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Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?

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Sunday, April 20, 2014 10:40 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Rick Ungar, the senior political contributor for the conservative Forbes and regular attendee on Fox, has some tough words when it comes to Limbaugh’s relevance in the conservative movement:
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At long last, it appears that Rush Limbaugh has run out of steam. I have to acknowledge that I have sensed Rush getting by on fumes for some time now (yes, I tune into his show from time to time to enjoy his broadcasting skills if not his message). However, it was only recently that the world of Limbaugh crossed that thin red line from partially serious to total self-parody and audience deception—a line crossed from which there is often no return.

It happened on the occasion of Stephen Colbert’s appointment to fill David Letterman’s soon to be vacated chair on the CBS late-night set.

By using this occasion to create a political narrative designed to stir up his listeners, Limbaugh telegraphed to his loyal followers that he is now dependent upon feeding fully faux political nonsense that his audience instinctively—or explicitly—knows is a bunch of baloney.

To be sure, this is hardly the first time Limbaugh has fed his audience a diet of twisted information and bizarre, conspiratorial memes. However, it may well be the first time that he attempted to shove a diet down the throats of any semi-rational listeners still living in the real world made up of nonsense that even his most loyal listener could not possibly swallow.

That’s a problem for Rush.

A show like Limbaugh’s is wholly reliant on his listeners’ willingness to believe—or suspend belief—no matter how ‘out there’ their guru’s arguments may be. While it is one thing for me to sneer at much of what Limbaugh may present, it is quite another when he attempts to sell his loyal audience on stuff they already know, through personal experience, to be false and fraudulent hokum.

Upon hearing the news of Colbert’s new gig, Limbaugh pronounced— as only Limbaugh can pronounce—

“CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America. No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatism. Now it’s just wide out in the open. What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny, and a redefinition of what is comedy. They’re blowing up the 11:30 format… they hired a partisan, so-called comedian, to run a comedy show.”

Not quite satisfied with his initial declaration, Limbaugh returned to the subject in a later program, commenting further on CBS’s decision to hire Colbert—

“It clearly indicates that the people making this decision have chosen to write off a portion of the country, that they don’t care if a portion of the country watches or not.”

Rush has it right on his last statement.

Indeed, the people who make decisions at television networks have chosen to write off a portion of the country—a decision that was made for them a very long time ago.

However, it has never had anything to do with making choices of audience based on anything even resembling politics and has always had everything to do with blowing off anyone older than 49 years of age because these older folks are poison to advertisers. In other words, the networks are clearly writing off those in ‘the heartland’ if they’ve reached 50 years old—just as they’ve written off folks in this demo in every other nook and cranny of America.

What Limbaugh chose to ignore in his rant is that this is a choice based on what television advertisers want—and what television advertisers want is a young television viewing audience or, to be more specific, viewers that fall between the ages of 18-49. Despite Limbaugh’s truly lame efforts to pretend otherwise, if you fall within this age group, you are welcomed to the party whether you be a progressive, conservative, independent, communist, John Bircher, or whatever other political affiliation you can conjure up.

And yet, Limbaugh—a guy who has spent his life in media—wants his audience to believe that there is some political agenda on the part of a network at work here. Never mind that early morning and late night are the two largest sources of revenue for every broadcast network. Limbaugh expects us to believe that CBS is willing to throw all that money out the window to make a political statement.

If you are a Limbaugh fan, how are you not asking yourself just how dumb this man thinks you are?

So, what does it say when a guy like Rush Limbaugh stoops to trying to build a political fire out of what is about as apolitical as chicken soup?

It says Rush is running on empty. It says he’s grown lazy. It says he’s probably trying to hold on to get though the next presidential election cycle before fading off into the sunset.

Rush Limbaugh ‘works’ when he can fire up his audience with red-hot ideology designed to bring out the anger of his listeners. But no entertainer succeeds when they try to stupidly pull the wool over the very listeners who have been loyal—and Limbaugh’s effort to politicize the Colbert hiring was just that. http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/04/15/has-rush-limbaugh-fin
ally-reached-the-end-of-the-road
/




There's more. The Heritage Foundation at the end of January ended its five-year sponsorship of Rush Limbaugh's show, for which it had paid more than $2 million in some years and more than $9.5 million overall ( http://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/tea-party-radio-network-105774.h
tml
). In 2012, FreedomWorks paid at least $1.4 million to make him an endorser.

If someone receives money from an organization like The Heritage Foundation, who pays you to promote their product (in this case a slanted political opinion), without directly telling the audience the source of funding, it may be considered ‘payola,’ which is illegal ( https://www.fcc.gov/guides/payola-rules). It’s like a business paying for positive reviews. So they paid $9,5 million, and when they realized it might be illegal, they pulled out.

Rushbo also seems to have a hard time holding onto his sponsors:
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As of April 12, 2014, some of the sponsors that haven’t been heard of in months include: Sodastream, Club Glove, Fin Electric Cigarettes, Mannheim Steamroller, Kars4Kids, Sears, Taco Bell, Jewelry Exchange, National Association of Realtors, SweetJack, New Vitality, Greenlight Financial Services, Stanley Steamer, Midas, Income At Home, Verengo Solar, Taste Of Home, Gold Bond, NFL Monday Night Football, Reagan.com, University of Iowa, and Blue Bell Ice Cream. ( http://samuel-warde.com/2013/06/and-now-a-word-from-2773-rush-limbaugh
-sponsors-goodbye
/)

Things have gotten so bad for Rush Limbaugh, that Cumulus Radio Network also complains of losing millions of dollars due to Limbaugh’s insane and erratic behavior on the air. A representative from the company even said that many companies are reluctant to invest because of Rush, and say that 49 out of 50 advertisers have ‘No-Rush’ clauses when buying air time. ( http://samuel-warde.com/2014/04/major-limbaugh-sponsors-go-silent/)




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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:34 AM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


I was wondering what would happen ... 90% of women of childbearing age use or have used hormonal birth control ('the pill'). When you call women who use birth control 'sluts' and repeat the theme 20 times or more ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/rush-limbaughs-pe
rsonal-attack-on-sandra-fluke-more-like-20-attacks/2012/03/04/gIQA1OkHtR_blog.html
... doesn't that seem like a way to lose a lot of your audience? It does to me. Sure the move to register complaints with Rush advertisers went a long way to spreading the word about what Rush is willing to say about his female audience - or their girlfriends, wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, and cousins - but the essential woman-hating message is loud and clear all on its own.

I just pray he faces heavy defamation lawsuits afterwards. I'd hate to think he got rich and stayed rich on his message of hate.

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:46 AM

CHRISISALL


He's rich. Let him retire in peace. I mean. it IS the goal of all frauds & carpetbaggers, right?

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Monday, April 21, 2014 6:14 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



Per usual, Rush is right.

Hard pill for the Lefties to accept.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Monday, April 21, 2014 9:27 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT


CBS does have freedom of the press, Rusho.

If they choose to throw a portion of the country, or the populace, or the political spectrum, under the bus, they get to make that choice. You may not LIKE it, because it runs against YOUR political bias, but it's THEIR choice. They own the cameras, the studios, and the broadcast licenses.

And if they choose to do it for financial reasons, that's free market at work. Their stockholders will determine whether or not it's a good idea, at their next quarterly statement or stockholders' meeting.

Ol' Rush does have the right to point out what he thinks they're doing, and his audience to react as they chose or as he advocates or not, but he doesn't own the network, so he can only jawbone. THEY still get to take whatever action THEY choose.

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Monday, April 21, 2014 10:00 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


"Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?"

Who cares?


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Monday, April 21, 2014 11:47 AM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by Geezer:
"Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?"

Who cares?


I suppose I don't. I've never listened to him or anyone else on the radio, and it's been my consistent observation that his real political power and societal influence is minimal at best. But I like him because he drives libtards crazy.

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:18 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


I have a question. If this was your ideal world, and Fluke did pursue a lawsuit (on the basis that Rush violated the security of her person by demeaning her to millions of people and ruining her reputation) and you were on the jury - how would you vote?
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Originally posted by Geezer:
Who cares?





To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine The American Crisis
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:27 PM

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:29 PM

STORYMARK


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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Per usual, Rush is right.

Hard pill for the Lefties to accept.



Too obvious, troll.




"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:48 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Awww, jongsie's being a dork. Again.



To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine The American Crisis
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:49 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Just reposting this. I'm curious if geezer has an opinion and I don't want this to get lost.


I have a question. If this was your ideal world, and Fluke did pursue a lawsuit (on the basis that Rush violated the security of her person by demeaning her to millions of people and ruining her reputation) and you were on the jury - how would you vote?
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Originally posted by Geezer:
Who cares?





To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine The American Crisis
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Monday, April 21, 2014 12:52 PM

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Monday, April 21, 2014 1:07 PM

STORYMARK


I think those last couple posts were the most intellectually honest that Jong has ever made!




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Monday, April 21, 2014 1:07 PM

STORYMARK


Anyway, as to the topic at hand - I doubt it. He'll keep chugging along. Being full of shit has never slowed him down, and his audience isn't really interested in reality. They just want to be told what they want to hear, and that's not changing anytime soon.



"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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Monday, April 21, 2014 1:17 PM

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Monday, April 21, 2014 1:23 PM

STORYMARK


Thanks for the case-in-point.




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Monday, April 21, 2014 1:45 PM

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Monday, April 21, 2014 3:09 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.



Just reposting this. I'm curious if geezer has an opinion and I don't want this to get lost.


I have a question. If this was your ideal world, and Fluke did pursue a lawsuit (on the basis that Rush violated the security of her person by demeaning her to millions of people and ruining her reputation) and you were on the jury - how would you vote?
Quote:

Originally posted by Geezer:
Who cares?





To argue with a man who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine The American Crisis
OONJERAH - We are too dumb to live and smart enough to wipe ourselves out.
"You, who live in any kind of comfort or convenience, do not know how these people can survive these things, do you? They will endure because there is no immediate escape from endurance. Some will die, the rest must live."

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Monday, April 21, 2014 6:25 PM

WHOZIT


That story is very long, likely written by a slut.

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Monday, April 21, 2014 6:29 PM

CHRISISALL



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Monday, April 21, 2014 6:42 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


Quote:

Originally posted by 1kiki:
I have a question. If this was your ideal world, and Fluke did pursue a lawsuit (on the basis that Rush violated the security of her person by demeaning her to millions of people and ruining her reputation) and you were on the jury - how would you vote?



Don't know.

Haven't had any actual evidence presented, nor have I had any jury instructions as to what the law says about such incidents.

Or would you want me to make a decision based on media reports? Doing so and admitting it would get me disqualified for jury duty on this issue anyway.


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Monday, April 21, 2014 6:43 PM

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Monday, April 21, 2014 7:04 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Hey Geezer

I appreciate the reply. I was wondering though about your ideal world though (a world without too many laws?). As for the evidence, what Rush said on air is public. I'm not sure if you have kept track of it all - if I got the direct references - recordings and transcripts - would you read them? Also, I'm not sure how knowing what someone broadcast on air for all to hear would get you disqualified in your ideal world ...

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Monday, April 21, 2014 7:57 PM

JEWELSTAITEFAN


Golly, Niki, do you really have to repeat for us every talking point you get from the White House?

But thanks for the cartoon. Rush has refused to name the advertisers that ran and then begged to get their ad times back, but now you've given us a list. I'd only known about Sherries Berries. And, like AllState and Sears are somehow separate entities.

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Monday, April 21, 2014 8:01 PM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
do you really have to repeat for us every talking point you get from the White House?

God damn. I used to say that a lot- like, eight years ago...

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Monday, April 21, 2014 8:02 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Golly, Niki, do you really have to repeat for us every talking point you get from the White House?

But thanks for the cartoon. Rush has refused to name the advertisers that ran and then begged to get their ad times back, but now you've given us a list. I'd only known about Sherries Berries. And, like AllState and Sears are somehow separate entities.



Rush HAS no more sponsors. It's true! He actually has to pay radio stations to play his show.

He'll be broke in a few years, but he'll probably claim that he's " retiring ". Yah, watch for THAT to happen.



Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:12 PM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


Yes

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:20 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Or maybe not.

http://cdn.mhpbooks.com/uploads/2013/09/rush-revere-320x488.jpeg

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Rush Limbaugh Wins ‘Children’s Choice’ Book Award For ‘Rush Revere’

Rush Limbaugh can add another plaque to his wall; Children’s Choice Book Award winning author. The radio show host and conservative pundit won the Children’s Choice Book Award for his historical fiction series Rush Revere, beating out Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid series), Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson series), Veronica Roth (Divergent, Insurgent) and others.

So, how did Rush, who calls himself a lovable, harmless fuzzball despite regularly drawing ire from liberals, moderates and just about anyone outside of conservative circles? It started when Limbaugh conceived a series of conservatively-slanted historical fiction books for children. Anyone who listens to the Rush Limbaugh Show on the radio can tell you that his stated aim is to inform children of the conservative values espoused by the founders of the United States, in contrast to what he deems the liberalized version that is being taught in the public school system.

According to an AP report, the books and authors are nominated for the Children’s Choice Book Award based on the number of copies sold. So, Rush Limbaugh was automatically nominated based on the number of copies of his book, Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims, sold. As the article points out, that doesn’t necessarily mean that children were buying the books, just that they are children’s books and that enough of them were sold to earn a nomination for the Children’s Choice Book Award. Of course, that same statement applies to the other books – the vast majority of them which were purchased by parents for their children.

http://www.inquisitr.com/1253309/rush-limbaugh-book-award/#ZRlCv2eBkkH
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Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:32 PM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


John Stewart just cleaned his clock.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:38 PM

CHRISISALL


Time for Rush to retire to Oxycontin land for good.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:42 PM

MIKER

Once I found Serenity


Absolutely, he is lower than the lowest.

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Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:30 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


"John Stewart just cleaned his clock."

Yeah, Mikers, I read about that one, and now someone's resurrected this thread and you've mentioned it, I can't resist. This is pretty scathing, but what the hell:
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Usually I would shun any additional attention aimed at the Kardashian of conservative radio, Rush Limbaugh. His shocking brand of discourse was never intended to shine a light on issues he legitimately cares about. Rather, his churlish antics serve only to increase the profile of Rush Limbaugh. It would not be surprising if the adage ‘The only bad press is no press’ was tattooed under one of his musty and fungal-rich body folds he uses to trap lint, the odd crumb of food, and an errant oxycontin.

Too often, that bloated and gelatinous mass of what once could pass for being human has bloviated on feminazis, “Barack the Magic Negro” and that slut, Sandra Fluke, to name a but a few. And each time, with perhaps only mild rumblings from his cadre of advertisers, he has basically escaped unscathed for his trademarked brand of comment that has been excised of any and all civility. So, if past performance is the best predictor for future outcomes, I don’t want to see any energy wasted on exalting that ego.

But then there’s Jon Stewart. Dear, dear Jon Stewart. His ‘The Daily Show’ has been unafraid to shame those who engage in hypocrisy, willful ignorance and who blatantly disregard truth in the aim of furthering their agenda. Of course, Fox News gets their fair share of being called out. But so, too, do CNN and that bastion of the liberal media that Stewart allegedly is in cahoots with, MSNBC.

Last night, however, Stewart was in rare form. By now you have heard about the over 200 girls who were kidnapped at gunpoint from their school in Nigeria. The perpetrators of this heinous crime, Boko Haram, have vowed to sell the girls into slavery, a right they claim granted them by Allah. Stewart pointed out how the President of Nigeria, Good Luck Johnathan, and his government were trying to sweep the whole incident under the rug (Stewart: How big are Nigerian rugs?) until two of the mothers took to Twitter with messages and the #BringBackOurDaughters hashtag which ignited a social media and global consciousness of the situation.

#BringBackOurDaughters morphed into #BringBackOurGirls and has garnered attention from high-profile individuals in the fields of sport, celebrity, politics and activism. #BringBackOurGirls has also, for some inane reason, garnered the ire and derision of more than a few right wing hacks. Man Coulter’s horse faced photo holding a sign mocking the Nigerian cause (#BringBackOurCountry) exposed her simply as one willing to exploit any situation for her own brand of whatever the hell it is she does. An example of instant karma if ever I’ve seen one, a special photoshop revenge taught her that mocking the Gods of Social Media would exact a quick punishment.

Right wing radio, however, is rarely subjected to such swift justice. Jon Stewart changed all that when he took Limbaugh to task for mocking the many who did their own small part by posting photos of themselves to different social media platforms holding signs with the consciousness raising hashtag. As a result of the social activism, President Good Luck Johnathan finally relented on turning down outside assistance and welcomed forces from around the world into his country to aid in the search for the missing girls. “That’s the thing about social activism,” said Stewart. “It cannot stop a crazy person from doing something. But it can shame a less crazy person into not doing nothing whilst apparently driving a medium-crazy person crazier” (emphasis added)
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“There’s a photo of Mrs. Obama looking sad. Is that not pathetic? What the hell message does that send,” Limbaugh screeches out. “It is just unbelievable. The sad thing here is that the low-information crowd that is puddling around out there on Twitter is going to believe that we are actually doing something.”

Jon Stewart, in his wonderfully dry delivery comments “He seems nice,” before launching into El Rushbo with a fervor not seen since his excoriating tirade against the U.S. Congress when they were voting down health benefits for surviving first responders of the attacks on 9/11. As Stewart conceded to Limbaugh, saying that yes, we must all pick sides, a picture of Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot multiple times by a faction of the Taliban simply for being a girl who wanted an education, was put on the screen next to Jabba the Rush.
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“So that’s our choice: Malala or Rush — the quivering rage heap who is apparently desperately trying to extinguish any remaining molecule of humanity that might still reside in the Chernobyl-esque superfund cleanup site that was his soul,” said Stewart. “Who should we choose? Well I don’t know, why don’t we tweet our votes to hashtag #F*@KYOURUSH.”


And with that, almost immediately the social media universe was awash in tweets with that and similar hashtags urging Mr. Limbaugh to go and do to himself what most assuredly has been a physical impossibility for him for many a decade, if not the entirety of his life. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/05/14/limbaugh-nigeria-comments/


Watch it yourself:



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Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:39 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Oh, and by the way, as to that award Rush "won"?
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Nominees are selected by the most objective method possible, sales, while the winners are supposedly picked by kids, who vote online. But executive director Robin Adelson of the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, nonprofit organizations that co-founded the awards seven years ago, acknowledged Thursday that adults could easily vote and vote multiple times, a problem not uncommon for Internet competitions.

"Every one of our finalists gets fake votes every year," Adelson told The Associated Press. "We like to think that's the enthusiasm of adults who love children's books."

Adelson cited three ways that people can vote: a widget that can be embedded in such popular kids' websites as www.poptropica.com, a link on the awards website ( http://ccbookawards.com) that allows individuals to vote and a link on the awards site that allows teachers, librarians and others to submit bulk votes on behalf of their institution.

Adelson said she doubted that parents or other grown-ups were voting through Poptropica, but acknowledged the awards site was more likely to be manipulated. An individual voter can vote multiple times and does not need to provide a verifiable email address or proof of his or her age. Bulk voters are required to submit a verifiable email, but there is no guarantee that a given teacher or librarian is really expressing the wishes of others

Limbaugh has touted his nomination on his radio show and on his website, www.rushlimbaugh.com . Adelson said Limbaugh initially enjoyed a wide lead, but that voting tightened considerably in the final weeks and the outcome was "fair and close." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/15/limbaugh-childrens-book-award
-rush_n_5330294.html



Emphasis mine. No comment.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 1:16 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Rush won. Get over it.

Funny, every time when someone wins an election and you dislike them, Leftist question the voting. Every other time though, the process is just fine.

Such whining children.

Also?


“Barack the Magic Negro” wasn't something Rush even came up with. It was a liberal BLACK columnist, David Ehrenstein, from the LA Times, who coined the term.

Such trumped up and fabricated vitriol , totally misplaced towards Rush.

Rush, more the adult in the discussion, points out the sheer futility of #-ing for freedom, when everyone knows deep in their soul that absolutely nothing will come of any such feel-good campaign.

And that makes the whiny, juvenile Left angry. Very angry. So they lash out, w/ " Fuck you! , Rush ! " as if that's actually accomplishing anything.

Rush isn't the problem. Boku Harram is.

'bout frelling time folks stop getting stuck on stupid and grow the hell up.


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Friday, May 16, 2014 1:41 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:


Watch it yourself:





Well I want to marry Stewart for that, if I wasn't already happily so....

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Friday, May 16, 2014 7:09 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Contrived indignation is that attractive in a man?

Huh.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 7:44 AM

M52NICKERSON

DALEK!


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:
Oh, and by the way, as to that award Rush "won"?
Quote:

Nominees are selected by the most objective method possible, sales, while the winners are supposedly picked by kids, who vote online. But executive director Robin Adelson of the Children's Book Council and Every Child a Reader, nonprofit organizations that co-founded the awards seven years ago, acknowledged Thursday that adults could easily vote and vote multiple times, a problem not uncommon for Internet competitions.

"Every one of our finalists gets fake votes every year," Adelson told The Associated Press. "We like to think that's the enthusiasm of adults who love children's books."

Adelson cited three ways that people can vote: a widget that can be embedded in such popular kids' websites as www.poptropica.com, a link on the awards website ( http://ccbookawards.com) that allows individuals to vote and a link on the awards site that allows teachers, librarians and others to submit bulk votes on behalf of their institution.

Adelson said she doubted that parents or other grown-ups were voting through Poptropica, but acknowledged the awards site was more likely to be manipulated. An individual voter can vote multiple times and does not need to provide a verifiable email address or proof of his or her age. Bulk voters are required to submit a verifiable email, but there is no guarantee that a given teacher or librarian is really expressing the wishes of others

Limbaugh has touted his nomination on his radio show and on his website, www.rushlimbaugh.com . Adelson said Limbaugh initially enjoyed a wide lead, but that voting tightened considerably in the final weeks and the outcome was "fair and close." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/15/limbaugh-childrens-book-award
-rush_n_5330294.html



Emphasis mine. No comment.





A small band of people has never been able to sway internet votes before...I mean it's not like Browncoats come together and vote over and over anytime Firefly is in a poll to make sure it wins.

I do not fear God, I fear the ignorance of man.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 7:48 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Contrived indignation is that attractive in a man?

Huh.

No, being a bloated, Type-A misogynistic anti-humanitarian troll like Rush is, right Rappy? Your attraction to Reagan I get, but RUSH???



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Friday, May 16, 2014 7:56 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


"Well I want to marry Stewart for that, if I wasn't already happily so.... " -- hee, hee, hee; yeah, Magons. He doesn't often actually let loose like that, but when he does, it's pure, visceral satisfaction to hear someone say how I feel...

"Funny, every time when someone wins an election and you dislike them, Leftist question the voting." That SHOULD get the prize for the first guffaw of the morning, given the last…what…five or six years? But I don't give prizes to trolls who are here for no other reason than to rile people up and get attention.

"A small band of people has never been able to sway internet votes before...I mean it's not like Browncoats come together and vote over and over anytime Firefly is in a poll to make sure it wins." That, too; especially given "adults could easily vote and vote multiple times, a problem not uncommon for Internet competitions." I'm sure it was all those KIDS, and each of them only voted once…you betcha!


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Friday, May 16, 2014 8:26 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Contrived indignation is that attractive in a man?

Huh.

No, being a bloated, Type-A misogynistic anti-humanitarian troll like Rush is, right Rappy? Your attraction to Reagan I get, but RUSH???





Well, I like you too, Chris.

Does that not get me anything ?



But I don't get where you can call Rush 'misogynistic'. He likes women just fine. He's married 3 of 'em. And anti- humanitarian ? How do you figure ? I bet he's given more to charity than all of us here will make in our lives. Where Rush may not seem too charitable is when the govt spends other people's money to buy votes , under the guise of being 'humanitarian'.

Bloated ? Meh, that's his issue. Type-A ? Yeah, he does come off as a bit of a blow hard. Though much of that is, you should know, his radio persona. Excellence in broadcasting, and such.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 8:55 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Well, I like you too, Chris.

Does that not get me anything ?

Ewwwwue. Perv.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:00 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Contrived indignation is that attractive in a man?

Huh.




Clever, funny, humane, articulate, compassionate, just, inspirational....oh and good looking too.


Damn, he's fine.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:02 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:


Well, I like you too, Chris.

Does that not get me anything ?



But I don't get where you can call Rush 'misogynistic'. He likes women just fine. He's married 3 of 'em. And anti- humanitarian ? How do you figure ? I bet he's given more to charity than all of us here will make in our lives. Where Rush may not seem too charitable is when the govt spends other people's money to buy votes , under the guise of being 'humanitarian'.

Bloated ? Meh, that's his issue. Type-A ? Yeah, he does come off as a bit of a blow hard. Though much of that is, you should know, his radio persona. Excellence in broadcasting, and such.



he's clearly a fucking jerk, and anyone who thinks differently is also a fucking jerk

Thank buddha I dont have to put up with his shit. I mean, we have some bad shock jocks, but this guy makes them look like Mother Theresa in comparison.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 9:59 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!



25 years on radio. Must be a real blanking jerk, huh?

You literally have no clue on this matter..

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Friday, May 16, 2014 10:12 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
You literally have no clue on this matter..

Where as you have semi-literally one half of a clue? Or a para-literal full clue? Why 'clue' anyway (beyond being a fan of the game)? Why not 'understanding' or 'clear concept'? 'Clue' indicates or suggests an investigative process; we are talking about perceptions of complete data- no detective work is necessary.
Or are you just being an asshole again?

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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:22 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Who here listens to Rush?

Not to what Media Matters tells you, or a clip, every few months

Honestly , who HERE has a gorram clue about Rush at all?


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Friday, May 16, 2014 11:55 AM

CHRISISALL


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
who HERE has a gorram clue about Rush at all?

There's that word again.
No matter, I did my own spade work one time & listened to Rush for four hours straight (While driving my delivery vehicle), and at the end I concluded that he's every bit the narcissistic blowhard desperately seeking ratings to sooth his DEEP seated insecurity complex that Howard Stern said he was.
If you hear a clip, just multiply that by 100 and you have his whole show.
Why Raptoid, what do YOU see in this 'man' that you feel I and others do not?
CLUE us in.

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Friday, May 16, 2014 2:04 PM

FREMDFIRMA



Hey Rappy, given your... erm, track record, seems there's a potential employment prospect for ya....

With Stratfor.
*cue meglomaniacal laughter*

Robert D. Kaplan's Geopolitical Bunkum: Inside the Fanciful World of Stratfor
Quote:

Kaplan has an uncanny capacity to get his every claim wrong.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/23650-robert-d-kaplans-geopoliti
cal-bunkum-inside-the-fanciful-world-of-stratfor


-Frem

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