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Limbaugh 2012!

Trostia
01-03-2009, 04:05
Okay, not really. (Let's hope.)

But you coulda fooled me.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/28/limbaugh.speech.cpac/

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/POLITICS/02/28/limbaugh.speech.cpac/art.rush.limbaugh.cspan.jpg
Limbaugh trying not to look like Kruschev (http://redescolar.ilce.edu.mx/redescolar/act_permanentes/historia/html/caida_del_muro/Kruschev.jpg)

"He wants people in fear, angst and crisis, fearing the worst each and every day because that clears the decks for President Obama and his pals to come in with the answers which are abject failures, historically shown and demonstrated. Doesn't matter. They'll have control of it when it's all over. And that's what they want," Limbaugh said.

Apparently, 8 years of The War On Terror, Saddam's Weapons Of Mass Destruction, Iran's Nuclear Armament, the Axis of Evil, and Or Else The Terrorists Win don't count as an example of fearmongering for political gain?

I guess it's only "wanting people in fear, angst and crisis" when the Democrats (allegedly) do it. Of course, the terrorism threat is largely overblown and always has been, whereas poverty in the US is very real and affects us all. But this is just one more fact that the "energized" conservatives would like to ignore as they wish to "take back" America.

How long before they put someone like Rush at the forefront of the GOP?

Will the anti-Obama crowd finally be successful in blaming him for the economy?
Gauthier
01-03-2009, 04:22
Between Limblob, Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal and Joe the Plumber it's like the Republican Party wants to put together a comedy farce.

It's like the Mystery Men, except they all suck.
Sdaeriji
01-03-2009, 04:36
The man should be shot. Plain and simple. There's no sympathy for a fellow man or any of that other happy bullshit with someone as completely indefensible as Rush.
Trostia
01-03-2009, 04:40
The man should be shot. Plain and simple. There's no sympathy for a fellow man or any of that other happy bullshit with someone as completely indefensible as Rush.

I don't like him and I think nearly everything he says is phony, offensive, hypocritical, stupid and trite. But that's not warranting of the death penalty, I don't think.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
01-03-2009, 04:43
He wants people in fear, angst and crisis, fearing the worst each and every day
So I can blame my personality on Obama? Another name to add to my list of reasons why I will never succeed and will probably kill someone someday.
Oddly enough, Limbaugh is on that list too.
Naturality
01-03-2009, 04:52
The man should be shot. Plain and simple. There's no sympathy for a fellow man or any of that other happy bullshit with someone as completely indefensible as Rush.

Heil!
The_pantless_hero
01-03-2009, 04:55
How about we just toss him in jail? He's broken the law enough. But we can't because he is rich and white. And rich.
Sdaeriji
01-03-2009, 05:03
How about we just toss him in jail? He's broken the law enough. But we can't because he is rich and white. And rich.

Fine, throw him in jail for the rest of his life.
Gauntleted Fist
01-03-2009, 05:05
Thank you for almost giving me a heart attack, Trostia.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
01-03-2009, 05:08
How about we just toss him in jail? He's broken the law enough. But we can't because he is rich and white. And rich.
He's rich, he's white, he's Republican! He's all three! And he drives a Mercedes, not a Lincoln, because Lincolns are so gauche.

Fuck the relevance of his outdated lyricism, Root Boy Slim=God.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 05:56
Wouldn't it be nice if he crawled back onto the tip of Ronald Reagan's nose from whence he spawned?

In July of 1987, Ronald Reagan had a cancerous growth removed from his nose. Around the same time, Rush Limbaugh entered the spotlight. It's not a coincidence! :eek:
Miami Shores
01-03-2009, 07:13
[QUOTE=Trostia;14560692]Okay, not really. (Let's hope.)

But you coulda fooled me.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/28/limbaugh.speech.cpac/

Yes, make a Public Poll with some good fair options.

Popular Republican Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal would make Rush Limbaugh jump for joy. Who would want to see the sight of Rush Limbaugh jumping for yoy, lol?

I guess Bobby Jindal could be Rush's Vice President, lol..
Knights of Drunkenness
01-03-2009, 07:14
Popular Republican Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal would make Rush Limbaugh jump for joy. Who would want to see the sight of Rush Limbaugh jumping for yoy?


The only jumping I want to see Rush do is off a cliff.

When I want that drug addicted blob's opinion, Ill fart.
Hebalobia
01-03-2009, 07:38
Hey, I like the idea. Let's all Rush for Rush in 2012!!

It's the best thing that could happen and would sink the dum-dum segment of the Republican Party permanently.

What this country needs is a centrist Republican Party championing fiscal responsibility without the religious right and without the cuckoo bird elements like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.

I don't entirely trust the socialist wing of the Democratic Party without a counter balance. The problem is that today, with all their excess baggage, the Republicans don't strike me a viable alternative.
Equallya
01-03-2009, 07:45
How about we just toss him in jail? He's broken the law enough. But we can't because he is rich and white. And rich.

Yes, well, as soon as they put good ol Teddy in jail, then they can hall Rush off to jail too, they should both be there.
Knights of Drunkenness
01-03-2009, 07:46
Yes, well, as soon as they put good ol Teddy in jail, then they can hall Rush off to jail too, they should both be there.

Teddy?
Equallya
01-03-2009, 07:52
Teddy?

One Mr. Ted Kennedy, you know the one, drunk a lot, had a bunch of famous older brothers who died young. Seems to be good at surviving "accidents" where others die.
The_pantless_hero
01-03-2009, 08:12
Yes, well, as soon as they put good ol Teddy in jail, then they can hall Rush off to jail too, they should both be there.

Shooting red herrings in a barrel now are we?
Equallya
01-03-2009, 09:04
Shooting red herrings in a barrel now are we?

Yes, that does seem to be what this thread is all about, I hope you do not single me out, simply for joining in the fun.
Chumblywumbly
01-03-2009, 09:50
We believe that the preamble of the Constitution contains an inarguable truth, that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty, freedom. And the pursuit of happiness.
Seems pretty arguable to me...
Gauntleted Fist
01-03-2009, 09:52
Seems pretty arguable to me......Especially since that's not the Constitution he's talking about. o_0;
Chumblywumbly
01-03-2009, 09:55
...Especially since that's not the Constitution he's talking about.
... and it's not the preamble (of the Declaration), but the main text.
Gauntleted Fist
01-03-2009, 09:59
... and it's not the preamble (of the Declaration), but the main text.And the Declaration has shit-all to do with the law of the United States.
Chumblywumbly
01-03-2009, 10:00
And the Declaration has shit-all to do with the law of the United States.
Yaay for facts!

(Though, to be fair, the Declaration does set the tone for a liberal democratic state.)
Gauntleted Fist
01-03-2009, 10:03
Yaay for facts! :D

(Though, to be fair, the Declaration does set the tone for a liberal democratic state.)Which still does nothing to support Rush.
Wilgrove
01-03-2009, 10:20
I was actually going to start a thread on Rush. He does this "Weekend Review" and apparently he had a "Women Summit" because not that many females listen to him. (waits for the fake gasp to subside) Anyways, one of the females called him and told him that he's demeaning to women, he talks down to people, thinks he is always right, etc. They get into a discussion about some of the names he uses over the years "Femi-Nazi" "Info-Babe". He ask what was wrong with "Info-Babe" and honestly I was thinking "It's all about respect Rush, you gotta give people respect, and calling them Info-Babe isn't doing that."
SaintB
01-03-2009, 12:56
I was actually going to start a thread on Rush. He does this "Weekend Review" and apparently he had a "Women Summit" because not that many females listen to him. (waits for the fake gasp to subside) Anyways, one of the females called him and told him that he's demeaning to women, he talks down to people, thinks he is always right, etc. They get into a discussion about some of the names he uses over the years "Femi-Nazi" "Info-Babe". He ask what was wrong with "Info-Babe" and honestly I was thinking "It's all about respect Rush, you gotta give people respect, and calling them Info-Babe isn't doing that."

He's the mouthpiece of the conservative party, you expect him to respect anyone? Let alone women?
VirginiaCooper
01-03-2009, 13:08
He's the mouthpiece of the conservative party, you expect him to respect anyone? Let alone women?

Hey! The Republicans have heinous amounts of respect for money, to be fair.
SaintB
01-03-2009, 13:09
Hey! The Republicans have heinous amounts of respect for money, to be fair.

Money is not a person; at least I never met one named money.
VirginiaCooper
01-03-2009, 13:15
Money is not a person; at least I never met one named money.

You're right. Most money is held by 1% of the people. And at least some of them have to be Democrats... right?
SaintB
01-03-2009, 13:21
You're right. Most money is held by 1% of the people. And at least some of them have to be Democrats... right?

Maybe 1% of them?
Heinleinites
01-03-2009, 13:38
The man should be shot. Plain and simple. There's no sympathy for a fellow man or any of that other happy bullshit with someone as completely indefensible as Rush.

There was a thread about how Joe the Plumber had said something similar and the majority here all self-righteously doggie-piled on him as just the most indefensible kind of evil.
Chumblywumbly
01-03-2009, 14:00
There was a thread about how Joe the Plumber had said something similar and the majority here all self-righteously doggie-piled on him as just the most indefensible kind of evil.
Indeed.

Similar comments have been made, in as serious a tone, about Ann Coulter.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 14:21
There was a thread about how Joe the Plumber had said something similar and the majority here all self-righteously doggie-piled on him as just the most indefensible kind of evil.

There's a big difference between calling someone a horrible person because he wants to shoot people with differing opinions and wanting to shoot someone with a differing.... opinion....

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>.>

In my defense, I never said I wanted to kill Rush. I merely described him as Ronald Reagan's surgically removed cancerous nose growth. ;)
SaintB
01-03-2009, 14:33
There's a big difference between calling someone a horrible person because he wants to shoot people with differing opinions and wanting to shoot someone with a differing.... opinion....

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>.>

In my defense, I never said I wanted to kill Rush. I merely described him as Ronald Reagan's surgically removed cancerous nose growth. ;)

You forgot the word Malignant my dear friend.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 15:28
You forgot the word Malignant my dear friend.

I figured everybody already associated that word with Rush. ;)
Ashmoria
01-03-2009, 15:34
I was actually going to start a thread on Rush. He does this "Weekend Review" and apparently he had a "Women Summit" because not that many females listen to him. (waits for the fake gasp to subside) Anyways, one of the females called him and told him that he's demeaning to women, he talks down to people, thinks he is always right, etc. They get into a discussion about some of the names he uses over the years "Femi-Nazi" "Info-Babe". He ask what was wrong with "Info-Babe" and honestly I was thinking "It's all about respect Rush, you gotta give people respect, and calling them Info-Babe isn't doing that."
i listened to a few minutes of that the other day. "why dont women like me?" "well its mostly because you are an obnoxious pig" "i am not. and i wont change that anyway"

he went on to suggest that anyone who hasnt listened to him (or listened a few times and hate him) need to listen for 6 freaking weeks THEN judge. like anyone deserves that kind of torture.
Ashmoria
01-03-2009, 15:36
There was a thread about how Joe the Plumber had said something similar and the majority here all self-righteously doggie-piled on him as just the most indefensible kind of evil.
joe doesnt need to be shot. they need to let him crawl back into the hole he crawled out of. he has no business in big time politics but the republicans are so desperate for someone interesting/compelling that they keep dragging him into the spotlight.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 15:44
joe doesnt need to be shot. they need to let him crawl back into the hole he crawled out of. he has no business in big time politics but the republicans are so desperate for someone interesting/compelling that they keep dragging him into the spotlight.

I think he was remarking on people in this thread saying that Rush needs to be shot and these same people's reactions to Joe the Plumber saying that Democrats need to be shot.
Ashmoria
01-03-2009, 16:01
I think he was remarking on people in this thread saying that Rush needs to be shot and these same people's reactions to Joe the Plumber saying that Democrats need to be shot.
oh i forgot about that.
Celtlund II
01-03-2009, 16:05
Between Limblob, Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal and Joe the Plumber it's like the Republican Party wants to put together a comedy farce.

It's like the Mystery Men, except they all suck.

The man should be shot. Plain and simple. There's no sympathy for a fellow man or any of that other happy bullshit with someone as completely indefensible as Rush.

I don't like him and I think nearly everything he says is phony, offensive, hypocritical, stupid and trite.

How about we just toss him in jail? He's broken the law enough. But we can't because he is rich and white. And rich.

The only jumping I want to see Rush do is off a cliff.

Wouldn't it be nice if he crawled back onto the tip of Ronald Reagan's nose from whence he spawned?

I do not like Rush as I feel he is a bit over the top. This isn't just about Rush as you have a tendency to do this to anyone who disagrees with you. However why am I not surprised at the amount of venom espoused on the first page of this post?

Most of you blast those of us who are even the least bit conservative because of our rejection of such things as homosexuality, abortion, radical Islam etc. You want those of us who don't agree with your point of view to "be more tolerant and understanding" and to "respect your point of view." How can we when you do not respect the point of view or exhibit tolerance for people who disagree with you? :confused::confused::confused:
Wilgrove
01-03-2009, 16:12
He's the mouthpiece of the conservative party, you expect him to respect anyone? Let alone women?

Yay for Generalization, why bother researching facts when you can just make sweeping generalization!

i listened to a few minutes of that the other day. "why dont women like me?" "well its mostly because you are an obnoxious pig" "i am not. and i wont change that anyway"

he went on to suggest that anyone who hasnt listened to him (or listened a few times and hate him) need to listen for 6 freaking weeks THEN judge. like anyone deserves that kind of torture.

Hell I've listened to him for longer than six weeks and I still think he's an obnoxious pig.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 16:13
I do not like Rush as I feel he is a bit over the top. This isn't just about Rush as you have a tendency to do this to anyone who disagrees with you. However why am I not surprised at the amount of venom espoused on the first page of this post?

Most of you blast those of us who are even the least bit conservative because of our rejection of such things as homosexuality, abortion, radical Islam etc. You want those of us who don't agree with your point of view to "be more tolerant and understanding" and to "respect your point of view." How can we when you do not respect the point of view or exhibit tolerance for people who disagree with you? :confused::confused::confused:

So the socially tolerant should be more tolerant of the socially intolerant because we're supposed to be the tolerant ones?
Wilgrove
01-03-2009, 16:17
So the socially tolerant should be more tolerant of the socially intolerant because we're supposed to be the tolerant ones?

Yea, isn't that what being tolerant is all about? :p
Ashmoria
01-03-2009, 16:24
Yay for Generalization, why bother researching facts when you can just make sweeping generalization!



Hell I've listened to him for longer than six weeks and I still think he's an obnoxious pig.
rush used to have moments of being very funny. that made him possible to listen to. now he's panicked and ugly. he needs to go back to lampooning the opposition.
Celtlund II
01-03-2009, 16:29
So the socially tolerant should be more tolerant of the socially intolerant because we're supposed to be the tolerant ones?

we're supposed to be the tolerant ones

Niff said.
SaintB
01-03-2009, 16:30
Yay for Generalization, why bother researching facts when you can just make sweeping generalization!


It works wonders for him. Besides I didn't say all conservatives hate everyone, only that the obnoxious ones (aka Rush Limbaugh) do. Like Ashmoria said, he used to be funny... how hes not.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 16:32
we're supposed to be the tolerant ones

Niff said.

Who the hell is Niff? Tell him to get bent! :tongue:

The problem with tolerating intolerance is that it doesn't go away. So me being tolerant toward people's differences ends at people trying to destroy tolerance. I guess I'm justifying the tolerant being intolerant of intolerance for the sake of tolerance.

:)

:confused:

:)
Wilgrove
01-03-2009, 16:39
Who the hell is Niff? Tell him to get bent! :tongue:

The problem with tolerating intolerance is that it doesn't go away. So me being tolerant toward people's differences ends at people trying to destroy tolerance. I guess I'm justifying the tolerant being intolerant of intolerance for the sake of tolerance.

:)

:confused:

:)

Is it tolerant if I just don't care about people private lives, or what they do with their bodies or with each other?
Wilgrove
01-03-2009, 16:40
It works wonders for him. Besides I didn't say all conservatives hate everyone, only that the obnoxious ones (aka Rush Limbaugh) do. Like Ashmoria said, he used to be funny... how hes not.

True, point conceded. However, for me personally, I try to not do the things that my oppositions do. Just because they do it, doesn't make it ok for me to do it.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 16:45
Is it tolerant if I just don't care about people private lives, or what they do with their bodies or with each other?

Well, I don't tolerate Rush's intolerance, but I will tolerate him boinking a dude. I will not tolerate him being treated like a second-class citizen because he likes to boink dudes, but I will treat him like a second-class citizen because he thinks dude-boinkers should be treated like second-class citizens.
Ashmoria
01-03-2009, 16:45
Is it tolerant if I just don't care about people private lives, or what they do with their bodies or with each other?
seems tolerant to me. why should anyone care about what people do in their private lives?
SaintB
01-03-2009, 16:45
True, point conceded. However, for me personally, I try to not do the things that my oppositions do. Just because they do it, doesn't make it ok for me to do it.

I thought it would get my point across nicely though.
SaintB
01-03-2009, 16:49
Well, I don't tolerate Rush's intolerance, but I will tolerate him boinking a dude. I will not tolerate him being treated like a second-class citizen because he likes to boink dudes, but I will treat him like a second-class citizen because he thinks dude-boinkers should be treated like second-class citizens.

Yes, this, absolutly this.
Chumblywumbly
01-03-2009, 17:03
Well, I don't tolerate Rush's intolerance, but I will tolerate him boinking a dude. I will not tolerate him being treated like a second-class citizen because he likes to boink dudes, but I will treat him with disdain because he thinks dude-boinkers should be treated like second-class citizens.
Morally fixed.

:P
Modzer0
01-03-2009, 17:44
anyone for a Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter ticket in 2012?
SaintB
01-03-2009, 17:50
anyone for a Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter ticket in 2012?

Only if there is a dunking booth filled with acid...
Modzer0
01-03-2009, 17:56
Only if there is a dunking booth filled with acid...

I think you are looking at this all wrong. A Rush/Ann ticket would allow moderate republicans to highlight the problem with the faaaaaaaarrrr right.
SaintB
01-03-2009, 17:57
I think you are looking at this all wrong. A Rush/Ann ticket would allow moderate republicans to highlight the problem with the faaaaaaaarrrr right.

It would still be fun to throw baseballs at a tiny sized target to try and dip Anne Coulter or Rush Limbaugh in acid :p.
Lackadaisical2
01-03-2009, 18:17
So the socially tolerant should be more tolerant of the socially intolerant because we're supposed to be the tolerant ones?

no, but you all come off as assholes when you're being all preachy and advocating murder or imprisonment for political views.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 18:22
no, but you all come off as assholes when you're being all preachy and advocating murder or imprisonment for political views.

Perhaps, but so does Rush. At least we don't persecute the dude-boinkers. It's a start. ;)
Knights of Liberty
01-03-2009, 18:31
There was a thread about how Joe the Plumber had said something similar and the majority here all self-righteously doggie-piled on him as just the most indefensible kind of evil.

Calling for your political enemies to be shot is abhorent, regardless.

The difference is, the poster in question is not the mouth peice for one of the major political parties in the US. Joe is.

My "I want Rush to jump off a cliff" was a tounge in cheek response to a really stupid post. Besides, wishing him to take his own life isnt as bad as calling for him to be shot for speaking his mind (or lack there of) :p

How can we when you do not respect the point of view or exhibit tolerance for people who disagree with you? :confused::confused::confused:

We do tolerate you. We dont want to ban you from speaking your opinion.

However, that doesnt mean we cant find your viewpoints repulsive. They are.
Lackadaisical2
01-03-2009, 18:32
Perhaps, but so does Rush. At least we don't persecute the dude-boinkers. It's a start. ;)

I suppose so.
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 18:32
I suppose so.

Evolution is a gradual process. :p
Trostia
01-03-2009, 18:42
I do not like Rush as I feel he is a bit over the top. This isn't just about Rush as you have a tendency to do this to anyone who disagrees with you.

No I don't.

Most of you blast those of us who are even the least bit conservative

No I don't.

because of our rejection of such things as homosexuality

You're not helping things with comments like that.

No: homophobia is not "conservative." It's just bigoted and stupid - and if you're gonna cling to it, expect to be called on it. Yes, with "venom."

You want those of us who don't agree with your point of view to "be more tolerant and understanding" and to "respect your point of view."

Why are you "quoting" things that you just "pulled out of your ass?"

Because I sure as hell didn't say them.

How can we when you do not respect the point of view or exhibit tolerance for people who disagree with you? :confused::confused::confused:

So you can't respect someone else's point of view, unless they respect Rush Limbaugh?
Knights of Liberty
01-03-2009, 18:47
I honostly feel like we need to take Neo Arts little rant about what tolerance really means and sticky it so that we can just link it whenever one of the resident right wingers goes on his "YOU DONTS TOLERATEZ ME CUZ YOU THINK MAH OPINION IS WRONG!!!11!1" rants.

Thinking your arguement or opinion is made of fail =/= intolerant.
Cannot think of a name
01-03-2009, 18:54
I have to agree that I balked at calls to kill or imprison Limbaugh. I didn't post anything, but then I didn't post anything when Wurzelbaker said it either.

However, the willful ignorance that feeds these nonsense "Why aren't people tolerant of my intolerance" is staggering.

As far as the reaction and severity of opposition, to turn a blind eye to the nature of the opinion being objected to is disengenious.

Try to see the difference:

"I believe in a trickle-down economic model where more economic freedom for those who have the most will result in greater wealth over all and that given a free hand corporations and the market will eventual fix even the problems that it creates."

I disagree.

"Fags are an abomination of god and deserve to be relegated to second hand status, women who speak out against inequalities in our society are nazis, and I not only disagree with the platform of my opposition and think it will not work, I want it to not work because more important than anything else is the fucking scoreboard."

You're a dick.
Desperate Measures
01-03-2009, 19:16
Isn't this an Arthur C. Clarke novel?
Lunatic Goofballs
01-03-2009, 19:17
I have to agree that I balked at calls to kill or imprison Limbaugh. I didn't post anything, but then I didn't post anything when Wurzelbaker said it either.

However, the willful ignorance that feeds these nonsense "Why aren't people tolerant of my intolerance" is staggering.

As far as the reaction and severity of opposition, to turn a blind eye to the nature of the opinion being objected to is disengenious.

Try to see the difference:

"I believe in a trickle-down economic model where more economic freedom for those who have the most will result in greater wealth over all and that given a free hand corporations and the market will eventual fix even the problems that it creates."

I disagree.

"Fags are an abomination of god and deserve to be relegated to second hand status, women who speak out against inequalities in our society are nazis, and I not only disagree with the platform of my opposition and think it will not work, I want it to not work because more important than anything else is the fucking scoreboard."

You're a dick.

Well put. :)
The One Eyed Weasel
01-03-2009, 19:30
I'd vote for Rush if he handed out painkillers for free whenever I wanted them.
Ferrous Oxide
01-03-2009, 19:32
However, the willful ignorance that feeds these nonsense "Why aren't people tolerant of my intolerance" is staggering.

It's free speech unless you're not far-left, then it's fascism.
Knights of Liberty
01-03-2009, 20:35
It's free speech unless you're not far-left, then it's fascism.

God youre so full of shit. Stop lying plz.
Veblenia
01-03-2009, 20:53
I'd vote for Rush if he handed out painkillers for free whenever I wanted them.

You really expect him to share?
Intangelon
01-03-2009, 21:13
The man should be shot. Plain and simple. There's no sympathy for a fellow man or any of that other happy bullshit with someone as completely indefensible as Rush.

Here's the answer to the question in whatever thread it was where someone was asking for an example of a liberal demanding that a conservative be shot.

Well done, Sdaerji.
Knights of Liberty
01-03-2009, 21:14
Here's the answer to the question in whatever thread it was where someone was asking for an example of a liberal demanding that a conservative be shot.

Well done, Sdaerji.

Except Sdaerji isnt the figurehead for a major political party.
Chumblywumbly
01-03-2009, 21:22
Except Sdaerji isnt the figurehead for a major political party.
Well of course, if we move the goalposts there, everything is solved!
Intangelon
01-03-2009, 21:26
Except Sdaerji isnt the figurehead for a major political party.

So? The "Right Wingnut" thread didn't mention that the liberal or Democrat in question had to be a party figurehead, did it? No. I'm not saying that Sdaerji doesn't have the right to type whatever he wants, I was merely pointing out that here's an example of someone on the left resorting to the "he should be shot" line.
Knights of Liberty
01-03-2009, 21:31
So? The "Right Wingnut" thread didn't mention that the liberal or Democrat in question had to be a party figurehead, did it? No. I'm not saying that Sdaerji doesn't have the right to type whatever he wants, I was merely pointing out that here's an example of someone on the left resorting to the "he should be shot" line.

Well of course, if we move the goalposts there, everything is solved!

My point since the begining of even the rightwing nut thread has been, it doesnt matter if some nobody says insane things. You ignore them. When someone with influence say it, it matters.

No goalpost moving for me. Good try though.
The Black Forrest
01-03-2009, 21:40
I don't know why people even fight over him. The man is a talking head who thinks he is rather brilliant political pundit. Yet, when taken to task over his never ending obtuse statements; he always falls back on "hey I am an entertainer!"

Who is to blame?

It's simple really. The people are to blame. Why is it so many people take the TV, the Radio, or the Net as fact? Why would you believe somebody like Rush as knowing something about anything he spews into the radio waves? It's probably because people as a whole have stopped reading in general. Why spend the time reading books when you can get agenda driven sound bites?

As long as people on the average read 1/2 of a book a year(in the US), people like Rush will remain.....
Intangelon
01-03-2009, 21:58
I don't know why people even fight over him. The man is a talking head who thinks he is rather brilliant political pundit. Yet, when taken to task over his never ending obtuse statements; he always falls back on "hey I am an entertainer!"

Who is to blame?

It's simple really. The people are to blame. Why is it so many people take the TV, the Radio, or the Net as fact? Why would you believe somebody like Rush as knowing something about anything he spews into the radio waves? It's probably because people as a whole have stopped reading in general. Why spend the time reading books when you can get agenda driven sound bites?

As long as people on the average read 1/2 of a book a year(in the US), people like Rush will remain.....

Absolutely agreed. Well spoken.
CthulhuFhtagn
01-03-2009, 22:45
It's way more than 1/2 a book a year. It's something like nine on average.
The Black Forrest
02-03-2009, 01:03
It's way more than 1/2 a book a year. It's something like nine on average.

I am not so sure on that. I read somewhere that in 2006 it was estimated 1/4 of the country hadn't even read a book.
CthulhuFhtagn
02-03-2009, 01:40
I am not so sure on that. I read somewhere that in 2006 it was estimated 1/4 of the country hadn't even read a book.

We had a thread on this a short while back, IIRC.

Edit: If 1/4 didn't read a book 1/2 a book a year is an impossible figure. 3/4 is the lowest possible result, and that's only if everyone else only reads one book.
The Black Forrest
02-03-2009, 01:47
We had a thread on this a short while back, IIRC.

Edit: If 1/4 didn't read a book 1/2 a book a year is an impossible figure. 3/4 is the lowest possible result, and that's only if everyone else only reads one book.

The 1/2 number I saw in a couple polls.

It would also depend on the 3/4. How many of the remainder even finished a book?

The 1/4 mentioned didn't even try to read a book.....
Knights of Liberty
02-03-2009, 05:18
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/01/transcript-rush-limbaughs-address-cpac/


For people who dont want to listen to that blob talk, but still want to see what it said, here is the transcript.
Heinleinites
02-03-2009, 07:45
Calling for your political enemies to be shot is abhorent, regardless.

Finally! A tiny piece of agreement. I knew we could do it.

The difference is, the poster in question is not the mouth peice for one of the major political parties in the US. Joe is.

I don't know, I think you might be giving Joe a bit more credit than he deserves.
Straughn
02-03-2009, 10:19
Wouldn't it be nice if he crawled back onto the tip of Ronald Reagan's nose from whence he spawned?

In July of 1987, Ronald Reagan had a cancerous growth removed from his nose. Around the same time, Rush Limbaugh entered the spotlight. It's not a coincidence! :eek:
That reminds me ... which one of y'all is keeping track of Bush's rectal polyps? They already have radio shows?
Straughn
02-03-2009, 10:21
I don't know, I think you might be giving Joe a bit more credit than he deserves.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=6594804
Credit gets people *everywhere* these days.
The Sons of Christ
02-03-2009, 10:26
It would be a waste of time for him to run the Current American population
have shown they are not smart enough to know who to vote for But I can dream Rush 2012 I would prefer Mrs Rice 2012
Straughn
02-03-2009, 10:30
It would be a waste of time for him to run the Current American population
have shown they are not smart enough to know who to vote for But I can dream Rush 2012 I would prefer Mrs Rice 2012
McChrists? MacChrists?
Mrs. Rice is a liar under oath. Thanks, we've had enough. Anyone that had any interest in riding out that administration deserves a swift kick out of the country at the very LEAST. NOT an invitation to ruin it further.
Heinleinites
02-03-2009, 11:10
Anyone that had any interest in riding out that administration deserves a swift kick out of the country at the very LEAST. NOT an invitation to ruin it further.

I suppose that's marginally better than advocating they be shot. Slowly but surely discourse improves...