Mac, iPhone, and iPad user Rush Limbaugh yesterday reviewed Apple’s new iPad on what, since its inception on August 1, 1988, is the highest-rated talk radio show in the United States. The 3-hour Rush Limbaugh Show airs daily on a network of approximately 590 AM and FM affiliate stations. The program is also broadcast worldwide on the U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network. A November 2008 poll by Zogby International found that Rush Limbaugh was the most trusted news personality in the nation.
From the live transcript, Limbaugh said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I got my new iPad on Friday and I raced home and I set it up. It took me about an hour and a half to sync it with my old iPad, restore from previous backup and so forth. Now, I must tell you something. I spent a lot of time on all of the Apple blogs that I can find and the high-tech blogs. And all last week before the iPad (the third generation, the new iPad) was released, there were reviews. And these reviews, almost without exception… were over the top, and particularly on the new screen, which has four times the pixels of the iPad 2.
It has Retina display, supposedly the best-looking display out there. More pixels, sharper resolution than even a 27- or 50-inch HDTV. Reviews made this out to be unlike anything anybody’s ever seen. So I was eager to get home and take a look at it. I didn’t bother looking at it until I had fully restored and had it ready and up and running. And when I turned it on after it was restored, I looked at the screen. I went to different places. I checked some high-definition movies. I just looked at various websites, apps that had been optimized for the new display. And it wasn’t as good, I thought, as they said. And I was reminded that I was one of the last to see the movie The Exorcist.
By the time I saw the film, everybody had told me how horrible it was, scary it was, gross it was. Think of every superlative you might add to a horror move and multiply it times ten. I was expecting to be so scared I was gonna be running out of the theater within two seconds of seeing Linda Blair. Well, I sat through it all and when it was over, I said, “What was the big deal here?” What had happened was my expectations had been raised so high that there was no way that movie was going to be as scary and as gory as I had been led to believe. Well, the same thing happened to me with this iPad. The reviews that I read raised my expectations so much that there was no way this screen was gonna be anywhere near as good as was I expecting it to be.
And all night Friday and into Saturday, I’m sitting there and, honestly, I’m a little disappointed. But then something happened. Yesterday afternoon, instead of using my computer to do show prep, I sat down, I put the iPad in front of me on my desk, and just exclusively used it. And I don’t know why, but all of a sudden I changed my tune and I was blown away by that display. I was blown away by the screen. It took me a day and a half or two days of using it before I fully, finally appreciated just how amazingly good it is. And this has interested me because I really was a little disappointed Friday night. And I remember I sent my brother a note, ’cause I sent him his iPad for Saturday delivery.
I said, “Look, I don’t know how much you’ve read about this. It’s good, it’s a fine display, but it’s not gonna blow your socks off. You’ve seen this. You’ve seen it on your iPhone. It’s the same display for the most part, just bigger.” Well, he had not read the reviews. He had not spent his time on the Apple blogs. He’s writing a book and is soon to be finished with it. He was blown away with it, and I am now, too. I am totally blown away with this, but it took me two days to appreciate it. I don’t know why. There was just something yesterday afternoon. I’m sitting there and all of a sudden… So what has happened? I have pretty good 1080 projection TV. I’ve good 14-foot 1080p projection TV.
Believe me, it’s good. And I’ve got one in my library, and now they don’t look 1080 to me anymore, compared to the iPad. The iPad blows them away. And they’re good. They’re state-of-the-art. But the sharpness of the iPad screen is much better than my big-screen TV’s, and these are rear-screen projection. They’re not flat screens. It is amazing. It really is. It took two days for me to realize. Now, here’s what I did. Before I knew any of this, I arranged, as I always do (and I secured them; I got it) a huge supply of the new iPads, and they are at the engraver as we speak. They’re being engraved with the EIB logo and the Rush Limbaugh signature, much as the previous iPad 2s that we had that were engraved.
These are the ones just released last Friday. What I’m gonna do… We did this when we started out on Facebook. We’re going to give one of these new iPads away every day starting tomorrow, and we’re going to make it as easy as possible to enter to win one. Basically, you’re just gonna have to follow us on Twitter at either Limbaugh or @RushLimbaugh (again, no space between Rush Limbaugh.) Those are both official handles of the show. Just pick one of them and follow it and you’ll be in there. If you have a Twitter account, you already know what to do. Search for @Limbaugh or @RushLimbaugh (with no space) and click the “follow” button. If you’re not on Twitter already, to sign up all you need is an e-mail address. It’s free.
You go to Twitter.com and the sign-up is right there on the home page. As a bonus, you can follow your own friends; they can follow you. It’s a way to send and get messages from people of interest to you. It’s a lot of fun for some people. Some people go overboard with it, which we will not do, but a lot of people do. Our experiment here, by the way, of posting links on Twitter is going well and we’re gonna keep it up. As I say, the left is really irritated that we have entered what they consider to be their private domain. They really think they own Twitter. Now that we’ve entered it, you have really irritated them. Now, the rules are gonna be posted. They’re not up yet ’cause we’re gonna start the giveaways tomorrow.
But you’ll be able to find the rules and what you have to do to be eligible to win one of these new iPads at my website, RushLimbaugh.com. And I’ll let you know. Just keep checking there. It will be on the home page there, and you’ll eventually find out what you have to do to be eligible to win one of these new iPads. Which, I have to tell you, after two days, a day and a half, I was overwhelmed and impressed with after the first night being a little bit disappointed. But now this thing blows away my televisions, which were state-of-the-art. It’s an amazing piece of technology. And we’re gonna give one away for five or six days starting tomorrow.
BREAK TRANSCRIPT
RUSH: No! No! I’ll tell you how I did it. I got the same movie. I had a movie in iTunes, and I watched it via the new 1080p Apple TV on both of my screens. And it looked good, looked great — 1080 looked great. The Apple TV 1080 is pretty close to Blu-ray. It’s not quite, but it’s there. So then I watched the same movie on the iPad, and it blew it away. It’s incomparable! And what’s on the television isn’t bad. I don’t know why it took me a day and a half. Maybe my vision was 20/50 Friday, I don’t know, but it was something. It took me until Sunday to be totally impressed with it. So we’re gonna be giving one away each day for a while now via our little foray into Twitter.
Source: RushLimbaugh.com
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“Don’t doubt me.” – Rush Limbaugh
Question – What is the only thing worse than an incompetent liberal President?
Answer -A competent liberal President.
The liberals are imploding. LOVE IT. They’re cracking up all over the place. Maobama has spent more than George Bush did in 8 years by Himalayan proportions. They know the public has turned on them and their Dear Leader from Kenya will be voted out in a landslide this year. If what they are doing wasn’t so horrific, it would almost be funny watching them lose it. Instead it is so serious that the public has awoken and is now not going to let the greatest nation on the planet go down the tubes because of incredibly devious, selfish, disgusting motives of liberals.
They are not who they say they are. Someone made a Star Wars comparison on another one of MDN’s great posts. The liberals are Darth Sidious from the second round of Star Wars movies. They pretend to be for the little guy but in reality they are purposely trying to take down the US so they can turn into something so foreign and terrible it would make everyone quake in their boots. We conservatives are the good guys and will win. God is on our side as well. God is like holy water to a Vampire to a liberal as another poster so smartly said.
Rush is such a great person and does such a momentous service to the US. The biggest audience for talk radio, 30 million plus. Keep if up Rush. We LOVE you and we HATE LIBRO-LEMMING-TROLLS.
Nothing like lighting up a really good cigar and listening to Rush totally own Liberals for 3 hours a day Monday – Friday!!!! Fantastic stuff.
Work hard all week, play some golf over the weekend or if lucky after work. Spend quality time with the family as well. Then either Rush live on the radio, internet-ditto-cam or podcasting or iPad app watch from being a loyal member of Rush 24/7!!!!!! Screw you liberals!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-budget-plan-cuts-deeply-into-domestic-programs-reshapes-medicare-medicaid/2012/03/20/gIQAxFbQPS_story.html
BOLD RYAN: SLASH ANOTHER $5.3 TRILLION…
http://www.wnd.com/2012/03/postman-ayers-family-put-foreigner-obama-through-school/
POSTMAN: AYERS FAMILY PUT ‘FOREIGNER’ OBAMA THROUGH SCHOOL
Claims he met young Barack who boasted he’d someday be president
Democrats, the D-Bag party!
http://kstp.com/news/stories/s2542281.shtml
Burnsville Man Arrested, Jailed for Siding Code Violation
More liberal INSANITY!!!!! This is what liberals want to do to all of us!
I am sure losing 150+ sponsors Rush has nothing to worry about..lol.
If call lies, outright lies and half-truths owning liberals, I would like to see you guys in a real debate. Of course it would be like picking on a kindergarten. I know how special you guys are.
Rush didn’t lose one national sponsor you brain dead, lemming.
Paper: Marines down on Obama
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/marine-times-investigates-anti-obama-marines/438681
You analysis on liberals is almost as bad as your analogies.
If you think liberals are imploding and not laughing at the republican president candidates, then you as delusional as your belief in a magic man coming to save you.
Obama has spent more than GWB in eight years? Now I have heard it all. I guess this is why its impossible to show someone facts and data when they are brain-damaged and believe in some higher power is working in their favor.
Keep livin in that fantasy world, I am sure you can just pray away everything you dont like… good luck with that.
right not LIKE the uber competent GWB or Reagan that got us in the financial mess. I am sure history and empirical data is lost on you, so it would be pointless to explain.
Bush was more like an Einstein compared to Kenyan with the phony social security card, birth certificate, hidden foreign exchange student college records. One complete lie after another coming from the Teleprompter in chief that you drones so blindly follow along like the zombies that you are…..
Yea gwb was smarter than the guy who was editor of the Harvard law review. Give me a break.
You clearly don’t know math or charts if u think bush’s 8 years didn’t run the debt up more than Obama’s 4 years.
GWB never hid his college records you freaking ahole. Maobama is hiding an AWFUL lot from the US public. There’s a bad reason for it.,
Just thought I’d drop in for the vitriol, after seeing that headline pop up on my iPad 3rd gen baby!
Let the mindlessness BEGIN!
same here.
The thing is we all know what Liberals want to do to us all and it isn’t a pretty thought. Misery for all, or worse.
We also all know that conservatives don’t want to do anything to us all. Live and let live. Take personal responsibility. Be happy in the pursuit of life, liberty, and justice for all. Conservatism is Positive thoughts and Positive things!
“Republicans do not want to anything to us?”
Ask the women they have attacked in the last few weeks. They say are for small government, but wants the govt, in our bedrooms and in a woman’s uterus. They want to force women to have kids, just to the children live and let live with no CHIP, no food assistance, cut education programs, cut Student loan programs, cut social safety net programs, cut medicare. All to please their toothless inbreed constituents.
Republicans: Live and let live if you can afford to live
Like Sarah Palin you Ahole. You fit in perfectly with drones. And your Dear Leader has spent more than Bush did over his entire Presidency you ignorant, sleaze ball, racist!
Oh I am sleazeball “racist” for defending women, children and minorities?
What does that make u for attacking them..
Your a troll right, a comedian couldn’t write these replies.. Lol
You’re not defending any of those individuals. What you and every other scum bag liberal does is hijack the cause and use it to advance your Socialist-Statist-Communist agenda.
You freaks aren’t fooling anyone any more. We know it. We will defeat you in a Landslide Loss for your Dear Leader Maobama!
rhetoric-ass,
you are a sleaze-ball!
Question: What is the difference between Liberalism and Communism?
Answer: The Communist admit it.
Oh you think you are funny….
I got one.
Question: What’s the difference between Conservatives and Satanists?
Answer: Satanists know who they worship.
The Constitution of the US, like sunlight to a VAMPIRE! Liberal parasites, destroying the world as fast as they can.
Liberals are basically vampires. So, so true.
Pleath, pleath, pleath misther Limbaugh, makes these mean conservatiths sthop exposthing usth! We musth usthe Algae asth fuel!!!!! Windmillths too. Tholar panelsths that costht more make and own that you ever get back from them. Pleath!
Ah, but is it slutty?
ALMOST enough of a reason to listen to him … almost.
Hey finelinebob, you ALMOST had a moment of brilliance … almost.
Rush is awesome! Tells it like it is! No one else like him! Loves Apple like u and me, and, best of all, loathes liberals!
Call him bombastic or call him the devil, the man LOVES his Apple gear. I can’t wait to start hearing the complaints about how even full 1080p is letterboxed on all four edges because of the superior resolution of the iPad’s new screen. Oh nos up scaling! I want my money back. /sarcasm
Libtards must be seriously torn here. Rush builds Apple up while the commie rags they worship like the NYSlimes work everyday to tear Apple down.
Are you posting on an Android device?
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/03/20/controversial-painter-depicts-obama-with-burning-constitution/
Controversial Painter Depicts Obama With Burning Constitution
You’re a moron, just like Limbaugh.
Look in the mirror Toots! It’s you that is the uber-moron!
AT is a Femin-Nazi!!!!!!!
He sweat cheeks, my screen cracked with that avatar.
Question: What is the difference between a Democrat and a catfish?
Answer: One’s a scum sucking bottom dweller and ones a fish.
He’s right though. The same thing happened to me. I expected to experience a sense of visual euphoria after the way everyone described the screen. When you first turn on the iPad, it doesn’t look any different.
The subtlety of the retina display creeps up on you. It’s not a matter of what you see, it’s a matter of what you don’t see and that takes a little time for some. Gone are the jagged edges around text, the artifacts left by even the best anti-aliasing. It becomes crystal clear when you look back at the same text on your iPad 2 or 1. You wonder was it always that blurry and I just didn’t notice? The same thing happens when you look at the same text on the screen of you shiny new 27″ iMac. You see blurry text. Previously your brain would make you see smoothness, sort of organic roundness where there was none.
It’s from that point on that you can’t wait to read stuff on the iPad 3rd gen, even crappy email from some flounder. The experience becomes even more pleasing over time.
We’re talking double the pixels, squeezed into the same space. Text looks as if it were painted by a tiny little brush in one smooth analog stroke as opposed to being formed by square dots.
The 3rd gen iPad is the sum of the super high resolution display + 4G + Battery + iSight Camera, and dictation. The whole is greater than the sum of those upgrades.
Definitely worth the price.
Same here. I even compared the 2 + 3 side by side, and even though I could clearly see the difference, I wasn’t completely blown away. But now a few days later, I can’t go back. Reading on the 3 is pure joy, dictation is friggin awesome. Haven’t used the camera yet, but I used the old one for scanning in drawings, then switched to the iPhone4 for the better resolution. It will be nice to have that built in (though with iCloud it really wasn’t that big of a deal to shoot on the phone and edit on the iPad). 4G will be great when I need it. I agree with the reviews that say the iPad 2 is a perfectly good machine, but don’t look at the 3. Auto upgrade from iPad 1 though…
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/gingrich-blasts-deniro-for-first-lady-comments-blasts/
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4x the pixels in the same space, right?
Me too. It took the reading of most of a book on it on Saturday and realizing, towards the end of the day, that my eyes didn’t hurt or water after several hours usage.
I was just good for an hour or so of reading on the iPads 1 & 2 before I had to put it down and walk away.
I hope he gives two to all of us sluts. What a gasbag.
battery is the same 10 hours. Back camera is useless, yes retina display and it’s faster, but IMHO not worth to loose $200-300 if you have an ipad2.
I sold an iPad 2 in the local rag for $100 less than I paid for it last year.
Even a broken analog watch is right twice a day.
If Limpbaugh would stick to reviewing technology the world might be a better place.
Q: What do you call a basement full of Liberals?
A: A whine cellar.
Its time to stop quoting Rush.
Eeeeeeeww, Gross, you’re a disgusting liberal! You’re trying to take our private property, rights, ruin our jobs, and destroy our country, pure sleaze-scum. I need a shower just thinking about you night crawlers. That IS how everyone now feels about the mass minority-LibroTARDS in the US now. They have completely lifted the veil (although they do nothing to help lift the Burka) on what they are really like. Filthy, disgusting, liars.
@Maud
Excellent parody of a frothing-at-the-mouth right-winger!
T-GASH = excellent reality of a LibroTARD-LEMMING!
Question: Why did God make Liberal smarter than rats?
Answer: He didn’t.
It’s time to quote Rush more often!
and you’d take them both.
“A November 2008 poll by Zogby International found that Rush Limbaugh was the most trusted news personality in the nation.”
But wait, I thought he was an entertainer/comedian?
At least he tells the truth about Apple products.
He’s a Patriot and Great American. You are a turbo-lemming.
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/03/20/state_department_exempts_11_countries_from_iran_sanctions
Obama exempts 11 countries from Iran sanctions
If Rush had actually handled it, the thing would need serious decontamination.
Like you Mikey, you need serious de-Lemming-Librotardcontamiation! Traitor!
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/david-corn-has-showdown-in-barnes-noble_b68111
Lib author pitches fit when book not ‘prominently displayed’ in store…
Does Rush want to watch two iPads have sex?
No, Rush has Class, Unlike FLUKES THE S|UTTTTT!!!!
You know Flukes was testifying on the behalf of OTHER women, right? You did read the testimony instead of taking it on Rush’s word right?
I mean you would have to be an IDIOT to say something about Flukes if you did not read her testimony and call her a slut, especially when listening to a radio shock jock who himself did not read the testimony before launching insults, amiright?
It wasn’t testimony asshloe, it was a press conference set up by the democrat party. You lobs are so effing stupid to think anyone would fall for that BS. This entire Fluke thing is a set up.
Oh it was a setup now.. Nice rush talking point. If u ever have an original thought on the matter it would be appreciated.
It wasnt a press conference. It was in front of congress and cameras where there.
Oh it was testimony, nice Communist Democratard talking points.
It was a press conference you jack ass. Do some research before making yourself look like the ass that you are rhetoric-ass!
I also agree. The screen at first seemed great, but not mind-blowing. Two days in, it is mind blowing. I wish all of the right wingers and left wingers would stop all the stupid chatter. Steve Jobs, you know, the guy you worship, was a liberal. I do not think even the most vitriolic of you thinks he was a “liberaltard.” All the right wing bashing doesn’t belong on this web site either. The people that run it are decidedly right wing and they are clearly not stupid. All this crap shows is the intolerance and ignorance of those who spew. Please, in the most polite way I can say this, once and for all STFU!!!!
Steve was a liberal Billionaire at that.
It’s a wonder they didn’t throw him out of the club.
They wanted his money, Freaking – Commie – Hypocrites!
The thing is they are not who they pretend to be. There are much more evil intentions behind these liberals than they let on to.
Yea liberals are evil, they want people to have access to clean water, healthy food, medicine/healthcare for people who need it, educating children, social safety nets for people who need it, feeding poor kids, defending the defenseless.
Oh yea liberals ARE so evil… what are the republicans for? fend for yourselves or die. What a bunch of chickenhawks, you guys want to bomb Iran, but too spineless to stand up to Rush’s misplaced insults? Yea a bunch of gun-toting cowards who do not even know the first thing about Christ.
Even though they are the party of God. So blinded by your own hatred you can not even see the truth.
Liberas are te definition of evil, rhetoric.ahole!
When do you have enough of othe people’s money you scum sucker!
I don’t use any govt money and run two businesses. I don’t collect a dime from taxpayers, yet pay to subsidize the millionaires and billionaires tax breaks.
If that is what u feel about liberals then truly I feel sorry for you, and hope u cand find it in ur heart to love your fellow men/women.
Crony Capitalism is a liberal-Commie tactic you fool. You are such a freaking Lemming-Drone you have no clue that you have it all backwards. Man are you stupid.
Liberals hate and are RACISTS!
Is it me or does Rush look a little creepy leering out from behind that article?
Almost like he’s watching something he shouldn’t.
And where’s his other hand?
Actually, I was thinking that the look on his face, sneaking out from behind that… wall, whatever… seems as if he’s just blown a huge, smelly fart when no one was paying attention. Oh… Wait… That wasn’t a fart, it was his radio show.
It’s you. The creepy guy is Bill Maher and every other liberal.
Do you think Bill is hiding behind Rush in that photo?
Or maybe Rush ate him.
I think your mother is hiding behind him you troll. I bet you are hideous to the eyes.
I have a registered account here.
And I use it.
So that would make you the troll.
I think you have a little man-crush on Rush. Which probably makes you feel good and dirty all at the same time. Poor little conflicted Republican.
https://twitter.com/#!/billmaher/status/177186344697733120
Well, not that Bill Maher is the spokesperson for liberals, but I’m a Republican (going back to when I first voted, and it was for Ronald Reagan), so I don’t have to listen to Bill Maher.
That said, Rush didn’t “accidentally” say something offensive. He went on and on for days attacking someone who was doing nothing more than exercising her free speech as a witness before members of Congress, and intimidating others who may do the same.
Again, not a “one time slip”, Rush has a history of extremely racist, homophobic, and sexist comments.
This isn’t “intimidation”, this is identifying someone who is hurting America from all sides. Case in point… the debate on birth control pills had valid arguments from both sides. However he did more damage on his side by reducing the debate using sexist attacks and intimidation.
I don’t want to do business with someone like that. I don’t want to do business with those that pay him to do that harm to America and to the Republican party.
U mean like in Germany when the people didn’t want to do business with the Jews.
@Ubermac
Well, there’s a difference between right and wrong.
The Nazis in Germany were doing things like genocide, so doing business with them would be morally wrong.
The Jews in Germany weren’t doing anything that promoted hate through racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Nor were the Jews toxic to constructive political debate. Discriminating against doing business with someone because they’re Jewish would be morally wrong.
Not that Rush is a Nazi. I’m only putting him in that context to respond to your comment. I usually don’t go Godwin, instead, I’ll say that Rush is Rush, broadcasting hatred, and toxic to constructive political debate as shown by his history of racism, sexism, and homophobia. Thus, doing business with him is morally wrong.
And to put it in more legal terms… Religion (being Jewish) is a protected class. So here in the USA, there are legal implications against discriminating against Jewish people. However, racists, sexists, etc… aren’t protected classes, so there is legal freedom to discriminate against them.
MacSLUT, you ignorant SLUT! Rush is hope. Rush is positive. Rush is all that is GREAT. Rush knows so much more than your tiny-nano-libtard brain could ever dream to posses.
So you defend what Rush said for 3 days? Launching “positive” attacks on a woman who WAS SPEAKING FOR OTHER WOMEN BEFORE CONGRESS!
So speaking in behalf of others makes you a slut? The problem is so blindly support a blowhard who was attacking free speech by someone speaking out in the behalf of other women. I am sure you are aware of the FACTS, since your gigantic dittohead brain can process so much else right?
Rhetoric-ass,
It was a phony, set-up, press conference you idiot!
The bullshit comes from both sides. The name calling rains down upon Democrats and Republicans.
I don’t know which side is worse. They seem equal to an outsider like me.
Liberals are far worse and you already know that althegeo!
http://www.france24.com/en/20120320-cameron-tucked-bed-obama-during-us-trip
Cameron ‘tucked in bed’ by Obama during US trip
That’s a rational and well thought out argument. How unusual for one of these discussions. Thank you. And, you didn’t have to resort to name-calling and slogans. Gosh. A breath of fresh air.
Commie!
How did you know? Is my slip showing?
Then don’t do business with him. We don’t give a rat’s ass about what you do or don’t do and you never voted Republican in your life.
Obviously you do care, otherwise you wouldn’t be commenting here…multiple times…in the same childish manner.
Yes, I’ve voted Republican most of my life, not that I have to prove that to anyone, but the point is, as a Republican, I’m really pissed off at Rush because he’s hijacked the voice of the party and provided the left with plenty of ammunition to attack based on straw man arguments which aren’t straw, they’re Rush.
You can be a conservative and not be racist, sexist, or homophobic, but when you enter any debate on any issue that affects America, you end up having to defend against these charges instead of the issue at hand because Rush has made the debate about hating and attacking these groups.
Rush is toxic and bad for America, and even worse for the Republican party.
MACSLUT,
You are the racist. You’re a liberal. You’ve never voted Republican, ever. The two go hand in hand. Either that or your a RINO. Almost the same thing as a liberal. You are pathetic. Go back to Air America, oh wait it went belly up. Where’s that gross avatar you had up earlier.
I’m a racist??? Wow, do you have nothing you can possibly say with an ounce of intelligence such that you have to resort to “I know you are but what am I?”
That’s exactly what I’m talking about. It’s no wonder that not a single person here has defended Rush in a coherent and intelligent manner. The only defense for Rush has been kindergarten-style name calling.
Wake up people, you’re being duped by Rush into thinking he represents the Republican party. He doesn’t. Saying that doesn’t make me a RINO, and yes, I’ve been registered as a Republican since I first voted for Reagan when I was 18.
If you ditto-heads can’t be bothered to look up the definition of Communist, why not at least look up the definition of Conservative and Republican. You’ll note that racism and sexism aren’t Republican values. So why do you support someone who has such a long history of racism and sexism?
I’ve never used an Avatar here, so I have no idea what you’re talking about.
You’re a RINO if you really are voting Republican……
Damnit.. I didn’t intend to post anything here after the initial “same here” rubbernecking to the thread title.
1st.
it’s been proven that Fluke was a stunt. (by the dems)
she did NOT a witness before congress… get it right. she was never allowed to testify due to the Dems tossing her name into the pot just before the hearings… she would not have had time to be vetted, as the law requires. They pulled the name of the vetted person (I forget his name now) and submitted hers at 4:30 the day before the hearing… the required 3 days of vetting could NOT be performed, so by law she was denied.
what she DID do, and what you and everyone else saw, was a staged press conference by the members of the dem party.
She Enrolled at Georgetown with the intent to combat GEORGETOWN’s rules…
Her figures were also proven wrong and super inflated. $1000 (her figures) a year… or $60 at walmart, or $75 at planned parenthood. And she failed to mention that in DC you can have all the FREE condoms you want given to you. (at tax payer expense of course) all you have to do is ASK….
2nd.
If you EVER listened to Rush for any extended period of time… you would know his “Illustrating absurdity by being absurd” comments are MEANT to get the left to go nuts.
I personally didn’t think he went too far, I understood his comments were mostly joking. and the rest was truth..
the “Sex video” part. he even flat out said he was being absurd prior to saying it… but of course the media didn’t play that part did they?
nope.
the majority of Rush’s comments like this are preceded by “Media Tweak of the Day” or the “Illustrating Absurdity” lines.
Did you also know that some of his comments, were REWRITES of certain liberals attacks on conservatives? If you do not pay attention to politics, you wouldn’t get the little jabs he tosses in there.
3rd.
If you think this “hurt” Rush…
he lost zero stations from this.
he did NOT lose sponsors from this as was claimed. Rush doesn’t have the 40+ sponsors they claimed left his show.. He only has a dozen or so NATIONAL sponsors.
*some* LOCAL STATION sponsors asked not to be played during his time slot. This is also normal, it happens a lot. (to any host)
My parents advertised on a station 6 years ago before they sold the Yamaha dealership. they had to call and request their ads did NOT run during certain shows.
One left his national show, then quickly ASKED to come back. and they did.
Rush actually LOST stations when he instituted the policy that ALL Female callers were *required* to have a photo on file before they were allowed on the air.
(It was a joke that went on for a few days, some stations canceled the show not knowing it was a joke cause they never listened to Rush)
I swear some people just hear a 10 second sound byte and then claim to have all the facts. if you had heard the 10 seconds prior to the 10 seconds you heard… you’d have a little different perspective.
and your “Went on for days and days” comment… less than an hour total on thursday and friday combined. the story only broke late thursday, and he didn’t spend much time on it really.
FTB,
What a spectacular post!!! The liberoTARDS won’t be able to absorb it though. It will hurt their tiny-Marxist-minds too much.
@FTB,
1. “she did NOT a witness before congress… get it right. ”
Where did I say she did? I said she was “exercising her free speech as a witness before members of Congress”. And she was.
The rest of your point here is irrelevant, with the exception of “Her figures were also proven wrong and super inflated.”
Yes, and that’s a valid point to be presented. Instead of just doing that, Rush went off on a sexist rant that totally crossed the line.
Really, what’s the better counter-argument:
O’Reilly: “Any woman today can go down to Planned Parenthood and get free birth control pills or to Walgreens/CVS and get them for less than $10 a month”
versus
*What people heard about* Rush: “Women who use birth control pills are sluts and prostitutes.”
2nd.
“If you EVER listened to Rush for any extended period of time… you would know his “Illustrating absurdity by being absurd” comments are MEANT to get the left to go nuts.”
I have. And I agree. And that’s why I believe he does more harm than good for conservatives. When he is rational and not being racist, sexist or homophobic, he’s capable of making a convincing argument and furthering the debate, but when he goes off on those rants, he’s just toxic, and adding fuel to the other side. This issue, for many became, “should insurance companies be required to give birth control pills, after all many (sob-sob) poor women (sob-sob) are in school (sob-sob) have medical conditions, and…” versus “women who use birth control pills are sluts” and “see they just hate women”. Why not just point out the flaws in their argument, and promote the reasons why the government shouldn’t over-regulate, like Bill O’Reilly and others did.
“Did you also know that some of his comments, were REWRITES of certain liberals attacks on conservatives? If you do not pay attention to politics, you wouldn’t get the little jabs he tosses in there.”
It doesn’t matter. Yes, Sarah Palin was called the C word by some liberals, but that doesn’t make it right either. Call them on it. Call for them to bring civility and rational debate back. Call those that do that misogynistic and point out their hypocrisy. Call out that their attacks are intimidating women who are exercising their free speech. Fighting back with racist, sexist and homophobic comments, just feeds right back into their hands.
3rd.
“If you think this “hurt” Rush…”
Not that I said it did, but this has had impact on Rush, and many other on-air personalities on both sides (see Louis C.K.). This is still far from over, but it’s certainly had enough of an impact for Rush to apologize, and to send a formal letter to his sponsors.
“and your “Went on for days and days” comment… less than an hour total on thursday and friday combined. the story only broke late thursday, and he didn’t spend much time on it really.”
No, I said “he went on and on for days”. It was part of his shows on February 29 – March 2. See excerpts from the 3 shows here:
You’re full of it. You are not a republican. You’re screen name says it all you no sense of humor-loser-lib.
Rush was right and in no way should have apologized. The entire Fluk incident is a complete set up. We don’t want to pay for her birth control nor anyone else’s. And if you can’t handle the heat get out of the kitchen. If you are a true conservative you wouldn’t waste a nanosecond trolling against Rush. You would be going after liberals like the future of the country depended on it which it does. You make us sick!
You don’t have to listen to rush if you don’t like the message. A huge number of people love the message. Take your ridiculous little lecture and shove it.
McSLUT,
your strategy was genius last election. Don’t fight back, we don’t want to hurt the liberoTARDS feelings. Look how far that got McCain. I would never, ever want you in a fox hole with me you good little surrender. You remind me of the French. You couldn’t be more wrong on every level. Only liberals and RINOs agree with you.
“We don’t want to pay for her birth control nor anyone else’s.”
How many other ways and how many times do I have to say that I agree with this position? That’s a valid argument. Ad hominem attacks aren’t.
“Rush was right and in no way should have apologized.”
The fact that he did apologize makes your statement an oxymoron.
“You would be going after liberals like the future of the country depended on it which it does.”
Right, and to do this, you win debates. You win elections. You convince people that the conservative approach advocated by republicans is the right way to go. You don’t alienate people through sexist, racist and homophobic remarks, just as you don’t feed and arm your enemy.
Rush, the circus clown that he is, isn’t doing a damn thing to make this country a better place. Instead, he’s playing games that are hurting the Republican agenda and taking a ton of money for doing so.
“You don’t have to listen to rush if you don’t like the message.”
And I’d defend your right to listen to Rush. But in the birth control pill debate, Rush spewed his message to his ditto heads, who were on board anyway, and pissed off not just the liberals, but the fence sitters. Meanwhile he drowned out other conservatives who were actually making rational arguments and winning the debate on the issue.
So McSlut, then, how do you feel about all of these horrible, mean republican debates?
You’re against Rush, we get it. NO other conservatives agree with you or your arguments.
It doesn’t matter what we do. The left will drop gloves and lie, cheat, and steal. If we don’t say it they will say we said it. You are completely WRONG!!!!!!!
“I said she was “exercising her free speech as a witness before members of Congress”. And she was.”
which proves me correct. she did NOT.
she was in NO way under any oath. She was paraded in front of camera’s as a stunt.
if you did any research you would find she was in front of dems only, and it was a press conference, not some official hearing, that you again think she was in front of. CSpan covered it, but it was not official just staged.
not one word she said is in any official congressional record.
your O’reilly Vs Rush comments.
Rush DID say the same thing.. but did you hear any of that? of course you didn’t. Media Matters didn’t play that for you… neither did any other Media outlet.
they only played the parts they wanted you to hear.
Call the Libs on their crap? Yes Rush does that every day… The media doesn’t care.
but hey, look at that! you post a video from the Daily KOS.
did that not out you or what?….
and BTW, Fluke DID say all those things Rush was making fun of… but do you hear Media Matters or Daily KOS play that? nope.
Do they play the Audio of Fluke’s comments that Rush played, which intro’d his comments?…. Oh God no, that would be Context.
oh and listening to that again, cracks me up.
Oh and BTW, I think Maria nailed it “You’re against Rush, we get it. NO other conservatives agree with you or your arguments.”
“which proves me correct. she did NOT she was in NO way under any oath. ”
It only proves you correct with the argument you were having with yourself. Again, I never said she did.
“if you did any research…[snip]”
None of that matters. I know all of that. Again, none of that matters, and I never said anything contrary to any of that. You’re still winning arguments with yourself, but one doesn’t get a free pass to be a misogynist simply because of a staged event from the other side.
“your O’reilly Vs Rush comments. Rush DID say the same thing.. but did you hear any of that? ”
Yes. Did you read any of my comments about how I actually agree with Rush on the core issue? The problem is, he didn’t say *only* the same thing as O’Reilly, he made the same point and then went full on misogynist. O’Reilly made points that, I for one, pointed to as a reference for the debate (and changed at least one person’s opinion on the matter).
“Media Matters didn’t play that for you… neither did any other Media outlet. they only played the parts they wanted you to hear.”
BINGO!!!
What’s the better of the two sound bites:
“Fluke exaggerated the price. In fact, you can get free pills from Planned Parenthood, or under $10 a month at Walgreens. Why should we pay for her optional activity. Etc..”
Versus
“Slut… prostitute… we should get videos of her having sex… she must be having a lot of sex to be taking so many pills”
One of those quotes is rational and part of a overall valid debate, the other simply pisses anyone off who may actually agree with your side an is looking for information on the subject.
Why give the other side ammunition? Why give them the sound bites to quote and ignore the valid points?
“but hey, look at that! you post a video from the Daily KOS.
did that not out you or what?….”
Yes, you got me. I know how to use Google. That video comes up as a top search result when searching for the topic. Anyone looking for information on the debate is highly likely to find it.
““You’re against Rush, we get it. NO other conservatives agree with you or your arguments.””
Uh, no. Far from it. Almost one in three Republicans, 30 percent, say Limbaugh should be fired for the remarks. That’s going *beyond* agreeing with me.
See:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-14/republicans-losing-on-birth-control-as-77-in-poll-spurn-debate.html
And yes, polls can have errors and such, but I’m seeing a lot of Republicans like me who get that he’s hurting the party. Clearly, I’m not the only one.
For that matter, how much actual support did he get from any of the GOP candidates? At best, he got “well that’s just Rush being Rush”. Not one single candidate (or anyone of significance) really backed Rush up. Not one said, “yes, she is a slut”.
@2008,
This is going to be a close election. The GOP candidate isn’t going to win by making sexist, racist or homophobic comments. When has that worked in recent history?
I’m very much NOT saying that we don’t fight back. I’m saying that you fight back by having a strong position (which we do on this issue) and not by giving the opposition ammunition to attack you with (by calling us out on misogynistic statements).
@Maria,
“It doesn’t matter what we do. The left will drop gloves and lie, cheat, and steal. If we don’t say it they will say we said it. ”
Well that doesn’t mean we actually *say* it. It was the wrong thing to say to begin with. Say the right thing, and then attack *them* for lying. BTW: Can you show me where people are saying O’Reilly called Fluke a slut, prostitute, etc…? I can’t seem to find any liberal making that allegation, just the correct quotes of Rush using those terms.
@Macslut
IF YOU READ your comments… you KEEP saying she was a WITNESS BEFORE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
Which is untrue.
THIS is the point you can’t seem to understand.
You can’t be a witness in front of congress… at a press conference. Witness would be under oath, She was not.
your little “BINGO” part….
If Rush ONLY said about Fluke exactly what O’Reilly said, NOBODY would have heard of Fluke. Except for the Dems..
You know the Dems made a huge deal of thee being no women on the actual testimony right? it was all over the news, the left was going nuts about how sexist the right was.
Except there WERE two women testifying at that hearing…. but they came after the Dems made their attacks and left the hearings.
You heard the crying, you did not hear the truth. You can go read their testimony… proof they were there, but the left still believes only men testified. (cause the left said they didn’t, thats where Fluke comes in…)
No politician of ANY side would defend Rush’s words, or Maher’s…. EVEN if they agreed with it.
Same reason you do not EAT in front of camera’s as a politician. you DO NOT give anyone ammunition.
and BTW, there have been those that defended Rush… But the Media just doesn’t want to tell you that cause it doesn’t make news.
your little poll there, bet you at least half those that responded… don’t even listen to Rush to begin with. But they know the details, cause they heard him say it on the news…
All the Attacks on Rush, went nowhere. Not even in the news anymore. Rush is still on Air, after the left said he’d be gone in a week…
He just added 2 new sponsors even. (and no they were in talked prior to the whole thing so it’s not the sex service that was rumored to coming to his show, another leftist lie)
@FTB,
I’m not sure if English is your native language or not, but you don’t seem to have a full grasp of it. I’m not saying this to insult you, but there have been several instances of this from you so I’ll clarify this in case it’s just a language problem for you.
There is a HUGE difference between what I wrote:
“exercising her free speech as a witness before members of Congress”
And what you have been arguing with yourself about, that is that she testified in Congress.
Note some of the differences in the sentence. Note that I said, “before members of Congress”. That contrasts to “before Congress” or “in Congress”. Note that I said she was “exercising her free speech as a witness” as opposed to “gave witness testimony” or anything implying an oat was needed.
“Witness would be under oath, She was not.”
No, in the English language, you can be a witness without taking an oath. If you “witness” a crime, you are considered a witness and can speak about it in interviews or with the police, without taking an oath.
Again, you’re arguing with yourself. The silly part is that this doesn’t matter, the point still stands, she was a witness to what it’s like to be a student who wants birth control to be given for free (which we both disagree with) and was expressing her freedom of speech before members of Congress. We both agree she lied and misrepresented her situation and all of that.
“your little poll there, bet you at least half those that responded… don’t even listen to Rush to begin with. But they know the details, cause they heard him say it on the news…”
It’s not *my* little poll. It’s from a little company known as Bloomberg. Look them up. They kind of know what they’re doing. As far as respondents not listening to Rush, knowing the details, and hearing snippets, etc…, YES, that’s precisely the point! The claim by you and Maria was that NO REPUBLICAN agreed with me, but that poll, from a reputable source, shows you’re both wrong…very wrong… 30% of Republicans agree with me (actually go beyond what I feel). “Why” doesn’t need to be fair, it just needs to be. If 30% of Republicans feel Rush should be fired (for any reason), then he’s got a serious problem communicating the Republican platform.
“No politician of ANY side would defend Rush’s words, or Maher’s…. EVEN if they agreed with it. Same reason you do not EAT in front of camera’s as a politician. you DO NOT give anyone ammunition.”
Gee, where have I heard that advice before? The fact is, agree with Rush’s sexist comments or not, the GOP candidates were forced to answer what they thought about his comments. This made them all look very weak from both sides.
“BTW, there have been those that defended Rush… But the Media just doesn’t want to tell you that cause it doesn’t make news.”
Consider what I said, and name *one* of political significance…and no Bill Maher doesn’t count.
“If Rush ONLY said about Fluke exactly what O’Reilly said, NOBODY would have heard of Fluke. Except for the Dems..”
Well if Rush can’t get an audience without launching misogynistic ad hominem attacks that convince 30% of Republicans he should be fired, then maybe he should defer the subject to someone like O’Reilly who had segments on the Sandra Fluke testimony before the Rush controversy broke and still maintained the highest cable news ratings in the country.
MacSLUT is a liar! Commie. Go focus your hate and anger towards the real enemy, DEMOTARDS! You idiot!!!!!!!
@macslut
Dude, you just don’t get it.
Fluke spoke before members of congress IN NO OFFICIAL FORMAT.
If I walked up to any sitting member of congress and told them a sob story, i’d be no different. Neither one of us are considered a witness, just a random person talking to a member of congress.
you have a problem with that witness word.
to BE a witness in any form you must be Invited, vetted, and qualified.
She was not.
the dems little stunt was in an unofficial format. therefore she is not a witness, she’s a plain citizen talking to members of congress in front of a camera at a press conference. Expressing her free speech yes, but she did not earn the witness title you give her. She is not a witness in any legal fashion, just a citizen talking.
oh and lets not forget to mention forget Fluke’s publicist…. Anita Dunn. Heard that name before somewhere… Maybe thats how this whole thing came about.
Just give up. nobody agree’s with you.
one last thing.. I said “your little poll there”
i did NOT mean it as a poll you conducted, just referencing the poll you posted.
@FTB,
You’re really trying hard to argue with yourself here. How many times and how many ways do I have to tell you that I did not say that Sandra Fluke gave official testimony before Congress? Why is this so confusing to you?
“you have a problem with that witness word.
to BE a witness in any form you must be Invited, vetted, and qualified.”
Take a look at any dictionary. Here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/witness
Look at definition #1. It has nothing to do with being invited, vetted, qualified, or having taken an oath.
Again, I never said she testified under oath before congress, or that it was anything other than a media circus event. My statement, which was correct, “exercising her free speech as a witness before members of Congress”. Again, not under oath, not official testimony, and not in Congress.
Were there members of Congress present?
Yes.
Did she exercise her freedom of speech?
Yes.
Was she a witness to what life is like as a female student using birth control pills?
Yes (and we agree, a bad one).
Did any of this make the idea of requiring free birth control pills more valid? Absolutely not. It didn’t matter what she did or how she did it. The counter-arguement is best presented via rational debate and common sense, not misogynistic ad hominem attacks like Rush did.
“oh and lets not forget to mention forget Fluke’s publicist…. Anita Dunn. Heard that name before somewhere… Maybe thats how this whole thing came about.”
More arguing with yourself here. Did you watch any of O’Reilly? You really should. He exposed all of this, and all in a way that didn’t provide ammunition to the opposition by using sexist comments that clouded the real issues. O’Reilly wasn’t just correct (like Rush), O’Reilly was *convincing* (unlike Rush).
You yourself admit that few people know fully what Rush said, and instead just know the snippets along with not knowing the truth about Fluke. Ya…that’s right, that’s because when you go on air and say numerous things for 3 days that offend a large percentage of the population, the valid points that you do make are going to be ignored. It doesn’t matter for Rush, he gets $$$ either way, but if you care about this, or other conservative issues, it matters because Rush is doing damage to our side when he goes on these rants. It’s no surprise that Rush felt compelled to apologize.
“Just give up. nobody agree’s with you.”
No, remember, according to Bloomberg, 30% of Republicans more than agree with me. 30% of Republicans believe Rush should be *fired*. Obviously the number of Democrats is higher than that.
PS: It’s funny as a life-long registered Republican who’s voted in every election since I first voted for Reagan, and who’s contributed financially to GOP campaigns, people here have called me RINO, Demotard, and even commie…
*Sigh*… if you get nothing else from what I’ve said, take this… I agree with Rush on the issue of forcing free abortion pills. I just have a problem with his misogynistic ad hominem attacks as I believe they do more harm than good. Rush, apparently agrees that harm was done, otherwise he wouldn’t have apologized.
As O’Reilly would say, “I’ll let you have the last word”…
Love me some Rush….I would imagine 90% of folks that hate him have never listened to him….except for out of context sound bites from the liberal media…keep on keeping on elrushbo!! Oh & Fluke is a 2 time slut…between the sheets and Obamas little media harlot.
Rush is a very smart person… racist, misogynistic, and generally a disgusting and greedy person full of hate, but he’s very smart. His greed sets his agenda, and not only hurts America, but hurts the Republican party.
He’s using this as a way to bust the boycott.
Didn’t Apple sue or send seize and desist letters to companies who were doing unauthorized Apple give-aways?
People will see this as Rush getting Apple’s approval, which is not a good thing.
Unauthorized Apple giveaways? What the hell you are smoking? If Rush buys the iPad and he then gives it away, how is that unauthorized? I think you are not the Reagan loving Republican if you are immediately want Apple to prevent someone from giving away something he has already bought. You sound like a communist.
@Harry Tuttle,
“What the hell you are smoking?”
Just knowledge of recent Apple history:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/01/apple-tries-to-put-the-kibosh-on-ipad-and-iphone-giveaways/
Rush may be violating Apple’s trademarks. From a legal perspective, he’s creating confusion in the marketplace by blurring the association between his show and Apple as a sponsor or partner. There is case precedent if you want to look it up.
“You sound like a communist.”
I didn’t make the law, nor do I necessarily advocate it. However, trademark law exists, and until it is changed, we need to abide by the law. In fact, having the laws exist as they do and having Rush offer the iPad giveaway unchallenged by Apple, creates more of an impression that the contest is endorsed by Apple.
Also, you might want to learn what the definition of “communist” is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist
You are the definition of Lemming-Commie MacSleeze! Stuff it where the sun don’t shine.
Liberals are so disgustingly CREEPY!
MacSLUT is not a very smart person!
MacSLUT is a hater!
We need to abide by the law that the liberals decide to selectively enforce. Like fast and furious, or illegal immigration. Pathetic. Who would even bother mentioning something so ridiculous but a liberal.
Said in a low monitone-desperate voice: “Hey I know how we can get Rush, he-he; he-he, lets find some obscure law and try to get him, he-he; he-he….. Yeah that’s it, that will get him. I’m angry at the world and Rush is a happy, successful person, I’m going to get him”.
Beyond Pathetic!!! Where do you people come from?
“We need to abide by the law that the liberals decide to selectively enforce. Like fast and furious, or illegal immigration.”
Again, I’m not a liberal. Yes, we need to abide by laws, or change them. I can’t argue F&F or immigration with you, since again, I’m not a liberal.
I would argue though, that we could make more progress on immigration reform and enforcement if we didn’t have people like Rush turning it into an issue based on racism instead of common sense changes we need. For example, watch O’Reilly, he has much more credibility on the issues than Rush does because he doesn’t just use toxic attacks that do more harm than good.
““Hey I know how we can get Rush, he-he; he-he, lets find some obscure law and try to get him, he-he; he-he”
Uh, no… This is trademark law that Apple applied to others doing 3rd party promotions less than a year ago. I’m not trying to “get him” or apply the law in any way. I’m just point out that Rush’s 3rd party promotion may be violating trademark law, and there’s precedent that the courts would back up Apple if they sent a seize and desist. Furthermore, there is already confusion in the marketplace from this because people are believing that Apple sponsored or at least endorsed the promotion. Confusion in the marketplace is the exact thing that trademark law is intended to prevent.
“I’m angry at the world and Rush is a happy, successful person, I’m going to get him”.
No, my life is pretty damn good these days. I have my own company and we all use all Apple products. My complaint with Rush on the issue wasn’t with his side of the issue. I actually agree with him on the issue. I don’t believe that there should be a law dictating that insurance companies cover birth control pills for non-medical purposes. However, I wish Rush would’ve either discussed it with rationality and civility (like O’Reilly) or not talked about it at all. Instead, he went way over the line in his attack, and destroyed any opportunity for proper debate on the subject.
As such, it’s been impossible to have a rational discussion on the subject without our side appearing to be misogynistic on the matter.
As we go into the election, I’d rather see civil and rational debate between the Republican and Democratic candidate instead of have the Dems point their finger and say, “racist, sexist, homophobic…” and back it up with statement from Rush as the party’s spokesman.
Oh sure MacSLUT, all the problems in the world are Rush’s fault. Lame. Lame. Lame. Rush is not the problem you BRAIN DEAD LEMMING. The problem is LIBERTARDISM-SOCIALISM-MARXISM-STATISM-COMMUNISM-DEMOCRATISM.
Hardly Rush. You really are pathetic.
As we go into the election, I’d rather see civil and rational debate between the Republican and Democratic candidate instead of have the Dems point their finger and say, “racist, sexist, homophobic…” and back it up with statement from Rush as the party’s spokesman.
They can’t back it up with a statement truthfully and not tell the whole story. The DemoTARDS will lie, and use selected statements out of context to try to trick people into their side no matter what Rush says or does. They won’t just do it with Rush. They will do it with everything/everyone who is not a brain-dead-zombie-lemming.
You have to realize that Liberals don’t fight fairly and they’re never gong to. You need to get that into your head. It doesn’t matter how rational conservatives are. The left are lunatics, hell bent on destroying the US and everything that is great. We need to fight back even harder than they can ever dream of dishing it out.
Landslide Loss in 2012 for Barry Soetoro Hussen!
@Not a Lemming ,
“They can’t back it up with a statement truthfully and not tell the whole story.”
It doesn’t matter. There is plenty of footage of Rush making racist, sexist and homophobic rants. In a debate, it’s not the role of the one side to tell the whole story that includes the other side.
“You have to realize that Liberals don’t fight fairly and they’re never gong to. You need to get that into your head.”
Absolutely, but my point is that they don’t need to be fed ammunition. For example, watch O’Reilly on the issue, and you’ll see a pretty rational debate on the matter. One may agree or disagree with the government forcing insurance companies to provide free birth control pills for non-medical use, but O’Reilly makes a compelling argument as to why the government shouldn’t be able to force this.
The other side of the issue can debate O’Reilly fairly and rationally, which I would call on them to do, or they can lie or play unfair. However, it’s easy to expose their lies and any unfair games they play. That is the role of our side… to make our case, and refute their case.
On the other hand we have people like Rush who received far more media coverage on the issue than any politician or political analyst. Neither elected nor appointed, he became the de facto spokesman for the conservative side of the issue.
That would’ve been fine if he made rational, coherent arguments that were valid in the debate. Instead, he gave the other side ammunition to frame it as a “war on women” and “taking away women’s rights” and for them to go on and on about how “a few white men who hate women” can take away basic health care needs….etc…
This pisses me off, because those statements are falsely representing the argument, but yet, they are easy statements to make and to point to Rush’s statements as an example.
Rush’s statements on “needing that much birth control” also made him seem totally out of touch with the reality of the situation (you take the same prescription regardless of how much sex you have). And again, was used as ammunition against the very valid argument against government over-regulation.
“DemoTARDS”
Ya, that doesn’t help much either.
You are wrong macslut. You stand no chance of winning and are way too uptight. You will lose with the libro tards. We conservatives will win!
just a quick read of that article, I do remember Apple doing this, Rush does NOT violate any of it.
He’s NOT giving away a Gift card, if you listen to Rush you’d know that.
the rest does not apply to Rush.
Only the possibility of the marketing materials would even come close. oh wait… there is none. it’s all voiced by Rush live, no pre recorded stuff, no flyers etc. no pictures on his website.. just the legal stuff.
and Rush ALWAYS discloses that Apple is NOT a sponsor of his show. he ALWAYS says HE is giving them away. these are engraved iPads that HE purchased and gives them as presents to people.
Again, you seem to be taking snippets of what you read/hear and thinking you have all the facts.
Rush Limbaugh should be shot endlessly for days in front of a firing squad. Everybody aim for the mouth. He dishonors Apple’s reputation by associating himself with them- making them look as dirty and repulsive as he is. Not doing us any favors. F***ing pig, I hate him and everything he satnds for- I wouldn’t listen to him if he gave away an iPad and a million bucks for you to do so. Bleccchhhhh. Shameful he’s still mentioned here. Does this undo the damage he’s done- change one’s perception of him? Only if you’re blind, deaf, dumb, and programmed.
If you don’t listen to him, how do you know he’s a vile waste of good skin?
AuraSCUM,
The true definition of a Socialist HATER!!! You liberals alway talk about killing people that disagree with you just like all the communist nations have done and Dictators. You people are out of what little minds you have. It must be absolute misery being one of you disgusting trolls. Wasting your life away with so much hate and being such ULTRA-RACISTS!
Why are liberals so Evil? Why do they lie so much? Why are they trying to bring total destruction to the US? What went wrong in their brains?
All the Rush haters never listen to him. They only regurgitate the hate sludge that’s being fed to them by the Obummer central opion command.
After all, it’s bad for you to read so many opinions on the Internet, according to Obummer.
Too many assumptions. For about a year I lived with my grandparents while in High School because my parents moved half way in the school year and the schools had very different scheduling. Anyway I had to listen to his vile BS that whole time and never heard anything in context that was any less offensive than it was out of context. He is a vile, hateful, hypocrite ass. He can say all he want and I would die for his right to say it, but that doesn’t mean I have to listen to him or respect anything he has to say.
Spoken like a true, classless New-Castratti! You are pathetic. You know that don’t you Ryyyyyyan.
Ryan, don’t you realize that your Grandparents believed he was right? When you call him a vile, hateful, hypocrite ass you are calling your Grandparents vile, hateful, hypocrite asses.
That’s not right. RYAN RESPECT YOUR ELDERS. Liberals hate elders. They want to off them in Death Panels with MaobamaSCARE!!!!!!!!!
Not in the least and the fact you would stoop to that level of attack is just beyond measure. My Grandparents did believe a lot of what he had to say was right. That doesn’t mean they thought that every word he uttered was gospel and that you should go out on the streets and treat people the way he attacks people on air. My grandparents never did drugs while espousing that there is no such thing as addiction. They never lowered the conversation by resorting to name calling. When they were still able to (my grandfather has since passed and my grandmother now has vascular dementia) I would have long reasoned debates on policy with them. They knew I loved this country as much as they did, just that we had different solutions to the problems of our times. Rush is in part at fault for the loss of reasoned debate in this country. He espouses hatred and claims basically if you are not in 100% agreement with him your an idiot. This is not how you convince others to see things from your point-of-view. If you truly want to talk to someone and change their minds you come at them with well established facts and let them ponder upon them and come to their own conclusions. You don’t stuff them down their throats and call them ignorant retards and lumping all of them in generalized stereotypes.
Rush has nothing to do with the loss of rational debate. When we lost that rational debate who knows, probably was in 1777. And it happened from the left and continues. The left are the HATERS.
YOU DON’T CHANGE A LEMMING’S MIND! They are completely brainwashed. Destroyed by the public school system and Hollyweird.
The left loves to use words and language to try to shut down it’s opposition just like you are doing right now with your rational debate mantra. Every time you Marxist lose in a debate you claim the other side isn’t being “rational”.
You commies tried to blame the AZ shooting on Conservatives and push your “rational debate” BS. Using a horrible tragedy for your pathetic Communist mission to destroy the US.
Guess what, the guy turned out to be a liberal nut case. These lunatics always turn out to be liberals. Because…….Liberals are crazy.
Conservatives = Rational Self Reliant Patriots
I finally jumped and got the new iPad. Got the original iPad but sold it, now two years into the market it has really matured and finally found a justification for one. Can’t put it down either.
Rush Limbaugh is a turd and his opinions are vile.
MDN should not be highlighting his blatant self promotion.
End of story.
Apple fanboys get hate, Apple Inc. gets hate, Macs, iPhones and IPads get hate and Rush gets hate.
See a pattern here?
(Irrational haters are everywhere, hating everything and anyone with greater power than they, the haters, have.)
There is this thing called “free speech” something where Mecca or Meca (your spelling) does not allow.
Amazing all the hate the liberals have in them. Does not the word “Liberal” mean something. I guess it gives them the liberty to be fascists assholes.