Rush comes clean

They say exactely what they are told when they are told for a big fat paycheck and fame.
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Which is why I get worried even more when I hear them saying things I agree with. Makes me reconsider my positions.
(If they start making sense then somethings wrong! Take Keith Olbermann every now & then. He surely can't give a crap about the passionate things he's saying...Whats he up to??)
 
Well lets see,How many states in the last 6years has gotten CC? Had the bad guys sent to prison for felony gun possession. The list goes on and on,Rush was part of the reform from the Clinton/Reno years.He carried a lot of water.Exposed a lot of Liberal's. He is not perfect,that stone that you want to throw at him gets awful heavy.
 
The Demonrats vs. the Republicans is just the Evil Party vs, the Stupid Party. I am sick to death of voting against the lying weasel I despise more- God, how I wish I could vote FOR someone I actually want to see in office. Politicians all suck and I think most of Congress should be hanged on pay-per-view TV. The greatest threat to happiness, freedom, and prosperity of the American people is not Islamofascism- it is the federal government.
 
C'mon...seriously...who can't see through this. All the major talking heads are doing the same thing now....
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Yeah, couldn't possibly because they're individuals who happen to believe what they're saying.

And highly paid? Couldn't possibly be because lots of people listen to them. I mean, the various center-to-right news commentator programs seem to be doing fairly well. And how many times has Air America gone bankrupt now? :D

Theonly reason those programs are successful is because they exploited a niche. And personally, I'd sooner trust a commentator telling me his biases than a news anchor with an obvious bias that insists otherwise.
 
Easy to forgive your ideological buddy, isn't it? However, when someone you don't agree with sins - tons of good ol' ranting and raving.

A jerk is a jerk - if you support your jerk because he is 'ideologically pure' - you are a jerk.
 
Kaylee,
It could be, but if that's true then it means they didn't really believe what they were telling you then.

What did Rush *really* think about Abu Ghraib? What was his *true* opinion on wiretapping? Fillibusters? Pre-war intelligence? Suspension of Habeas Corpus? The Department of Homeland Security?
We'll never know, but how many people began parroting his propaganda about these issues merely because it's "what Rush thinks"?

I truly believe he meant well, but he was dishonest in not saying what he really felt. He confused "Republican" with "Conservative" and ended up helping to lead the party off a cliff.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't believe him...I'm just saying never let anybody else tell you what to think.
 
I never could stand to listen to Rush, had little to do with

his politics... He just always sounded like a pompus windbag. I enjoyed G.Gordon Liddy a lot better. Much smarter.

but then now that Rush has admitted to being a 'junkie' as mentioned above. I think I would be more inclined to to listen, if I had the time.

Kind of like watching Jimmy Swaggert after he admitted to 'sinnin'.
 
Playboypenguin wrote:
... due to the rejection the far right just recieved from the people of America...
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Wishful thinking?

IMHO, it was less America's rejection of the right, and more the right's rejection of the Republican's shift to the left.
 
"I quit listening to Rush when I found out he was a junkie".

Oxycontin. A prescription pain killer and extremely addictive. My mother was prescribed these things for an injury to her leg. She's a nurse so she knew what the things could do. She quit them after the third day and accepted the pain because she said she started craving them, looking forward to taking them.

On the other hand, if someone went to their doctor and was prescribed these things they would probably trust their doctor and go for it. You wouldn't believe how many people are addicted to this crap.

Maybe you should consider the circumstances here before you dismiss him as a "junkie".
 
...how many people began parroting his propaganda about these issues merely because it's "what Rush thinks"
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This is classic liberal thinking. I’ve listened to Rush off and on since 'purt-near' the beginning and I’ve always enjoyed listening to him. The reason I listen to him though, is because he agrees with me. That’s the whole point behind the “mind numbed robots” comments he makes. Typical liberal thinking: We’re all idiots because we don’t think the way you do, and its all because somebody (i.e. Rush) fills our mushy minds with marching orders. :rolleyes:
 
ahenry,
If that's the truth, then it turns out he didn't agree with you.

But I reject that. Just too coincidental that many on the right were strangely silent immediately after yet another screw-up. No opinions until after Limbaugh, Malkin, etc. had spoken. Only then would I hear the massive wall of opinion. Verbatim. Some of it so intellectually lazy they didn't even bother to copy 'n' paste it, choosing to link directly to the source.

So either A: a great many of the "dittoheads" did not have an opinion until after Rush formed it
orB: they did have an opinion but were afraid to voice it until Rush confirmed that it was okay to think that way.

I'll tell ya this: If I were a liberal and truly believed what you suggest....I wouldn't have posted this thread because it would be in my best political interest to leave you as you were.
 
That thing that keeps me from voting Democratic, despite listening to NPR everyday at work, is called a moral compass.

I don't need a talking head on the raideeeeooo to tell me that the Democratic Party can't possibly represent my personal positions on:

1) RKBA
2) National Security
3) Taxation
4) So-called "Family Values"
5) Meritocracy
6) Illegal Immigration

Like someone said earlier, you couldn't pay me to vote for those clowns. When one counts Feinstein, Schumer, Kennedy, the Clintons, Durbin, Kerry, McCarthy, Rangel, Pelosi, Boxer, and others as "friends," one has some serious taste issues.
 
IMHO, it was less America's rejection of the right, and more the right's rejection of the Republican's shift to the left.
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I will have to disagree. Especially since polls showed that the main reason they shifted their votes this year were corruption, mishandling of the war, and imigration.

You could think that failing to deal with illegal imigration is moving left but that would be an incorrect assumption. The neo-cons are alot more interested in cheap and abundant labor than any liberal. They didn't deal with imigration because big business did not want them to deal with it.
 
I think it would be a good idea to label opinions and beliefs as just that and not pose them as facts. If there is evidence to present that supports those assertions, then by all means don't keep it a secret. Examples are good.

Otherwise, for example: It is my opinion that the neo-cons are alot more interested in cheap and abundant labor than any liberal. I believe that they didn't deal with imigration (sic) because big business did not want them to deal with it.

There's nothing wrong with conviction, but stating opinions as fact exposes a fervor that weakens your position and wastes your conviction. It is also a form of intellectual bullyism in that, if not true, the other side needs to prove a negative ... that what you said is not true. It is also dishonest, if it is not factual yet presented as such. That would be a natural outcome of the vehemence of being too right to be wrong, i.e., facts be damned, I'm right and you're wrong.

So your conviction is not good enough. It is in fact old hat and does nothing to convince the other side of your argument, It does however show how convinced you are with your own argument. :)

Lastly, PP, in case you think I have targeted you in particular, let me say that my cup simply runneth over at this time. The theme here in L&P is divisive and walks the line of uncivil. It is time to clean it up.
 
I don't listen to Rush much any more

But even I have heard him be critical of the RNC and the current administration on some topics

Turning that into some conspiracy is silly

Being critical is different than giving up

I am not happy with the current policies on illegal immigration

But I am not stupid enough to believe that the dems would be tougher on it
 
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