The loudest Rush-bashers
Here is something I’ve found to be invariably true of the loudest Rush Limbaugh-bashers in Washington and Manhattan:
They don’t actually listen to him and have no idea what he talks about day to day.
They criticize a figment of Rush in their heads, which is echoed and amplified by liberal media elites who share the same figment of Rush in their heads.
And they tell two friends, who tell two more friends. Who turn it into another endless series of liberal Republicans-complain-to-liberal journalists-about-Rush stories.
And so and so on and so on.
Each with nothing better to do, Obama booster Colin Powell and Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria take their turn lamenting a show they know nothing about:
Yawn:
“Can we continue to listen to Rush Limbaugh?” Powell asked. “Is this really the kind of party that we want to be when these kinds of spokespersons seem to appeal to our lesser instincts rather than our better instincts?”
“We” will continue listening. You just continue sitting there with your left-wing friends carping in ignorance.
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Hand in hand with the Rush-bashing, Powell tosses in some indignant Palin-bashing to boot.
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Don’t worry, after the fairness doctrine kicks in thier shell like ears will be shielded from that harsh stuff called reality.
If they actually listened to him, they might agree with him. That might be too mind-blowing, so, instead they must prop up a strawman, to use as a pinata for their misdirected rage.
Can’t we all just keep bashing Bush since he deserves it most!!!!!
Palin needs to stop polarizing the party? Palin? Who endorsed Obama, Elmer Fudd?
Rush continues to infuriate the Left and I love him for it.
Palin and her radical hate filled small town values that 90% of america shares. DAMN HER!!!!
/sarcasm off.
His great service to this nation notwithstanding, General Powell has a hell of a lot of nerve accusing Rush of appealing to his listeners lesser instincts, when he endorsed a flaming liberal for president on the basis of skin color (it sure as hell wasn’t based on experience).
The kind of party I want is fiscally and socially conservative, and General Powell is neither. He has no business speaking on behalf of any conservative anywhere.
Rush sure doesn’t need my help in defense, but Powell needs to sthu. He’s the one that endorsed a marxist.
This happens with liberals and all famous conservatives. During the election season I went to lunch with an old friend from high school, who’s now at a very liberal college. “Sarah Palin is scary,” she said. I asked her why and she couldn’t come up with a single reason; she just knew all of her friends thought Sarah Palin was scary. They don’t know why they don’t like them because they don’t really know much of anything about them.
I listen to Rush every day and love him. It’s not nice to mess with Rush, just ask dingy harry.
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Spot on Michelle …
Yea, I have a hardcover Colin Powell biography -to give away free- if anyone wants to read about how this man grew up in the Bronx and came to criticize small town values (his Palin bashing).
Has he ever listened to his own Party (D’s) engage in class warfare….?!
I used to think Powell was relatively smart until this year.
Rush doesn’t need my help. With his “Talent on loan from GODDDD!” he can out-debate them “With half his brain tied behind his back just to make it fair” as he’s “Serving humanity.”
After all he IS just a “Harmless, lovable fuzzball.”
Rush is smart and immensely entertaining, so I can say that a lot of people are missing out. BUT can you imagine the howls of hysteria from the right wing if a liberal commentator discussed Sarah Palin’s “testicle lockbox?” The guy is great at what he does, but you can’t blame anyone but Rush for his bad rep.
General Powell – thank you for your service. Rush, Malkin, Levine, Hewitt, Hannity, Ingraham, Gallager, et al., are the modern day prophets that we MUST listen to if we are to preserve the union – the heck with the party! I’d much rather save the American Culture than the party — it’s worth so much more.
Colin Powell is a pathetic case study in affirmative action.
General Colin Iscariot
There are Republicans so intent on being liked by the left, they will sell out anyone has conservative core beliefs. Like McCain.
They’ve said worse.
testicle lockbox?????
HUH? thats one I missed.
I will follow General Powell to the ends of the earth. I will support Diplomat Powell as long as he puts American interests first. But I will never heed the ramblings of Liberal Politician Powell.
Democrat in elephant skin. And a bad rendition at that.
On December 12th, 2008 at 11:44 am, sonofdy said:
Palin and her radical hate filled small town values that 90% of america shares.
If thats the case, then why isn’t she VP-elect?
It’s a reference to Hillary’s control and manipulation of Bill.
I guess better instincts are based on a shared skin color eh Mr Powell.
John McCain.
Yes, the instincts that are clearly what this nation needs are the CHICAGO instincts now on display by the Pinocchio Elect.
Gee, Colin, I didn’t think that lying was a greater instinct, but I’m just conservative.
“I never spoke with him” Obama lied. Smile for the camera, Pinocchio…
You know, it’s funny (all this Fairness doctrine monkeybusiness). Could you imagine Limbaugh, Ingraham, Levin and others on primetime cable? If Bathtub Boy thinks O’Reilly’s kicking his ass for some strange reason, could you imagine how catastrophically his head would explode if Fox News Channel hired conservative talkers that were forced off the radio? Hmmm…that could be fun!
*out*
Powell should get together with prigs Peggy Noonan, Katharine Parker and Chris Buckley so they could all drink cosmopolitans and sniff in horror at what has become of Rockefeller’s Republican party.
In defense of the general, I think the real takeaway from his interview is that the GOP electoral modus operandi is way off if you think you can win by playing so exclusively to small town white America. Be careful for what you wish for, since the “elites” you have such disdain for turned away from the GOP in droves this year: big city moderates, the wealthy, the educated. Republicans can’t win without getting a LOT of those voters back, and that’s just not going to happen with Ms. You Betcha.
Mccain and mainly the media. The media went on a personal crusade to destroy this woman. Most people still believe at least one lie about her.
Also bush. People actualy thought they were voting against bush which I honestly thought the average american was not stupid enough to do since he was not running. I was wrong.
I was sure glad when Powell became Secretary of State. That position showcased how liberal and incompetent he truly was and proved he was not qualified to be a Presidential candidate.
He should have done what most generals need to do – fade away.
Powell reminds me of a legendary sports figure who retires on a high note but then decides to come back and give it one more try. We’re usually left with the memory of the pathetic effort that ensued.
I honestly don’t understand why folks like Colin Powell and Chuck Hagel don’t just join the Democrats? I mean really.
I hope no one who has been paying attention over the last year is surprised by Powell’s comments.
Powell is very wrong. We didn’t lose this election because we weren’t democrats. We lost this election because the Republican Party gave up on conservativism. All of this re-framing the election loss to support a personal political agenda that Powell obviously has is hogwash.
This is telegraphing the fight ahead of us conservatives though. When our “own” start bashing Palin and Rush Limbaugh, we have way more work to do in our own house then being upset over the likes of the liberal press, etc.
Rush has been even more amusing the last few days, if any of them cared to listen.
Much, much worse – and in front of her kids and their cohorts at school!
Let’s not forget that Powell stood by and let Libby take the heat for what Powell’s friend and co-worker was the real guilty party for. Powell knew it was Armitage and not Scoter Libby or VP Chenney.
Now that you mention it………..(those be dittos Dude!)
The General needs a hobby-and talking stupid ain’t it.
Colin Powell is just jealous that so many intelligent people listen to Rush. Why the hell does he think Rush has been so successful. He sent many troops to their deaths and then endorses a guy who wants to have tea with Achmentalmidget who wants to wipe Israel off the map. He is a lefty and should stop pretending to be a conservative. Rave on Rush!!!
Who cares if Republicans can win? It’s CONSERVATIVES who need to win – and McCain lost a huge percentage of those by being the kind of moderate you seem to think the Republicans need. Sarah Palin was the only thing that kept McCain’s campaign from totally imploding by winning a good portion of conservatives back.
She’s going to be president someday. Get used to it.
Man, I can’t till Obama makes marrying your sister illegal – so you people will stop procreating.
Republicans can’t win without getting a LOT of those voters back….
Yes but we’re not going to become Democrats just to win.
People need to be continually educated about why conservativism IS freedom and liberty. Why government run socialism while it sounds GREAT, works very poorly and leds to oppression.
We absolutely need to “win back” voters. But we will do it by educating and leading and letting people make up their own minds not by becoming Democrat Lite.
Once you “get” conservativism you don’t need Rush Limbaugh by the way. Once you get it, you get it for life.
I guess Powell is finally showing his true colors. He has no credibility…just ask the UN!
irving, right on! McCain was dead in the water till he chose Palin. Best thing he ever did for his campaign…of course, if the R ticket had won the election, he’d be taking credit for his “brand of conservatism”, though.
ilovemycountry(which country is that, BTW?), go crawl back under your rock.
Isn’t it amazing that they all denigrate the perceived Rush, but never take the time to actually refute the details of anything that Rush has ever said. They just throw out his name like that is supposed to suffice for a cogent argument about something. Powell is just another useful idiot.
“…you people…”
That is a very racist and insulting kind of phrase sir. Which people are “you people”?
No Wonder Bush fired this Judas – idiot faux – conservative
jsmiddleton, that’s why so many (including Obama) use conservative-speak to win people over…
We need to root out all posers from the R party, otherwise we wind up with one-party “system” (as you said, oppression).
Here’s the thing: its not really conservatism that people don’t like, its the loudmouth, obnoxious mouthpieces that try to ram it down everyone’s throat.
Ack.
My bro-in-law on Rush: “He’s stupid!”
Yeah, right, BIL – like you’d know any more that Media Matters tells you. Waste of time talking to people like you…
And “appeal to our lesser instincts”??? Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot? I have never heard someone SO dedicated to the you can be whatever you want to be / you CAN succeed if you want / America is EXCEPTIONAL / and just plain optimism as Rush is.
“Lesser instincts”??? Yeah, I heard a lot of that in the past year — from our friends on the left…
Peet
It is already illegal, but that didn’t stop your mother and father did it?
RedStateSkeptic said “Be careful for what you wish for, since the “elites” you have such disdain for turned away from the GOP in droves this year: big city moderates, the wealthy, the educated.” Yeah buddy, and we jumped back in when Sara Palin showed up. You have not a clue of what you speak.
Here’s the thing: conservatism doesn’t have to be “rammed down everyone’s throat.” It works every time it’s tried.
Micheal Moore really does suck doesn’t he
It’s best to ignore Ihatemycountry, his/her only contribution to any discussion is clumsy references to ‘Deliverance’, he/she thinks it’s so funny and clever, but really just displays his/her ignorance and elitism.
flmom, you’re right…btw, perhaps he/she does “love” their country, I’m not sure which country it is. I picture a euro-socialist.
With his/her head firmly implanted in his/her own excretory orifice, but never with a legitimate debate point.
F the elites! They can stay away in droves! Since when has an elite ever done anything remotely good for the Country and the Constitution?
The big city moderates, the wealthy, and the educated nosepickers can all go fry! Dems and Repubs won’t save this Country, conservatism will!
General Powell I would like to salute you and your comments. Wait! You’re a retired general and now a politician. Never mind. Let me give you the boot!!!
I picture it being very amused blowing bubbles in its bath water.
Colon Powell is a moron!
BTW, i just heard Paul Shanklin’s “Banking Queen” (a Barney Frank parody) halarious!!
Mega dittos for El Rushbo!
My guess is Cuba.
I imagine that’s the libtard equivalent of singing in the shower…
Yeah, I heard that yesterday, too funny! First time I actually like an ABBA song.
Socky, perhaps ilovemycountry = Michael Moore???
CCS, right on!!
I can’t say anything about Rush, but I watch the shouting heads on Fox News regularly, and Powell makes a good point. It’s one thing to express your strong opinions, and another to scream them at people, or to tell guests to shut up when you don’t like what they’re saying. I’m sure it plays well for those of “you” who will continue to listen, but it’s a major turn-off for everyone else.
With the Republican base shrinking by the minute, you would probably do well to take his advice, rather than brushing him off because you don’t like what he’s saying. The right is increasingly associated with angry gas bags with mouths bigger than their brains. I know there are voices of sanity and reason on the right, but it’s really hard to hear them with all that shouting going on.
Well, Ike claimed he loved Tina.
So, what makes Powell a conservative again? He’s no conservative, if he is, he is also a racist, he voted for Odumbo. If he’s conservative why did he not vote for McShame, holding his nose like the rest of us liberal despising conservatives? Answer: he’s a liberal and a racist.
The problem with McAmnesty’s campaign was not Palin, it was McCain and I think he knows it, never admit it, but he knows it.
It was waiting to be fixed, you don’t have to thank me. You’re welcome.
I started listening to Rush about 5 yrs ago. And have gotten more education about how politics work than any where else in my life. All the things that I believed about the media and Democrats was confirmed. I stated doubting the Media 25 yrs ago.
As for Colin Powell, I had lost all respect for him all time ago.
Long Live Rush!!! We need opposition to what the Government tells us. We need all our conservative radio commentators.
We love you too.
Apples and oranges…the conservative base is feeling extremely disenchanted with the R party. Has nothing to do with the manners of some talking heads…I do agree with you that the shouting has to stop, however.
Hurrah for the First Amendment!!
The only conservative I’ve ever heard do this is Mark “Get off the phone, you big dope!” Levin (when he does it, it’s hysterical). What conservative on Fox tells people to shut up? (If your answer is O’Reilly, I’m not sure he’s a conservative, but he’s definitely a screamer.)
Nor do they HAVE to listen to him, no more than I have to listen to MSNBCCNNCBSNBCABCPBS. If they did actually listen, they might be converted to conservatism like many of the callers to the show testify of.
“They don’t actually listen to him and have no idea what he talks about day to day. ”
Yep, they’re just political bigots, not unlike racial bigots of days gone by who thought (without every knowing a black person) all blacks just sit under the shade of a big old tree eating watermelons.
While political bigotry exists to some degree across the political spectrum, it’s contemporary home is on the left side of the Democrat party. The Democrats have basically replaced their old time racial bigotry with political bigotry and political correctness.
I don’t listen to Rush — but I tell people that I do.
Tee hee.
what shouting and by who, plze.
now there’s an original thought, turn it off if you don’t like it. It’s not mandated by der Leader yet.
I like Hannity, but he has a TERRIBLE habit of cutting off his guests after asking them for THEIR opinion. I wish he would just let them speak. The libs can contradict themselves and make fools of themselves without him being a distraction. Makes it hard to watch, although as I said I like him.
Laura Ingraham does this, too. Again, I like her, but the cutting off is very rude and does her point a disservice. She and Hannity are supposed to be asking for their GUESTS’ opinions, not just offering their own.
if liberalism worked, given that all the networks pimp it incessantly, it would have 75% plus support. but the reality is, dems have to SAY they are moderate republicans to get elected. obi is the first dem to say he was a liberal, and get elected, in more than a decade except in blue blue blue areas. and he got elected BECAUSE he is semi-black, and appealed to guilty whites, nearly all blacks, and bush haters. colin qualifies in two categories. but if john mccain had been a conservative, or if a conservative had been the nominee, there would be a different outcome. with a 72 year old moderate who was roundly villified by his party, he still lost by a smaller margin than kerry.
Heh heh
Let’s get together, buy NBC or one of the other failed networks and hire Rush, et cetera to be anchors there.
I believe you’ll find on most radio and t.v. political programs, not supporting that type of communicating myself, but they are not forcing and shouting their mantra down anyones throat. I feel it is ill mannered generally speaking, as mentioned about Mark Levin whom I terribly enjoy. I do feel so bad for some callers the way he yells and barks at them and their not all “dummies” as he says, some are conservative. i think it’s just his way, not trying to be rude.
Now with O’Really i would agree with you…can’t stand him most times, don’t watch nearly as much as I use to…there’s that “turn it off” thingy again.
Do people even remember where to find NBC?? I’d search for it if they put Rush back on TV.
You dont listen do you? Rush isn’t a shouter per se, although he did get a little steamed in a monologue today about politicians trying to run a business. Mostly he’s dry humor and political info. Nothing wrong with that. Anybody who wants to silence others (assuming nothing illegal) needs to go back and reread the Consitution.
I think Mr. Powell needs a complete physical and psychological exam. There appears to be something wrong with him every since he went in front of the UN.
Was he drugged after that or just fall into mental derangement?
I’ll keep listening.
Mega Dittos Rush!
You’re a Great American, as is Shawn Hannity!
I used to like O’Reilly until he settled out of court on the sexual harassment thing. After that, I couldn’t get past the creep factor.
Whoops … I meant SEAN Hannity….
Agreed. Also, BHO spoke like a conservative (e.g., “tax cuts for 95%”–of course that’s AFTER he allows the Bush tax cuts to expire)…he (deceptively, I believe) filled the void left by McCain’s utter lack of ability to articulate conservatism, and probably helped to salve the consciences of those “conservatives” who voted for him.
you referring to The Bill O’Really Variety Show? What’s your favorite the “body language” or the “trivia” episodes? Rhetorical question.
By the way as someone mentioned above O’Really is not a conservative, he’s moderate, maybe. He’s conservative on social issues(religious factor I believe) and ignorant on most economics and world issues. I lost all respect for him when he 1/2 asses supported our lovely hostess here when The Spitter made his non-apology.
And I do listen to Rush most days on and off with Tami Bruce…I really don’t know of any shouters other than Mark Levin and generally when he yells it
is deserved.
The reason they want to silence Rush is that his show is still a main venue for proclaiming the Conservative viewpoint. And if Conservatism is to have a resurgence, Rush’s show will play a large part in it. Thus the motivation for libs to try to shut it down.
How will they do that? By resurecting the Fairness Doctrine for radio. Who will be the spokesmodels? The left will trot out them out over the next few months. They will be puppets like Powell, how sad.
Let them bark. When they do bring back the unFairness Doctrine I already have my short-wave radio to pick up Radio Free Rush when he starts transmitting from a pirate station anchored outside the territorial waters.
Levin was influenced by Bob Grant (”get off my phone you creep!”), who was one of the talk radio pioneers.
As for O’Reilly, in 12 years, I think he’s told maybe 6 people to shut up. (And they probably deserved it.)
Keith Olbermann is definitely a gas bag, but at least he doesn’t tell his guests to shut up. So is Micheal Moore, but he only crawls out of his spiderhole every couple years to promote a movie. He’s not on prime-time TV every single night. Anyone else?
For the record, I am speaking of the Fox News prime-time lineup — O’Reilly and Hannity, specifically.
Exactly, thank you. Why even bother having “guests” on your show if you’re not going to let them speak? It’s incredibly rude.
Scoff all you want, but this is killing conservatism. So is Palin pitting small towns against cities and “real America” vs. everyone else (note to Sarah: Most Americans live in cities now). So is the Barack HUSSEIN Obama crap that litters right-wing talk shows and blogs. That might have worked well in the past, but America’s demographics and political leanings have changed dramatically over the past decade, and will continue to do so — and none of it is in your favor. You really need to find a new formula moving forward if you want conservatism to survive.
I say all this in earnest, because I believe we need the two sides of the political spectrum to keep each other in check, and the reality is that if you can’t say what you want to say without shouting (O’Reilly, et al), or taking divisive cheapshots with straw-man arguments (Real America vs. Fake America), or playing to bigotry (Barack HUSSEIN Obama), you are going to have an increasingly difficult time winning people over to your side. Make of it all what you will.
First of all, there are a number of Republicans, myself included, who are very well educated. That you believe most Repubicans are uneducated just shows your ignorance and reveals your biased views.
Second, the reason people left the Republican party was that the party left Conservatism, both with W’s unbridled spending and amnesty support as well as McCain’s ‘middle of the road’ quasi-conservatism.
Third, did you you know that 6 of the top 10 wealthiest politicians in Congress are Democrats? (3 in the top 5 including the top two positions)It’s supposedly common knowledge that the ‘Rich’ are Repubicans, but in reality a vast number of ‘wealthy’ and ‘rich’ are flaming liberal Democrats. Soros, Kennedy, Kerry, Gates, Warren Buffet, etc. Not to mention almost any person Hollywood. Oprah, Tyra, Baldwins, Sarandon, Penn, just to name a few.
A report released in September 2008 has this list:
1. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
$230.98 million
2. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
$225.96 million
3. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
$160.62 million
4. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
$80.40 million
5. Rep. Robin Hayes (R-N.C.)
$78.96 million
6. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)
$65.49 million
7. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)
$55.33 million
8. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
$52.34 million
9. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
$47.62 million
10. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
$28.65 million
If we ever get a truly conservative candidate one of these days, you’ll see the conservatives coming back to the Republican party in droves.