Rush Limbaugh is Not

[david13]

in politics.
He is in the entertainment industry.
He is a jingoist and rabble rouser and a crackpot. He does not represent republicans. Sure some of them jump on the wagon to pick up donations, campaign contributions or fire, but no thinking republican listens to him.
What does ditto mean?
It means:
a. I am too stupid to have opinions, so I just parrot yours, and
b. If I do have opinions, I don't know how to put them into words, so ...
DITTO. Me too. They can't put two words into a sentence (me too) so they just use "ditto".
The republican 'bible' is National Review.
Prior to the election 2 of the top people at National Review left, to support Barack Obama and because they deemed that person from Alaska as a "dangerous embarrassment to the Republican party".
Sure Limbaugh causes trouble. But only in the same sense that Oprah caused 'trouble' for Hillary, and McCain.
McCain caused the most trouble for McCain.
dc

[Midlodemocrat]

1. HAHAHAHA.

Welcome to DU!!! Enjoy your stay.

:rofl:

He does not represent republicans. :rofl:

[janedum]

3. Limbaugh does not represent repukelicons? HAHAHAHA

That IS funny.

[stevedeshazer]

2. The Leader of Republican politics is not in politics?

Riiight.

:rofl:

[rangersmith82]

4. Thats like saying ann coulter is a liberal

N/T

[liberal N proud]

5. Sure and you are not posting on a political web site

:rofl:MAO

[creeksneakers2]

6. Limbaugh is a serious threat

He's the leader of GOP thinking. Millions listen to him and they spread his lies and hatred to others.

After the '94 election, the GOP members of Congress invited Limbaugh to their orientation meeting and credited him with the GOP landslide.

Last year, Limbaugh kept John McCain from selecting his chosen nominee for VP. Just watch, there will be absolutely no Republicans who will disavow Limbaugh.

Network news programs now show Limbaugh is the primary sculptor of right wing opinion. He's depicted as the voice of the common man. If Limbaugh wants to accomplish something politically, its easy for him to do it. He's polarized the entire nation and created 12 years of GOP terror.

Just because Limbaugh is out of the mainstream now don't expect that to continue. He'll keep floating lies and hatred ideas until something takes hold again and causes a public uproar against Obama. Limbaugh's done it countless times before.

[Kahuna]

7. WRONGO!!! For years, if you listen to rush at 12pm, by night time, all

the repukes are spewing the same talking points. He IS their leader. Our president is smart enough to know it.

p.s., btw, you're a troll.

[creeksneakers2]

8. Obama is doing what long needed done

Obama is a genius and he'll cut Rush down.

[Kahuna]

9. Yep! He's exposing the 800 lb gorilla in the room. And notice how

all the media PRETEND that this is a new revelation. :eyes:

[certainot]

35. rush leads the talk radio monopoly that does the groundwork for

everything the GOP does. limbaugh is a professional propagandist- he is NOT an entertainer. first he gets the talking points then he prechews them for 3 hours and then lays them out on a smorgasbord for other talk radio blowhards, lazy celeb talking heads, and politicians to pickup and rechew later in the day on prime time.

almost everything the GOP has done to america and dems the last 20 years went through the talk radio monopoly of 1000 stations and an often captive crowd the size of the one that voted for obama. no one better represents the principles and morals of the rep party or has done more to get them where they are now. he is their leader whether they like it not.

[Kahuna]

37. ...

:applause:

[gratuitous]

10. You're right, but so what?

He is an entertainer in the entertainment industry. You couldn't be more correct.

Yet . . .

Rush Limbaugh is invited to appear on cable shows, which breathlessly cover his every porcine grunt.

He is invited to provide commentary on network news shows and extended coverage.

His three hour daily hatefest is cited with approval by any number of politicians and political insiders.

Comments on his show are often morph into talking points for the Republican party, and as long as he's riding his hobby horse on an issue, it receives attention and airing.

Obama very subtly and masterfully made Limbaugh the face of rage and the yammering voice of the Republican party. If he's just an entertainer, let the Republicans denounce him and distance themselves from him. But right now they're stuck with him until they decide to unstick themselves. And the Republicans only have themselves to blame for that.

[madfloridian]

11. Rush Limbaugh is....

Very very rich.

[louis-t]

25. Anyone who hangs a huge portrait of himself....

in his home is...well...a little sick?

[certainot]

36. he got it for selling war, deregulation, global warming denial, tax breaks

and our kids will pay for it.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Rush is a doper that has fried his brain and has no grasp of

reality anymore. Just like Burnt Out Bush. The GOP lost the war in Iraq and the war on drugs!

[madfloridian]

13. Video with Barbara Walters.....Lovable Rush Limbaugh.

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

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. Gravity be takin' its toll.

[AlinPA]

14. Limbaugh does not represent republicans?? You've had enough, sleep it off.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. Tell the truth. Your other identity is "blueladybird", right? Either that,

or you're working together.

[firedupdem]

18. You got it! n/t

[anonymous171]

16. He is the leader of the GOP. Everything he says the GOP believes. nt

[cherish44]

17. They're looking to Rush so they can have a repeat of '94

Republicans are more interested in campaigning for the '10 elections than helping remedy the major crisis this country is in. "Party before country" is their mantra

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. They'll get a repeat of '06 and '08 if they listen to his BS.

Which is just fine with me.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. He's a modern day Pied Piper, except the biggest rat of all leads the parade

And he does represent republicans.

They worship his fetid, bloated ass.

[firedupdem]

20. Rush is your leader. Show him some respect. He runs your shit! n/t

[ebdarcy]

22. Bullshit he doesn't represent republicans.

He is republican scum, and so are his minions. Limbaugh's an asshole.

[Marr]

23. Then why, I wonder, are Republican politicians unwilling to publically denounce him?

[madfloridian]

24. His new contract is worth 38 million a year.

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

[fchurch66]

26. Notice progressive radio hosts don't get any props

No progressive would this kind of press, negative or otherwise--I think it has been overblown. This fat idiot should just go away--him and the skankqueen Ann Coulter.

[Faygo Kid]

27. ". . . no thinking republican listens to him." Say what?

OK, maybe no Republicans actually "think," in the synapses sense.

But they surely listen, and they obey their Dear Leader (Rush) without question or hesitation.

This election burned any remaining internal dissent out of the Republican Party. They now share one goal, and one goal only: Destroy Obama. And that's Rush's only goal, as well.

[whoneedstickets]

29. Limpballs represents the opinions of the core of the GOP

There may be Republicans who don't ascribe to him but few if any of these have the courage to speak up against him and risk the wrath of the core of the party. If you can't see that you must be one of the cowards in the GOP who won't call him out while chafing secretly over his obnoxiousness. Everyone on the outside can see the truth.

[TahitiNut]

30. Oxymoron Alert!

"thinking republican"

:eyes: :eyes:

[SergeyDovlatov]

31. You got me scared at first. I've read the title as: "Rush Limbaugh is Hot"

[stanwyck]

32. Rep. Gingrey (R-GA) would disagree with you

He was so worried that he'd offended Rush by claiming that Rush didn't represent Republicans that he made one of the most cringe-worthy apologies in the history of politics -- live on Rush's radio show.

[sendero]

33. Like most Republicans..

... is't pretty much impossible to tell if you are delusional or actually stupid enough to believe the shit you say.

Whatever. Your party has led our country to the brink of chaos, and we're not going to forget it nor are we going to let anyone spin the truth about it.

Limbaugh would be among the first, trying to blame it on the CRA. I know his shit "works" becuase I had co-workers spouting that bullshit in short order. They don't any more, because it is a trivial argument to eviscerate.

Get a clue fool.

[lib2DaBone]

TOYKYO ROSE by any other name.....

This man is resonsible for the strangulation of free speech in America....

According to the Communications Act of 1934.. the media is responsible for the public interest, convenience and necessity. Ya Think?

Colon Powell and his NEOCON kid ,Michael Powell, enabled by Ronald Reagan policies, have gutted free speech in America.

If American Lemmings do not wake up soon... it is all over.

[alfredo]

34. He is just their propagandist, but that doesn't mean we can't use him

for our own purposes. If we keep saying he is the leader of the party he might start believing it.