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Rush "Doughboy" Limbaugh reveals his softness to the world

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Aisengard

Golden Member
I literally can't believe this.

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52857

So now he feels 'liberated'? Yeah right. He just wants to be 'right'. There is no loyalty among hacks like him. Just because his ideals now are in direct opposition to the American people, he changes them to try to appeal to more people. As a business move, it's a good one, since no one wants to be labeled 'GOP' anymore, but as a personal move, it just proves beyond any doubt that Rush is simply a hack who knows nothing beyond, and might not even believe the talking points pushed forward by the GOP idiots in power. Now that those GOP idiots (Rick Santorum a prime example) are out of power, he has to tow the line for the more conservative, and perhaps slightly less idiotic of the GOP.

This leads me to think that people like Rush and Ann Coulter don't actually believe what they spew. They just do it for business, which makes their followers ever so more pathetic. At least Al Franken and Greg Palast believe what they write.
 
Rush is gorging himself on republicans today..

*grumble grumble* *MUNCH MUNCH* *whinne* *MUNCH!!*

I dont know why people believe this con man.

He has already fallen back to his old stand by line (one he used during the Clinton years) that all he can do is bring the "news" to the "people." I guess we outta feel sorry for him? pssshhaww!!
 
Did you actually listen to Rush?

What he said was basically he had no choice but to defend Bush and the Republicans for the past few months.

Nobody on the conservative side has been happy with a lot of Bush policies over the last few years. But we have had no choice but to stand behind the Republicans.

Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
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Yes, let's compare the governing of the world's most powerful nation to NFL fandom.

Just when I think you couldn't possibly post anything less intelligent...
 
Originally posted by: Aisengard

So now he feels 'liberated'?
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Hell yeah he feels liberated. Pelosi's already said the Dems are making direct government-pharmaceutical negotiations a priority - Rush'll be able to get his oxycontin on the cheap now!
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Did you actually listen to Rush?

What he said was basically he had no choice but to defend Bush and the Republicans for the past few months.

Nobody on the conservative side has been happy with a lot of Bush policies over the last few years. But we have had no choice but to stand behind the Republicans.

Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
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My dear Sir, the fate of the Nation does not rest on a football team and your fan boy mentality is rather sad. You should think of what is good for the nation rather than loyalty to a party gone off the deep end.

Limbaugh is right, but the conservatives he longs for are Democrats.
 
ProfJohn

Pretty worthless analogy there guy. Unless of course you think domestic and international politics, war, uncontrolled spending, etc. is of as little significance as a football game.

Yeah, my party, right or wrong mentality again.

 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Did you actually listen to Rush?

What he said was basically he had no choice but to defend Bush and the Republicans for the past few months.

Nobody on the conservative side has been happy with a lot of Bush policies over the last few years. But we have had no choice but to stand behind the Republicans.

Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
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Geez, I just got done replying to one of your other posts with a positive light, and now you post this dribble?

It is dangerous to our country and unethical to blindly support one 'side', with no thought to the wrongs being committed. Being critical of individuals who had BETRAYED conservatism does not equal cheering for the other side, but rather calling for ethics and accountability.

If someone in a position of elected or appointed office is doing harm to our country by making poor decisions, I will criticize them openly and directly despite what party they are affiliated with. I strongly suggest we all do the same, partisanship is poison to the process of logical decision making.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Did you actually listen to Rush?

What he said was basically he had no choice but to defend Bush and the Republicans for the past few months.

Nobody on the conservative side has been happy with a lot of Bush policies over the last few years. But we have had no choice but to stand behind the Republicans.

Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
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Why did he have no choice but to defend Republicans? So they'd get elected and continue to not support his supposed 'ideals'? If he really was 'conservative' he'd have joined in the chorus of those attacking the fake conservatives in Washington. Instead, he defended them, so logic would have it that he went down with them. But since he's a businessman first and foremost, 'going down' with the ship is not an option.

So really, your football comparison helps my point. Rush has abandoned the team that ended up doing poorly.

Face it, your God was a hack, is a hack, and will always be a worthless (morally speaking) hack, and his followers complete and utter fools. Are you implying, by being a Rush Limbaugh follower, that you are a complete and utter fool? Perhaps once you acknowledge that point, you can get over it and start being an informative and intelligent forum member.
 
Originally posted by: jackschmittusa
ProfJohn

Pretty worthless analogy there guy. Unless of course you think domestic and international politics, war, uncontrolled spending, etc. is of as little significance as a football game.

Yeah, my party, right or wrong mentality again.
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IMHO, this appears to be a LOT more common than you guys are admitting. Lurking in this forum for past three years or so would give almost anyone that impression.

Politics around here, and many places elsewhere is played like a "team sport", and evidences the mentality and tactics as well.

Fern
 
Originally posted by: Aisengard
I literally can't believe this.

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52857

So now he feels 'liberated'? Yeah right. He just wants to be 'right'. There is no loyalty among hacks like him. Just because his ideals now are in direct opposition to the American people, he changes them to try to appeal to more people. As a business move, it's a good one, since no one wants to be labeled 'GOP' anymore, but as a personal move, it just proves beyond any doubt that Rush is simply a hack who knows nothing beyond, and might not even believe the talking points pushed forward by the GOP idiots in power. Now that those GOP idiots (Rick Santorum a prime example) are out of power, he has to tow the line for the more conservative, and perhaps slightly less idiotic of the GOP.

This leads me to think that people like Rush and Ann Coulter don't actually believe what they spew. They just do it for business, which makes their followers ever so more pathetic. At least Al Franken and Greg Palast believe what they write.
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I read the article and I'm not sure what you're ranting about. Rush is right. The republicans lost because they didn't trumpet their message. All the Dems had to do was sit back and watch the other party melt away. The Dems didn't offer an agenda because they didn't have to. They were running against nothing and they had a disgusted electorate on their side who felt that a change was necessary even if they didn't fully know what they were changing to.

Rush is a conservative. He tends to ally himself with the Republican because (in theory) they are a party made up of conservatives. But if that party fails to defend conservative ideals then why should he stump for them? In his mind I'm sure the party is secondary to the ideals he espouses. If he didn't throw the party under the bus then he'd be the hypocrite you're trying to make him out to be. It's specifically because he believes what he writes and says that he's doing this. He was stumping for republicans because, obviously, congress isn't going to get any more conservative under Dem control.

I'm not saying this to defend Rush. I don't listen to his show. The libs on this forum pay far more attention to what he says than I do. I'm saying this because you're going to see a lot of people (in real life and on this forum - including myself) who are going to openly criticize the republican party over this election and other issues.

Straight up, the Republican party needs to get its act togther. It needs to rediscover its identity. This is not the conservative party it was in the 90's when Newt and the gang thought it was important to control spending, make sure that the rules that govern us apply to congress, shrink the size and scope of government, etc.

This election wasn't about conservative vs liberal or even moderate. It wasn't a rebuke of conservative ideals. It was a rebuke of failure and lack of leadership. If the republicans had acted like republicans and cut spending, redundant programs, wasteful entitlement programs and generally reduced the size and scope of government we wouldn't be having this conversation. (They would still be in charge) Instead, they ballooned the budget, added on a brand new ginormous layer of buraucracy and created the largest new government department (DHS) in I don't know how long. In short, they had six years to prove what they could do and they acted like Democrats on domestic issues and idiots on foreign policy.

 
Originally posted by: DishonestJohn
Did you actually listen to Rush?

What he said was basically he had no choice but to defend Bush and the Republicans for the past few months.

Nobody on the conservative side has been happy with a lot of Bush policies over the last few years. But we have had no choice but to stand behind the Republicans.
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Damn!!! That sounds just like YOU! Now, try to find all of your posts saying that BEFORE the election. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
Thank you to Whoozyerdaddy
I am a conservative first, a Republican second,
I support the Republican Party because they are closest to my beliefs.

When they act like Democrats I am not happy with them. However, my unhappiness will never result in my voting for a Democrat.

For those of you who can not seem to understand my sports analogy, first of all stop trying to find fault with everything I say and instead look at it with an open mind.

What it means is that I am not happy with Republicans for acting like Democrats with their spending and Medicare drug program. But my unhappiness with them will not result in me voting for Democrats, who would act even less conservative.
Many of you still can?t seem to grasp that fact.

Perhaps you should also understand that the big issue for the left is the Iraq war, while many of us on the right are not happy with the results we see, we still have more faith in the Republicans than the Democrats when it comes to national security issues.
 
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: Aisengard
I literally can't believe this.

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52857

So now he feels 'liberated'? Yeah right. He just wants to be 'right'. There is no loyalty among hacks like him. Just because his ideals now are in direct opposition to the American people, he changes them to try to appeal to more people. As a business move, it's a good one, since no one wants to be labeled 'GOP' anymore, but as a personal move, it just proves beyond any doubt that Rush is simply a hack who knows nothing beyond, and might not even believe the talking points pushed forward by the GOP idiots in power. Now that those GOP idiots (Rick Santorum a prime example) are out of power, he has to tow the line for the more conservative, and perhaps slightly less idiotic of the GOP.

This leads me to think that people like Rush and Ann Coulter don't actually believe what they spew. They just do it for business, which makes their followers ever so more pathetic. At least Al Franken and Greg Palast believe what they write.
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I read the article and I'm not sure what you're ranting about. Rush is right. The republicans lost because they didn't trumpet their message. All the Dems had to do was sit back and watch the other party melt away. The Dems didn't offer an agenda because they didn't have to. They were running against nothing and they had a disgusted electorate on their side who felt that a change was necessary even if they didn't fully know what they were changing to.

Rush is a conservative. He tends to ally himself with the Republican because (in theory) they are a party made up of conservatives. But if that party fails to defend conservative ideals then why should he stump for them? In his mind I'm sure the party is secondary to the ideals he espouses. If he didn't throw the party under the bus then he'd be the hypocrite you're trying to make him out to be. It's specifically because he believes what he writes and says that he's doing this. He was stumping for republicans because, obviously, congress isn't going to get any more conservative under Dem control.

I'm not saying this to defend Rush. I don't listen to his show. The libs on this forum pay far more attention to what he says than I do. I'm saying this because you're going to see a lot of people (in real life and on this forum - including myself) who are going to openly criticize the republican party over this election and other issues.

Straight up, the Republican party needs to get its act togther. It needs to rediscover its identity. This is not the conservative party it was in the 90's when Newt and the gang thought it was important to control spending, make sure that the rules that govern us apply to congress, shrink the size and scope of government, etc.

This election wasn't about conservative vs liberal or even moderate. It wasn't a rebuke of conservative ideals. It was a rebuke of failure and lack of leadership. If the republicans had acted like republicans and cut spending, redundant programs, wasteful entitlement programs and generally reduced the size and scope of government we wouldn't be having this conversation. (They would still be in charge) Instead, they ballooned the budget, added on a brand new ginormous layer of buraucracy and created the largest new government department (DHS) in I don't know how long. In short, they had six years to prove what they could do and they acted like Democrats on domestic issues and idiots on foreign policy.
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QFT!
 
I do find it curious that alleged conservatives in the Republican fold are jumping ship claiming they've ALWAYS been taken aback by GOP policies from Washington . . . yet they had no choice but to go along.

Why not do what as people like me . . . . change your party affiliation (Independent) and vote race by race and issue by issue? Oh yeah, I know . . . there's no power in that position! It was far more important to 'win' than to do the right things.

As for policies . . . quit the revisionism! There's been nothing fiscally conservative about the GOP since prior to Reagan. Reagan signed ridiculous spending bills and Bush signed ridiculous spending bills. No one challenges Raygun's conservative credentials and the few that challenged Bush43 were quickly shouted down as if they were telling a family secret.

By exit polling it was indeed a rebuke of failed leadership but also against corruption. Democrats (Jefferson readily comes to mind) can be just as bad but he was a speed bump compared to the mountain of manure that's come from GOP control of Congress and the White House.

When was the last time a Republican President reduced the size and scope of government? Exactly!

Let's not even get started by social policies. Libertarians used to pseudo-caucus with the GOP b/c the GOP seemed to have a clue about minding their own business instead of everybody else. The modern GOP is the antithesis. Most Americans would probably prefer the 'nanny state' to the borderline police junta exemplified by GOP policies since 2001.

Face facts . . . this is what the GOP has stood for . . . intrusive social policy, poor fiscal policy, and myopic ill-informed foreign policy. The terms conservative and liberal mean almost nothing. It's not the label its what people do. There's no glory days to recover b/c the best thing that ever happened to the 90s GOP wasn't Newt Gingrich . . . it was Bill Clinton.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Did you actually listen to Rush?

What he said was basically he had no choice but to defend Bush and the Republicans for the past few months.

Nobody on the conservative side has been happy with a lot of Bush policies over the last few years. But we have had no choice but to stand behind the Republicans.

Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
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By far the most ridiculous thing I have ever read, after the Bible that is.

 
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Straight up, the Republican party needs to get its act togther. It needs to rediscover its identity. This is not the conservative party it was in the 90's when Newt and the gang thought it was important to control spending, make sure that the rules that govern us apply to congress, shrink the size and scope of government, etc.
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Bingo. You'll find the most vitriolic anti-Republicans are often those who feel betrayed by the Republican sell out to a war started by stupidity & run by idiots, the Republican sell out to crazy-assed Evangelicals, & the Republican sell out to absurd ear marking & corruption. I'm nowhere near as conservative as Newt, but I lean sufficiently conservative when it comes to fiscal issues & I typically vote with my wallet.

I absolutely will not, however, condone the insanity of pushing zealous anti-abortion, anti-death with dignity, anti-stem cell research, anti-evolution & the incredible stupidity of alienating our foreign allies so we can bankrupt ourselves fighting wars we shouldn't fight.

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
This election wasn't about conservative vs liberal or even moderate. It wasn't a rebuke of conservative ideals. It was a rebuke of failure and lack of leadership.
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I couldn't agree with you more.
 
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
You're also going to start seeing Hannity and them say things against the Dems which DIRECTLY CONTRADICT what they said in response to Bush and the Repubs wanting the same thing.
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Awwwww poor Hannity he sounded like he was going to cry.

All of them Bush, Rush, Hannity refused to take responsibility for their actions.

What a bunch of sad sacks.

Wow, I wonder what Micheal Savage's response will be.

He is the one that says "Liberalism is a mental disorder" and now Liberals rule the roost.

I can't see how he would stay on the air or even stay in the Country.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Thank you to Whoozyerdaddy
I am a conservative first, a Republican second,
I support the Republican Party because they are closest to my beliefs.

When they act like Democrats I am not happy with them. However, my unhappiness will never result in my voting for a Democrat.

For those of you who can not seem to understand my sports analogy, first of all stop trying to find fault with everything I say and instead look at it with an open mind.

What it means is that I am not happy with Republicans for acting like Democrats with their spending and Medicare drug program. But my unhappiness with them will not result in me voting for Democrats, who would act even less conservative.
Many of you still can?t seem to grasp that fact.

Perhaps you should also understand that the big issue for the left is the Iraq war, while many of us on the right are not happy with the results we see, we still have more faith in the Republicans than the Democrats when it comes to national security issues.
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That bolded statement is a fine summation of why your political opinions will never be respected on these boards. The exception may be the couple of other people here who also refuse to look at actual issues and instead just look for the letter "R" by the name.
 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Thank you to Whoozyerdaddy
I am a conservative first, a Republican second,
I support the Republican Party because they are closest to my beliefs.

When they act like Democrats I am not happy with them. However, my unhappiness will never result in my voting for a Democrat.

For those of you who can not seem to understand my sports analogy, first of all stop trying to find fault with everything I say and instead look at it with an open mind.

What it means is that I am not happy with Republicans for acting like Democrats with their spending and Medicare drug program. But my unhappiness with them will not result in me voting for Democrats, who would act even less conservative.
Many of you still can?t seem to grasp that fact.

Perhaps you should also understand that the big issue for the left is the Iraq war, while many of us on the right are not happy with the results we see, we still have more faith in the Republicans than the Democrats when it comes to national security issues.
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And this is exactly why nobody respects you here. You don't have the concept of logic/reason within your frame of thought. This is why you, a liar claiming to be a conservative, are a loser and we, the democrats are winners this time around.


 
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
I am a conservative first, a Republican second,
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Where does being an American rank? After being a Dallas Cowboys fan? :disgust:

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
For those of you who can not seem to understand my sports analogy, first of all stop trying to find fault with everything I say and instead look at it with an open mind. What it means is that I am not happy with Republicans for acting like Democrats with their spending and Medicare drug program. But my unhappiness with them will not result in me voting for Democrats, who would act even less conservative.
Many of you still can?t seem to grasp that fact.
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Your sports analogy was inarticulate - maybe people don't get you because you can't express yourself eloquently? The bottom line for any good American should be to have the nation's best interest at heart. If you honestly think the Republicans have been doing a great job running the country the last six years, so be it. Make that argument. "The Democrats would do a worse job" is not going to convince anyone you're right - have you not been criticizing the Dems for not having a platform other than 'we're not Republicans'? 'Cause that's the exact same logic you're using.

And sorry, if you can't stand the heat...

Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Perhaps you should also understand that the big issue for the left is the Iraq war, while many of us on the right are not happy with the results we see, we still have more faith in the Republicans than the Democrats when it comes to national security issues.
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Right, because five years of zero oversight & zero dialogue just hasn't been enough time, right?

 
WTF are you guys talking about?
Abandoning the party because they lost?

I've been listening to Rush for the last few months and he's been very critical of the Republicans. He has made it very clear that he is unhappy with many of their policies. But he has also stated repeatedly that just because he is unhappy with them doesn't mean he would rather have the democrats in power. So yeah, maybe he did hold back a bit because he wanted them to win and thought that being too critical so close to an election would be bad for them.

I really don't understand why this concept is too difficult for you to grasp.

It sounds like you think he should have campaigned for democrats because the republicans weren't conservative enough. Which is pretty much the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.
 
Originally posted by: Gigantopithecus
Originally posted by: ProfJohn
Think of it this way. I am a Dallas Cowboy fan, and I am not happy with thier season. But I am sure not going to start cheering for the Giants.
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Yes, let's compare the governing of the world's most powerful nation to NFL fandom.

Just when I think you couldn't possibly post anything less intelligent...
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Last time I checked, Rush had nothing to do with governing any country. Maybe your little brain doesn't see the comparison, but it's pretty clear to me. Just because you aren't thrilled with everything your team does doesn't mean you'd rather have the other team win. Rush backed the republicans because despite the fact that he disagreed with many of their positions, he still thought this "most powerful nation" would be better off with them in power rather than the democrats.
 
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