Rush Limbaugh...5 homes in Palm Beach, 6 cars about half a million each.

[madfloridian]

Must be profitable being him. Interesting.

From an article in the New York Times, June of last year.

Late period Limbaugh

“ANTICIPATING A QUESTION,” Limbaugh said when we pulled into the garage of his secluded beachfront mansion in Palm Beach, “why do I have so many cars?”

I hadn’t actually been wondering that. Very rich people tend not to stint on transportation. For example, we drove to the house from the studio, Limbaugh at the wheel, in a black Maybach 57S, which runs around $450,000 fully loaded. He had half a dozen similar rides on his estate.

“I have these cars for two reasons,” Limbaugh said. “First, they are for the use of my guests. And two, I happen to love fine automobiles.”

He also loves space. There are five homes — all of them his — on the property. The big house is 24,000 square feet. Limbaugh lives there with a cat. He’s been married three times but has no children.

Limbaugh informed me that I was the first journalist ever to enter his home. Mary Matalin, the Republican consultant, calls the place “aspirational,” which is one adjective that fits. The place, largely designed by Limbaugh himself, reflects the things and places he has seen and admired. The massive chandelier in the dining room, for example, is a replica of the one that hung in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel in New York. The gleaming cherry-wood floors are dotted with hand-woven oriental carpets. A life-size oil portrait of El Rushbo, as he often calls himself on the air, hangs on the wall of the main staircase.

I was concerned about Mary Matalin overhearing conversations by her hubby and his buddies which included the new Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel.

Here is one reason, among many others...her proximity to Rush Limbaugh.

EVERY APRIL, LIMBAUGH HOSTS A WEEKEND at his Palm Beach estate for his closest friends. This year the guest list included Roger Ailes, Mary Matalin and Joel Surnow, a creator of the television series “24” and a leader of the small Hollywood conservative community. The event is social but hardly nonpolitical.

Anyone looking for an informal gathering of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy could do worse than this. Limbaugh is also close to Karl Rove, who dined with him a few weeks earlier in Florida; Justice Antonin Scalia (last year he attended a dinner at cousin Steve Limbaugh’s Cape Girardeau home); and Justice Clarence Thomas (who officiated at Limbaugh’s third wedding). He describes his fellow Floridian Matt Drudge as a buddy. George H. W. Bush invited Limbaugh to sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom.

It's as though all Limbaugh's drug problems are long forgotten.

He appears to be back in fine form with his power to make Republican congressman be careful what they say....and apologize if they say the wrong thing. So in case you start thinking that the right wing folks are not as supportive of Limbaugh after 8 long years of the failure of the policies he espouses.....well, remember Gingrey.

Gingrey grovels

But when the congressman for Georgia’s 11th district sounded off this week about Rush Limbaugh - saying it was easy for him “to stand back and throw bricks” while elected officials provide leadership - Gingrey had little inkling of the uproar his remarks would create.

Within hours of criticizing the popular right-wing talker, the GOP lawmaker’s offices were bombarded with phone calls and e-mails from outraged constituents and Limbaugh devotees known as “dittoheads.” By the next morning, a humbled Gingrey was phoning in to Limbaugh’s show to apologize.

“I just wanted to tell you, Rush - and all our conservative giants, who help us so much to maintain our base and grow it to get back this majority - that I regret those stupid comments,” he said.

Gingrey’s grovelling mea culpa is being heralded as evidence to support two emerging views of the conservative movement in post-George W. Bush era - that there’s a Republican leadership vacuum in Washington, and that Limbaugh, the great tormentor of liberals everywhere, is stepping in once again to fill the void.

In my mind the worst thing he has ever done is to excuse and glorify torture. Media Matters covered his remarks.

Limbaugh on Abu Ghraib

As reported by Wonkette.com, Limbaugh's comments can be found on his website. From the May 4 Rush Limbaugh Show, titled "It's Not About Us; This Is War!":

CALLER: It was like a college fraternity prank that stacked up naked men --

LIMBAUGH: Exactly. Exactly my point! This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off?

The day before, on his May 3 show, Limbaugh observed that the American troops who mistreated Iraqi prisoners of war were "babes" and that the pictures of the alleged abuse were no worse than "anything you'd see Madonna, or Britney Spears do on stage."

LIMBAUGH: And these American prisoners of war -- have you people noticed who the torturers are? Women! The babes! The babes are meting out the torture.

In 2000 during the recount a relative called us from another state...he started out with these words: "Can't you idiots in Florida get it right?"

I later learned that was one of the talking points used by Rush Limbaugh.

[flvegan]

1. Wait...he DRIVES his Maybach? Trash. He's doing it wrong.

That said, fuck him. He makes a lot of money and spends it. I can't fault that. I can fault that we haven't been able to shut that down. Yet.

[Fenris]

12. He doesn't realize that he's supposed to sit in the back!

Maybach - NOT a driver's car but one certain to require a driver.

[flvegan]

13. Exactly.

It's like hiring a limo then driving the chauffeur around.

[Judi Lynn]

42. If his weight-back-gain continues, he'll be too big for it, anyway!

This vehicle will require a driver, and it will be more comfortable for this poor bastard in his declining years, no doubt.
http://www.northerntool.com.nyud.net:8090/images/product/images/3309025_lg.jpg
He could have it painted a nice shiny black to make it seem more formal.

[peekaloo]

48. but a driver can be called to testify against you

when you're out doctor shopping and visiting cheap motels looking to score some HH or maybe visiting the Little Dominican part of town all jazzed on Viagra and waving dollar bills out the window while shouting "Mi casa su casa".

}(

(I made up the Little Dominican thing but you get it.)

[TroglodyteScholar]

58. Not to defend the pig, but...

..."the 57 is more likely to be owner-driven while the longer 62 is designed with a chauffeur in mind." (from Wikipedia)

[notesdev]

2. Look at the bright side

at least he isn't getting the money to do it from TARP

[Cleita]

3. Randi Rhodes issued a fatwa on him this afternoon.

I was on my way between errands and going to work, when she said something close to that now was the time for her to go after him after so many years of him trying to kill her on radio. She said she will go after him.

[madfloridian]

4. Well, I need to start listening again about the 3:00 hour.

Sounds interesting.

[tridim]

7. Randi's shows have been A+ as of late

Very entertaining and smart.

[madfloridian]

88. The only reason we stopped listening for a while..

was the way she treats her guests. I love most of what she says, but I would start squirming when she was rude to someone who was being sincere and nice.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

8. She issued a religious opinion on Islamic Law concerning Limbaugh.

I didn't know she was a recognized Islamic scholar. Learn something new everyday.

David

[Cleita]

28. I didn't hear that.

What I heard was that Rush had told Clear Channel that he didn't like her and that they should fire her.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

29. I meant that to be a question, sorry.

[Hardrada]

5. Send him to a re-education camp and turn all this over to the People.

A lot of people looking for housing right now.

[vadawg]

34. re education camp, i hope to fu that your kidding

If we start shipping people of to camps for re education there wont be enough sandbags to stop the fire power coming from the american people.

[rfranklin]

39. That's a sad little fantasy...

You will always be outgunned by the government for one. Two, there is a history worldwide of people going along with oppressive government with barely a whimper.

[vadawg]

90. I think you will probuably find the majority of LEO, Military

will be on the side of the ones shooting at the poster. I still dont believe that anyone would even consider re education camps, hell i hope most democrats would be picking up arms and fighting this one as well.

[tridim]

6. What a pathetic, sad man

Enjoy your vacation with your money, your cat and your bottle of synthetic heroin.

[madfloridian]

11. But look what harm he had done to our country.

When I think of that I have little pity.

[bulloney]

52. That cat's probably the only pussy he's ever had.

[Plucketeer]

117. Yeah....

... I DO feel sorry for that cat. And I hate cats! Wonder who's gonna be heir to the LimpBall's estate? Probably be a bunch o' bastards from the Dominican Republic vyin' for paternity tests!

[Hugabear]

9. If this were the year 1803, Limbaugh would be in danger of losing his head

The attitude we see from Limbaugh and other corporate neocons and their allies is exactly the same type of attitude displayed by the French monarchy prior to the French Revolution. These assholes should be so lucky that we have evolved over the last two hundred years; and unlike them, most of us abhor the death penalty.

[hay rick]

10. Can I hold the basket?

I guess I got left behind in the whole evolved thing.

[FatDave]

30. Yeah, I don't thnk "evolved" playes into it.

I think if you push people hard enough they will resort to drastic measures, no matter how evolved.

[certainot]

63. 'obama's head needs to roll' said limbaugh sept 10, second hour

[Stephanie]

14. I had no idea a $450,000 car even existed, and he owns SIX?

That's a sickness. He's a sick, sick man. His drug addiction is the least of his problems. And this is who they want to follow?

[8 track mind]

19. I just looked up that particular car

and i want to say i saw a feature on Top Gear about that brand, but i might be mistaken. definatley a car for rich snobs and fairly fast i might add. what a dick.....

[flvegan]

86. Per Top Gear:

"Quite why you would want a Maybach when the Rolls-Royce Phantom exists is beyond rational thinking."

Oh, and this bit from them:

Cool

If you live in America, the Maybach represents and displays enormous wealth (the base model is £263,125, the most expensive £345,675), which, in America, is considered very cool indeed. In the UK however, where taste and good breeding count for a great deal, people will think you are a right twat.

Top Gear's Top Tip on the Maybach 57/62:

"A Rolls-Royce Phantom lists at £265,500 stock, with the extended wheelbase version coming in at £313,500. Don’t be a fool."

[8 track mind]

100. Hee Hee Hee!

I absolutely love Top Gear! Thanks for posting that!

[OakCliffDem]

125. Limbaugh having to decide between a British car or a German car ...

This is a no brainier.

Great Britain won the war, but Hitler was from Germany.

Limbaugh shows his true colors and goes with the German car.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

25. I'm surprised you didn't know they existed.

There are at least 8 production cars that cost that much, probably many more custom cars.

David

[girl gone mad]

15. Two thoughts..

1. I'm pretty sure Rush is gay. I mean, oriental rugs everywhere, does his own interior designing with a replica of the Chandelier from the Plaza hotel? Hello.

2. He's an animal lover and I think his moran dittohead fans are going to feel a little punked when he kicks the bucket and leaves every penny to charities like PETA.

[FatDave]

32. You're pretty sure?

"Limbaugh lives there with a cat. He’s been married three times but has no children."

Hello!

And let's not forget the pocketful of illegal Viagra on his way back from the Dominican Republic.

[onenote]

50. owning a cat is a sign you're gay?

I"m going to have to tell my old college roommate and his partner they need to get rid of their dalmation.

[FatDave]

85. Not by itself.

Living alone with a cat after 3 childless unsuccessful marriages? I dunno, sounds a little gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[AZ Criminal JD]

87. You wouldn't have made the comment if you didn't think it was wrong.

If there is one thing you can depend on DU for, it is gay slurs thrown at right wingers.

[trumad]

59. Here we go again with the Gay thing

He ain't Gay...

[chatnoir]

118. Just when I think he's the most vulgar and vile pig

I find out he's a cat man and an animal lover....

Go figure.

[madfloridian]

16. Raise your hand if you still believe Matalin should be in on Rahm's calls.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/3504

"The calls “are about what’s happening, what the implications are of what’s happening and what’s going on,” said Emanuel.

Mary Matalin, who as Carville’s wife has overheard probably thousands of the group’s calls, describes the conversation as more profane, more sports-centric versions of a knitting club.

“They talk like they are girls,” she said. “The conversations start in the middle and they end in the middle, and if they talk at night, they’ll start in the morning with no break in the flow....To me, the first purpose is friendship,” said Matalin, “and the second purpose is information-sharing.”

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Aesop's Fable Lesson - The Ass and his Purchaser

The Ass and his Purchaser

A man who wanted to buy an Ass went to market, and, coming across a likely-looking beast, arranged with the owner that he should be allowed to take him home on trial to see what he was like. When he reached home, he put him into his stable along with the other asses. The newcomer took a look round, and immediately went and chose a place next to the laziest and greediest beast in the stable. When the master saw this he put a halter on him at once, and led him off and handed him over to his owner again. The latter was a good deal surprised to seem him back so soon, and said, "Why, do you mean to say you have tested him already?" "I don't want to put him through any more tests," replied the other. "I could see what sort of beast he is from the companion he chose for himself."

Moral

A man is known by the company he keeps.

http://esl.about.com/od/readinglessonplans/a/asp_ap.htm

[madfloridian]

23. Heh Heh

Tested and found not wanting. LOL

That's a good morality story. :hi:

[Hissyspit]

17. Being a demagogue can be profitable.

Make shit up at the expense of other people's lives. Don't care. Pick up a paycheck from those who benefit.

[madfloridian]

24. Yep. Just get that paycheck.

Then spin whatever. Watch this video with Barbara Walters. He just looks foolish.


http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6398342

[certainot]

65. he sells war, deregulation, tax breaks for rich, climate denial

you cant make a 1/2 BIL$ selling lumber liquidators flooring, renai hot water heaters and penile enhancement formulas

[raysr]

18. What's

fat man worth these days?

[madfloridian]

20. Rush now leader of the GOP? Picture.

Some say conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has emerged as the leader of the GOP. But will he help or hurt the struggling party?
(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo )

From ABC:

Limbaugh, friend or foe.

n the week since President Obama took the oath of office, Limbaugh's name was dropped by the new president as someone Republicans should not listen to, spurring the radio superstar to boast that he believes Obama is "frightened" of him.

In today's Wall Street Journal, Limbaugh penned an op-ed in which he proposed his own version of the stimulus package.

And when one Republican congressman spoke out against Limbaugh – effectively calling him a hindrance to the party – the talk show host booked the congressman on his syndicated radio show, allowing him an opportunity to grovel and ask for forgiveness.

Oh, and a don't miss video with Barbara Walters:

Lovable Rush Limbaugh

It's great and telling.

[jmowreader]

40. I don't get this. EMERGED?

Rush Limbaugh has been pulling the GOP's strings for a long time. The Contract on America Congress lauded him in special session as the "majority maker."

He won't take the job of RNC Chairman because he couldn't laugh off his seditious talk as "entertainment" anymore, and the job pays a fraction of what his radio gig brings in. Last I checked the RNC Chairman doesn't even have ONE half-million-dollar car, much less six of them. Believe me though, Limbaugh is completely in charge over there.

[certainot]

67. he is a launderer and prechewer of GOP talking points and one liners

and along with the talk radio monopoly they make them acceptable and easier to use by the rest of the media. he is the most powerful single political voice last 20 years but i would disagree that he is in charge of anything.

they have to stroke his ego to maintain his certitude because thats what his base needs from him, thats what sells, but he is ignorant on so many levels and his main function has always been to spin material that is fed to him by guys like rove and crew and think tanks etc. he always gets first dibbs to break material so he can say see i told you so and he's a brilliant story teller and rationalizer and denial enabler but his bluster only succeeds because he's sitting behind a microphone with a call screener in front of him making sure he never gets real calls ( maybe once in a while one sneaks through).

[jmowreader]

69. There's a famous one that snuck through

A few years ago someone got through to Rush, and the first thing the caller said was,

"Mega Bartcop Dildos, Pigboy. Let's talk about your draft dodging."

[certainot]

75. rare, but a classic! there are opportunities on the local shows

and i wish progressives would get obama's back there by calling regularly - some are easier to get through than others but once i figure out the screener won't let me on i can always say something to the screener or management and thank them for the bush, the occupation, the economy and all the other shit they played such an important part in selling, with their coordinate uncontested repetition.

[CoffeeCat]

98. Is that a recent picture of Limbaugh???

Holy hell...he looks like holy hell!

He was fat. Then he lost weight and was eating better. Then his drug thing was public.

So, he's overweight again?

Man, he looks like he's about one second away from a massive heart attack. He not only
looks overweight, he looks like he's on his way out.

[Urban Prairie]

22. I never had heard of Limbaugh...

..until I happened to read a reference to him long ago by a newspaper comics artist named Bil Keane in one of his "Family Circus" comic strips, which went a long way in explaining why the strip was so uhh... just plain "Pleasantville" boring. Since Keane had never before referred to a RW person in his strip, I looked up Limbaugh to find out who he was...ughh!!

[MagickMuffin]

26. Doesn't his "wealth" make him dare I say "AN ELITIST"

I don't think his 5 homes can contain his massive ego. A life sized oil painting of himself:puke:

[BrklynLiberal]

27. i wonder what percentage of his listeners have any idea how much money

he has, and what he spends his money on? SIX CARS FOR Half a million EACH!!??? I bet there are plenty of people who listen to him who will never make a half a million dollars in their entire lifetime.

[BuelahWitch]

43. Oh, they all think they'll be millionaires someday

That's their excuse for hating taxes. It's one of the myths the conservatives spin for the rubes who follow them.

[The Wizard]

49. They believe they'll all be millionaires

when the "coloreds" are back in the fields picking cotton. The party of ignorant bigots has been playing the race card since Strom Thurmond formed the Dixiecrats who later became the core of the Republican party. The last remnants of the Confederacy are still breathing. They've appealed to the worst fears and lowest instincts to keep the frightened and uneducated under their control.
I've just taken to calling them bigots and watch them try to change the subject.

[bulloney]

53. I know a lot of people who parrot the trickle down bullshit, acting like they benefit from it.

Fact is, the people who do benefit would just as soon smash these people like a bug on a sidewalk than have any association with them.

[madeline_con]

31. Limbaugh is also close to Karl Rove, who dined with him a few weeks earlier in Florida

KKKarl had to give him the talking points to blab about.

[certainot]

62. the talk radio monopoly was rove's invisible 2x4 - and the secret of

his success.
dems ignored it, didn't even see the way the lies and distortions and talking points and one liners started with limbaugh and then hannity and so on (from 1000 stations) so they were well established as mainstream by the evening news.

[madfloridian]

76. Democrats are still not taking media seriously. Rich liberals need to fund it

and they appear to be busy ignoring it.

And AAR is turning into more commercial radio than really left stuff.

Democrats are failing on this issue, you are right.

[cartach]

33. Stange Guy !

Five houses ? Wonder who lives in them all ? Probably has a collection of boytoys in at least one of them. Somehow I also can't connect him getting his regular supply of oxyconyin from a couple of amatuers with all this display of so called wealth. You'd think he would have a full fledged medical doctor delivering his drugs in a stretch limo. Whoever wrote this article should be a little more descriptive about the houses,the other four are probably trailers, that's the only place his usual guests would feel at home.

[moggie]

35. He gives pride of place to a portrait of HIMSELF!

Because mansions and half-million-dollar cars don't scream "look at me" loudly enough. Geez, how many of his house guests are laughing at him behind his back?

[jmowreader]

41. None of them.

Limbaugh seems like the kind of man who chooses his friends based on how readily they worship the ground he walks on.

[Divine Discontent]

36. married thrice right wingers with no kids? 100% chance that he's a freak of things we DON'T want to

know about. But wish he'd be exposed for...

He reminds me of an old roommate no longer with us, he was a GOPer, snobbish, arrogant, was funny at times, but you could tell there was inner turmoil, and he was so caustic with his humor that you knew he was messed up - I found out he was closeting himself, and being a GOPer made it worse imo, and that he came from a fundie upbringing. I shudder to think the skeletons in Rushies background........ ick.

[JVS]

37. Isn't the point of having 5 homes to have them in different locations?

[Le Taz Hot]

38. And something I just heard the other day:

he has been given a $300 MILLION contract. And to think, there are first-year teachers making $25,000 a YEAR. You know, I'm beginning to think that a redistribution of wealth may not be such a bad idea.

[NikolaC]

44. Hmmm

interesting that Clear Channel has been laying people off yet, if this is his new contract, they are finding the money to pay the idiot.

[madfloridian]

123. Good point. Where's that massive amount of money coming from during layoffs?

Good question.

[Hubert Flottz]

45. He makes more money than those auto workers who have...

"Ruined Everything in America" because they wanted a few of the finer things in life, like a place to live and something to eat for the kids.

[Deja Q]

46. What does he do for a living, again?

* Prattles on the radio
* Sells books containing his prattle
* Sells ties his wife designs but has his name on them instead
* Overdoes on drugs
* Eats a lot


Dang. If only we all could be so lucky. A nation of fat writers hawkin' our spouses' clothing designs.

[Faygo Kid]

47. Doesn't matter how much money he has. He will always have an inferiority complex.

He rails against the "elites," but has been one since birth, yet never popular or personally accomplished. Couldn't complete a month of college, and he seethes with resentment against Bill Clinton (Rhodes Scholar) and Barack Obama (Harvard Law Review) - both of whom are charismatic.

Rush is the least charismatic person on Earth.

[originalpckelly]

51. And Rush has an Itty, bitty, teeny, tiny, itty, bitty, little, itty, bitty....

Nevermind.

[DinahMoeHum]

54. Laughing at his poor and lower middle class listeners all the while.

:evilfrown:

[madfloridian]

77. Exactly right....he is laughing up his sleeve at his poor listeners.

Who think he is just an average guy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

116. Exactly! He wouldn't cross the street to piss on them if they were on fire.

What tools they are.

[Orsino]

55. And the rubes love it.

There is something inside us that loves a king. We'll gladly go hungry so that he may ride a tall horse from his tall castle. Our hearts will swell with pride as he passes by.

Jesus. And Rush called Obama's campaign a cult of personality. x(

[edc]

56. Poster Boy

:evilgrin: Avarice, narcissism, conspicuous consumption, obesity, substance abuse, sexual inadequacy and perversion. Rush is the quintessential embodiment of the infectious pathology that is conservatism. If you want a snapshot of what's wrong with America look no farther than his jelloness, El Rushbo The Gelded.

[Wednesdays]

57. Huh. Typical Repuke.

What, he's only got 5 houses? Man, he's got some catching up to do if he wants to become a Repug senator from Arizona.

[Vogon_Glory]

60. The Joke Is On Limbaugh's Listeners

The people paying for Rush's lush life are ultimately his listeners, the people who tune in to his show, nod their heads in agreement, and think that Rush is just like them.

The joke's on them.

:eyes:


The getting of wisdom for Rush's audience will have to start after they turn their radios off or tune in to a different station.

[certainot]

73. of 5 am stations 3 had limbaugh on as i drove thru so colorado

some years ago....in many parts of the country there are no alternatives for news, sports, weather, current events.

the choice shouldn't have to be between the GOP talking points and country music or top 40, and that is the big problem. and that is why they've been determining the media flavor of america the last 20 yrs.

[DAMANgoldberg]

103. daytime

AM 760 in Denver, reaches virtually to the NM border on 1-25, not so much down US 287 towards OK, TX.
all times Mountain:
Jay Marvin, 6-10A
Ed Schultz, 10A-1P
Randi Rhoades, 1-4P
Mario Solis-Marich, 4-7P
Thom Hartmann, 7-10P

PS not an employee of KKZN, Clear Channel and live on East Coast, my major trucking lanes involve Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

[certainot]

114. thanks, this is new for 760 and had major impact on last CO elections

that may have been attributed to netroots.

i waited 20 yrs for progressive AM talk in CO and finally they get it right after i leave.

[Initech]

93. Remember pig boys' idea of supporting the troops?

The idea wasctgat you could pay $49.95 for an annual subscription to Pig Boy's 24/7 website and donate it to a soldier of your choice. Right, like I'm sure anyone serving in armed combat has time to read his shit. :eyes:

[Darth_Kitten]

61. Run Kitty Run!!!!!

I wonder if Limbaugh's cat ever tried to break free. Run Kitty RUN!!!!

:(

[jmowreader]

71. Rush hopes not...

because, after all, that cat is the only pussy Rush Limbaugh is likely to get.

[cobalt1999]

64. Obama winning was the best thing to ever happen to Rush

He can really rake in the money with Democrats in office. Without the Clinton years, he'd be nothing right now. Hell, he probably voted for Obama.

[certainot]

72. he's got the biggest UNCONTESTED soapbox and microphone in the USA

or at least it was uncontested until obama did what clinton and gore and kerry should have done and dared to speak his name.

i don't care how much money he makes, he's point man for the talk radio monopoly that has been the main reason we're in this mess.

[Paladin]

66. "If You Want To Know What God Thinks Of Money.......

....just look at who he gives it to...."

[Dukkha]

68. Thankfully those defective genes have not been passed on

Certainly paints the classic portrait of the rich bitter man sitting in a huge empty mansion consumed with terrible loneliness

[havocmom]

70. SO, his efforts are more about saving his tax breaks than saving America

what a surprise ;)

[DirtyDawg]

74. My first thought about Limbast's get-together...

...of his closest friends was, 'You can never find a good suicide bomber when you need one.'

[geiger]

78. No wonder he doesn't want to believe in the politics of change.

He doesn't want anything to change.

Greedy, fat, pig!

[Joanne98]

79. Let's seize his assets. We'll pass a law "The Rushbo Truth Act"

And FINE him 5,000$ per lie. He'll be broke in two weeks!

[Thothmes]

121. Article I section 9 of the U.S. Constitution

[madfloridian]

80. His new contract is 38 million a year.

Video with Barbara Walters:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6398342

[greytdemocrat]

99. Yikes!

El Rushbo is looking a tad blown up! What a jackass. :thumbsdown:

[madfloridian]

113. Wonder where all the money comes from for his salary?

That's a heck of a lot.

[mnhtnbb]

81. I suspect he's a very sad and lonely man and doesn't have the faintest clue why

all his shit (cars, homes, things )doesn't make him happy.

[madfloridian]

83. Sad and lonely, probably. Yet the harm he has done this country..

makes me unable to be too sympathetic.

He divided our family in 2003. Some harm has been repaired, but not all. Some of my Republican relatives now listen to him less, but they still do listen.

[mnhtnbb]

95. Hubby's BIL (sister's husband) listens to Rush religiously.

Ten or more years ago they were visiting us and after lunch the BIL asked to borrow a radio
to take to their room so he could listen to Rush!

What was I to do? I gave him a radio. In another life I suppose I should have told him
to go out and listen in his car.

This BIL fought fascism in WWII. I do not understand how he listens to Rush. I just don't understand.

[madfloridian]

119. I never knew or cared that my family listened...

until Bush came into power with his help. They took his words at face value. I once told an uncle that Rush was not telling the truth...that was a big mistake. He is seeing the light now, but it was rough for a while.

[Deja Q]

92. You mean he's still married?

:wow:

[Ikonoklast]

82. I wonder who's gonna get all of Gasbag's stuff when he croaks?

I don't want to be a grave-dancer, but the fact is sooner more than later he's gonna shuffle off this mortal coil.

I suppose his nieces and nephews will make out nicely.


What a sad, lonely little man.

[Ticonderoga]

84. Upon Limpballs demise

All his wealth should be diverted back into the coffers of the Country he helped destroy.

[Initech]

89. Good idea but we need to keep that money here as much as possible.

[Oldtimeralso]

91. I Think We Should Check Out

Rush's connection to Norm Woodward

[scarface2004]

94. limbaw is a p o s!!!!

i don't care how much shit he owns.....screw the dittoheds that listen to that crap!

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[Archie_Leach]

97. SUBhuman SCUM limbaugh

SCUM limbaugh = SUBhuman DROOLING KNUCKLE DRAGGING reSCUMlican *VERMIN*

[OwnedByFerrets]

101. Just a question. Why the Recs and why the facination

with this Anti-American?? He doesn't deserve the attention he is getting.

[madfloridian]

102. Maybe the recs are because people see what I am doing.

:shrug:

I am NOT commending him or giving him good attention.

It is important to publicize his new 38 million a year contract.

It is important for people to realize he is not an average joe.

[OwnedByFerrets]

104. But who here doesnt know this already....ss, I guess

I am in the minority on this one.:)

[madfloridian]

105. That's fine. I think shining a light on his huge profits is a good idea.

You have every right to think otherwise.

[Why Syzygy]

106. I really think some of us have been taking Rush too seriously.

This is my conclusion after reading the entire NYT article. The guy's a showboat. As Olbermann says, a comic. The very fact that, by no less than Rove's own admission, Limbaugh has shaped GOP policy, certainly does not make him a serious contender in the political arena. I mean, look at the GOP! Cartoons.

I'm not going to participate in giving him any more power by giving him undue attention. The more the Left rants against him, the bigger his spotlight.

This guy is not a threat. Unless you happen to have a radio program during the same time slot.

[madfloridian]

107. I disagree.

.

Let the light shine on his vast monetary holdings.

[Why Syzygy]

109. He doesn't have the same moral standards that we do.

That doesn't make him a threat. He's not the only billionaire around.

I sincerely believe that by all the attention and focus, even *negative*, we give him, it increases power to the things we do not honor. Where your attention goes, there goes your heart (power).
You want to give his ideals that much power?

[madfloridian]

110. Yes, I do want to call attention to him right now.

It is a little unnerving to him to have his vast wealth revealed, I hear.

[Why Syzygy]

112. Wow. He might actually have a heart then?

What would that do to our world view?

[MrSlayer]

108. Well, he certainly can afford it.

What are you supposed to do with all that money but spend it?

[BlooInBloo]

111. I actually don't begrudge him his money - its not inheirited....

I do, however take issue with pretty much everything else about the worthless piece of shit.

[judesedit]

115. Taxes???

I am just so sure he has paid ALL of the legitimate taxes owed on his assets. Yeah. Right. And I'm a right wing evangelist. If you believe that, snort some more peanut butter. He is just another greedy, kinky, GOP hypocrite, with a majorly big mouth, that doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself. He is an anti-American pig.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

120. on hearing that, atheists everywhere say...

"I told you so."

[LeftHander]

122. Obviously Rush uses his audience to keep him comfy....

If he was a elected official he would of been arrested. (Blago)

Instead he uses the demonizing of liberal and progressive ideas to further his own ambition and wealth.

I am sure the media would do well to hound Limbaugh and expose his over the top consumption. I am sure America's "dittoheads" would love to see what thier support has got them.

Rush the fat cat, house cat with no skills other than pointed muck raking and the ditohead. Laid off, broke and soon to be homeless.

[veganlush]

124. this is the email I sent to limbaugh's advertisers....

I remember and perhaps you do too, a number of years ago, (at least fifteen) Denny’s restaurants suffered a scandal when one of their outlets failed to serve an African American would-be customer. For years they have been trying to live that down. I still hear people occassionally bring it up and some black people I know still boycott them. The point is, do you really think it’s wise to advertise with hate-mongers Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity? I can’t help but associate your product with them, and that it why I can no longer buy it, and why I and others are spreading the word. Those two spent many hours of air time in the 90’s inferring that the then-President Clinton and his wife were drug-runners and not just murderers but multiple murderers, (if you don’t believe me, look it up) now they spend most of their time with baseless and misleading racist spew against our current President. If I were you, I would disassociate my company from these two (and others of their ilk) as soon as possible because, as I mentioned before, it can take a long time to remove the type of stain that they are leaving on your brand.


Thank you for your consideration of this matter