Limbaugh dead

[WellsstreetWanderer]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

[Galway Eagle]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

Yeah like the black lady who called in and he said to "take the bone out of her nose then call back"

[tower912]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

I tried.   Never got through.   

[The Sultan]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

Why on earth would I want to do that?

[Uncle Rico]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

People pointing out the awful things he said as an adult male to garner higher ratings is vilifying people I suppose

[Shaka Shart]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

You have every right to be a bigot. You also have a right to vilify people for abhorrent, bigoted views.

[tower912]

Freedom of speech does not equal freedom from being judged for what you say.   

[Pakuni]

what you are witnessing is the strategy to villify anyone who does not agree with you therefore you don't have to listen to what they might say and have to defend your views.  Had any of you called his show you would have been welcome, treated respectfully and listened to.

We're literally posting the things he said. If that vilifies him, then it vilifies him.

[GB Warrior]

Sure Mussolini did some questionable things but

[rocket surgeon]

What I've learned on Scoop over the last 24 or so hours:

Saying the N word when you're under the influence isn't a big deal.  Kids will be kids.

Rush Limbaugh and Ruth Bader Ginsburg compare favorably to each other.

Some people have really continued to out themselves here.  Guess it's easy to do so behind an internet username.

when you change your name to something less than provocative to say the least, racist to stretch it, you would have more cred man

if rush were all the things being called here, he would have been cancelled a long time ago.  unless some here put al sharpton, jesse jackson among many other liberal icons, then there is nothing more to say here.  you cannot have a guy revered by so many millions be the type of person that is being portrayed here.  if you don't like him, fine.  but i don't think many here really know him other than a few sound bites.  but 'phobe or 'ist is not who he was

[Uncle Rico]

when you change your name to something less than provocative to say the least, racist to stretch it, you would have more cred man

if rush were all the things being called here, he would have been cancelled a long time ago.  unless some here put al sharpton, jesse jackson among many other liberal icons, then there is nothing more to say here.  you cannot have a guy revered by so many millions be the type of person that is being portrayed here.  if you don't like him, fine.  but i don't think many here really know him other than a few sound bites.  but 'phobe or 'ist is not who he was

No, he was a con man and entertainer who duped morons for decades

[Pakuni]

"Now, I want to tell you the truth about the coronavirus. ... Yeah, I'm dead right on this. The coronavirus is the common cold, folks."

[dgies9156]

There is an awful of hate out there. There are some liberal journalists on CNN, ABC, MSNBC, etc. that I do not care for, and quite possibly dislike, but if one of them passed I would never say some of the things being said about Rush on here and elsewhere. Folks, I simply do not get the hate. At our house we agree we can hate cancer and Hitler, nothing else or no one beyond that.

As for Rush, he was great entertainer, businessman and a great American success story. He will be missed by this guy.

A few thoughts:

1) Goose gets Rush Limbaugh better than most people. He was an entertainer who used politics as his forum to entertain.

2) What drove liberals crazy about Limbaugh was he was effective. Over the years, liberals tried but never could they come up with their own version of Rush Limbaugh. Rachel Maddow comes the closest but over the years, they've tried everyone under the sun and no one could out-Rush Rush Limbaugh.

3) The biggest problem Rush had was his ad hominum attacks. Whether it was Hillary Clinton, feminists, gay and lesbian leaders, he would have had much more respect if he'd left the "feminazis" off the air and focused on the issues. Saying a feminist was a feminist because she could not attract a man, for example, was well-worn 1960s era piece of nonsense that may have played to a select audience but did him more harm than good.

4) The guy had an incredible radio voice.

5) Rush probably saved AM radio.

6) He had an outsized influence on conservative politics and probably helped elect Ronald Reagan and Bush II.

7) I find it offensive that people are celebrating his death. C'mon folks, let's leave it to God to judge the man. People loved him and let's have some compassion for the folks whose life he affected. We don't celebrate people's death, unless it is Hitler or Stalin or Pol Pot.

[ATL MU Warrior]

when you change your name to something less than provocative to say the least, racist to stretch it, you would have more cred man

if rush were all the things being called here, he would have been cancelled a long time ago.  unless some here put al sharpton, jesse jackson among many other liberal icons, then there is nothing more to say here.  you cannot have a guy revered by so many millions be the type of person that is being portrayed here.  if you don't like him, fine.  but i don't think many here really know him other than a few sound bites.  but 'phobe or 'ist is not who he was

My lord are you really this dumb or is an act? 

[tower912]

Rocket, you are being deliberately obtuse.  There is/was an audience for what he was selling.

[Uncle Rico]

A few thoughts:

1) Goose gets Rush Limbaugh better than most people. He was an entertainer who used politics as his forum to entertain.

2) What drove liberals crazy about Limbaugh was he was effective. Over the years, liberals tried but never could they come up with their own version of Rush Limbaugh. Rachel Maddow comes the closest but over the years, they've tried everyone under the sun and no one could out-Rush Rush Limbaugh.

3) The biggest problem Rush had was his ad hominum attacks. Whether it was Hillary Clinton, feminists, gay and lesbian leaders, he would have had much more respect if he'd left the "feminazis" off the air and focused on the issues. Saying a feminist was a feminist because she could not attract a man, for example, was well-worn 1960s era piece of nonsense that may have played to a select audience but did him more harm than good.

4) The guy had an incredible radio voice.

5) Rush probably saved AM radio.

6) He had an outsized influence on conservative politics and probably helped elect Ronald Reagan and Bush II.

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He had zero bearing on the election of Ronald Reagan.  Zilch, nada, none

[jesmu84]

So, we should celebrate - or at least not denigrate - someone who was successful and supported by millions? Regardless of what that person did/said?

Really..?

[ATL MU Warrior]

A few thoughts:

1) Goose gets Rush Limbaugh better than most people. He was an entertainer who used politics as his forum to entertain.

2) What drove liberals crazy about Limbaugh was he was effective. Over the years, liberals tried but never could they come up with their own version of Rush Limbaugh. Rachel Maddow comes the closest but over the years, they've tried everyone under the sun and no one could out-Rush Rush Limbaugh.

3) The biggest problem Rush had was his ad hominum attacks. Whether it was Hillary Clinton, feminists, gay and lesbian leaders, he would have had much more respect if he'd left the "feminazis" off the air and focused on the issues. Saying a feminist was a feminist because she could not attract a man, for example, was well-worn 1960s era piece of nonsense that may have played to a select audience but did him more harm than good.

4) The guy had an incredible radio voice.

5) Rush probably saved AM radio.

6) He had an outsized influence on conservative politics and probably helped elect Ronald Reagan and Bush II.

7) I find it offensive that people are celebrating his death. C'mon folks, let's leave it to God to judge the man. People loved him and let's have some compassion for the folks whose life he affected. We don't celebrate people's death, unless it is Hitler or Stalin or Pol Pot.

At best, he parlayed the resentments, hatreds and fears of middle America into a lucrative career for himself. Good for him.

At worst he magnified those same things for a generation and helped make this country a lesser version of itself.

The world is a better place without that kind of person around.

Who gives a sh!t about AM radio? 

[Mutaman]

5 pages on Rush and the concept of anal warts has never come up.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Rush was a Shock Jock.

Five best interviewers not in any order: Barbara, Howard, Anderson, Mike Wallace and Rush. Maddow at 6th. When serious, I actually think Howard Stern is the best followed by Rush. Each were the best when they can put their politics aside.

[Pakuni]

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He had zero bearing on the election of Ronald Reagan.  Zilch, nada, none

Limbaugh was selling tickets for the Kansas City Royals when Reagan was elected.

[HutchwasClutch]

Not surprising at all the hateful comments here. I knew when this day came, this is how it would be among the left.  They hated Rush, because a) they couldn't figure out how to shut him up and get him off the air, b) his conservative beliefs resonated with millions of Americans for decades, and c) he was masterful at discrediting the failed arguments and policies of liberalism, mostly in a cheerful and non abrasive way.  He was a genius at communication and relating to ordinary people, which liberal elites fail miserably at. So all the liberals had remaining was to demonize him.  This is common practice of people who can't stand free thought and expression of ideas throughout history, if a person or group threatens your ideology, and you can't win with your ideas and arguments, then you just try and nuke them out and label them all what Rush has been called in this thread.  The supposed quotes being attributed to him are either outright lies, or being taken completely out of context how they were expressed.

God bless Rush, may you find eternal life   in the Kingdom of God.

[Shaka Shart]

Not surprising at all the hateful comments here. I knew when this day came, this is how it would be among the left.  They hated Rush, because a) they couldn't figure out how to shut him up and get him off the air, b) his conservative beliefs resonated with millions of Americans for decades, and c) he was masterful at discrediting the failed arguments and policies of liberalism, mostly in a cheerful and non abrasive way.  He was a genius at communication and relating to ordinary people, which liberal elites fail miserably at. So all the liberals had remaining was to demonize him.  This is common practice of people who can't stand free thought and expression of ideas throughout history, if a person or group threatens your ideology, and you can't win with your ideas and arguments, then you just try and nuke them out and label them all what Rush has been called in this thread.  The supposed quotes being attributed to him are either outright lies, or being taken completely out of context how they were expressed.

God bless Rush, may you find eternal life   in the Kingdom of God.

Jealous of your ability to convince yourself away from reality because it doesn't correspond your worldview. Here's the radio show transcript for the NFL crips and bloods comments.

https://web.archive.org/web/20121017194354/https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2007/01/19/the_classless_nfl_culture/

There's plenty of other transcripts I can provide but why waste the time for someone disconnected from reality.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Multiple posters have posted direct quotes from Limbaugh and asked his defenders to give their thoughts.

So far, not a single one has done so.

Cowardly.

[JWags85]

Rush was a Shock Jock.

Five best interviewers not in any order: Barbara, Howard, Anderson, Mike Wallace and Rush. Maddow at 6th. When serious, I actually think Howard Stern is the best followed by Rush. Each were the best when they can put their politics aside.

IMO, Maddow has no business being up on that list unless maybe it's just current TV personalities. Larry King (in his prime), Dick Cavett, and Terry Gross all pop to mind as closer to a top 5 than Maddow