The Rush Limbaugh Thread

[Kelly]

Hell no I don't fault her for that.....good for her. I can ONLY HOPE to have that kind of mind and cognitive ability at her age. I don't think I have it now...lol

 

[Addendum]

And I thought my grandma is old, and she's 87

 

[DACrowe]

Why so serious?

He jokes like almost every single talk show radio host. His sarcasm is off the freaking charts. There are things that bother him that are going down and they should be cause for concern for anyone.

Crazy is all a matter of perspective, right?

"Mr. President why don't you just set us on fire?"

"You're spending money that leads to slavery."

"What we're seeing here is the lead-up to Hitler."

"There are more of us than there are of them."

"He's closing Gitmo and putting the terrorists back on the street."

"FEMA camps these are actual prisons that were built..."

Talking to the first elected Muslim Congressman:

"Sir, prove that you are not working with our enemies?"

He agrees with the statement "The Manchurian Candidate couldn't destroy America faster."

And the man who made "9/12" clubs or whatever says:

"It took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' family...But when I see 9/11 victim family on TV I say oh shut up, because they're always complaining."

"Most of the people in New Orleans got out. It's just a small percentage who stayed in and they get all of the attention. It's just like the 9/11 victims family, they're spoiling it for everybody."

Glenn Beck=psycho, bat-****ing crazy Fox News tool. He told the Times he wants to be like Howard Beale in Network. The irony that passes over this man's head with that statement is delicious.

 

[DACrowe]

The Republican Leadership is sucking wind, the Base is growing. The People that identify their Political Beliefs inline with "republicanism" is growning. NOT "Big R" Republican, "small r" republican. Hence the Teaparties and the 10 Amendment Support, and all of that.

BTW, I make up all my stats. t: It's easier that way.

Is there any evidence of this? I know the base is growing more vocal but all indicators that this country continues to remain in the middle, as it slowly progresses in a leftward manner (as it has for 70+ years). The Republican Party grows smaller by the day. I know we're speaking of conservatives, but is there any evidence it is growing. I'm not saying the Republican Party is gone, as it survived 1964, 1974 and the Democrats survived 2004. It is asinine to play the "party is dead" games. But I suspect that the party is going to have to start moving with the country (towards the center) and away from the "base."

 

[Marx]

Is there any evidence of this? I know the base is growing more vocal but all indicators that this country continues to remain in the middle, as it slowly progresses in a leftward manner (as it has for 70+ years). The Republican Party grows smaller by the day. I know we're speaking of conservatives, but is there any evidence it is growing. I'm not saying the Republican Party is gone, as it survived 1964, 1974 and the Democrats survived 2004. It is asinine to play the "party is dead" games. But I suspect that the party is going to have to start moving with the country (towards the center) and away from the "base."

All signs point to an increasingly regionalized and marginalized Republican Party. I questioned SuBe about that, and I still don't understand how anyone can claim that the GOP is growing nationally. I'm trying to find a chart that Jman/The Senator posted a while back but I can't find it. It's a chart that shows the only growth that the GOP has had is in the deep south.

 

[Nivek]

He's an ass....

My stepfather listened to his show religiously. Your right.

 

[Matt]

People don't seem to get Rush at all. He is loving this. He is a Howard Stern type figure. He doesn't believe half the **** he says. He is a shock jock. I've perused one of Rush Limbaugh's books and while I don't agree with the politics in most of it, it was actually kind of intelligent. Rush's ratings haven't been this high since the Clinton era. Every day he gets more and more attention and that in turn gets him more and more listeners. The second people stop paying attention to his antics, the sooner he'll shut up with the personal attacks and ridiculous assessments

 

[C. Lee]

People don't seem to get Rush at all. He is loving this. He is a Howard Stern type figure. He doesn't believe half the **** he says. He is a shock jock. I've perused one of Rush Limbaugh's books and while I don't agree with the politics in most of it, it was actually kind of intelligent. Rush's ratings haven't been this high since the Clinton era. Every day he gets more and more attention and that in turn gets him more and more listeners. The second people stop paying attention to his antics, the sooner he'll shut up with the personal attacks and ridiculous assessments

I couldn't care less about his politics or making fun of politicians....but his making fun of Michael J. Fox about his medical condition was over the line. Why people will follow someone who stoops to crap like that I'll never understand.

 

[Matt]

Again though, I don't think he believes in half the **** he says (which says a lot about his character, that he'd push aside his true beliefs for money). The part that scares me is that his listeners do believe it.

 

[C. Lee]

Again though, I don't think he believes in half the **** he says (which says a lot about his character, that he'd push aside his true beliefs for money). The part that scares me is that his listeners do believe it.

Saying that a preacher of hate doesn't really believe in what he preaches doesn't change the fact that he is preaching hate. And as you say....his dittoheads believe and follow him.

 

[Marx]

Again though, I don't think he believes in half the **** he says (which says a lot about his character, that he'd push aside his true beliefs for money). The part that scares me is that his listeners do believe it.

Saying that a preacher of hate doesn't really believe in what he preaches doesn't change the fact that he is preaching hate. And as you say....his dittoheads believe and follow him.

Exactly, C.

 

[Paradyme]

"Mr. President why don't you just set us on fire?"

"You're spending money that leads to slavery."

"What we're seeing here is the lead-up to Hitler."

"There are more of us than there are of them."

"He's closing Gitmo and putting the terrorists back on the street."

"FEMA camps these are actual prisons that were built..."

Talking to the first elected Muslim Congressman:

"Sir, prove that you are not working with our enemies?"

He agrees with the statement "The Manchurian Candidate couldn't destroy America faster."

And the man who made "9/12" clubs or whatever says:

"It took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' family...But when I see 9/11 victim family on TV I say oh shut up, because they're always complaining."

"Most of the people in New Orleans got out. It's just a small percentage who stayed in and they get all of the attention. It's just like the 9/11 victims family, they're spoiling it for everybody."

Glenn Beck=psycho, bat-****ing crazy Fox News tool. He told the Times he wants to be like Howard Beale in Network. The irony that passes over this man's head with that statement is delicious.

I'm pretty sure most of those are taken out of context. Some of them he implies it as a question and others are jokes. Frankly, those that don't listen to his show, and I'm talking about his radio show, wouldn't understand his sense of humor.

You can keep positing quotes all day but until you understand the full context of what he was talking about then in my opinion these quotes are just an attempt to slander someone.

 

[Addendum]

It's only slander if it's not true. Since he made those comments, it can't be slander

 

[Paradyme]

The way some of you take his comments are out of context. So, what would you call that? Discredit?

 

[Kelly]

I would call it, taking parts of a quote to make a point......happens all the time.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

How could any of those quotes be saved by being IN CONTEXT?

 

[Marx]

How could any of those quotes be saved by being IN CONTEXT?

I don't believe they can be.

 

[Paradyme]

I don't believe they can be.

Most of those can. Like I said when you don't listen to his radio show and know where he is coming from then you don't get it. So, you can look at those quotes and claim he might be refering to this but until you actually heard it in context to what they were talking about and understand his personality you don't know.

Thats all I'm saying on the subject because the man can defend himself. If you care enough about it you can call into his show and confront him.

 

[Marx]

Most of those can. Like I said when you don't listen to his radio show and know where he is coming from then you don't get it. So, you can look at those quotes and claim he might be refering to this but until you actually heard it in context to what they were talking about and understand his personality you don't know.

Thats all I'm saying on the subject because the man can defend himself. If you care enough about it you can call into his show and confront him.

I have listened to his show before...and I have watched him in interviews. I do not blindly throw such harsh criticism.

 

[Paradyme]

Have you heard every single one of those quotes used above?

Probably not, since I just started listening and still don't catch everything he says but I get his personality and can decipher from when he is serious and when he is joking.

So, I'm not saying I can prove that he didn't say those things in the context people all think he did but I'm saying that maybe before some jump to conclusions that all of his quotes means that he meant them, which I believe to be more than a few on this forum, maybe they should try listening for once and coming their own conclusion rather than just believing something I or anyone else posts on this forum.

You see where I'm coming from?

Also, Marx, I'm not talking to you directly, I was just quoting and speaking generally.

 

[Kelly]

Have you heard every single one of those quotes used above?

Probably not, since I just started listening and still don't catch everything he says but I get his personality and can decipher from when he is serious and when he is joking.

So, I'm not saying I can prove that he didn't say those things in the context people all think he did but I'm saying that maybe before some jump to conclusions that all of his quotes means that he meant them, which I believe to be more than a few on this forum, maybe they should try listening for once and coming their own conclusion rather than just believing something I or anyone else posts on this forum.

You see where I'm coming from?

Also, Marx, I'm not talking to you directly, I was just quoting and speaking generally.

You seem to be a fan, can you explain to us each of the quotes stated above......I'm more than open to read your interpretation of them...

 

[Marx]

You seem to be a fan, can you explain to us each of the quotes stated above......I'm more than open to read your interpretation of them...

Me too.

 

[Marx]

RIDGE TAKES AIM AT 'SHRILL' LIMBAUGH
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/24/ridge-takes-aim-at-shrill-limbaugh/

Pennsylvania Republican Tom Ridge is taking direct aim at Rush Limbaugh, telling CNN's John King the conservative talk radio host can be "shrill" and uses language in a way "that offend very many."

"Rush Limbaugh has an audience of 20 million people. A lot of people listen daily to him and live by every word. But words mean things and how you use words is very important," Ridge, the former Homeland Security Secretary under President Bush, said during an interview airing Sunday on CNN's State of The Union.

"It does get the base all fired up and he's got a strong following," Ridge continued. "But personally, if he would listen to me and I doubt if he would, the notion is express yourself but let's respect others opinions and let's not be divisive."

The comments come in the wake of a war of words between Limbaugh and Colin Powell, during which the former secretary of state suggested the GOP's future was in peril if it went in the direction of the popular radio talker. Limbaugh quickly hit back, proclaiming Powell is part of the "stale, the old, the worn-out GOP that never won anything."

But in the interview with CNN, Ridge said the GOP infighting should instead be directed toward Democrats who hold fundamental disagreements.

"For the Republican Party to restore itself as not its original party, but as a national party, we have to be far less judgmental about disagreements within the party and far more judgmental about our disagreement with our friends on the other side of the aisle," he said.

The onetime Pennsylvania governor who ruled out a Senate bid earlier this month also called for an end to personal attacks.

"Let's lead our party based on some principles that have been very much a part of who we are for decades. And let's be less shrill in terms of — and particularly, let's not attack other individuals. Let's attack their ideas," said Ridge.

 

[Heretic]

Republicans lost their way and got pounded...Limbaugh, who parroted their failed message for years so is partially to blame...but his ratings are good, which Republicans are in short supply of.

So, half the party is looking to lead the party...and Limbaugh is the leading voice...so if you want to be the leader, you take the current leader down a few notches.

That is all this is, nothing more.

 

[StorminNorman]

Limbaugh is not to blame for the fall of the GOP. If the GOP followed Limbaugh's ideology, they would have been more successful in the last two elections than they were - and that's a fact.