Originally Posted By Mr X Interesting note here... Robertson said "they got what they deserved". Limbaugh said "don't help them". In my mind, equally vile and worthy of complete condemnation and scorn. And yet, at least from the evangelical side we've seen a couple of "that guy's not with us" comments along with a handful of similar links. From the right wingers, nothing. I guess they agree with Rush. I find it quite telling, truth be told (and we've seen it play out over an especially d over...recently). He speaks for us, he can say no wrong. That's the impression I get. I wonder if America doesn't have an even stronger religion (and more fanatical) than we ever considered. Yikes. And UGH. And GOD I hate those people!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***over an especially d over...recently*** Cut and paste drive by...nothing to see here, folks. What I MEANT to write was "and we've seen it play out over and over...especially recently".
Originally Posted By dshyates I am not surprised by Limbaugh's comments. We have known for a long time that he is simply a vile individual.
Originally Posted By Mr X It's not him that bothers me, he's like the scorpion on the back of the frog. It's the fact that he enjoys the implicit (and often explicit) support of the entire Republican party, leading many to consider him their leader.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Maybe Rush has been losing audience share to Michael Savage and decided to kick it up a notch.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< It's the fact that he enjoys the implicit (and often explicit) support of the entire Republican party, leading many to consider him their leader. >>> Explicit, such as in being made an honorary member of the US Congress when the Republicans had control of the House? I think it's pretty hard for the party to make an argument distancing themselves from Limbaugh when they quite explicitly credited him as being a major force in the election that brought them into power.
Originally Posted By Mr X **Explicit, such as in being made an honorary member of the US Congress when the Republicans had control of the House** wow.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Mr. X -- I totally get your outrage at Limbaugh. Obviously, I share it completely. But really, at this point, if people are going to support him no matter what he says, then they just are. That's why they call themselves dittoheads -- no thought (or compassion) required. Limbaugh just doesn't have the power to anger me like he used to. He's always acting like an ass and saying racist, hateful things. It's what he does. It's sad that there's a market for that crap, but what are you gonna do? It's really, for your own sanity, just best to blow it off. Ignoring him is really what's best. Focusing instead on how many millions of people are donating dollars and their expertise to help the victims of this earthquake. Religious and secular organizations just diving in and helping. That's what matters, and what ultimately will make a difference. A braying ass like Limbaugh can only be a useless distraction.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Better yet boycott his sponsors. >> I'm not going to tell people not to boycoott, but they are kidding themselves if campaigns like this have any effect. Radio stations (and TV stations in the case of Glenn Beck) don't carry these programs for direct ad revenue. They carry the programs to build large audiences that will follow through into their other programming. The most highly rated shows on any netword (news or otherwise) often lose the most money. But the network cleans up on the less expensive shows that come before and after -- shows that benefit from an audience that keeps the stationed tuned to their favority personality. Limbaugh and Beck could lose all their sponsors and still be carried on a network -- just for their lead-in audience alone.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper You know, for what it is worth. CNN has a poll up right now asking how (or if) people will be donating to the earthquake relief. Just a moment ago when I voted (I'll be donating through Catholic Charities) nearly 60% of the people responding said they would not be making a donation. Now, I'm not sure the same people that listen to Rush read the CNN website for news but I thought that was interesting.
Originally Posted By DAR I'd like to see what that 60% makes up. People that can donate but don't want to is a lot different than people who want to donate but can't.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones I will not donate but I fully support my tax dollars being spent (such as OC and LA County crews going to Haiti to help out) on the relief effort. <a href="http://laist.com/2010/01/14/la_and_oc_rescue_teams_heading_to_h.php" target="_blank">http://laist.com/2010/01/14/la...to_h.php</a>
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones What is annoying is how everybody is updating their statuses on their instant messaging client or social networking site of choice with boasts that they donated. Is the relief campaign designed to help or is it designed to be boastful? What if I told you I didn't donate when I really did? Who cares!
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy << Is the relief campaign designed to help or is it designed to be boastful? >> Regardless, people are helping.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin Spokker, I think maybe they aren't being boastful as much as they are trying to encourage their friends to donate. Sort of a challenge like pledge week on PBS.
