Originally Posted By Sport Goofy <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201001200032" target="_blank">http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/2...01200032</a> How does this guy get away with saying so many offensive things and not become totally discredited? And this is the same guy who says it's OK to make comparisons of our President to Hitler? <a href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200908190028" target="_blank">http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/2...08190028</a> Apparently, in his mocking of Jews, Rush has a bit of a Hitler-ian streak himself.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper "How does this guy get away with saying so many offensive things and not become totally discredited?" Because people keep paying attention to him.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy That's an overly simplistic response intended to sweep the criticism under the rug.
Originally Posted By mawnck The response *is* simple ... the guy knows *exactly* where the line is, and how to stop *just* short of crossing it while still making everybody furious. He's playing America like a fiddle. Awfully easy to do these days.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I agree it is a simplisitic response. But, really, if all the critics would just ignore the guy then the only folks affected by him are his listeners. His listeners aren't the type who would be swayed by the critics anyway...so...why all the fuss?
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << But, really, if all the critics would just ignore the guy then the only folks affected by him are his listeners. >> And GOP policymakers who are elected to office. They are heavily influenced by the Limbaugh rhetoric and rarely rebuke him.
Originally Posted By mele Limbaugh must be so insecure to constantly need this much attention. I wonder what teeny, tiny kind of inadequacy that might be, hm?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Inadequacy? Limbauch is a business. He knows what his customers want and he gives it to them. Are his customers idiots? Yes, many of them are. So are people who eat at Taco Bell but that place makes a killing.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Inadequacy? Limbauch is a business. He knows what his customers want and he gives it to them. Are his customers idiots? Yes, many of them are.<< Sorry, I'm with SG. It's just not that simple. Fox News and Limbaugh and their ilk are hopelessly intertwined with the Republican party and the Republican base. Attempts to make comparisons to Taco Bell don't change that. Like it or not, they're extremely influential within the party and help determine the direction of the party. Take them away, the Republican party would be a totally different animal. They are not just "entertainment" who gives the customer what they want.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <So are people who eat at Taco Bell but that place makes a killing.> Too soon, man, too soon.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Take them away, the Republican party would be a totally different animal.> I have to agree with that.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Ok, but calling him out...and his followers is going to equal what result? I just don't understand the end game. They aren't changing, can we agree on that? Does it just make you feel better to point out the hypocrisy of others? It is like elections these days that I am sick of. Instead of candidates saying what they are "for", they point out the flaws in the other candidate. Thus we have these riveting election cycles these days. Are we all contributing to the problem?
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Ok, but calling him out...and his followers is going to equal what result? I just don't understand the end game. >> You reach a tipping point as these statements build up. It's tough to predict when that point will be, but a person can't go on uttering racist and sexist remarks habitually without the taint of those remarks clouding every other statement he makes. When do we reach that tipping point? I don't know. But the more the evidence builds against this racist and sexist bully, the closer you get to completely discrediting and putting him out of business.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Ok, but calling him out...and his followers is going to equal what result? I just don't understand the end game.<< The endgame of NOT calling them out is to wind up living in the Christian Wingnut version of Iran. Humans are a lot more gullible than they like to believe. Never underestimate the power of professionally prepared propaganda. Ignore it long enough, and next thing you know you're getting a visit from your friendly neighborhood SS.
Originally Posted By donnyaz I agree about Rush and the same with Harry Reed saying "He was wowed by Obama's oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama -- a 'light-skinned' African American 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one,' as he said privately. Reid was convinced, in fact, that Obama's race would help him more than hurt him in a bid for the Democratic nomination.’” Both Rush and Reed should be tared and feathered
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Nice try, but no equivalency here. Reed was praising Obama, albeit clumsily--at worst patronizingly. Limbaugh was dredging up the old ANTI Semitic shibboleths that he knows very well a lot of his listeners believe. Two different animals.
Originally Posted By donnyaz Dabob2 How dare RUSH say that many Jewish people are bankers and lawyers.Is that not praising Jewish people ??? On the secound audio clip all Rush wants to compare to Obama is the Nazi government side not the genicide. Why dont you quote the hateful remark ?
Originally Posted By Mr X ***How dare RUSH say that many Jewish people are bankers and lawyers.Is that not praising Jewish people ???*** What a sick thing to say. Assuming you've EVER opened up a history book, you should be ashamed of yourself for making such a sick, twisted comment.
