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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:01 AM
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Is "Halfrican" enough to bring down Rush Limbaugh?
Seriously! I heard him use this term repeatedly on his show to describe Barack Obama. When is enough-enough? What does this prick have to say to finally send his ass to the ash-heap of history? When are advertisers, station managers, sales represtatives and the American people going to say "you've had your fucking fun - you racist ass, pill-popping, no talent Republican aplogist Ass-pickle, pole smoking prick" - YOU'RE FUCKING FIRED.

What does it take? How many outrages do we have to endure? Perhaps the Department of Defense can ask all the "Halfrican's" in the military how much they love having Rush piped into Armed Forces Radio? Perhaps Disney and ABC can explain to all the "Halfrican's" that buy their crap, visit their parks, watch their shows, and pay their salaries, why they give a forum to this limp-dicked piece of crap.

I'd like to know how much it takes. Does he need to bring down another building in Oklahoma City? Does he need to call Donovan McNabb the "N" word?

Isn't calling someone a "Halfrican" enough to get this guy fired?
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:03 AM
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1. Not when a majority of his listeners think the same way he does.
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JacksonWest Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:06 AM
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7. IN short, no.
Limbaugh is also self-employed. The only way to get rid of him is for his ratings to drop, or for his comments to cause damage to the stations that carry him.
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:17 PM
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88. or to launch a massive and effective boycott campaign
against his show's sponsors.

Problem is, too many people either don't give a fuck or agree with him, so he can pretty much say what he wants until he dies, has a stroke or some other dibilitating event where he can't be understood anymore.
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Momgonepostal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:03 AM
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2. Please tell me he didn't really say that...
Did he really? That is over the top, even for him.
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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:05 AM
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5. No kidding! WAAAAAAY over the top!
Even for Rush.
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:13 AM
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18. Very offensive
:mad:
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:12 AM
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17. He's just parroting ...
... he didn't even make that up himself. That vile Morgan woman (Melanie?) on faux is the one who first used that term. He can't even come up with his own bigoted remarks -- which doesn't surprise me a bit.
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galadrium Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:03 AM
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3. Apparently not
You have to understand who Rush's audience is... then you will understand why that would never be enough to get him fired.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:04 AM
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4. No
Why do you think Glen Beck got a spot on GMA, because it brings in the money, and will up the viewership for ABC.

As long as Limpballs keeps bringing them in, he'll be safe.
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:05 AM
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6. Nothing will bring down Limbaugh
As long as there are 20 million people ready to lick the spittle from his coffee cup and drink his backwash, there will be a place on corporate airwaves for him.
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:07 AM
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8. Maybe not enough to get fired
(as other above have said, look at his listernship) but would it be enough to get him wiped off of armed services radiio.
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:12 PM
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68. If Oxy-Boy is still on AFN, we need to write our senators about this.
Utterly disgusting filth Rush Limbaugh, insulting millions of African American citizens. This does not belong on AFN.

I served in the Army with African American soldiers and Rush Limbaugh is not fit to shine their shoes.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:07 AM
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9. If he still has a job after the Oxycontin and Donovan McNabb comment
I can assure you that he ain't going anywhere which makes me :cry:
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:18 AM
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22. Don't forget the Michael J. Fox mocking. (eom)
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:07 AM
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10. One of these days, he's gonna slip ...
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 11:09 AM by Pigwidgeon
On edit: corrected spelling of Mr. Obama's name.

... and it won't be calling Donovan McNabb the N-word, but someone for whom the word will be a major issue and who has power and respect in both the black and non-black communities, like Barack Obama or Toni Morrison.

"Halfrican" sounds like a junior-high school taunt. Limbaugh is stretching hard. He knows that his days of spittle-flecked, fart-lighting glory are numbered.

--p!
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:28 AM
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27. That's his "stock in trade"
> "Halfrican" sounds like a junior-high school taunt.

That's his "stock in trade". His audience operates at
about Junior High level.

Tesha
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:08 AM
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11. He and his demonic handlers...
... and listeners thrive on our outrage.

I am convinced that nothing would dump Limballs off the air. Strident tone and controversy is all the rightwingnut radio hucksters have to offer.

Obama has shown us the right attitude to take on this shit by punching back early and often on the madrassa thing. He should pound that issue until the Repubs puke every time they hear him say it.

He should use the "Hafrican" phrase as often as possible.. push it right back down Rush's throat.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:12 AM
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16. He should also call Limbaugh , "Cheney's favorite broadcaster"
Cheney always seems to have time to run to Rushie every time he needs to get a message out to the minions..

For a guy who claims to be "an entertainer", he seems to have the full attanetion and support from the White House, doesn;t he :eyes:


and Cheney must not be very busy.. he has lots of time to go on "entertainment" shows.. Guess he can;t use the "too busy" excuse to weasel out of court appearances, now can he?
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ObaMania Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:58 AM
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38. I love how KO refers to him as..
COMEDIAN Rush Limbaugh!
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:08 AM
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12. Just give it a little time.



He and everyone else knows the conservative movement is dying. He's just trying the few acts of desperation he has left in his bag of tricks to keep the few sheep listeners he has left. He plays up to their paranoia and milks it for all it's worth. OxyRush will fade away in due course if we don't give him the attention he thrives on.







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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:20 AM
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23. There! That gif is the one I was referring to. The jerking little dance he did
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 11:20 AM by tblue37
to mock MJF should have gotten him fired--or at least removed from Armed Services Radio--but didn't. He can say and do anything, it seems, without suffering any consequences.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:28 PM
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47. I think I know what will get him kicked off the air
If he started telling the truth about Republicans he'd be off the air before you could say "Mega Dildos".

I've always believed that there's powerful money bank-rolling the likes of Limbaugh. The only advertiser I ever hear are from "Select Sleep Number Beds", "Hair Replacement", and "Enhanced Sexual Potency". Unless radio stations are charging $5 million a minute for ad time...someone else paying the bill, or in Rush' case..."floating the turd".
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:57 PM
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55. Select Sleep Number Beds do Air America Radio, too
I think Al Franken and Ed Schultz to promos for them, so they're trying to simply get their message out to as many people as possible.

AAR does not get the Enhanced Sexual Potency ads (guess we're just too virile) but they also do the Hair Restoration ones as well.

I don't listen to Rush. We have him here in the Twin Cities, on an FM station no less. And Ed Schultz kicks his ass in the ratings (and Hannity, too) on little startup AM950 every day.

AM950's ratings are up 50% from fall of 2005 to fall of 2006!!!!! Just about equal to the rightie talk station 100.3 FM

Compared with the previous fall, ratings dropped at Minnesota Public Radio's news and information station KNOW (91.1 FM), female-oriented WFMP (107.1 FM), talker KSTP (1500 AM), old-guard regional flagship WCCO (830 AM), conservative-geared WWTC (1280 AM) and sports-chat KFAN (1130 AM). Only liberal KTNF (950 AM) showed improvement.

The news also was bad at new conservative talker KTLK (100.3 FM), which launched last January. Executives had hoped that Jason Lewis' return in the summer would provide a sustained ratings boost. Initially his afternoon talk show drew more listeners ages 25-54 -- advertisers' prized demographic -- but ratings for KTLK's 3 to 7 p.m. slot (which also includes syndicated host Sean Hannity) sagged from a 3.7 share during the summer quarter to 2.1 in the fall.


http://www.startribune.com/10072/rich_media/948732.html
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:28 AM
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28. So you're saying he's in his "last throes"?
Where have I heard that before?
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:09 AM
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13. I think of him as a cult leader.
Something about his voice and his rhetoric have the same kind of effect on people that Jim Jones and the Heaven's Gate leader had -- and people followed those guys to their deaths.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:09 AM
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14. He's not an "employee" of a station
His show is syndicated, so I guess stations could drop his show, but I doubt EIB would "fire" him ..

and liberals are not as good at "hate-campaigns" as the righties are, so I don't hold out much hope for that.

Limbaugh always claims to be "an entertainer" when he does shit like this, and weasels out of it.

he's scum !
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:11 AM
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15. It could sure make some advertisers squeamish about buying
time if they could be tainted as being racists too when they support his broadcast.
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Robson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:16 AM
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20. Rush Limbaugh has peaked
The radical right wing cause that Limbaugh trumpets has lost its lustre and I suspect that he is also on the down side of his career. Seems I've heard that listeners are down. We can thank the babbling and bumbling chimp for that change in direction. I used to listen to him and Hannity on occasion, now I can't stand to listen even one minute to either one.
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tblue37 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:17 AM
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21. Everyone is saying this is way over the top, even for him--
But someone who would not only verbally but physically mock Michael J. Fox for the jerking movements caused by his Parkinson's Disease and the meds he takes for it is certainly not going to hesitate to use such slurs. And the fact that he wasn't dropped after that on-camera mocking suggests that he really could use the "N" word without being reprimanded, much less dropped, by the stations that carry his rants.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:22 AM
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24. He's trying to emphasize "foreign-ness"
What a moran. What is he, a halfuman? Limpballs will sink to any low there is - now that his ratings are down he is getting desperate and tries for attention the same old way - saying something outrageous.

This half-wit will be on ignore soon - he knows it and he's desperate. Expect more ridiculous statements in the near future.
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meldroc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:24 AM
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25. Yeah, Limbaugh's crossed the line.
Halfrican is clearly intended as a racist slur. You know he'd be using "n*****" on the air if he could get away with it...

Between that and his mockery of Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease, he's proven himself to be one of the most vile forms of life on Earth.
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Hong Kong Cavalier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:25 AM
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26. No. Racism brings in the right-wingers, and their money.
Even "subtle" racism, such as Rush's style. They love this stuff.
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4 t 4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:58 AM
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39. How can this pig
still have a voice on the radio ? I hope so much things will start to change because I'm so outraged all the time and I'm sick of feeling like that!!
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Hong Kong Cavalier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:34 PM
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51. Because there are people in this country who agree with him.
And there are people in this country who are still extremely racist. They're just good at hiding it.
Anyone who says racism doesn't exist in America anymore is probably selling you something.
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:31 AM
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29. Perhaps the NAACP or some other organization will
complain to his advertisers and threaten boycott and bad press. That's the only way to hurt him.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:34 AM
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30. It's hard for white folks to fire other white folks over racism....
... Nothing scares white folks more than being seen (by other white folks) as "nigger-lovers".
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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:37 AM
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31. He's Vile,
My fanstasy has always been for liberals to jam his program for days. It would be wonderful to shut him up. None of his minions could get on the air because no one but liberals would be getting screened. I also realize this has about as much chance as happening as pigs flying.

I don't think anything he does will get him booted. He brings money into the station and that's all they care about. When the fire gets a little to hot he cries he is an entertainer. What the neocons get by with is just plain wrong.

I hope the neocon movement is dying. WE have thought other movements have died in the past but their ugly heads keep rearing up.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:52 PM
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53. If there is a God. This is what happens to Limbaugh
Limbaugh dies and goes to hell. The devil says to Rush; "since you were particularly evil while on earth, I am going to give you the option of choosing where in hell you will spend eternity".

The devil takes Rush on a tour. The first room they come to is the "Hypocrite Room". As Rush walks in, he sees Tom Delay, Dick Cheney, Sean Hannity and thousands of other prominent Republican politicians and donors. Millions of snarling rabid dogs chase the Republicans around slowly ripping off chunks of their flesh until they die an agonizing death. Seconds later, the Republicans bodies are restored and the process begins all over again. Rush looks at Satan and says; "I don't want to spend eternity in the Hypocrite Room".

The next room they come to is the "False Christian Room". In this room is Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Rick Santorum and thousands of other prominent Republican politicians and donors. Roman guards whip the Republicans to within an inch of their lives, and then they are slowly crucified until they die. After 3 minutes, they rise and the process starts all over again. Rush looks at Satan and says; "I don't want to spend eternity in the False Christian Room".

Rush turns to the devil and asks; "Dark Lord, aren't there any Democrats in hell?" The devil replies; "Yes Rush, there is one, but to see him, we must go to the 'Sex Room'". Rush walks into the "Sex Room" and sees table after table stocked with sumptuous food and fine wine. On one side of the room is a walk-in humidor with the finest cigars stacked as far as the eye can see. In the middle of the room, on a heart shaped bed, lays Bill Clinton. A beautiful darked haired woman is performing fellatio on Clinton. Rush looks to the devil and says; "you mean for all eternity, he stays in this beautiful room with all this wonderful food, getting a blow-job?". "Yes" replied the devil.

Rush thought for a minute and said; "devil, I've made my decision. I will spend eternity in the "Sex Room"!

The devil smiles, turns to the couple on the bed and says; "Monica - you're relieved".
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:55 PM
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62. Good one.





:thumbsup: :thumbsup:



OxyRush might actually like though if instead of Clinton in the bed it was a Dominican Republic boy.






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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:57 PM
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63. Oh my!
LOL!
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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:58 PM
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74. ROTHL
}( :woohoo:

You win the fanstasy contest, hands down. LOL
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 03:49 PM
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101. LMAO!!!
:rofl:
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:46 AM
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32. Here's KSFOs Brian Sussman calling Obama Halfrican
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 11:51 AM by Oreo
and his ensuing apology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGd13q16G2Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUzW1spYDKE

Looking for audio of Limbaugh. I heard it this morning on the Jay Marvin show
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:49 AM
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33. who are his advertisers?
let's write them.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:53 AM
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34. Not unless it's a beloved sports figure
apparently
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:53 AM
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35. Here's the clip from Media Matters
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 11:54 AM by Oreo
http://mediamatters.org/items/200701170010


Limbaugh called "Barack Hussein Obama" a "half-minority"

On the January 16 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) a "half-minority" and said that "the media ... are in the midst of Obama-gasms" because "Barack Hussein Obama" has formed a presidential exploratory committee. Limbaugh called Obama "a half-minority" in the context of criticizing Obama for supporting his hometown Chicago Bears over the New Orleans Saints in the upcoming January 21 National Football Conference championship game.

Limbaugh presumably referred to Obama as a "half-minority" because of Obama's lineage: his father was black and born in Kenya, while his mother was white, born in Kansas. Similarly, conservative talk-radio host Brian Sussman previously characterized Obama as "Halfrican."

As Media Matters for America documented, on February 7, 2006, Limbaugh said he "kind of like" a caller's statement that Obama "is the Donovan McNabb of the U.S. Senate." The statement was an apparent reference to Limbaugh's controversial comments in 2003 about McNabb, a quarterback for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. Limbaugh, then an ESPN commentator, said that "he media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well" and, therefore, McNabb "got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve." As a result of his comments, Limbaugh resigned from ESPN.



Contact info (not that they'd care.. it's the advertisers that need to be targeted):
Contact information:

Rush Limbaugh
rush@eibnet.com

The Rush Limbaugh Show
1-800-282-2882
rush@eibnet.com
fax: 212-563-9166

The Rush Limbaugh Show
1270 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
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argyl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 12:38 PM
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43. He's hardly a "half minority" in America. Unfortunately,the "one drop" rule
still is accepted by many people in this country.It's beginning to change but not soon emough.Many people who are a wonderful melange of ethnicities from anywhere from Northern European,Mediterrean,American Indian to Asian are considered black if they exhibit any traits whatsoever of African lineage.

A personal story: A couple of years ago I was working with a guy that I've worked with for fifteen years and have always gotten along with quite well.He started going on about his family history and lineage.Basically Scotch-Irish and Cherokee.

So I thought I'd try something to see his reaction.I'm about as Anglo as you can get but I told this guy that my great-great-great-great grandmother was a slave.His jaw hit the ground and he was quite taken aback.Well,I didn't let him labor under the delusion that I was all of 1/64th African heritage for too long and told him I was pulling his leg.If I'd told him I had a smattering of any other ethnicity I'm sure he would have thought nothing of it.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 06:37 PM
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78. Many "white" people in the US have AA blood and don't even know it
The further SE you go, the more likely it is that if you are white that you also have some African American in your blood line.

I love to throw out this little fact whenever I hear someone even come close to sounding as though they are racist. :)
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adigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:55 AM
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36. I heard on NPR that he said that an NFL football game
resembles the Crips and the Bloods.

What a racist piece of garbage he is.
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slj0101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:56 AM
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37. Are you kidding? Outrage turns dials on the radio.
Everytime this fucknut opens his gaping maw and says something irksome and stupid, that's more PR for him.

I wish it was enough. :(
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 11:59 AM
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40. HALFRICAN? There are no words strong enough or bad enough...
to describe how I feel about a person who would use such a term.

To be drawn and quartered would be too good for that bloated, smug, smarmy, self-important, shit-mouthed excuse for a person.
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 12:00 PM
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41. Can't have a limbaugh thread withouot this creepy ass picture
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:05 PM
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59. Oh dear God, that is beyond creepy
Limp-bough looks like Ron Jeremy in some sort of cheesy '70s film. Can you say "busy tie"? And, oh god, the pants, the PANTS! I am so glad I was born DURING that era instead of before it, so I didn't have to wear that shit!

The kid looks like Ralphie from A Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your leg off!").

And that picture looks like something from a Stephen King book cover, right before somebody gets deboned with a straight razor and turned into tasty teryaki jerky.
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Oreo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 12:12 PM
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42. Limbaugh Sponsors (from his website)
Lumber Liquidators - 1-800-FLOORING
Barnes and Noble (Ad banner at top of his website)
LifeLock - http://www.lifelock.com

Somebody needs to listen to the show (God help you) and compile a list of advertisers
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 12:39 PM
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44. It should be, but it won't be.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 12:49 PM
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45. The only good news is that his drug habit and his obviously love of fried foods
should probably bring on a stroke or heart attack any day now. That seems to be the only thing that will stop that piece of shit.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:13 PM
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46. Playing to the base.
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GreenTea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:29 PM
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48. Limbaugh will be there making millions & millions of $$$ for as long as he wants!!!
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 02:31 PM by GreenTea
There's NEVER a shortage of "dittoheads" Limbaugh speaks positive about the republicans & the corporations and they will always pay to have him around. Always...They love (and need) his hateful divide & conquer messages!!!
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:29 PM
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49. Please don't quote that asshole here. I refuse to acknowledge his existence.
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lies and propaganda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:29 PM
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50. hell no...
he probably earned a medal for it.
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:39 PM
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52. Why would it?
The only people who hear that bullshit are the same people who agree with it. Why would advertisers stop advertising on the biggest right-wing talk host? Why would station managers fire their most lucrative talent? How could the American People™ fire him?

Rush will be a wart on the ass of our airwaves until the day he dies. Best to just turn the dial.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:01 PM
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57. Do we lack the passion?
It seems that the "right" is very good at boycotting, raising a stink, threatening litigation and intimidating media and business to get what they want. Look at what happened to Dan Rather. Look at what happened to Phil Donohue. Look at what's currently happening to the mattress store in Illinois. Hell, look at what stomping their feet about "liberal media" has led to. Fucking Glen Beck has a show now on CNN and a regular gig on Good Morning America. This stuff matters.

When they wanted to stop the recount in Florida, their goons showed up stamping their feet and intimidating average ordinary Americans trying to do a job.

It's sickening. Democrats stomped a bloody, festering hole in the Republicans in November, but if you turn on a radio...ANY RADIO...you'd think the Repukes had 97 seats in the Senate.

When do Democrats begin using the power of our "purse-strings". When do we get so pissed we open the window and scream "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it any more"?
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Kelly Rupert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:18 PM
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60. There's a hell of a difference between affecting
the actions of CNN and ABC and affecting the actions of a right-wing radio station. ABC has to listen to both the left and the right when considering programming decisions, and I admit we are woefully deficient at speaking up about our media outlets. However, just as no amount of conservative bawling would be able to shut down Air America (not that AAR needs the help...sigh), no amount of liberal complaining would shut down Rush Limbaugh. His fans, advertisers, and distributors are largely a closed ecosystem. If he has a fanbase, he's largely invincible.
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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 09:32 PM
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81. Our whole media system is designed to remove responsibility from the guys at the top
ABC itself broadcasts 0 programs; it produces or acquires content that it then resells to affiliates. Unfortunately there's not that much leverage that can be applied in either direction on that relationship. The whole system is set up so that everybody can point the finger at someone else when a pissed off viewer or listener calls.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:55 PM
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54. Boy, that's so clever I'm surprised Michael Savage didn't think of it first.
"Halfrican?" What an ass.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 02:59 PM
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56. What an absolute whog (half white guy, half hog). not
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:02 PM
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58. Nothing will bring down Rush Limbaugh
Deal with it.

Let's see...dealing in illicit drugs didn't do it, taking a bottle of boner pills to a place renowned for teenaged homosexual prostitutes didn't do it, saying Donovan McNabb's success in football was due to his ethnicity not his skills in football didn't do it...

Rush Limbaugh could fuck a sheep in the middle of the Boston Common on Patriot's Day (either the real one or the fake one Bush invented) and it wouldn't bring him down.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:26 PM
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61. Whoops, I guess i don't get what's demeaning about that. Is it
mean?
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Lord Byron Donating Member (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 03:59 PM
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64. Don't listen to him. He's paid to offend
It's business. As long as people listen, he'll stay employed. That includes also his haters.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 04:06 PM
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65. Asswipe wouldn't say that to Obama's face!
What a jackass!
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Bobbie Jo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 09:24 PM
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80. He wouldn't say anything to anyone's face...
He spews his hate from the comfort and safety of a "studio," and hides his draft-dodging pimply ass behind a microphone. He's nothing more than a coward. Like most bullies, he would probably piss his pants if someone actually got in his face. He won't even take confrontational calls for that matter.

I predict he'll be history in less than a year. :puke:
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 04:31 PM
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66. No. Limbaugh brings in hundreds of millions in ad revenue.
They aren't going to fire him over something like that. It's not like he called him a wigger or something and even if he did I doubt they'd fire him. He's the cash cow of terrestrial radio.
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Madspirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:08 PM
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67. Right_Wing Scary People
Edited on Thu Jan-25-07 05:09 PM by Madspirit
Do you know how many right-wing scary people there are out there right now? They have a huge fanbase. Rush Limbaugh, David Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Nat Hentoff, Mona Charen, Michael Medved, Michael Barone, David Horowitz, etc. I couldn't count them all. Every single one of them full of angry vitriolic, aggressive and violent agendas. Sometimes it makes me want to jump out of a window.

Two of the most famous, with a HUGE fanbase, are Rush and Ann. I will leave you with some quotes from both. Then you will understand why Rush saying "Halfrican", which, as someone else also pointed out, he didn't even invent, barely phases me.

(Didn't Stephen Hawking recently move the Doomsday Clock another couple of minutes forward?):

Rush Limbaugh:

"Why should Blacks be heard? They're 12% of the population.
Who the hell cares." -Rush Limbaugh---Source:Notable Quotables, mrc.org

‘take that bone out of your nose and call me back.’
Rush Limbaugh
Source:Notable Quotables, mrc.org

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women
easier access to the mainstream.
--Rush Limbaugh---http://quotations.home.worldnet.att.net/rushlimbaugh.html

The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that
yogurt comes with less fruit.
--Rush Limbaugh---http://quotations.home.worldnet.att.net/rushlimbaugh.html

On the January 24 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Rush Limbaugh referred to Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and actress Halle Berry as "Halfrican American," stating that "Barack Obama has picked up another endorsement: Halfrican American actress Halle Berry."--- http://mediamatters.org/items/200701240010

Ann Coulter:

" masturbates in the sinks."---Rivera Live 8/2/99

"God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.'"---Hannity & Colmes, 6/20/01

"If those kids had been carrying guns they would have gunned down this one gunman. ... Don't pray. Learn to use guns."---Politically Incorrect, 12/18/97

"My libertarian friends are probably getting a little upset now but I think that's because they never appreciate the benefits of local fascism."---MSNBC 2/8/97

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.--- http://www.freerepublic.com/

I'm getting a little fed up with hearing about, oh, civilian casualties. I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning."--- http://mediamatters.org/items/200501120012

(Iran)...I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning to the rest of the world."--- http://www.freerepublic.com/

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bagimin Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 09:57 PM
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83. Nat Hentoff???
really?
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Madspirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:00 PM
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86. Really
Well, Hentoff is a non-pro-choice Libertarian. I don't like him.
All the conservative sites recommend him.
Madspirit
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entanglement Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:21 PM
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69. Remember - for every outspoken racist, there are a hundred enablers
who support and protect the racist, deny the racism, and shout down / abuse / mock / ignore those who point it out.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 06:03 PM
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75. Awww! They deleted the post from Colio
I wanted to play with the lttle freaker before he got canned
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:25 PM
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70. Not as long as his fellow racists keep buying from the advertisers.
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booley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:27 PM
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71. Considering his listeners?
No.

They wont' stop becuase Rush make s aracist remark because most of them are racists themselves. And those that aren't wil make excuses.

And his bosses will see that his listeners are stil there and wont' care what he says becuase listeners means money.

You can't shame people without shame.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:28 PM
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72. Not sure about bringing him down. But I will be shocked if someone doesn't pop a cap in his ass n/t
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 05:41 PM
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73. Has this been emailed to Olbermann and mediamatters.org yet?
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 06:04 PM
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76. Ah, those tolerant, big-tent compassionate conservatives are at it again.
And they think they're so clever and funny. :puke:
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 06:05 PM
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77. No. Americans AGREE with him.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 08:52 PM
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79. Limbaugh is Countdown's "WORST PERSON IN THE WOOOORRRRRLLLLDDD!!!"
Keith said he knows Rush want to call Obama the N word. It's in his heart!
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 09:34 PM
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82. I'm convinced nothing can take down the fat fuck.
Maybe a democratic president could...
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-25-07 10:01 PM
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84. Not hardly
Rush is going on 20 years on talk radio. Too many people listen to him, FAR too many agree with him. He'll be around for years to come.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 07:31 AM
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85. I'm hoping that within a few years
he's going to be reduced to appearing on "Fat Celebrities Weight Loss Challenge", or "The Biggest Loser". Oh wait - He's already the "Biggest Loser".
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:14 PM
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87. No, because his listeners would have to be angered enough to complain.
And that won't ever happen.
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:19 PM
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89. pole smoking prick, eh? So you're no better than him
hypocrite
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:45 PM
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92. I guess if I was calling him that
3 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year on a radio show heard by 20,000,000 people then...Yes, I would be no better than him.

I'm assuming that a pejorative word has never crossed your lips?
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:48 PM
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93. Invalid argument
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:55 PM
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95. Whatever!
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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:58 PM
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97. Nuh uh!
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Rosemary2205 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:19 PM
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90. Elephant sedative couldn't bring down Rush.
Rush's destruction will come when the freeps stop listening - which IMHO will be about a quarter past never.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 12:21 PM
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91. the problem in this country is
that for the fat turd's audience, that is nowhere near "over the top"
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:51 PM
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94. The guy is a known drug addict and no one is trying to put a stop to it.
I'm not surprised a heroin addict is saying racist things, it should be embarrassing to his sponsors. I'm sure they have no shame...just like Rush and I tell ya what - if ANY of them want a dime from me, he will be fired and the police will arrest his ass. Until then, no money.

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happydreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:55 PM
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96. The only thing that will bring down Jeff Christie ...
is a tall Haitian boy.
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Marnieworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 04:06 PM
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98. Maybe if he says "pole smoker" like you he'll get fired.
Here's a tip: when you are criticizing a racist slur it's best not to use a homophobic one to make your point. You end up seeming like just a variation of an hateful idiot theme.
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 03:43 PM
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99. Wait a GD minute
Edited on Mon Jan-29-07 03:45 PM by maxrandb
There's not a homophobic bone in my body!

First of all, you're presumptuous to assume "pole smoking prick" is a slur against gays. Perhaps I was talking about Rush' penchant for chewing on fat cigars.

Secondly, I have no problem using that type of reference when referring to Rush Limbaugh. He deserves all the derision and scorn that sane people can heap upon him.

IMHO, the fact that Rush spends every fiber of his being, every ounce of talent, and every drop of his media power to sew hatred of gays and lesbians - and does all he can to deny them basic rights and decency - while at the same time visiting the male prostitute capital of the world with enough Viagra to raise the Titanic - well, I think his actions entitle me to call him a "pole smoking prick", because he is one.

My good friend Brian (who describes himself as being as "queer as a $3 bill") would never, and could never be a pole smoking prick. That Evangelical guy, Haggard or whatever his name is, is a pole smoking prick because he used his influence to deny rights and basic decency to my friend Brian.

There is not enough scorn in the world for the pig-man. Calling him a pole smoking prick is being kind.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-29-07 03:47 PM
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100. as long as people like you keep listening, he'll do just fine, thank-you.
sheesh....:eyes:
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