The Rush Limbaugh Thread

[The Overlord]

No, he doesn't listen to him. He's from Canada, and Canada doesn't have Internet radio.

Well where's the website then?

You've never actually listened to him have you?

Didn't think so

I live in Canada we don't get his show, can't you just tell me what makes him so great?

 

[SuBe]

I posted it to you on the reply a few days ago. It was either on the Obama Thread, or this thread. But, here it is again.

http://newstalkradiowhio.com/

You can listen to him for the next 43 minutes.

 

[Addendum]

I'll take what John Wayne said when JFK became president: I didn't vote for him but he's my President, and I hope he does a good job

 

[The Overlord]

I posted it to you on the reply a few days ago. It was either on the Obama Thread, or this thread. But, here it is again.

http://newstalkradiowhio.com/

You can listen to him for the next 43 minutes.

Sorry I was busy, I didn't go on that thread for a while.

Alright thanks. But why don't you just tell me what makes him so great?

 

[SuBe]

And if you don't think he is doing a good job, then what? This is a Representitive Democratic Republic. This is OUR country.

 

[SuBe]

Sorry I was busy, I didn't go on that thread for a while.

Alright thanks. But why don't you just tell me what makes him so great?

The fact that he saved the AM band for Radio. Other than that, I think he is ok.

 

[Addendum]

And I'll wait to see what happens.

 

[SuBe]

Wallflower?

 

[Addendum]

It's just logical

 

[Zacky]

Howard Stern > Rush Limbaugh

 

[The Overlord]

And if you don't think he is doing a good job, then what? This is a Representitive Democratic Republic. This is OUR country.

I'm half American pal and I have family in America, so I hope you aren't trying to belittle me or does being only half American mean I'm not entitled to express opinions on US? What are the half breed Americans not allowed to comment on the US are their opinions not relevant?

Just because I was born in Canada, doesn't change the fact that I'm half American and thus have a stake in America. Besides everything America does effects Caanda so almost everyone in Canada has a stake in America, this economic crisis was created America and it effects Canada, so don't tell me Canadians shouldn't comment on America!

The fact that he saved the AM band for Radio. Other than that, I think he is ok.

But what makes his opinions so important though? If he is just an entertainer why do people take him so seriously?

 

[SuBe]

I'm half American pal and I have family in America, so I hope you aren't trying to belittle me or does being only half American mean I'm not entitled to express opinions on US? What are the half breed Americans not allowed to comment on the US are their opinions not relevant?

Just because I was born in Caanda, doesn't change the fact that I'm half American and thus have a stake in America. Besides everything America does effects Caanda so almost everyone in Canada has a stake in America, this economic crisis was created America and it effects Canada, so don't tell me Canadians shouldn't comment on America!

I didn't say anything of the sort. I'm talking about the relationship between Politicians and the People. "We the People..." is important, but not because it is a cool bumper sticker.

 

[Addendum]

The fact that he saved the AM band for Radio

Gotta save a method of broadcasting that drops out near power lines, when you go under an overpass, or when you drive downtown, and has yet to embrace stereo

 

[The Overlord]

I didn't say anything of the sort. I'm talking about the relationship between Politicians and the People. "We the People..." is important, but not because it is a cool bumper sticker.

Sorry I misunderstood what you said. Look I have no problem with Rush being an entertainer and saying things just for shock value, its free speech, he can do whatever he wants.

I do have problem with the cult of personality some people are trying to create around him and when he says insane things, like the Michael J. Fox comments and not owning up to his mistakes like that, is what I have against him.

The Michael J. Fox comments have nothing to do with any political stance I have, but they were low in general, he had no idea what he was talking about and he said something stupid and incorrect and insulted thousands people who suffer from a crippling disease in the process. Forget politics, basic human decency would make a normal person think twice before saying something like that. Making rude comments at liberals is fine, they can take it, but suggesting that sick people are merely fakers is pretty vile, in my books. If he said he was sorry about that, I wouldn't hold against it him, but he didn't, he backpeddled, he didn't take personal responsibility for his actions. He doesn't apply these rules to himself. With those comments he showed himself to be a fool and a bully, with no sense of decency.

 

[SuBe]

I don't know much about the whole MJF stuff, so I don't comment on it. Some day, when I care enough to, I'll look it up, but if anyone makes one mistake, is it enough to change my opinion of them? No. I've made mistakes, and I hope that if I'm right enough most of the time, and make mistakes only some of the time, people won't judge me too harshly.

 

[Ugfugly]

I'll take what John Wayne said when JFK became president: I didn't vote for him but he's my President, and I hope he does a good job

Hoping someone does a good job != hoping they don't fail.

If you think the President has an agenda, and that agenda is against your beliefs (in this instance Rush believes that Obama's agenda is to increase Government control and power), then sure hope for them to fail.

I mean how many Liberals secretly hoped the US fail in Iraq? Be honest.

 

[Marx]

Hoping someone does a good job := hoping they don't fail.

If you think the President has an agenda, and that agenda is against your beliefs (in this instance Rush believes that Obama's agenda is to increase Government control and power), then sure hope for them to fail.

I mean how many Liberals secretly hoped the US fail in Iraq? Be honest.

If the President fails, the country fails. Period.

And anyone who hoped for the US to fail in Iraq is a moron. You can support the troops and not support the President. You cannot fault the military for doing what the Commander-In-Chief asked them to do.

 

[SuBe]

They'll never be honest about it.

 

[SuBe]

If the President fails, the country fails. Period.

And anyone who hoped for the US to fail in Iraq is a moron. You can support the troops and not support the President. You cannot fault the military for doing what the Commander-In-Cheif asked them to do.

You can support the Country and not support the President.

 

[Marx]

You can support the Country and not support the President.

That is also true. At the same time though, if the President fails, the country fails. You cannot deny that. Wishing for the President to fail is stupid. As much as I hated Bush, I never wanted him to fail.

 

[Ugfugly]

If the President fails, the country fails. Period.

And anyone who hoped for the US to fail in Iraq is a moron. You can support the troops and not support the President. You cannot fault the military for doing what the Commander-In-Cheif asked them to do.

Not true.

President Bush and McCain failed to enact their illegal alien amnesty bill. I've yet to see the failure for the country on that.

As a fiscal conservative I hope Obama fails to sign all these spending bills and if he does i don't see how the country would fail.

The President != the country. That would be the people.

 

[StorminNorman]

Limbaugh doesn't want Obama to fail simply because he has a D next to his name, he wants his liberal policies to fail because he doesn't like what it does to the country.

 

[Marx]

Limbaugh doesn't want Obama to fail simply because he has a D next to his name, he wants his liberal policies to fail because he doesn't like what it does to the country.

That's debatable. For the sake of argument, I'll let it go though. The point is that if the President is not successful, the country will follow. It's one thing not to like a President, it's quite another to wish for failure.

Limbaugh hasn't even given Obama a chance to prove if his policies will work.

 

[Paradoxium]

Ask yourself this. In the extreme theoretical scenario, a president starts to enslave people in America and the majority lets this slide, does it mean you wanting this theoretical president to fail make you want America to fail?

Just because you are against the implementation of bad ideas, it does not mean you are against America. Nor does a "majority" supporting the president, make an idea any more right.

Some of you guys are rerunning Bush all over again with the "you are either with us or against us" schtick.

 

[Marx]

Ask yourself this. In the extreme theoretical scenario, a president starts to enslave people in America and the majority lets this slide, does it mean you wanting this theoretical president to fail make you want America to fail?

Just because you are against the implementation of bad ideas, does not mean you are against America. Nor does a "majority" support the president, make an idea any more right.

Some of you guys are rerunning Bush all over again with the "you are either with us or against us" schtick.

I have never said that Dox. (And you know it.) I believe in giving the President the benefit of the doubt. As I said, as much as I hated Bush, I never wished for him to fail. The last eight years have not worked. We need to try something new. I am not all gung-ho on all of Obama's policies but I can at least appreciate the fact that he wants to do things differently from the last eight years.

I'm not going to even comment on your scenario because it's ridiculous.