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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:12 PM
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Limbaugh is losing his cool.
I listened to him Friday and he lost it on a young woman who was not quick enough on giving him the answer he was demanding. This young ditto-head practically salivated on him in recognition of the great honor bestowed by putting her on the air with him. But Rush was unbelievably rude and hostile to her. So much so that after the break which followed her call, he said that his handlers had insisted that he apologize to her. What followed was almost as weird as the original assault. His apology consisted of equal parts explanation of what she did wrong and incredibly boastful statements about how getting through to talk to him was the highlight of many of his callers' lives. Then he snapped at his staff who were telling him off stage to feign some contrition.
His erratic behavior may have more to do with his drug dependency than Obama's brilliant gambit of using him as a wedge in the GOP. But whatever the cause, the fat ass was showing telltale signs of cracking under the stress.
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Somawas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:16 PM
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1. He cannot lose something he never had.
Maybe its his facade of control that he is losing.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:41 PM
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10. "Cool" as in "equanimity", not "cool" as in "hip"!
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verges Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:24 AM
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97. He has hips.
Very large ones.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:57 PM
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25.  I do think the facade is cracking. n/t
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Narkos Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:16 PM
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2. Mmmmm.....good. Obama's really getting to the guy!
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:18 PM
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3. Did you hear his arrogant "I've got a better home theater than the WH" remark?
He was saying the reason Obama didn't invite him to the
Super Bowl party at the White House was that he wouldn't
"buckle" the way the Congressional members who were
invited might. "He doesn't invite me because he knows
I won't change my mind about his policies -- I won't
buckle like the people he's invited might. And by the
way, I have a better home theater system than they have
at the White House anyway, so I'd rather be watching at
home."

I'm REALLLLLLY looking forward to OxyBoy getting his
comeuppance ...
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dansolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:22 PM
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7. So Rush is admitting that Obama's charm offensive is working
Isn't this an admission that Obama's schmoozing with some Republicans are weakening their resolve?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:32 PM
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21. OR Maybe...rush
is just too god damn boring to be considered on anyone's party list who enjoys life.
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:29 AM
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64. No one want the pus from his ass-cyst staining their sofa either.



Sorry, that was gross-- but the junkie pedophile brings out the worst in me. :spank:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 04:46 PM
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111. Brings out the worst in me,
too, because he's the worst enemy of America.
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 06:47 PM
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31. wow, proof that all repigs are just 7 year old wankers
"he won't invite me to his birthday party because I'm so great he wouldn't be able to stand it!"
meanwhile pissing in his shorts

no offense to all 7 year old wankers.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:00 AM
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60.  There have been some really weirg comments coming
from him on the Super Bowl and the Will dinner. He may be beginning to grapple with the fear that his time on the stage is coming to a close.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:18 PM
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4. You don't recognize the pattern yet?
Funny how all of Obama's opponents eventually lose their cool and make an ass of themselves. Alan Keyes. Hillary.

"That one!"

It still works. Smart people will be taking notes from Obama about how to respond to nasty Republican attacks for the next 20 years.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 06:19 PM
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26.  I think you are right.
The President drops in one line to a conversation that he knows will be widely reported and gets a week of fat ass spouting hate while the question is asked if he is the voice of the GOP. Mathews, Buchanan and the other talking heads can chalk this up as an error on Obama, but they are dead wrong. Those guys and Rush are playing checkers, Barack is a chess master.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:53 PM
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50. Yep. One line from Obama...
and the fools think they can claim Obama is somehow obsessed with Rush.

Guys, nobody's falling for your bullshit any more.
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DeltaLitProf Donating Member (459 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:43 PM
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82. Yes, Barack has mastered the poisoned pawn . . .
. . . and people KEEP taking it.
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:02 AM
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61. exactly
don't forget McCain and Palin
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Cardiff Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:08 PM
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76. Hillary wasn't a Republican
And Barack never got her to lose her cool. Attack all the Republicans you want, but leave fellow Dems alone.

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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:26 PM
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81. She lowered herself.
Edited on Sun Feb-01-09 02:27 PM by Radical Activist
Openly mocking a candidate's message of hope and change and everyone who believes in it was when she lost her cool. She should have taken your advice about not attacking fellow Dems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ckrEeHDRY
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Cardiff Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:12 AM
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96. Bullshit. And a lot of us are wary of simple slogans.
I still am. I am hoping that Barack was more than slogans and that this stimulus package will be able to do some real good for the economy, but I'm not banking on it. Too much evil was done in the past 8 years. It's a long road back, and slogans don't get us back there.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 05:22 PM
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112. Suggesting
that Barack is just slogans is pretty insulting and completely ridiculous considering he published a book on his views before the election, gave a number of detailed policy speeches, and had many pages of policy plans on his website. Hillary acted like a condescending asshole in that video. She lost her cool and a lot of people changed their opinion of her after she went negative like that. Obama knows how to get the best of people who can't handle being outwitted by a young, uppity black man.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 04:09 PM
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90. You forgot the most clever of all - getting under President Clinton's skin in SC


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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:26 PM
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94. That was what cost Hillary the nomination. Bill pissed off so many of Hill's black voters
The way O handled Bubba was masterful.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:20 PM
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5. Ha! Loser Limbaugh cannot handle it when someone actually calls him out.
President Obama is not afraid of Limpballs and that is messing with Limpy's mind.
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:21 PM
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6. Exactly.
Bullies get power from making other people afraid. When people refuse to be afraid, well, they get all kerflummoxed... :)
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:26 PM
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8. "That one!"
Works every time.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 09:14 PM
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93.  And when Campbell Brown calls you out, it is clear that
the power of the bully is in serious decline.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:38 PM
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9. I know a guy who has worked in radio for years
He's pretty big in the food chain and knows all the major talents. He says that Limbaugh is the most miserable paranoid weirdo he's ever met in his life. According to him, Rush drips with self-loathing and insecurity. I don't always subscribe to the notion that hateful people really just suffer from low self-esteem but it seems to apply in this case.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:28 PM
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20. How could he not be?
Grossly overweight for most of his life, a drug addict, a flaming hypocrite, and an enormous liar. Don't think these guys really believe the lies they tell. They know they're lying when they lie, which is either always or at least most of the time in his case. Anybody that lived a life like that would inevitably end up hating themselves.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 04:58 AM
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67. This guy in radio DESTROYED HIS OWN HEARING doing drugs
You better believe he hates himself. Rush's drug use was so bad that he had to treat himself to two cochlear implants. How fucked up is that?
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 06:31 PM
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113. Limbaugh's self-loathing is well deserved
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:52 PM
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11. So 'tub of guts' is losing it, eh?
Good. Let's watch him squirm. :D
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Left Coast2020 Donating Member (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:06 AM
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63. Watching him implode would be better.
Or maybe someone should pour salt on him and see if he bubbles like a snail?
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:44 AM
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73. LOL!
I had no idea that snails bubbled when you put salt on them. Thanks.
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BlancheSplanchnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 01:50 PM
Response to Reply #73
115. it's really sad, actually...
in the case of snails (and slugs). Poor things.

In the case of Rash, however....
:rofl:
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:53 PM
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12. I think Rushbo is starting to realize he's being played by Obama like
a stradavarius (sp?)... People are starting to laugh at him not with him. He's a POS but he's not dumb in that you're right, Obama blew him off like a gnat and Rush isn't amused. I am though...LOL.
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Number_Six Donating Member (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 05:42 AM
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69. Um, he is a gnat, remember?
Gnats buzz humans, make annoying, whining noises and when you swat at them, it doesn't do the desired effect.

Obama uses bug spray. It's most effective. Now, poor sweat fat fuck is in a dither.

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!
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Cardiff Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:10 PM
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77. Stradivarius
Just for future reference. :hi:
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:20 PM
Response to Reply #77
79. Haha, many thanks. I should have spelled check...n/t
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Cardiff Donating Member (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:07 AM
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95. No problem.
:)
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riqster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 02:02 PM
Response to Reply #95
109. I'd have said a '58 Les Paul Goldtop myself
...a generational thing, I guess. :D Easier to spell, too.
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damonm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 12:18 PM
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104. Come on -
Obama's playing the ENTIRE RW like Hendrix on a Stratocaster.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 04:56 PM
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13. Once an asshole, always an asshole.
Some things never change.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:04 PM
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14. Keep pushing his buttons!
Every day he gets more and more apeshit.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:17 PM
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15. I wonder if Michael Steele will recognize RushBo as "Lord and Master" enough
to kiss his ring ... a la Gingrey (R-GA)? :evilgrin:
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:17 PM
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16. I wish the fat bastard would just explode....
fuckin' piece of shit.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:24 PM
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19. implode, please? just implode...
imagine the mess if he exploded? :puke: :puke: :puke:
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:35 PM
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22. Savage and hannity can clean it up...
then feed it to coultergeist.
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verges Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:31 AM
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98. If it happens,
let's just hope it's in an enclosed space.
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geiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:20 PM
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17. interesting. good comment. plus I cant stand listening to him, so to someone
who has the fortitude to do it, thank you. ( i have listened every once in a great while).
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:23 PM
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18. He does that periodically to entertain his audience--
always at someone else's expense. It's pathetic.
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:35 PM
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23. When did he have it?
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 05:56 PM
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24. Oxycontin does that to you....
...also makes you fat, ugly, ignorant, and gives you boils on your ass!
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 10:32 AM
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70.  Let's not blame the drug makers for Rush. He was all those
things you list before he became an addict and a felon. He accomplished all that on his own.
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 06:20 PM
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27. Was he ever cool?
:shrug:
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 06:21 PM
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28. The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 06:23 PM
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29.  Then this fall will be ginormous. n/t
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1776Forever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 06:29 PM
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30. I listen to him every now and then when I am in the car & he cannot hear a lot of what is being said
He jumps on people without hearing them because of his hearing problem from taking all those drugs. He is a pitiful fool! That is why he has to go back and apologies so much.
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certainot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 07:02 PM
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32. did bush punk limbaugh with a chocolate microphone?
rush described with great pride when he had a private lunch with bush only a week before obamas inauguration (gillespie was the only other one there). after a quick lunch bush presented him with a chocolate microphone. anyone here think that was smirky's sense of humor- a way of saying thanks for all your great help during the election, suck on this for 4 years? if he wasn't, wouldn't he use white chocolate?
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nichomachus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 07:06 PM
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33. Sometimes a microphone is just a microphone
but other times, it's a substitute for a penis. I think that's what it was here.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 07:22 PM
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34. Does RL feel guilty for all the dough he's earned all these years?
I think he is. Why else would he be rude to a caller that worships the ground he walks on. to me, this sounds like a guy that contemplates suicide.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 07:30 PM
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35.  he's a dangerous bully
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 07:31 PM
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36. So Limbaugh has handlers now. Does that mean Limbaugh does not control EIB?
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era veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 07:45 PM
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37. USING AGAIN
I met my first junkie in 1973 in the Army ( The Army chicken ass cyst boy Rush avoided ) In the video of limpdick wanting " Our President " to fail he is using. Time for a piss test. RUSH IS A JUNKIE God I hate this complete bastard
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 08:05 PM
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38. I saw that video, and Jon Stewart went as far as to say,
"Is Rush Limbaugh MOLTING?" There was something about the quality of his skin. He looked terrible.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 08:08 PM
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39. He's taking a week long vacation this week
I figure he's either going to go on a binge, or he already failed a piss test and is being sent back to quickie rehab.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 08:19 PM
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40. I've never understood how people can not only bear to listen to him
but also listen to so many damn commercials! He rants for five minutes, then there are five minutes of commercials, etc.

And then there's the fact that he's so often absent from his job. Other "conservative" talking heads substitute for him all the time, apparently.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:33 PM
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46. I think you are right era veteran!!
The more pressure that is put on him the more he has to resort to his habits.

Welcome to DU!!:hi:
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:51 PM
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49. I was going to say "Welcome to DU" but you've been here for awhile I see
:hi: Fellow Rush hater here!
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 08:47 PM
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41. Rush is under alot of pressure right now
The left is about to use him as a rallying cry to support Obama's agenda and the RW wants him to STFU so they can formulate a strategy to make a comeback.

Rush is an entertainer and a propogandist...during the Bush and Clinton years he got his talking points from the White House or the Party and would try to make humor with the talking points of the day occassionaly he would freelance but there was always something to support. Right now there is no one in charge of the GOP and the GOP controls no branch of Government and Rush doesn't know what his talking points are so he is free lancing. When someone like Rush free lances its a dangerous thing for the people he's advocating for because behind Rush's facade of conservatism there is nothing...he has no principles other than Republicans win democrats lose.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:01 PM
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43.  To your point, the mad man took time from his raving against
the stimulus to declare that Sarah Palin is the voice of the GOP. So will his head explode when he is told that his ordained spokesperson favors the Obama Plan. This is one train wreck I love to watch.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:16 PM
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44. The GOP has no leader right now
There is no one with any stature left in the party after the Bush years to keep the many factions of the party in line. Anyone of any prominence is tied to Bush and help get them into this mess.

There is no govenor, senator, or any other person who can get the factions to sit down and talk with each other on a unified strategy. They have no elder statesmen other than Pappy Bush and from the looks of him at the inaguration he's in no shape to save the party from itself right now and there is no one there to hand Rush his talking points to sell which means Limbaugh is creating his own.

It's chaos and its beautiful.

In our party we always had people like Kennedy, Mitchel, Nunn, Cuomo, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, etc...people who could walk into a room and at least command some respect. They used to have Baker but something tells me he's too old for this type of job anymore. Who are they going to call with stature who isn't anciet or tarnished by Bush, Dan Quayle?
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:34 PM
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47. Well Michael Steele is the head of the RNC now...I just don't
see Rush the racist taking marching orders from Steele!
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:40 PM
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48. Rush will not be taking orders from anyone currently in the GOP
The people Rush grew up with in the party and who could reason with Rush are now all in exile or too old to deal with his bloated ass anymore.

Rush has an ego, he's been there for 30 years, he won't be taking any orders from any newbies and the people who could give him orders were all tied to Bush and are trying to hide for a while they are in exile from the party for the disaster of the past 8 years.

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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:53 PM
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51.  Interesting point. As striking as his outburst against the
caller was, his reaction to his staff was equally so. It appeared that they were trying to save the ass from himself and he was reacting badly to being handled.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 10:09 PM
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52. Al Franken is about to be a US Senator
That has got to eat the fat bastard up inside as well. Al was an early enemy and didn't have as many listeners when he had a show. That has got to drive him nuts.
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:41 AM
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65. I notice there was no "IT WAS TOTALLY ABOUT RACE!!" raving from him
re: Steele's election. So, Powell endorsed Obama because they share a similar amount of melenin, but the party of Arkansas, Tennesse and Oklahoma elected a black man with a history of failure to lead them b/c he was the best man for the job? Yeah right, Rush.
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cherish44 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 08:49 PM
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42. I love that fact that he's the leader of the GOP
I hope the Repubs keep on marching in lock step behind him chanting....2010...2010...2010... He's marching them right off a cliff. This isn't 1992, history will not repeat itself.
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Fly by night Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 09:26 PM
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45. Re: your last line. The last thing I want to see is that fat ass crack.
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MirrorAshes Donating Member (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 10:56 PM
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53. It is a wonderful thing to watch. Line in the sand time--you're with Rush or you're against him.
And if you're with him, put him on a ballot.

If the age of "Rovian" politics have ended, I believe we're seeing the beginning of "Obamian" politics. With one simple sentence our new President has sent a ripple through the republican party that will tear them apart. The more play it gets, the more Limbaugh is in the spotlight, the more the rest of the GOP will have to go on the record as being with him or not--all the while, Obama is wooing the ones with any political sense to move away from the crazy wing of the party and push the dittohead crowd further into the fringe.

Obama is absolutely brilliant, and those who said he never should have dropped Rush's name should be paying close attention in the coming weeks. The effect was never meant to be immediate--it just placed a tiny crack in a dam that was just waiting to break open. Its going to be fun to watch the flood.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 11:24 PM
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54.  Well it turns out that the GOP Governors are on the Obama
side of the line. Even Palin, whom Oxyboy pronounced the voice of the GOP, has announced in support of the stimulus bill. To quote the song that got The Smothers Brothers kicked off the air and apply it to Rush: "Knee deep in the Bid Muddy and the damned fool said push on".
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 11:31 PM
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55. Exactly. It WAS a brilliant move
so innocent and naive-appearing. That straw may be the one that breaks that camel's back! :rofl:

I used to see pundits call Poppy Bush the "scalpel man". But Obama is the true scalpel man. He just took a needle sharp blade and swung it across Limpball's neck so neat and clean that neither Limpball nor his lunatic fringe M$M bloviator supporters even realized it. But eventually with one pluck, his head will fall off and he will be no more.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 11:36 PM
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56.  From your keyboard to God's ear. n/t
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Bleacher Creature Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 11:37 PM
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57. Losing?
Edited on Sat Jan-31-09 11:37 PM by Bleacher Creature
I'd say "lost"
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RedEmpress Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-31-09 11:50 PM
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58. Do people even listen to radio any more?
I for one find myself using the internet 100% for my daily news. I don't even watch TV any more.
Rush and the rest of right-wing hacks in radio are irrelevant.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 05:09 AM
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68. I do. All the time. But, then, I never listened to talk radio to get any kind of news. Ever.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:17 PM
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78.  I don't listen for news. I listen to hear what the RW propaganda
for the day is. I confess that I can stand him and the others only in very small doses. Listening to him and the other gasbags provides me a chuckle when my Republican colleagues parrot what they heard Oxyboy, Hannity or Beck say while contending that they never listen to any of them.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 03:26 PM
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84. fortunately, you don't have to listen long before it's clear what the lastest catch-phrases are
Edited on Sun Feb-01-09 03:26 PM by Iris
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Hellataz Donating Member (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 12:43 AM
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59. Pass the the popcorn!
I can't wait to see this fat ass implode!
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MirrorAshes Donating Member (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:05 AM
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62. Yup. He's never been truly challenged before
he will crack--you can already see the unraveling
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creeksneakers2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:04 AM
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71. He won't get away with all the lies, hatred and bullying
if we keep hitting him. If the general public really knew what's going on with his show they'd reject anybody who associates with him.
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InAbLuEsTaTe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 03:30 AM
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66. You gotta have it to lose it, tho he is a loser, I'll give him that.
Edited on Sun Feb-01-09 03:31 AM by InAbLuEsTaTe
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AnotherMother4Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:38 AM
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72. Recently, he's had a few callers that have outsmarted him, & played him for a fool, & some loyal
listeners that are generally pissed at him - ie: the retired gentleman that chastised him for insinuating he was "on the dole" for receiving a retirement package. Rush eventually hung up on him.

I do believe that he is becoming punchy because he's been had more than a few times lately. And he knows that the only reason he's "on top" in so many places is because there's no competition, and certainly no one with a differing opinion.

He does very poorly when he is challenged, or when he needs to make any sense at all.
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 01:03 PM
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75. It's why he so rarely goes on any news discussion shows
talk shows or any other media. It's so easy to show what he's selling is snake oil.
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AnotherMother4Peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:21 PM
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80. He's on Hannity right now, spewing his racist stupidity. Hannity & Rush-the face of the Republicans
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:32 PM
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116. Have you heard the intro to Hannity's radio show?
It's like a parody of a right-wing radio intro, with everything but machine-gun fire. (Anyone remember Mark Marin's brilliant right-wing radio spoof?)

First there's that "Let Freedom Ring" song (which I actually kind of like), whose lyrics about freedom and the white dove soaring (and of course "roll away the stone") sound like something penned by the prizewinning Ashcroft-Hatch songwriting team.

After a bit of the song, an agitated, intense announcer intones "The radicals are in charge, so hold onto your wallets. Your taxes are about to go....SKY HIGH!!!" I guess the scariest, most un-dovelike thing they could come up with was tax increases - kind of a letdown after the freedom and the stone and all.

Anyway, I like the intro but once Sean comes on I tune away.
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Claire Beth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 11:51 AM
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74. That's good!!! Let him keep showing those true colors!!! n/t
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Life Long Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 02:53 PM
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83. Ahh. He was just upset over Obama winning the greenest award from Al Gore.
Instead of turning red, he was going for a greener than Obama color. Mr. Gore already set his foot down on this one though.
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sampsonblk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 03:32 PM
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85. Yes he is. Hopefully he will crack up soon
Talk radio is worth at least a few pct points every election cycle. If Rush cracks, the others don't stand a chance. And Rush is definitely showing signs of being under too much pressure. I am loving it!
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LBJDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 03:42 PM
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86. What happened?
What did the caller say, and what did Limbaugh say?
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 04:06 PM
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88.  The caller was very young and and very nervous.
She started out by saying what an honor it was to speak to Limbaugh. How he had been a voice that she relied on to teach her what was happening in the world. As Rush is listening to this usual gush, he was very impatient and clearly disinterested in what she was saying. Eventually she got to her point which was the need for conservative leaders to remain strong. At this point, Rush started to badger her about what she was doing to help the conservative side. He went after her like an angry prosecuting attorney yelling her at least 3 times asking how she would teach children to resist socialist teachings in the school. He was hostile, rude and convoluted. Finally, the young woman either hung up or the staff realized how bad this was playing and terminated the call. Limbaugh was clearly pissed off, in a rotten mood and took it out on someone who revered him.
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stubtoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 12:39 PM
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105. Bullies' favorite targets are young, insecure females.
Sure sign of a bully.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 03:48 PM
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87. The insanity that is being a right wing shill cannot be contained anymore.
Watch for a really big breakdown. Let's hope it's on the air. If not it will be covered up and he will be sent on a "vacation" to reemerge again with more hate and vitriol than ever.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 04:07 PM
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89. I don't believe that a man that sweats mayonnaise and
smells like warm moldy cheese can ever be described as having any 'cool' to lose.

In every pic I see of him lately, he looks greasy.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 05:28 PM
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92.  He would be wiser to turn off his ditto cam. In addition to
confirming your description, he looks like the ranting mad man that he is.
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:53 AM
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102. Thanks a lot
I was about to have lunch and now I've totally lost my appetite.
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mediaman007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-01-09 04:40 PM
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91. Is Rush still on Armed Services Radio?
Being taken off ASR might be an axe hanging over his head!
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Liberal_Stalwart71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:36 AM
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99. He never had "cool"
:shrug:
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:43 AM
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100. He never recovered from the election results.
He is cracking from the stress.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:54 AM
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103.  Good point. He loved savaging Clinton and that resonated
with his audience at that time. Although savagery is his default approach, he is finding out that what worked in the 90's sets him up for wide spread revulsion now. He is having to play against his natural instincts and he is not liking it at all. Add to this, the classic bully not knowing how to react when his intimidation tactics no longer work, you have a recipe for a crack-up of massive proportions. I have seen him dismissed as irrelevant, but I disagree. One of the major assets the RW has deployed in their mesmerization of the American public has been talk radio. It is a propaganda machine that Goebbels would have admired. If Rush is toppled or marginalized, the ripple effect will be important for keeping the country behind the president.
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busymom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 11:52 AM
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101. He never was cool,
quit listening to him ... it just makes him seem more popular and important than he is.
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dsomuah Donating Member (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 12:45 PM
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106. "I listened to him Friday" - and you did this why?
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damonm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 01:03 PM
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107. We gotta have SOME enemy intel...
Though I admit using the terms "intelligence" and "Rush Limbaugh" in the same sentence DOES take some effort.
That's why I lurk @ inshannity's board sometimes - so other's don't have to. That's where I discovered Obama was our best candidate - they were peeing their pants about Obama as far back as '06.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 01:33 PM
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108.  I like to hear what the propaganda machine is cranking out.
It helps me prepare for what my co-worker ditto-heads are going to spout when we talk politics. It reveals what the most RW of the GOP is saying. It alerts me to the specific lies and mischaracterizations being spread. It gives me insight into who in the commercial media is feeding at the Limbaugh trough I despise Limbaugh so it also gives me a great deal of pleasure to hear him rant, rave and stress out. Does that answer your question into my personal listening habits?
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 02:15 PM
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110. Rush thinks he's back to the good old days when he was bashing Bill Clinton.
What he fails to recognize is that the economic times are different and people aren't going to fall in line with his bullshit when their standing in bread lines.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 06:35 PM
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114. Good...maybe he will die soon
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crossroads Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:33 PM
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117. Give Him a Rabies Shot
The man has clearly been 'mad' for a long time!
CR
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-09 03:34 PM
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118. Just put his big ass "down". That would be better for him... n/t
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HOLOS Donating Member (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 12:20 AM
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119. His poll#'s veeery low, and sinking....
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