Rush Limbaugh checks out at 70...

[bruto]

I have to admit that Rush was the reason I became interested in politics. Over 25 years ago. Discovered him while driving a truck for work that had an am radio. Maybe it was his delivery, I don't remember. I'd listen to Howard Stern after, or before I forget.

Haven't listened to him since then really. Even if I listen to conservative radio (so rare) I skip him. He became annoying to me long ago.

I also don't think he was always sincere. I listened to him again a few years ago driving somewhere and I remember thinking more than once, "No way does he believe what he's saying now, he must have his tongue in his cheek" Maybe not though.

No matter how bad the Republicans acted he always always had an excuse for them, and he was very good at it. I do think he was intelligent. I didn't agree with him but he was no dummy.

He used to say long ago on his show, "Keep in mind folks, my primary job is to entertain you", then he'd go on about how his words shouldn't necessarily be taken too seriously (something like that).

I'm kinda just emotionless on this one. It's a bummer when people die, that's about all I can muster. Beyond that, adios!

I've seen a few people softening the issue by pointing out that Rush was an entertainer who used humor. Remember that to some, doing a cake walk in blackface is entertaining humor too. But it is never just that.

 

[bobdroege7]

He was like a border collie keeping all the republican sheeple thinking all the same.

Maybe now some of them can start thinking for themselves.

 

[alfaniner]

I only ever heard snippets of his blatherings. The content was enough to make me avoid him, but it was definitely the artificial "radio" voice that kept me away. Some people sound good that way. His timbre just creeped me out.

 

[Thermal]

He was like a border collie keeping all the republican sheeple thinking all the same.

Maybe now some of them can start thinking for themselves.

Oh god, that's a good one!

People who responded to that stuff are predisposed to it, and public figures like him gave it legitimacy. He was not some Manchurian Candidate programmer. They are 100% willing.

Limbaugh, ex-President Trump...all these guys are mouthpieces for what some folks really, really want to say out loud. They were, and still are, thinking for themselves. They just do it out loud now.

 

[Cavemonster]

Oh god, that's a good one!

People who responded to that stuff are predisposed to it, and public figures like him gave it legitimacy. He was not some Manchurian Candidate programmer. They are 100% willing.

They're willing, but SOMEONE needs to do the sheparding job.
Every time a major and novel issue breaks, I see the immediate conservative reaction goes in a lot of different directions. Then conservative talking heads solidify their talking points over the course of a couple days and the crowd mostly climbs on board.

As November-December went on, when votes came in, when particular challenges failed, there were many moments when the majority of posters on r/conservative would say "Oh well guys, guess we really lost this one, let's move on" until they got their marching orders for how to spin the data or wait for the next Kracken, and then suddenly they were all howling about how Trump's true win would be revealed soon.

I'm not saying Rush alone was responsible, but him, Carlson, Trump himself when he had twitter, their work getting the talking points straight and widely accepted was an important part of the Republican project. I think major voice going silent is a blow to that work until someone else steps up who is as good at it. And while Rush was not a good person by any measure, he was very good at what he did.

 

[Thermal]

They're willing, but SOMEONE needs to do the sheparding job.
Every time a major and novel issue breaks, I see the immediate conservative reaction goes in a lot of different directions. Then conservative talking heads solidify their talking points over the course of a couple days and the crowd mostly climbs on board.

As November-December went on, when votes came in, when particular challenges failed, there were many moments when the majority of posters on r/conservative would say "Oh well guys, guess we really lost this one, let's move on" until they got their marching orders for how to spin the data or wait for the next Kracken, and then suddenly they were all howling about how Trump's true win would be revealed soon.

I'm not saying Rush alone was responsible, but him, Carlson, Trump himself when he had twitter, their work getting the talking points straight and widely accepted was an important part of the Republican project. I think major voice going silent is a blow to that work until someone else steps up who is as good at it. And while Rush was not a good person by any measure, he was very good at what he did.

This keeps me up at night. Just one charismatic deplorable with a couple still-firing neurons, and there is a powder keg ready in the States that will be hard to control.

I get what you are saying, and there is surely a lot of truth there. Some dogs are natural followers, and will heed the Alpha at all costs. But now that they have seen their numbers, and feel they are legitimized, I'm afraid this genie is not going back in the bottle. Any leader will do for the fact-denying crew.

 

[sarge]

It is times like these that the left show their true levels of hypocrisy.

It seems ‘hypocrisy’ doesn’t mean what you think it does.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

I only ever heard snippets of his blatherings. The content was enough to make me avoid him, but it was definitely the artificial "radio" voice that kept me away. Some people sound good that way. His timbre just creeped me out.

I listen a lot to Rachel Maddow's podcast, which really is just the audio portion of her television show. There's a guy who frequently sits in for her, I can't recall the name, whose vocal stylings are so forced and phony it's hard to imagine no one has taken him aside.

Harry, please stop. This isn't the 70s, and you're not a boss jock.

 

[smartcooky]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rejoice-Rush-Limbaughs-death-foul-tweets.html

Nothing hypocritical there.. these people are just speaking the truth about a man who was a scumbag of the airwaves. He was lying arsehat who spread dangerous conspiracy theories and celebrated the deaths of people with HIV, a thoroughly nasty individual in every respect... I have no sympathy for him, and I'm not at all sorry he's dead!

 

[smartcooky]

I listen a lot to Rachel Maddow's podcast, which really is just the audio portion of her television show. There's a guy who frequently sits in for her, I can't recall the name, whose vocal stylings are so forced and phony it's hard to imagine no one has taken him aside.

Ali Velshi?

 

[alfaniner]

I listen a lot to Rachel Maddow's podcast, which really is just the audio portion of her television show. There's a guy who frequently sits in for her, I can't recall the name, whose vocal stylings are so forced and phony it's hard to imagine no one has taken him aside.

Harry, please stop. This isn't the 70s, and you're not a boss jock.

I'm always kind of amused when Manu Raju on CNN puts on his "big boy" voice in interviews. I've heard him in the studio when he's not doing that affectation and prefer his natural voice.

 

[Mumbles]

I've seen a few people softening the issue by pointing out that Rush was an entertainer who used humor. Remember that to some, doing a cake walk in blackface is entertaining humor too. But it is never just that.

I find the excuse odd, as the few people I know who ever listened to him invariably ended up in a rage when they did. Shouting with anger, often pounding their fists on tables and desks, and so on. Of course this is only anecdotal, and I suppose these people could enjoy their rage, but I never saw anyone actually *laugh* at his so-called humor.

 

[mgidm86]

Whenever I hear Alex Jones speak I wonder if he really believes the nonsense he spews. Then I realize that it is irrelevant. He's just a poison.

True.