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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 06:55 PM Mar 2013

Limbaugh threw up the white flag on Thursday

Right-wing radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh threw up the white flag on Thursday, conceding that no matter how the Supreme Court rules on Proposition 8 or the Defense of Marriage Act, both of which it considered this week, gay marriage "is now inevitable."

"This issue is lost," he proclaimed. "I don't care what the Supreme Court does, this is now inevitable. It's inevitable because we lost the language on this." Limbaugh argued that once Republicans allowed the message to shift from "marriage" to various "forms" of marriage, gay marriage began cruising along on a self-sustaining path to legality.

"I maintain to you that we lost the issue when we started allowing the word marriage to be basterdized and redefined by simply adding words to it. Because marriage is one thing. It wasn't established on the basis of discrimination, it wasn't established on the basis of denying anything," he explained.

"We allowed the left to have people believe that it was structured that way," he said. "As far as I'm concerned once we started talking about gay marriage, traditional marriage, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, hetero-marriage, it was over. It was just a matter of time. Once you decide to modify the word 'marriage' then the other side has won. Or at least they're 90 percent of the way home."

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rush-limbaugh-concedes-gay-marriage-is-inevitable

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Limbaugh threw up the white flag on Thursday (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2013 OP
He then listened to an Elton John album with his fourth wife. Blue Owl Mar 2013 #1
Lol! Perfect! Squinch Mar 2013 #12
popped a few "blue babies" arely staircase Mar 2013 #14
I've got nothing that can possibly compete with this reply! bullwinkle428 Mar 2013 #43
Home run. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2013 #56
Aw. Poor old Rushie bear. Bolo Boffin Mar 2013 #2
And elton John played at this idiots wedding! WTF! Nt Logical Mar 2013 #3
He got paid exboyfil Mar 2013 #36
Don't have a problem with him fitman Mar 2013 #44
It will take some time before he understands what's happened. sibelian Mar 2013 #4
Nonsense. Marriage is not natural... immoderate Mar 2013 #5
Marriage is precious to Rush he's gotten married 4 times. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #6
What the fuck does any of that claptrap mean?? GreenEyedLefty Mar 2013 #7
Harumph harumph harumpf fart ftttt pffft Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #8
Best Rush imitation I have seen. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #26
that's all I fucking hear, whenever Rush Talks. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #28
I know. I can't listen to the guy. caseymoz Mar 2013 #42
fuck you ru$h. you're a loser regardless of how the supreme court rules on anyfuckingthing. spanone Mar 2013 #9
"......gay marriage began cruising along" Skittles Mar 2013 #10
Rush never did answer fitman Mar 2013 #11
You "lost the language on this", Rush? sheshe2 Mar 2013 #13
+1! Roland99 Mar 2013 #39
I've listened to bits of this for the last three days - a good recap of his sad week so far underpants Mar 2013 #15
So Limbaugh is a serial adulterer who has been known to go on Caribbean sex binges.... Initech Mar 2013 #16
Well, I hope he'll be happy with his one real, true love ... zbdent Mar 2013 #17
When are these guys going to get that Right Wing Hate is "soooo last century"? Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #18
When did he swallow it? Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #19
He hasn't thrown up his hands at all. Th1onein Mar 2013 #20
when asked for clarification, Limbaush shifted in his seat, causing the metal to creak, saying Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #21
It's not win or lose - It's finding the truth socialindependocrat Mar 2013 #22
What's the big friggin' deal, Rush? Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #23
What he meant was The GOPers normal usage of language to describe an issue didn't stick Snake Plissken Mar 2013 #24
Get back to us when he retires to silence and Florida. Coyotl Mar 2013 #25
The confusion arises quaker bill Mar 2013 #27
PAGING CAPTAIN OBVIOUS cbrer Mar 2013 #29
Paranoid and delusional - it isn't about "adding words" Politicub Mar 2013 #30
Lord. Is there NOTHING that man won't eat? Kurovski Mar 2013 #31
The Conservatives lose all issues Jack Sprat Mar 2013 #32
Say OxyRush ... how's that Operation Chaos of yours working out pal? lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #33
Let's hope he uses that white flag to gag himself. William769 Mar 2013 #34
DITTO!!1! Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #35
Limbaugh is quite the poster boy for "traditional" marriage. Vinnie From Indy Mar 2013 #37
Wives on traditional marriage: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #38
What did you say, Rash? HappyMe Mar 2013 #40
Limbaugh scolding people about use of language? caseymoz Mar 2013 #41
Has Rush actually come out yet for or against gay marriage?? fitman Mar 2013 #45
Well dammit now Rushie boy, there's gonna be more love in the world. toby jo Mar 2013 #46
So did Bill O'Reilly. randome Mar 2013 #47
Has Rush procreated anything normally from his marriages? LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #48
He's married to the sound of his own voice so...no. randome Mar 2013 #49
"we lost the language on this" Matariki Mar 2013 #50
And speaking of language - how about we call your marriages 'Serial Monogamous Marriage' Matariki Mar 2013 #51
For a moment I thought you meant .. AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #52
"We allowed the left..." JuniperLea Mar 2013 #53
The guy ate a white flag ? olddots Mar 2013 #54
Ah Rush! It's nothing a little bottle of illegal Viagra using someone elses's name as the patient Lint Head Mar 2013 #55
What a dumbshit. jessie04 Mar 2013 #57
Yes, and my dog just threw up a red ear MineralMan Mar 2013 #58
About the same time Simpson makes a strong statement favoring women's rights. merrily Mar 2013 #59
Ah,I knew it, cartach Mar 2013 #60
What bastardized marriage is divorce. AndyA Mar 2013 #61
I look forward to more surrenders from the big, fat, idiot! Joey Liberal Mar 2013 #62
Maybe there's Turbineguy Mar 2013 #63

Bolo Boffin

(23,796 posts)
2. Aw. Poor old Rushie bear.
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:02 PM
Mar 2013

As someone pointed out to me, Rush paid a million dollars to a married gay man to sing at his fourth wedding, so I'd argue THAT's when the right lost the argument.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
36. He got paid
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 05:09 AM
Mar 2013

That is what performers do. I don't have a problem with Elton John getting a pay day. He has certainly brought a lot of joy to my life.

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
5. Nonsense. Marriage is not natural...
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:03 PM
Mar 2013

Procreation is natural. Love is natural. Marriage is a made up thing.

It's good though.

GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
7. What the fuck does any of that claptrap mean??
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:05 PM
Mar 2013

From my translation of mouthbreatherspeak he seems to think it's about semantics... here in the real world it's about basic human equality.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
8. Harumph harumph harumpf fart ftttt pffft
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:06 PM
Mar 2013

Harmf farmf faurump parump ffffft.

Brrugggle duggle harumph harumph rump.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
28. that's all I fucking hear, whenever Rush Talks.
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:33 PM
Mar 2013

Lieberman is more whiny.

Rush sounds like pompous non-stop gasbaggery distilled down to it's purest essence.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
42. I know. I can't listen to the guy.
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:15 PM
Mar 2013

His tone of voice sounds like he's in a heated argument, and his voice isn't pleasant anyway.

When he's gone, which given his weight might be soon, he is going to be remembered by that tone. There is no way Rush is going to be remembered well.

 

fitman

(482 posts)
11. Rush never did answer
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:10 PM
Mar 2013

the caller today if he was for or against gay marriage..he danced around the answer. I think gay marriage has never been an issue for Rush(had Elton John as his wedding) but he has to walk on eggshells not to dissappoint his wackjob audience.

sheshe2

(83,654 posts)
13. You "lost the language on this", Rush?
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:17 PM
Mar 2013

Your party did not lose the "language" on this, Rush. Your language has abundantly clear, it has been filled with hate, bigotry and your instilling fear in the sheeple that follow your kind.

You and your party, liken sex to bestiality. You are a hateful, ignorant and beneath contempt.

So no Rush it's not about your party having "lost the language". It's that you kept it!

underpants

(182,603 posts)
15. I've listened to bits of this for the last three days - a good recap of his sad week so far
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:34 PM
Mar 2013

He has talked himself into a circle. He literally is loosing his touch.

The argument starting with (surprise!) playing victim. The all-powerful left is beating them over the head but THEY WILL FIGHT BACK. Over the course of each show he starts with victimization, decries how the Repubs relent on EVERYTHING to the all-powerful left, demeans "low information voters" (that is his new #1 issue) meaning the left not Fox News viewers, tells his followers to follow him out of the wilderness (the usual 2nd step), and then declares victory (step #3 of his schtick).....then he literally goes into a morose sad wailing about how they just can't win.

Today for instance he started with a Politico story that mentioned two Repub operatives cited by name who said that the Repubs just want this issue over because they know they look bad and it exhibits that people simply don't like them and he decried "It's only TWO OF THEM" ---30 minutes later he actually mentioned that 75 Repubs had filed an amicus brief with the court to allow gay marriage. Then, I was shocked, he actually said (in a near state of depression), "Well....sigh.... there is a difference between getting votes which they do and creating an audience which I do".

He has also has attacked O'Reilly "Ted Baxter" for mentioning "Bible thumpers", suggested that Al Sharpton is gay, and continued to use 8th grade "gay jokes" and innuendo.

Initech

(100,038 posts)
16. So Limbaugh is a serial adulterer who has been known to go on Caribbean sex binges....
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 07:38 PM
Mar 2013

He treats women like garbage, has been divorced four times, and yet he somehow has the balls to tell us who can and cannot get married. Go to hell, asshole.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
17. Well, I hope he'll be happy with his one real, true love ...
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 08:00 PM
Mar 2013

once he is allowed to marry him. (But make sure it's someone of legal age ...)

Th1onein

(8,514 posts)
20. He hasn't thrown up his hands at all.
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 08:44 PM
Mar 2013

He's still pounding out his drivel, his hate, as usual. He's a piece of $hit, less than zero.

People like him don't deserve to be on OUR airwaves.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
21. when asked for clarification, Limbaush shifted in his seat, causing the metal to creak, saying
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:03 PM
Mar 2013

"Frump Rump Robble Robble And Furthermore Parrrrummph Frap Frap Bluggghtrrrump Prump Because Prrrummmpp Robbble Robble Scratch my ass Robble Fart Fart Authoritative Sounding Bllllllllrrrraaaaapppp"

socialindependocrat

(1,372 posts)
22. It's not win or lose - It's finding the truth
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:04 PM
Mar 2013

I thought that when they started to use the inter-racial marriage example
that was a good example.

These idiots want to try to control the lives of other people

and they get pissed and say that we try to force abortion on them. too.
How are they forced to participate?

Live and let live.

Let people be happy!

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
23. What's the big friggin' deal, Rush?
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:07 PM
Mar 2013

You'll still make your millions every year even with gay people getting married! You're not going to die from two women or two men getting married.
Sometimes, though, I wonder if he really cares one way or the other, but is just using this as an issue to rile up his dittoheads with.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
24. What he meant was The GOPers normal usage of language to describe an issue didn't stick
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:09 PM
Mar 2013

GOP Definition ----- Reality

Clear Skies Act ----- Allow polluters to trash the environment.
Marriage defense Act ----- Stop people from getting married
Patriot Act ----- Strip citizens of their constitutional rights
Partial Birth Abortion ----- I still haven't figured out what that's supposed to mean
War On Terror ----- Cash Grab for defense contractors
War On Drugs ----- Prisons For Profit.
No Child Left Behind ----- funnel money from the education of our children to line the pockets on Wall St

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
25. Get back to us when he retires to silence and Florida.
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:14 PM
Mar 2013

The only thing I want to see him throw is the towel in

quaker bill

(8,224 posts)
27. The confusion arises
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:31 PM
Mar 2013

over the notion that "marriage" is symbolic of something or anything. It is not a "status" or a "symbol", it is an actual committment to another person and sometimes really hard work. Taken seriously and personally (and if not, why bother?) is real and not in the least symbolic. But Rush would only seem to know of marriage as a symbol. He and his sort also confuse possession of a flag and saaluting it with patriotism. None of this stuff is symbolic, theoretical, or philosophical, it is real stuff that you do or you don't do.

 

cbrer

(1,831 posts)
29. PAGING CAPTAIN OBVIOUS
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 09:44 PM
Mar 2013

Again, Limpballs is trying to frame the discussion using a tactical approach.

The man has no concept of humanity, fairness, or love. What an ass.

It's amazing that he still touches so many people. I guess hate continues to sell well.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
30. Paranoid and delusional - it isn't about "adding words"
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:09 PM
Mar 2013

It never was about adding words.

It's about love. Rush will never understand that.

He sees everything through a prism of the left being after him, and how he's some kind of victim. He's cracking up.

What a miserable life he must lead, even with his wealth.

And if it's just an act, he's one of the greatest actors in the world to pull off such a virtuoso performance of bat shit crazy.

 

Jack Sprat

(2,500 posts)
32. The Conservatives lose all issues
Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:19 PM
Mar 2013

that involve humanity, because they reject all reason and ideas that improve the human condition.

Vinnie From Indy

(10,820 posts)
37. Limbaugh is quite the poster boy for "traditional" marriage.
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:30 AM
Mar 2013

It is almost painful to talk to anyone that is a fan of Rush Limbaugh.

caseymoz

(5,763 posts)
41. Limbaugh scolding people about use of language?
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:08 PM
Mar 2013

I have to hand it to him. The man might despicable and immoral, but he still has a good sense of where language just wasn't deceptive and abusive enough to get the job done. I think we've found the reincarnation of Joseph Goebbels in our lifetime in the pathetic person of Limbaugh.

 

fitman

(482 posts)
45. Has Rush actually come out yet for or against gay marriage??
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:32 PM
Mar 2013

I heard him yesterday for a little bit but he was dancing around the callers question.

 

toby jo

(1,269 posts)
46. Well dammit now Rushie boy, there's gonna be more love in the world.
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 05:32 PM
Mar 2013

That'd leave less room for you.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
50. "we lost the language on this"
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 06:12 PM
Mar 2013

That is all these idiotic 'conservatives' ever seem to think matters. The 'language'. Or in other words, controlling the propaganda - not a damn concern about how the majority actually feels about the actual issues.

Matariki

(18,775 posts)
51. And speaking of language - how about we call your marriages 'Serial Monogamous Marriage'
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 06:16 PM
Mar 2013

That is, if those trips to the Domincan Republic still allow the use of the word 'monogamous. Maybe we should say your 'Three Time Divorced Marriage'.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
52. For a moment I thought you meant ..
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 06:18 PM
Mar 2013

He was entirely giving up... Leaving his job, quitting his gig. (Wouldn't that be nice?) Leaving the air waves. I know many here would rejoice when that day comes.. if ever. (After he's dead and gone, someone will probably clone him to replace him, like Weyoun on Deep Space Nine.)

JuniperLea

(39,584 posts)
53. "We allowed the left..."
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 06:19 PM
Mar 2013

Yeah... without being "allowed" we could't do squat, right?

This bastard needs his Karma train to make a stop at his front door. He'll be in a world of hurt once Karma decides to catch up with this asshat. He's her bitch now.

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
54. The guy ate a white flag ?
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 06:28 PM
Mar 2013

he will do anything for ratings
Actually Rush may be beginning to run .his remaining sponsors are watching and realizing they better head somewhere else.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
55. Ah Rush! It's nothing a little bottle of illegal Viagra using someone elses's name as the patient
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:33 PM
Mar 2013

while visiting a country where under aged children have sex won't cure.

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
58. Yes, and my dog just threw up a red ear
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 09:39 AM
Mar 2013

he chewed off a plush squeaky toy. It wasn't a pretty picture. If Limbaugh threw up a white flag, I'm glad I didn't see it.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
59. About the same time Simpson makes a strong statement favoring women's rights.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 04:31 PM
Mar 2013

And both men speaking out soon after Republican leadership says the Party HAS to loosen up on social issues or give up the ghost.

All coincidences, no doubt.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
61. What bastardized marriage is divorce.
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:31 AM
Mar 2013

What a hypocrite. One man/one woman/at a time. No limit to how many, as long as there isn't more than one at any given time.

Limbaugh and those of his ilk use marriage like a revolving door, then bloviate how others shouldn't be allowed the right he and others abuse.

When are Limbaugh's 15 minutes up? Seems like it's past time to move him to the trash can of historic "has-been" personalities that were grand only in their own minds.

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