument.
The Fairness Doctrine, which isn't even on the Congressional docket, never mandated equal time.

I don't know Rachel Maddow but I am sure she has just as much ability to gain listeners as Limbagh has. Popularity is what keeps a person on the air.

Nobody knows if Rush's listenership has gone up or not.
When pressed to actually show proof of the alleged raings increase, the best the Washington Post could muster was:

Although there's no actual survey data to support such a figure, [Talkers Magazine] said "it's what we're hearing, based on the e-mails, the calls, all the buzz this controversy is generating. We put a little bit of our interpretation on it, added it all up, and that puts you in the ballpark."

[artist4perry]

It is called what is popular..........if it is popular and gets listeners it is on the airwaves, plain and simple. The left just need better speakers.

Oversimplification.
Limbaugh's syndication rights were initially handed out for free.
Also, radio ratings are diff. from TV.

Arbitron, the radio industry's dominant audience-measurement company, has never publicly released a national estimate for Limbaugh, and it says, in effect, that the job is too complicated, expensive and time-consuming to bother with.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... id=topnews

Alan Colmes has mentioned that "I’ve been cancelled from stations where I was winning my time slot simply because management wanted only conservatives on the air, fearful that a liberal like me would alienate their core audience, even though I was bringing new listeners in without losing those already listening."
The advertising blacklist Air America found itself up against, also speaks volumes about why certain broadcasters succeed and others don't. http://www.fair.org/images/ABCmemo.pdf

There's a reason why Limbaugh, Hannity, etc rail endlessly againt the public sector.
Corporations advertise, the government does not.

But I don't want someone else controlling what I listen to. Out of "fairness". I find that more of a cop out. Fairness to extreme liberals, is no voice for the opposition. It is only "fair" when everyone thinks like they do. I have a real problem with that frame of thinking.
Yes corporations advertise, but listeners can boycott corporations. If the folks aren't listening, they can't advertise. The people listening keep a show on. I still don't care for him and don't listen.

TNC you crack me up.......... it is not just a right, but a moderates veiw to not have anyone "control" what is on the airwaves under the "guise" of fairness. Who said life was fair?

Next thing I know, if I made it as an artist and made big bucks, some think it is fair to take most of my earnings because someone else out there who did not work hard, or go to college deserves some money too.........mine. I want to give to who I want when I want. Not have my hard worked fleeced from me. I am a generous person, though I have little. I tip more than a lot of well to do people I know. Why? Because I had a waitress job. I know how hard they work. And I would give. But just because some people are not generous does not mean they should loose their earnings out of "fairness".

I am not saying you, but some in the far left look at fairness as a way to take others rights and hard earned money away from them. It is only fair if it serves their purpose. But I find some of these same people so "generous" with other peoples money, give little themselves. Why is that?

[The_Noble_Cause]

But I don't want someone else controlling what I listen to. Out of "fairness". I find that more of a cop out.

Your kidding, right?
It's already reached the point where five media conglomerates pretty much have a hammerlock on everything we watch, listen, and read.
With the exception of the web (and even that is not safe), a content dictator is always at the helm.

Fairness to extreme liberals, is no voice for the opposition. It is only "fair" when everyone thinks like they do. I have a real problem with that frame of thinking.

I've never heard that from anyone.
I think you're beginning to show your true colors.

[ebake02]

Wow...a three pager. My topics usually die after 5 or 6 posts.

[The_Noble_Cause]

TNC you crack me up.......... it is not just a right, but a moderates veiw to not have anyone "control" what is on the airwaves under the "guise" of fairness. Who said life was fair?

Next thing I know, if I made it as an artist and made big bucks, some think it is fair to take most of my earnings because someone else out there who did not work hard, or go to college deserves some money too.........mine. I want to give to who I want when I want. Not have my hard worked fleeced from me. I am a generous person, though I have little. I tip more than a lot of well to do people I know. Why? Because I had a waitress job. I know how hard they work. And I would give. But just because some people are not generous does not mean they should loose their earnings out of "fairness".

I am not saying you, but some in the far left look at fairness as a way to take others rights and hard earned money away from them. It is only fair if it serves their purpose. But I find some of these same people so "generous" with other peoples money, give little themselves. Why is that?

Oversimplification again...
Public airwaves are a limited resource.
That's why the renewal of licenses was/is dependent on meeting certain goals.
There is no limit as to how many velvet Elvis paintings you can put out.

[artist4perry]

But I don't want someone else controlling what I listen to. Out of "fairness". I find that more of a cop out.

Your kidding, right?
It's already reached the point where five media conglomerates pretty much have a hammerlock on everything we watch, listen, and read.
With the exception of the web (and even that is not safe), a content dictator is always at the helm.

Fairness to extreme liberals, is no voice for the opposition. It is only "fair" when everyone thinks like they do. I have a real problem with that frame of thinking.

I've never heard that from anyone.
I think you're beginning to show your true colors.

What color is that? An artist loves all colors..................and treats them all with loving care.

I happen to love the colors that make me who I am, and enjoy having the freedom to not have that taken away from me.

Look, I had my say. I was not meaning to get into a long dragged out debate with you. I am sure others would love to continue in my stead, so I take my leave. I was mostly amazed Rush can get so many so fired up. If you guys want to carry on be my guest.

Best wishes TNC.