Rush Limbaugh on opinionated people

[Ladewig]

From Rush Limbaugh's opening comments on his first show since returning from rehab

It's amazing, when you know something that nobody else knows and you listen to the people that don't know anything write and talk about it. It is hilarious. It is absolutely hilarious to read and listen to people who don't have the slightest idea what they're talking about act expert and all opinionated about it.

[sputter]But he...I mean it's...all he ever does....his entire act...[/sputter]

 

[WildCat]

I've always wanted to use that one!

 

[DrChinese]

Rush: How to talk and not say a thing.

That matches up quite well to his audience: how to listen and not think a thing.

 

[corplinx]

Its ironic when taken out of context. However, in context he was talking about pundits/reporters talking about what he was going through in rehab and basically saying they were all way off the mark.

I listened in the first 20 minutes or so. What I thought was funny was the huge butt kiss he gave his audience and the first political thing he mentioned was the Ted Kennedy/Neanderthal flap which I think is just pissing in the wind.

We all know what Kennedy meant. Yes there may be a double-standard but don't even suggest Kennedy meant it as a slur. Its obvious it wasnt.

 

[Paladin]

Yeah, well, Rush is still on his pink cloud.

Basically, he's had his 4-5 weeks in rehab, he's still "got it", and we'll see how well he holds up in about, oh, 3-6 months.

It was funny to hear him throw that "They don't like themselves," line at the Democrats. Learned all kinds of new things in Arizona, Rush did.

Ah, well, it sucks to have an addiction. I hope he manages to stay in recovery.

 

[specious_reasons]

Its ironic when taken out of context. However, in context he was talking about pundits/reporters talking about what he was going through in rehab and basically saying they were all way off the mark.
(snip)

I assumed that context. I still find it ironic.

 

[hgc]

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It was funny to hear him throw that "They don't like themselves," line at the Democrats. Learned all kinds of new things in Arizona, Rush did.

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Nothing new. The few times I've heard Rush, I noticed most of all that he makes sweeping generalizations about the personality traits of "liberals" and other opponents. I just love to hear that he's now couching it in terms of feel-good group therapy sessions. Can't he figure how obvious he sounds?

 

[ShowMe]

Upon Rush Limbaugh's triumphant return to the airwaves even the liberals on the JREF board are quaking in their boots. "But just you wait and see" they proclaim, "in 3-6 months we'll see if he's still got it!"

The fact that the left has been saying that for 15 years seems lost on them, but let's not let facts get in the way. They cry and decry his show as an "act", as they have done for over a decade...but still he is proven right, time and time again.

How soon will it be, I wonder, before the robotic left tries to say that his audience is just a bunch of "followers", even calling themselves "dittoheads"? Never mind that this is entirely misrepresented...we don't need FACTS, we have RHETORIC!

"Hypocrite!" they scream, trying to tie his drug addiction to a single line, taken out of context from his television show years ago. Yet when Ted Kennedy calls minorities Neanderthals, and he points out the hypocrisy of the left, it's they who swarm with the caws of "context!"

Rush is back, Rush is right....get used to it.

 

[Charlie Monoxide]

Somehow whenever I hear anything about Rush Limbaugh, I think about the word "irrelevant".

Charlie (Rush who?) Monoxide

 

[Mr Manifesto]

Yeah, well, Rush is still on his pink cloud.

Basically, he's had his 4-5 weeks in rehab, he's still "got it", and we'll see how well he holds up in about, oh, 3-6 months.

It was funny to hear him throw that "They don't like themselves," line at the Democrats. Learned all kinds of new things in Arizona, Rush did.

Ah, well, it sucks to have an addiction. I hope he manages to stay in recovery.

Y'know, you remind me of someone...

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Upon Rush Limbaugh's triumphant return to the airwaves even the liberals on the JREF board are quaking in their boots. "But just you wait and see" they proclaim, "in 3-6 months we'll see if he's still got it!"

The fact that the left has been saying that for 15 years seems lost on them, but let's not let facts get in the way. They cry and decry his show as an "act", as they have done for over a decade...but still he is proven right, time and time again.

How soon will it be, I wonder, before the robotic left tries to say that his audience is just a bunch of "followers", even calling themselves "dittoheads"? Never mind that this is entirely misrepresented...we don't need FACTS, we have RHETORIC!

"Hypocrite!" they scream, trying to tie his drug addiction to a single line, taken out of context from his television show years ago. Yet when Ted Kennedy calls minorities Neanderthals, and he points out the hypocrisy of the left, it's they who swarm with the caws of "context!"

Rush is back, Rush is right....get used to it.

I don't see any smilies so I don't know if you're kidding or not, but the fact that Rush is so full of s*** he stinks is well documented.
(and please, don't disparage the source, counter the assertions)
http://www.fair.org/press-releases/limbaugh-debates-reality.html

Rush appeals to the lowest common denominator of the knee-jerk reactionary right. Those of you conservatives who continue to elevate him to sainthood look really bad for having such a buffoon as your paragon.

If Rush is responsible for some Conservative Renaissance, then that is testament to the intellectual and moral bancruptcy of current noe-Cons.

 

[ShowMe]

(and please, don't disparage the source, counter the assertions)
http://www.fair.org/press-releases/limbaugh-debates-reality.html

A nine year old piece that's been torn to shreds over and over? THAT'S the best you can come up with?

I don't have to rebut this, it's already been done. You're "well documented" is someone else's "laughable":

http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/politics/rush.htm

Rush appeals to the lowest common denominator of the knee-jerk reactionary right. Those of you conservatives who continue to elevate him to sainthood look really bad for having such a buffoon as your paragon.

No facts, of course. Just more rhetoric.

A buffoon that the left has continuously tried to cripple for over a decade...and he's done nothing except become more popular. How does it feel to belong to a group that isn't even good enough to overthrow a buffoon?

If Rush is responsible for some Conservative Renaissance, then that is testament to the intellectual and moral bancruptcy of current noe-Cons.

Or of the complete inablilty of the left to promote anything except hate and ridicule, and a testament of the American people's end of patience for such lunacy.

 

[Kodiak]

 

[specious_reasons]

...even the liberals on the JREF board are quaking in their boots. ...

...but still he is proven right, time and time again....

...the robotic left...

...Rush is back, Rush is right....get used to it....

...How does it feel to belong to a group that isn't even good enough to overthrow a buffoon?...

....Or of the complete inablilty of the left to promote anything except hate and ridicule, and a testament of the American people's end of patience for such lunacy...

Facts, not rhetoric, ShowMe.

Limbaugh's statements are ironic, regardless of context. I've seen multiple posters say something to the effect of: "Every time there is a news story about something I'm intimately familiar about, the press always gets something wrong." It's happened to me.

I wonder if that will make Limbaugh be more careful, be more certain that he gets his facts right, and be more certain he accurately represents other people's opinions?

edited for better grammar

 

[ShowMe]

Facts, not rhetoric, ShowMe.
edited for better grammar

All I've done is give you facts, I can't help it if all you do is ignore them.

Face it, Rush Limbaugh is the media mongel of the world and..and...oh , hell, this just isn't fun any more.

Yes, most everything I said was heavy with rhetoric. Every once in a while we all succumb to our troll like tendenacies just to see if we get a rise out of some folks.

I've listened to Limbaugh before (not since he's been back though, havent had the chance). I do find him funny, articulate and knowledgable about a great many things.....but I also dismiss much of what he says unless I can verify it for myself.

That goes for Michael Moore, who is the same thing as Rush except on the other side. I think Moore can be very funny, and very insightful on some things...but many of the ideas he has are ideas I find ridiculous.

I see them as entertainers more than anything; while a source should always be questioned a good idea or thought is still a good idea or thought, regardless of where it came from.

 

[Tricky]

Face it, Rush Limbaugh is the media mongel of the world and..and...oh , hell, this just isn't fun any more.

Was that supposed to be "mogul" or "mongrel"? If you coined a new word to indicate a melding of the two, well, I am impressed. If it is an accident, then chalk up another case solved by the Pedant Police.

 

[Zep]

Who is this Rush Limbaugh creature, and why should I even care?

Is his elevation to "revered commentator" a part of the peculiar mid-western American habit of labelling anything known even as far as the next hamlet as "world famous"? As in "Mrs Grumpy's World Famous Turkey Pies"? And "Rush Limbaugh, World Famous Conservative Commentator"?

Bah.

 

[Paladin]

Upon Rush Limbaugh's triumphant return to the airwaves even the liberals on the JREF board are quaking in their boots. "But just you wait and see" they proclaim, "in 3-6 months we'll see if he's still got it!"

His abilities as a radio announcer and loudmouth right-wing propagandist are one thing, and I have no doubts that Rush will continue as he has for his entire career.

Whether or not he can remain in recovery is another question that is wholly independent of liberal or conservative politics.

This ain't rhetoric...kicking an addiction ain't easy. Rush is still on the "pink cloud" of early recovery. For his sake I hope he is able to sustain his recovery as life outside the treatment center begins to affect him.

People who have been in recovery programs know what I'm talking about.

The fact that the left has been saying that for 15 years seems lost on them, but let's not let facts get in the way. They cry and decry his show as an "act", as they have done for over a decade...but still he is proven right, time and time again.

How soon will it be, I wonder, before the robotic left tries to say that his audience is just a bunch of "followers", even calling themselves "dittoheads"? Never mind that this is entirely misrepresented...we don't need FACTS, we have RHETORIC!

"Hypocrite!" they scream, trying to tie his drug addiction to a single line, taken out of context from his television show years ago. Yet when Ted Kennedy calls minorities Neanderthals, and he points out the hypocrisy of the left, it's they who swarm with the caws of "context!"

Rush is back, Rush is right....get used to it.

Always listen to opposing points of view.

 

[Brown]

More trouble for Limbaugh: from ABC News:

Authorities Eye Whether Rush Limbaugh Laundered Money Used to Pay for Drugs

Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh may have violated state money-laundering laws in the way he handled the money he used to buy the prescription drugs to which he was addicted, law enforcement officials in Florida and New York told ABCNEWS.

A conviction on such charges in Florida would be a first-degree felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

Limbaugh's lawyer denies any wrongdoing (surprise!) but authorities say that Limbaugh's bank withdrawal activities were suspicious. "Now the problem will be: Did he then assist his drug supplier in hiding the proceeds from the government?" said financial crime expert Jack Blum. According to the article, the bank in question paid a $10 million fine in July, 2001, because of the Limbaugh transactions and many others like it.

The following sounds like a joke, but it is a quote from the article:

Limbaugh's lawyers say he did not do that and that he is being falsely accused by those who want to force him off the air.

 

[Ladewig]

Limbaugh's lawyers say he did not do that and that he is being falsely accused by those who want to force him off the air.

[rushvoice] It's a conspiracy, I tell you. A conspiracy. [/rushvoice]

I wish I had a fraction of a cent for every time Mr. Limbaugh made fun of Hillary's reference to a right-wing conspiracy.

ShowMe-
I've listened to Limbaugh before (not since he's been back though, havent had the chance). I do find him funny, articulate and knowledgable about a great many things.....but I also dismiss much of what he says unless I can verify it for myself.

That goes for Michael Moore, who is the same thing as Rush except on the other side. I think Moore can be very funny, and very insightful on some things...but many of the ideas he has are ideas I find ridiculous.

Although I still stand by my comment that making fun of Chelsea's looks was inappropriate, on the whole, I'll accept that evaluation. Or as they say, "dittos to that."

I do hope he keeps away from the drugs. After doing as many oxy's as he did, five weeks is a very short time before throwing oneself back into a demanding job.