How Limbaugh Manipulates Listeners

Rush Limbaugh is rich, nasty and now de facto don of Republican Party

If Rush Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party, it's a face with lots of scars.
Not so much the literal ones, but scars in the character that is El Rushbo - the most popular radio talk show host in the nation, whose fame has only grown since the White House gleefully sought to anoint him last week as the official "voice" of the GOP.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh 3rd, 58, is a thrice-divorced, formerly drug-addicted college dropout who casts himself as a working class hero, yet drives his $450,000 Mercedes-Benz Maybach 57S home to a 24,000-square-foot Florida mansion every night (one of five houses on the property).
He is a black-suited showman who can begin a speech with a joke about how he is not arrogant, as he did at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference - then use the words "I," "me" or "my" 223 times over the next hour.
And, yes, he may be the closest thing to a leader in the currently headless, ideologically adrift Republican Party - a fact as frightening to many Republicans as it is disturbing to grassroots Democrats.
"The Republican Party's entire modern identity is built on order, on always having an obvious designated leader," said Democratic political consultant James Carville. "So this is unprecedented chaos for them."
It is chaos that has been deftly exploited by Democratic strategists whose new ringleader is President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.
Their antennae were first raised when Limbaugh - four days before Obama was even sworn in - told his listeners he "hopes" Obama fails.
"I want everything he is doing to fail," Limbaugh said on Jan. 16 - a wish he has continued to express ever since.
With its partisan, naysaying flavor, it was a made-to-order slap at a White House that would soon score bipartisan points for at least trying (if not succeeding) to break the ideological gridlock in Washington, polls show.
From there, it was a short hop for Emanuel to cast Limbaugh asthe "voice and the intellectual force and energy" of the new GOP, setting off an intra-Republican squabble that only underscored that, in fact, no one is leading the GOP.
The truth is that Limbaugh has spent two decades lobbing rhetorical hand grenades, many of them tinged with the kind of racist, sexist, homophobic code words that mostly delight his mostly white, male audience.
In his early, pre-syndicated days in Sacramento, Calif., Limbaugh was known for performing "caller abortions" - if he didn't like what someone was saying, he'd cut them off to the sounds of a vacuum cleaner and a woman's scream.

Rush Limbaugh is rich, nasty and now de facto don of Republican Party

A highly paid entertainer is the de facto head of the GOP. Real conservatives must be horrified.

What a mess.

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Do enlighten us sabang...have you ever heard Rush? Like listen to his radio show? Or, as we suspect, simply getting your 'talking points' off Liberal blogs, eh?:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by attaboy

You could say he generaly didn't criticize Bush. He was critical about Bush over illegal immigration, medical prescription benefits, and gun control. There's others but can't think of them at the moment.

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your post indicates that you listen to limbaugh quite often.

in fact, it seems like you listen to quite a bit of talk radio.

who do you listen to more often, limbaugh or michael savage of 'savage nation' :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by attaboy

Savage Nation radio had a rep from the bridge authority on the show to explain the reason for no marine commercial.

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for those who don't know, here's an example of the dialogue offered from michael savage:

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on July 7, he was fired from his MSNBC television show after remarks made in response to a caller, later identified as prank caller Bob Foster. Foster insulted Savage's teeth. Savage then asked if Foster was a "sodomite", to which the caller answered, "Yes." Savage then said to the caller, "Oh, so you're one of those sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig; how's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig? You got nothing better to do than to put me down, you piece of garbage? You got nothing to do today? Go eat a sausage, and choke on it. Get trichinosis. Now do we have another nice caller here who's busy because he didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today? Put another, put another sodomite on....no more calls?...I don't care about these bums; they mean nothing to me. They're all sausages."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage_(commentator
https://teakdoor.com/us-domestic-issu...tml

hate filled talk radio is a key component in the GOP echo chamber.


btw, everyone here knows about all the racist comments made by limbaugh over the years, right?

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Once again you prove yourself to be the most dishonest poster on TD. Your dishonesty knows no bounds. I have never seen a greater partisan hack than ray. To quote TD member Bugs:

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Originally Posted by Bugs in response to ray

Nice cutting of what I said to alter the meaning to fit your warped mind.

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https://teakdoor.com/us-domestic-issu...tml#post979225


You failed to post my response to your attempted besmirching found here:

https://teakdoor.com/us-domestic-issu...tml#post410220

There is some pretty funny stuff about PC fundamentalists in subsequent posts on the above linked page, if anyone is interested. ray, you would make a great vaudeville partner. Cheers! :)

Reflects the shallowness of public discourse

Real thinkers from William F Buckley Ayn Rand Friedman on the right Mcluhan Marcuse and Tim R on left are largely ignored
But at least like this forum and unlike here in LOS there is open debate and criticism and loss of face
I detest Rush his gutter rabble rousing dumbing down but defending his right and free speech it what makes America a model for failed repressive dictatorships who pal up with Burnese burchers Sino crooks and Russowhoremongers

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Originally Posted by sabang

I find it amazing that a populist radio announcer has more power in the Republican party than the party President. The GOP is in a right mess, and alienating most of the voting population. In one respect, Limbaugh has a point. The only way for the Republicans to win an election in the foreseeable future is if the Obama rescue package is a complete failure, and the US goes into a deep, prolonged recession.

The fact that Limbaugh publicly wishes for this to be the case however speaks volumes about the man, and his support base.

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There is another conceivable scenario. Howabout the tax cuts Limbaugh and Republicans advocate? The Republican House economic recovery proposal costs less and will create more jobs according to the Congressional Budget Office.

House GOP Economic Recovery Alternative Will Create 6.2 Million New American Jobs | Republican Leader John Boehner



The story here is this:

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The seeds were planted in October after Democracy Corps, the Democratic polling company run by Carville and Greenberg, included Limbaugh’s name in a survey and found that many Americans just don’t like him.

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Rush Job: Inside Dems' Limbaugh plan - Jonathan Martin - POLITICO.com


Carville, Greenberg, Begala (political contributor for CNN), George Stephanopoulos (Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News) and White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, talk on the telephone every morning to layout the White House talking points to the media. They've hatched a plan to knock Republicans off balance and to divide them. It's gotta be true otherwise partisan hack, raycarey, wouldn't be so hot on it. :) Which liberal blogs do you read, ray? I think that's a fair question since you ask it of others all the time.

Is that the Carville married to Matalan?

interesting how the republicans who were doing all the hand wringing about dems distracting from the important issues are now trying to demonize the presidents chief of staff.

good luck.

anyway, here's a new dem ad that takes a shot at the GOP and limbaugh....

YouTube - THE PARTY OF NO FINAL

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Originally Posted by raycarey

interesting how the republicans who were doing all the hand wringing about dems distracting from the important issues are now trying to demonize the presidents chief of staff.

good luck.

anyway, here's a new dem ad that takes a shot at the GOP and limbaugh....

YouTube - THE PARTY OF NO FINAL

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:rofl: That is really sad that the DNC has to take out an ad to prove its worth against Rush. Hilarious! What, is this campaign time again? 55555555
The Dems are doing the hand wringing and distraction here, reach around, coz they don't want folks to think too much about all the trillions of taxpayer dollars the Congress and BO are spending on pork. Never mind the errors Clinton has made on here Euro trip (oh, only two names wrong and feel REAL sorry for the State staff member who feked up the Russian translation on that cheapo plastic "reset" button gift to the Ruskies) or BO's total lack of decorum with Gordon Brown (hey, you gotta love that gift pack of DVDs given as a state gift -- bet the kiddies picked that out).
Hey, did Y'All watch the SNL skit on Geitner? 5555555555555555555
Geez, Rahm and the boys must have cut it from youtube. (uh oh, are we talking dictatorship now? "Don't say anything bad about BO!!) You can see it in the broadcasts on meet the press and face the nation.
It's about minute 34 here:
msnbc.com Video Player

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Hey, did Y'All watch the SNL skit on Geitner? 5555555555555555555 Geez, Rahm and the boys must have cut it from youtube. (uh oh, are we talking dictatorship now? "Don't say anything bad about BO!!)

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how many nbc universal clips have you seen on youtube recently?

ever heard of hulu?

eh jet?

but never mind that.... you're probably right...it's all a conspiracy. :rolleyes:

^ Hey, know-it-all, guess you didn't know hulu is not available in Canada. Anyway, another diversion tactic, reach around? Dems campaigning with vids to get unemployed voters to forget about the spending and the fact that they ain't gonna get a JOB anytime soon but the govt will be there to steal from them with carbon tax and other taxes anyway. Yep, real nice BO admin there.

so i guess jet is finally hip to hulu. wonder when she'll learn about using a proxy to download the vids?

anyway, back to the thrice divorced, drug addicted, obese 'conservative' radio talkshow host.....

i for one find it very amusing that the republicans were out in "force" this weekend whining about how the mean, mean democrats are making them squirm by using limbaugh as a target.

the GOP has nowhere to run...if they stick with limbaugh, mainstream america runs away from them. if they try to distance themselves from limbaugh, they lose the rabid base.

ahhhh.....life in the wilderness.

^ You have lost the plot once again, reach around. Dodging the issue like you obviously dodge taxes. Reps are laughing at you for focusing on Limbaugh, who is the WH's smoke screen to cover up the trillions they are screwing the taxpayers for. That is the reason for the Dems to focus on the whole Limbaugh issue. Duhhhh.......

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Reps are laughing at you for focusing on Limbaugh, who is the WH's smoke screen to cover up the trillions they are screwing the taxpayers for.

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i know i was laughing when I watched boehner (he's the minority leader, jet) crying the blues about the dems linking limbaugh to their irrelevant political party.

and btw, i haven't seen any republicans laughing about much of anything since 2006. have you? but then again, you're predicted the republicans are going to take back the house or senate in 2010, right? or was it both? :rolleyes:


and for the record, it wasn't a dem who said he wanted the president of the united state to fail, it was limbaugh.

and it wasn't a dem who called limbaugh 'ugly' and 'incendiary', it was (alleged) GOP chairman michael steele.

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Don't be too hard on Rush there Reach-Around. After all, who was able to broadcast for years being stone deaf, eh? Not even telling anyone about this problem. Most whiny-ass TELFers like yourself would have parlayed that into a week on Oprah, a book deal, whatever!:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by attaboy

You could say he generaly didn't criticize Bush. He was critical about Bush over illegal immigration, medical prescription benefits, and gun control. There's others but can't think of them at the moment.

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your post indicates that you listen to limbaugh quite often.

in fact, it seems like you listen to quite a bit of talk radio.

who do you listen to more often, limbaugh or michael savage of 'savage nation' :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by attaboy

Savage Nation radio had a rep from the bridge authority on the show to explain the reason for no marine commercial.

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for those who don't know, here's an example of the dialogue offered from michael savage:

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on July 7, he was fired from his MSNBC television show after remarks made in response to a caller, later identified as prank caller Bob Foster. Foster insulted Savage's teeth. Savage then asked if Foster was a "sodomite", to which the caller answered, "Yes." Savage then said to the caller, "Oh, so you're one of those sodomites. You should only get AIDS and die, you pig; how's that? Why don't you see if you can sue me, you pig? You got nothing better to do than to put me down, you piece of garbage? You got nothing to do today? Go eat a sausage, and choke on it. Get trichinosis. Now do we have another nice caller here who's busy because he didn't have a nice night in the bathhouse who's angry at me today? Put another, put another sodomite on....no more calls?...I don't care about these bums; they mean nothing to me. They're all sausages."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Savage_(commentator
https://teakdoor.com/us-domestic-issu...tml

hate filled talk radio is a key component in the GOP echo chamber.


btw, everyone here knows about all the racist comments made by limbaugh over the years, right?

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Once again you prove yourself to be the most dishonest poster on TD. Your dishonesty knows no bounds. I have never seen a greater partisan hack than ray. To quote TD member Bugs:

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Originally Posted by Bugs in response to ray

Nice cutting of what I said to alter the meaning to fit your warped mind.

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https://teakdoor.com/us-domestic-issu...tml#post979225


You failed to post my response to your attempted besmirching found here:

https://teakdoor.com/us-domestic-issu...tml#post410220

There is some pretty funny stuff about PC fundamentalists in subsequent posts on the above linked page, if anyone is interested. ray, you would make a great vaudeville partner. Cheers! :)

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Is ray ever going to take responsibility for this stuff he prints? Am I supposed to lump ray in with the 'drive-by' media? :)

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

The Dems are doing the hand wringing and distraction here, reach around, coz they don't want folks to think too much about all the trillions of taxpayer dollars the Congress and BO are spending on pork. Never mind the errors Clinton has made on here Euro trip (oh, only two names wrong and feel REAL sorry for the State staff member who feked up the Russian translation on that cheapo plastic "reset" button gift to the Ruskies) or BO's total lack of decorum with Gordon Brown (hey, you gotta love that gift pack of DVDs given as a state gift -- bet the kiddies picked that out).

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From The Times

March 5, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama shows even she has a gift for the gaffe


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Unflattering: the White House released only one photograph of Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown together


It was all going so well. The dresses, the brains, the Vogue cover shoot – everything so far about Michelle Obama has left us wide-mouthed in admiration. It seemed there was no end to her fabulousness. Then Mr and Mrs Brown came to stay.

Apparently it's all bullshit fabricated by the media because Michelle has proven she has poor taste in clothes, has a loud mouth and possesses little imagination when it comes to choosing gifts for the children of a man who represents a country which stands by the USA no matter what, a country which is a true ally.

Like all good guests, Sarah Brown arrived bearing gifts for the children, Malia and Sasha. And they were really nice presents. A bit of thought had clearly gone into choosing them: Top Shop dresses (with matching necklaces) and a selection of books by British authors. Lovely.

Mrs Brown may have two boys but she certainly knows the way to a little girl’s heart. These were gifts chosen in the true spirit of present-giving: to please the recipient, not the giver.

In return Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, Fraser and John, two toy models of Marine One, the Presidential helicopter. Fair enough on the helicopter part, always a popular choice with small boys; but Marine One? It’s not as though anyone needs reminding that Barack Obama is President or that he has his own helicopter. Short of giving the boys Action Man models of her own husband smiting the evil forces of neoconservatism, Mrs Obama’s gesture could not have been more solipsistic or more inherently dismissive of Mrs Brown.

Oh yes it can. The toys are available in the White House Gift Shop. Two of the same item? How far did Michelle's mind stretch? Is this an example of rudimentary thought brought on by a preoccupation with egalitarianism?


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They retail for $10.35 each on Amazon.

Not only did she demonstrate that she spent approximately three seconds contemplating the needs of the Brown boys (having an aide pop to the White House gift shop for a piece of merchandising does not imply a great deal of thought), she appeared to show a most uncharacteristic lapse of judgment.
It might have been possible to overlook the incident were it not for the official photograph.

The White House released one picture of the two women and it does not appear to have been selected with any kind of special relationship in mind. There is a menacing bunch of pink peonies in the foreground and the angle is most unflattering to Mrs Brown, who has the air of a woman very much in need of a stiff drink.

Whether deliberate or not, the whole thing feels like a snub.
As for Fraser and John, their parents’ trip to America will always be remembered as the time that “Mum and Dad went to see the President, and all we got was this lousy plastic helicopter”.

First Lady Michelle Obama shows even she has a gift for the gaffe - Times Online

What a dispicable, horrible, nasty piece of work she is...

You forgot NO class. I shuddered in embarrassment for the US when I saw her in a sleeveless green puke gown with a huge bustle in the back -- like she needs to accentuate her butt any further.

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BO's total lack of decorum with Gordon Brown (hey, you gotta love that gift pack of DVDs given as a state gift -- bet the kiddies picked that out).

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From The Times

March 5, 2009
First Lady Michelle Obama shows even she has a gift for the gaffe

Whether deliberate or not, the whole thing feels like a snub.
As for Fraser and John, their parents’ trip to America will always be remembered as the time that “Mum and Dad went to see the President, and all we got was this lousy plastic helicopter”.

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Besides having absolutely NO class, both BO and MO are showing their narcissism and their holier-than-you, Honky, attitudes. She has WH staff to suggest gifts, but obviously, they don't have a clue or figure it's proper to shove it up people's noses. Too bad Laura couldn't have dispensed some advice. MO is cheap and tawdry, just like she dresses. She's better off helping out in the soup kitchens. I bet the standing WH service staff blush in embarrassment whenever state visitors arrive. This chick needs a course in etiquette and social graces, but I bet she thinks she be too good for manners. Yep, they're number one now, but guess what, it won't last forever and people don't forget slights like this.

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Is ray ever going to take responsibility for this stuff he prints?

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now you're just being nonsensical. ok, more nonsensical than usual.

what is it that i'm supposed to 'take responsibility for'?

you've already posted that you've repeatedly listened to "savage nation" and seem very well versed on limbaugh's position on a wide variety of issues (immigration, med benefits, gun control).

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Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

You forgot NO class.

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a spinster pontificating bitterly about a young, successful, married woman....

you're such a cliche, jet.



and btw, is this what you mean by 'class'?

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both BO and MO are showing their narcissism and their holier-than-you, Honky, attitudes.

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MO is cheap and tawdry, just like she dresses

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like she needs to accentuate her butt any further.

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classy!

^ I'm not first lady, but I bet you a Tour d'Argent dinner, I have way more class than that fake. She probably talks with her mouth full, too.

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She probably talks with her mouth full, too.

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OK, jet. whatever you say. :mid:

anyway.....

first it was limbaugh saying he wanted the president of the US to fail.

then (alleged) GOP chair michael steel called limbaugh 'incendiary' and 'ugly'.

now limbaugh and gingrich are going back and forth....

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Rush Limbaugh responded to Newt Gingrich's shot at him with a broadside at the former speaker on today's show.

"I'm frankly getting tired of talking about Newt. I mean, it's a pointless exercise," Limbaugh said of Gingrich's dismissal of him on "Meet the Press." "I'm surprised by nothing when I'm dealing with people in the media who think they're in politics. ...

They are fly-by-night operators, and most of them stand for nothing until they see a poll about what the American people want, and then they go out and try to say one way or another what the American people want while trying to falsely hold onto an ideology at the same time — and you can't count on them. You can't depend on them. They will sell you out; they will throw you overboard to save themselves, faster than anything. And they'll use you on their way up as often as they can at the same time."

"I mean, next week Newt could come out and profess his total admiration and love for me if it would serve his purposes," he continued. "They're running TV ads against me. Newt Gingrich wishes they were running TV ads against him."

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Ben Smith's Blog: Rush whacks Newt: 'He wishes they were running TV ads against him' - POLITICO.com

earlier i related the GOP feeding on itself to animal planet, but now it seem more like 'lord of the flies'.

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Originally Posted by raycarey

"I'm surprised by nothing when I'm dealing with people in the media who think they're in politics. ...

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Well, isn't that a tailor made description of Limbaugh himself? Nice one Rush. :mid:

^ I think that was Newt's line...

They say people are defined by the company they keep, so lets look at the media icons of the Republican Right:-

Rush Limbaugh
Ann Coulter
Michelle Malkin
Sean Hannity.

I've gotta say, what a lowbrow mix.