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LAGC

(5,330 posts) Tue Aug 16, 2016, 09:45 AM Aug 2016

Even Rush Limbaugh is beginning to see the writing on the wall...

Oh, this is just delicious...

Now you're seeing what happens when you go after the media. It doesn't work. But no matter how unbalanced, no matter how biased, no matter how unfair, no matter how a bunch of cheaters they are, no matter what a bunch of slavish pro-Democrat creeps they are, it never works going after them if you are the candidate. It makes you look small. Besides, despite what many people think, the media isn't on the ballot.

Trump was in Fairfield, Connecticut. Number one, what's Trump doing in Connecticut? There are maybe 10 Republicans there, and only five of them will admit it. He's in Fairfield. I go to Fairfield every summer to play in the member-guest golf tournament at the Country Club of Fairfield. And I'm telling you, folks, it's a foreign country. What is Trump doing there? I have no idea, but when he was there, he told them in the rally, he said to heck with running against Crooked Hillary. We're not running against Crooked Hillary. We're running against a crooked media.

What ticked him off, I guess the New York Times had a story on his chief campaign guy Manafort being involved in some scandal in, where is it, Ukraine or Manafort supposedly benefiting from some policy in Ukraine. It doesn't look pretty. And the Wall Street, folks, the media today is just -- I've never seen this. I have never seen what I am witnessing. (laughing) It's gotten so bad, I'm actually wondering if there's gonna be a backlash to this. I'm not wishful thinking here. I long ago gave up wishful thinking, on anything, not just this, I mean, just anything.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/08/15/going_after_the_media_and_counting_on_clinton_scandal_fallout_doesn_t_work

The Great Bloviator, of course, has been pimping what few outlier polls claim Trump has any sort of lead, but clear until now he has never wavered in claiming Trump was on the right course and has got this in the bag. It looks like, finally, reality (and dare I say: despair?) is beginning to sink in, in even the most hallowed of conservative circles.

The best part is, when Trump gets thoroughly trounced in November, all these talk radio shock jocks are already laying the groundwork to blame Establishment Republicans for not circling the wagons and getting on-board the Trump Train when it really counted. These fools are going to convince a significant chunk of their audience that the Republican Party itself has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, planting the notion that if the Establishment won't back more conservative candidates, why should conservatives ever back them?

The long-term damage to the GOP brand is going to resonate for quite a few more election cycles, the way this is shaping up... all thanks to these conservative "purists" who think doubling-down on their right-wing bullshit is a winning strategy for a general election.

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Even Rush Limbaugh is beginning to see the writing on the wall... (Original Post) LAGC Aug 2016 OP

ahhhh....the 13 letter ''S'' word never smelled as sweet Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #1

He almost completed a thought there at the end underpants Aug 2016 #2

He Did? ProfessorGAC Aug 2016 #3

Well, him being in the media is a big part... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #11

Almost completed a thought .... for Limbaugh underpants Aug 2016 #18

Right, so, according to Lush, going after the media makes T look small, but not Gold S families. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #4

he doesn't make any more sense than Trump does. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2016 #5

Fairfield Connecticut has a lot of Republicans oberliner Aug 2016 #6

Our I.Q.'s are probably 30 pts higher than his audience. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #8

The biggest city in Fairfield County is Bridgeport oberliner Aug 2016 #10

He's just preaching to his disciples. progressoid Aug 2016 #14

But isn't Palm Beach, FL overflowing with rich Democrats? oberliner Aug 2016 #16

"It doesn't look pretty" lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #7

If the media always rigs everything for the Democrats, trotsky Aug 2016 #9

Circling the bowl 2naSalit Aug 2016 #12

That dipshit GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #13

"I'm actually wondering if there's gonna be a backlash to this." progressoid Aug 2016 #15

So says the most effective mass propaganda mouthpiece since Goebbels. Paladin Aug 2016 #17

Pass the butter. These next few years are going to be fun to watch the meltdown. Initech Aug 2016 #19

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

1. ahhhh....the 13 letter ''S'' word never smelled as sweet

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 09:52 AM

Aug 2016

inhale deeply the richly floral scent

underpants

(182,830 posts)

2. He almost completed a thought there at the end

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:02 AM

Aug 2016

I listen in from time to time. Thanks for keeping posted. Rush is a great source for what the next RW nonsense coming down the pike.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)

3. He Did?

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:29 AM

Aug 2016

I couldn't make a lick of sense from that quote other than "media sucks", of course ignoring the fact that he is in the media. And even that thought wasn't exactly resonating with clarity or logic.

But, that second paragraph? What the heck was he talking about?

3catwoman3

(24,007 posts)

11. Well, him being in the media is a big part...

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:12 AM

Aug 2016

...of why at least part of it sucks.

underpants

(182,830 posts)

18. Almost completed a thought .... for Limbaugh

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 03:01 PM

Aug 2016

That's his show in a nutshell. Blathering while sticking in some inside jokes (to his audience) and never directly stating anything.

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)

4. Right, so, according to Lush, going after the media makes T look small, but not Gold S families.

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:30 AM

Aug 2016

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)

5. he doesn't make any more sense than Trump does.

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:44 AM

Aug 2016

Can you imagine a conversation between the two of them? A gigantic word salad.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

6. Fairfield Connecticut has a lot of Republicans

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:53 AM

Aug 2016

At least 40 percent of the county votes Republican.

Weird that he refers to it as a foreign country.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)

8. Our I.Q.'s are probably 30 pts higher than his audience.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:04 AM

Aug 2016

That makes us "foreign."

We are a very progressive, informed state. If they vote republican, it's because they're extremely rich and want all the tax breaks and de-regulations for their industries.

This is hedge-fun-world. You'll find one at any upscale bar.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

10. The biggest city in Fairfield County is Bridgeport

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:10 AM

Aug 2016

Which is not exactly hedge-fund world.

Stamford and Norwalk also have quite a bit of diversity.

Though, the Republicans are probably mostly found among the wealthier county residents, I agree.

There are quite a few hedge fund types who are Democrats also.

It is just weird that he calls Fairfield CT a foreign country. What does he consider the "real" America exactly? He lives in Palm Beach.

progressoid

(49,991 posts)

14. He's just preaching to his disciples.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:36 PM

Aug 2016

reinforcing their belief that CT is just overflowing with rich Democrats. Also, VT is full of communists.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

16. But isn't Palm Beach, FL overflowing with rich Democrats?

Reply to progressoid (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:50 PM

Aug 2016

And that is where he lives. So how can he think of Fairfield, CT as a foreign country?

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)

7. "It doesn't look pretty"

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:01 AM

Aug 2016

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

9. If the media always rigs everything for the Democrats,

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:06 AM

Aug 2016

how did Dumbya "win" twice? How do the Republicans currently control the House and Senate?

Jeebus their mindless followers will swallow any narrative they're given.

2naSalit

(86,648 posts)

12. Circling the bowl

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:25 AM

Aug 2016

by Flush Rimjob.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

13. That dipshit

Reply to LAGC (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:30 AM

Aug 2016

Has been saying for years they just need to go more conservative. Well, they have and it is about to doom them.

The best part is that a good bit of the party will refuse to believe that is the reason they lost and go just as hard right next time.