Rush Derangement Syndrome
I interviewed Rush Limbaugh for a special Sunday piece for the New York Post about President Obama’s attack on him (and, by extension of course, talk radio and grass-roots conservatism). The Post titled the piece, “The Rush Revival.” But it’s more accurately the anti-Rush revival and the Rush Survival. As you’ll see, one of my main points is how using Rush as a left-wing bogeyman — and failing to bring him down — is as old as the hills.
One aspect of Rush Derangement Syndrome I didn’t have more room to cover in the piece was the contempt for Rush and talk radio among Beltway establishment Republicans and elitists on the center/Right. I’ve blogged extensively about talk radio-bashing hypocrites such as P.J. O’Rourke, Phil Gramm, Lindsay “Go away, Loud Folks” Graham, and Trent Lott. I asked Rush to diagnose their pathology. “I think they all crave acceptance and inclusion in the dominant political and social cultures of Washington, which is run by the Left. They fastest way to do that is to be critical of their own party. This gets them loving treatment in ‘important’ New York/Washington media circles,” he said.
On-target diagnosis. I would add two more etiological factors.
1) Rush is not an Ivy Leaguer with an East Coast, Mayflower pedigree. He’s a self-made entrepreneur who pulled no strings and owes no Beltway benefactors for his success. The same, self-styled intellectual protectors of conservatism in the Manhattan-Bethesda corridor who derided outsider Sarah Palin have always derided Rush Limbaugh for the same reasons: They’re not one of “us.”
I’ve noted the ugly, anti-capitalist rhetoric used by Rush-bashers like
2) Unlike 99 percent of the humorless suits in Washington, Rush possesses an enormously disarming ability to laugh at his unhinged enemies — and at himself. Like Reagan, he knows and uses the power of humor to expose and persuade. He used it in hitting back at Obama’s demagogic smear ad during the presidential campaign. He’s using it in responding to the Soros/MoveOn smear ad. And he’ll be using it to spread the message of fiscal conservatism to fight the wealth-distributionism agenda of both the White House and the Bend Over Republicans.
David Frum looks at a bunch of polls and frets that the Republican Party is being shoved to the margins because of Rush and staunch conservative voices on the Right. Remind me who the GOP presidential candidate in 2008 was? How did that poll go? Speaking of polls, take a look at the latest Opinion Dynamics poll showing independents turning against the Generational Theft Act/spendulus/porkulus/debt stimulus plan of 2008. That shift in public opinion didn’t happen because of fingernail-biting moderate, civil, smiley-face D.C. Republicans worrying about their next Obama dinner party invitations and their reputations as “thoughtful” conservatives.
It happened because of the Loud Folks.
Here’s an excerpt of my piece:
President Obama is throwing a bipartisan Super Bowl party Sunday at the White House. But one leading conservative football fan won’t be in attendance: Rush Limbaugh. The much-heralded new era of outreach and cooperation in Washington does not extend to the Right’s most powerful voice on talk radio. With his explicit attack on Limbaugh during a Capitol Hill meeting last week, Obama has signaled the end of Bush Derangement Syndrome – the defining mental illness of the Democrats for eight years – and ushered in the age of Rush Derangement Syndrome.
You would think that victories in the presidential race and Congress would be enough for the Left. But no. Like Captain Ahab, Sen. Lindsay Graham still bristles at the “loud folks” in conservative talk radio. Democrats even drafted a petition denouncing Limbaugh last week, showing that trying to save the economy doesn’t wait for petty personal attacks.
Too bad Obama hasn’t learned the lessons of his predecessors. Limbaugh not only has survived countless protests, boycotts, media smears and political attempts to kick him off the airwaves. He has emerged each time with a higher profile, greater influence, and a strengthened hand.
In a repeat of anti-Rush history (see “vast right wing conspiracy,” et al), the White House broadside backfired – disseminating his biting critiques of the trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill to a wider audience. Rather than dividing the GOP, it united them. Not a single Republican voted for the Obama plan after unprecedented wooing, courting, and cajoling. The Rush Effect is incontestable.
Which begs the question: Why did Obama – who told House GOP leaders “you can’t just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done” – even bring him up?
It could have been unscripted, one of the president’s first political misspeaks. Or it could have been calculated (rather miscalculated), an effort to drive a wedge between Beltway Republicans and the outside-the-beltway king.
I think it points to a neurosis on the part of Democrats. By defining themselves more by who they oppose rather than who they are, they find themselves lost without an enemy.
The stimulus bill is a prime example – a collection of pet projects connected by no coherent ideological strategy except spending. Do Democrats really support it because it’s a good bill? Or is it simply because Republicans oppose it?
Either way, picking a fight with Rush was disastrous for the White House. Obama’s criticism of Limbaugh – and by extension, the broader influence of conservative talk radio and grass-roots activism – galvanized the base. Let’s face it – there’s been a little bit of moping since the November losses. Conservatives retreated into think tanks and blogs, trying to figure out what went wrong, sure that the public mood for empty promises would sour soon enough.
It didn’t take long. My colleagues here at the New York Post tell me after the newspaper ran its story about Obama calling out Rush, the article vaulted to No. 1 on its Web site for three consecutive days – and garnered more than 4,200 comments.
I asked Limbaugh this week why his enemies on the Left repeatedly fall into the trap of distorting his words and overreaching in their anti-talk radio demagoguery. Why, after 20 years, don’t they learn?
“On the contrary,” he said, “I think they believe all of these campaigns to have been profoundly successful. Their objective is to use their brethren in the drive-by media to echo their charges against me for the purpose of ensuring that I do not become ‘mainstream’ in the popular and political cultures. They strive to have the general population, particularly those who do not listen to the radio, hate me (and by association, all of conservatism). This happens for one reason: I am effective and thus have to be marginalized as an extremist, fringe figure.”
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Hey folks. Check out the super-bowl pregame show. Why the hell does Obama need to be interviewed. Are the networks trying to get me to turn off their program.
GEEES!
Well lgm.
All the hispanics I know are conservatives.
Your just another liberal bigot.
I rather not. Are they trying to invent him into a Steelers fan? … don’t make me gag.
On February 1st, 2009 at 11:13 am, irving said:
If you want to pick a fight with a conservative, Rush is about the last person you want to do it with. See: Harry, Dingy.
FamilyMan said (#94):
That’s probably who so many of them voted for Bush. But this cycle, the vast majority (according to exit polls) went for Obama, and that was mostly because of immigration bashing (according to exit polls).
Think about Limbaugh’s motives. He doesn’t gain when we elect Republicans. He gains when lots of people listen to him. If immigrant bashing brings listeners, that’s exactly what Limbaugh will do.
“If immigrant bashing brings listeners, that’s exactly what Limbaugh will do.”
Then you either don’t listen to Rush or you listen to a different Rush Limbaugh than I do.
Shame you’ve never listened to Rush, you may be able to post here coherently if you did.
LGM, you have no clue what Limbaugh does, it’s pretty obvious you haven’t listened to his show. Everything you’ve said so far has come from talking points from the MSM.
Too bad about the second rate artwork. Were you forced to use the Post’s art department? Conservatives have got to do better with their graphics. That’s the one part of conservatism that I’m ashamed of.
Check out some conservatives with design sense: http://www.artpatriot.com/work_main.html
So few conservative political leaders these days are effective, so by the virtue of his effectiveness he has become a fringe figure, in the most positive sense.
The leader of a nation attacking press or radio personalities who oppose his leadership and warning (or threatening) the other political party not to listen to what he says is a third world, banana republic or African nation demagogue tactic.
Obama has brought mediocrity and demagoguery to the White House.
The USA as a Republic governed by a Democracy is circling the drain and the vast majority of the spineless, RINO, DC Conservatives are rushing to the center of the whirlpool to be one of the first Lemmings to be washed over the cliff and sucked down the drain of Socialism, or worse.
All the time crying “Bipartisan, bipartisan. Better to be bipartisan than to be called obstructionist”.
Keep the microphone open!
Don’t let it happen, Rush!
Not only ugly, but ignorant too. The man who helped the #3 and #4 largest political failures in American History take office presumes to lecture Rush Limbaugh on… anything?!? WTF?
I got to hand it to lgm – he/she comes in here and proves a huge point – liberals that criticize Rush generally have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about. From their complaints it’s quite obvious that they not only don’t listen to Rush, they’re getting all of their information from people who also don’t listen to Rush.
Liberals, like those that post here, have proved over and over again that their definition of hate is the act of disagreeing with them.
One of the finest examples of Limbaugh Derangement Syndrome was on Geraldo Rivera last night. He again showed the world why we call liberals ‘the left’ – it’s because they’re never right. He started in on the tired old screed that Limbaugh attacked Obama and said he hoped that Obama failed. (I’m actually kind of stunned that Geraldo didn’t shout out the #1 liberal brain fart: “He’s a racist too!”)
It was soooooo good to see Ann Coulter rip into that arrogant jerk. She corrected him and reminded him what Rush actually said because like most good liberals Geraldo didn’t actually hear what Rush said, he was just parroting what someone who also didn’t listen to Rush told him.
Then Ann did what EVERY newsman worth their notebook should have done: reminded Obama that he looks like a pathetic jerk when he starts whining about what an entertainer says and it’s the height of self absorbed arrogance to tell people they can’t listen to Rush and work with him at the same time.
Of course Geraldo could only wibble and gibber under Ann’s onslaught of common sense and accurate information. His oh-so-macho facade crumbled and he looked like a fool babbling “But Rush shouldn’t criticize…” His only salvation was a commercial break otherwise Ann may have field dressed him.
Hey Rush! I know you’re reading this, I just want you to know you’re not the last man standing – I’m right there with you fulfilling the much needed position of loyal opposition. If our opposition is the likes of Geraldo Rivera and James Carvell, we’re not talking a whole lot of testosterone stacked up against us.
All we have to do is keep dragging the slugs, leaches and ticks out into the sunlight and then:
On February 1st, 2009 at 6:38 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:
RUSH! If you are reading this, I want you to know that we KNOW what type of show you have because we LISTEN to it. A FedEx man pulled up beside me the other day and wished me well – he was listening to you, and so was I (windows were down). He thanked me for being a loyal listener, then drove off.
Keep the mike open! Keep the mike open!
He also used it when Dingy Harry tried smearing him with the troops letter which made Reid look like the sniveling little weasel he is.
LGM what did exactly did Rush say about Illegal Immigration? He is for Legal Immigration or did you bother to see the difference? Furthermore did you know that more and more immigrants will bring harm to the envoirnment just by putting more pressure on our resources? Some liberals advocate eliminating people in order to further the cause of a great eco-system. Please get yoru quotes correct this time.
I don’t know about anyone else but, I am appalled with all of what is going on in our economy this man has the audacity to have a Super Bowl Party @ taxpayer expense.
I am REALLY pissed!
BASIC FIELD DRESSING
1. Clear Your Working Area
2. Bleed The Liberal
3. Preparatory Skin Cuts, Throat to Anus
4. Break the Breastbone
5. Sever the Wind Pipe and Gullet from the Head
6. Open the Abdomen to the Anus
7. Split the Pelvic Bone
8. Cut the Diaphragm from the Cavity Wall
9. Free the Anus and Bladder
10. Roll Out The Abdominal Organs with Anus Attached
11. Remove the Neck and Chest Cavity Organs
12. Clean the Body Cavity
13. Prepare the Carcass for Cooling or Quartering
I’D PAY BIG MONEY TO SEE THAT
I missed Jerry Rivers last night, he makes my skin crawl. I’ll have to catch it tonight. Go Ann!
Frum voices the opinion that the GOP needs to become more moderate to appeal to the young’uns. I think he means conservatism needs to grab its ankles and shove its keester skyward, to borrow our hostess’s “B.O.” sentiment.
How about explaining to the youth of today why conservatism is a necessary balance to the immoral, freedom-killing, money-taking, narrow-minded (attempting to disguise itself as open-minded) far-left leadership currently running our country?
What’s good for Rush isn’t what’s bad for the GOP, as Frum asserts. What’s bad for Rush (a
resolution of fairnessstifling of one’s constitutional right to speak) is what’s bad for everyone. Find some moxie and put down the white flag, GOP. Now’s no time to surrender. A line must be drawn. Standards must be set. Progressing toward the middle isn’t the answer to the GOP’s problem, it’s the cause.This isn’t a popularity contest. This is a fight for the direction of our nation. It’s a test that the GOP’s been given to see if they stand for anything anymore. Given their weaknesses and character deficiencies, it’s no wonder they’re in this pickle. They brought it on themselves. It’s not Rush’s fault, and it’s plain to see that the GOP hasn’t been listening to him, anyway.
WELL SAID CO2
Never thought I’d see the day when the average, traditional American would be portrayed by the media as “fringe or extremist.”
On February 1st, 2009 at 6:47 pm, Speakup said:
I suggest we use their own “Rules for Radicals” against them.
Oh, really?
I expect the man who claims to be “the most open and transparent in history” to be open and transparent about his qualification to even hold the office.
I expect the man who claims to be “the most open and transparent in history” to authorize the State of Hawaii to release his original birth certificate.
Will Obama live up to his own rules?
Or will he show himself to be a LIAR, like when he promised to keep lobbyists out of his administration but then nominated Mr. Lynn…
According to the modern liberal mindset, Ward and June Cleaver should be lynched the minute they are seen in public if they dare say no to the liberal elite. That’s how much things have changed in 40 years…
Rush and Michelle, I am going to be a very noisy,rightwing conservative…both of you ROCK!
Frum, Brooks, Krystol, Noonan, Parker and some of these others that have been anointed by the media as conservative need to be clearly and publicly informed that they DO NOT speak for conservatives.
Since they have been declared as conservative by the media, they can be pointed to as being someone reasonable and someone who should be listened to, while Rush is shown as someone who is extreme and should be marginalized.
How long before they try marginalize MM?
The media picked our last candidate, why should we allow them to pick who speaks for conservatives?
OT
I hope Pittsburgh loses.
I had no dog until Obama said the Rooneys were early supporters, now I have a new team to detest.
Illegal alien?
Drunk driver runs down 3 teens mid afternoon.
Wow, good superbowl, nice to see a lot of firsts going on…close score, could have done with a fresher half time act, springstein? thought this was the year of hope and change.
You know, the whole republicans have to rebrand the message, I don’t know. I see the younger generation actually somewhat patriotic, i think it is their way of rebelling, and there are icons espousing personal responsibility. Miley Cyrus (sp?) is not showing her yoohoo all over LA, the Jonas bros. are promoting good values and responsibility. I am trying to be optomistic.
I’m still waiting for all the liberals who assured me dissent would still be allowed under President Obama to apologize.
I was right. Dissent is no longer patriotic. It’s downright treasonous. And by that, I mean, merely disagreeing with The One is now treason.
As opposed to 8 years of liberals actively undermining our laws and President Bush, calling their actions the highest form of “patriotism.”
OT – but did you catch that the S-Bowl t-shirt is now “eco-friendly”??? Good gracious…
CO2 producer said:
Agreed. The main problem with this is government schools and thier liberal indoctrination.
I was glad to hear Michael Steele, on Chris Wallace this morning, allude to the idea of vouchers.
I can’t wait for Mrs. Malkin to post about the CAIR scandal with the FBI. I’m stunned there isn’t a post on this.
School vouchers and the “fair Tax’ are two possibilities that would help return control back to where it should be. The government has too many ways of controlling private citizens and too many options for corruption.
Rendition Part Deux- Obama approves Clintonian policy that was evil when Bush did it…
The thrilling days of yesteryear (2007), when ‘Rendition’ was a bad thing
lgm,
I will be amazed if you ever make a post that has any thought or links to facts in it.
Two years ago I might have agreed that Rush Limbaugh was right-wing hate radio. I read a newspaper article criticizing him for calling soldiers that did not agree with him “phony soldiers”. I mentioned my disgust about this at work. One of my co-workers later brought a couple papers over to me. They had the transcript of Rush’s show when the phony soldier comment was made – it was clear that the comment was directed at Jesse McBeth (sp?) who claimed to have witnessed atrocities in both Iraq & Afghanistan – places he had never been. This man also claimed to have been a special forces member but had been discharged after 40 some days in the army. If there ever was a person who could be called a phony soldier it was that man.
The other piece of paper? It had the Harry Reid smear letter in it. to use the office of a US Senator to try to smear a private citizen is despicable.
I started to read Rush’s transcripts of his shows at his web site. I now listen every chance I get. I have yet to read anything that could be classified as “hateful” or racist. Why do you think Bo Snerdley has worked for the man for 20 years? (Bo is certified black enough to criticize Obama – and has organic slave blood).
I will be joining Rush’s 24/7 club soon – as a way of showing my support for his standing up to the hate that is the liberal left in this country today.
I don’t agree with what Rush says – he says what I think quite often. I also swore never to criticize someone without getting the facts (and realized that AP cannot be trusted to be a provider of facts about politics in this country).
Congrats Rush on the Pittsburg Steelers winning the Super Bowl! You’re having another banner year!
I’ve been listening to Rush since his earliest national syndicated broadcast came on the air. He has helped me collagist many of my, yet unrefined opinions. Over the years I have disagreed with many of his views and still do. Conservatives, as Rush would say are not “mind numb robots”. When Obama said that we should stop listening to Rush, that implies we have no mind of our own. I have found the opposite to be true. We question all things governmental and are observant and motivated when we see socially destructive behavior.
OBAMA JUST DOESN”T GET IT
If this was posted earlier in the thread,sorry….but even Ralph Nader is getting in on the act. Surprise, surprise…not.
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-30-2009/0004963614&EDATE=
Thank GOd!
I also remember what when I was a kid there were no posters in emergency rooms that asked “fever?” “cough?” “Ask for a mask”—written in Spanish, of course. Tuberculosis is on an uptick in this country…wonder how that is?
#129 P.P.
Omigosh!
If Limbaugh is on 3 hours a day and on corporate welfare because he isn’t charged some kind of rent, what about NBC/ABC/CBS?
Dumbass fruit cake of the highest order.
Casey Qasem is on corporate welfare…
Ralph Nader go away.
I liked the Corvair.
Quite a shock to find out how blatantly the drive-bys lie isn’t it?
Sorta like CNN ignoring atrocities by Saddam in order to keep their Bagdhad Bureau open…then CNN sniveling for sympathy later.
You will like the 24/7 subscription. Download the show in MP3 and listen when you want, without the commercials.
Rush should be the new RNC Chair. Steele is good, but I understand he is moderate. We need a true conservative, and Rush has the biggest voice of them all.
I just hope Steele doesn’t get all McCainey on us. That will be disasterous.
All one has to do is to listen to his clips from the drive-bys parroting the latest surrendercrat talking points to find out who the mind numbed robots are.
One would think they would feel stupid for not having the intelligence to come up with their own comments…
The Federal Communications Commission has announced the following totals for broadcast stations licensed as of March 31, 2004:
AM STATIONS – 4781
FM COMMERCIAL – 6224
FM EDUCATIONAL – 2471
If Ralph Nader had his way and these stations had to pay rent to the government for the frequency they used, most would go bankrupt.
It’s easy to make a liberal feel guilty, but darn hard to make them think they’re stupid.
Open Letter to Ralph Nader:
Aside from being a narcissistic election spoiler, who are you again..?
He’s not on-line, he’s in the garage working on his corvair.
Mr. Nader,
Telling someone who has made a fortune that he has to redistribute his wealth “to the people” in order to operate is not a true conservative position. Back to school with you.
Dear Mr. Nader,
The use of the public airwaves is given by the people of the United States to Rush Limbaugh because of the overwhelming support that his listeners have. This enables the radio stations to charge for advertising, which, in turn, allows the citizens of America to listen to the radio of their choice for free.
As in all businesses, costs are inevitably passed on to the consumer. If Rush or any show, liberal or conservative, were forced to pay a “rent” (isn’t this a fancy word for tax Mr. Nader?), this would be passed on to the consumer as well and would mean that advertisers would pay additional costs. If you doubt this, ask your accountant for a copy of your phone and cable bill.
Many small and local businesses rely on radio for advertising and to generate business and many small and local radio stations rely on shows like Rush Limbaugh’s to generate a bulk of the advertising revenue so that they can afford to give airtime to local government officials or high school sports teams.
Your proposed tax would take money directly away from radio stations and increase costs for many small business owners who use radio advertising as an effective means to reach a targeted, captive customer base.
Your position is the typical liberal economic position of taking from the rich so that you can dole out the money where you deem it appropriate.
Did you send a similar letter to Mike Malloy, or are you just sending this letter to Rush Limbaugh because you don’t agree with his policies?
Mr. Nader, are you seriously proposing that you want to take money directly from the pockets of average hard working Americans because of their political affiliation?
Ralph Nader is just trying to get his name in the public discourse. Elections haven’t done it for him yet.
The pickle monitor of fast food joints.
While scratching my pointed head, I’m wondering why the Left is so up in arms with conservative talk radio, even when they won the last 2 elections? Doesn’t really sound like there was anything for them to get their panties in a wad over…
Or is this just a lame attempt at protecting His royal half-blackness from criticism?
The Left HAS to shut down all opposition, all criticism; I am not exactly sure HOW but it seems to be in their brain chemistry as with lgm, Ralph Nader, Dingy Harry or as jangar puts it His royal half-blackness. Be it in the media, schools or the Capitol Building Leftist just can not stand opposition or criticism-and they whine like babies when they can not shut it down.
Just how stupid some people can be often amazes me but almost everyone I have met who dislikes Rush Limbaugh will in fact admit they have never listened to him; sadly that does include some Conservatives still believing some of what they hear on the DriveByMedia. It is the case of Tell a Lie Often Enough and some will believe.
Conservatives WILL argue the issues while Liberals immediately resort of emotion, name calling and attacks. But then they are fun to watch.
—
Celebrate Diversity:
Carry a Revolver and an auto loader-you too ladies.
You are absolutley correct.
Even socialists who affect sophistication, grace and politeness; cannot, try as they might, prevent their immaturity and venom from surfacing.
If Rush is on radio welfare, aren’t all broadcasters? So then what we are really talking about is taste. Nader simply doesn’t like Rush. Nader actually sounds jealous. Well I don’t like Urban radio. So I don’t listen to Urban radio.
If Rush wasn’t worth the $38 million, radio owners wouldn’t pay it. Unlike real welfare, radio welfare isn’t a loss leader.
Oh and Obama isn’t half the black man that Bo Snerdley is.
I think Rush should own the term “extremist.”
In fact, he should self-identify as, “American’s Most Extreme Man According to the MSM: The Traditional American.”
“Oh and Obama isn’t half the black man that Bo Snerdley is.”
How can you say that about the Mighty Middle-Eastern Mullato?
I had to turn off the super bowl last night. keith oberman makes me puke.
why can’t they leave keith oberman off of sports shows?
i refuse to buy an GE products until it
divests itself of crappy nbc…
So …who owes Rent on Public air waves?….Rush who has more than 20 million of the PUBLIC wanting to tune in? or Air America who bought in and couldn’t get much more than 45 members of the PUBLIC to tune in….Railf Nador…I think topped out at 26 listeners….who makes better use of PUBLIC air waves?