That was a good speech.
But I agreed with most of it, and don't really understand why this guy is some kind of hate figure for some.
I watched it all on Youtube. I agreed with most of it. Of course, there's a lot left in the background that he doesn't address. I assume this guy never criticised the Bush administrations enhancement of Big Government.
So, of course, there's a double standard.
But I agreed with most of it, and don't really understand why this guy is some kind of hate figure for some.
He would disagree with you on the recent wars but not on the increase in size of entitlements. He disagreed with Bush on the Healthcare prescription entitlements and no child left behind spending. He also disagreed on blanket Amnesty for illegal immigrants. Bobby Jindal would be the guy he would support. He's a big Reagan fan. He's Christian so he would be typical pro-life anti-gay marriage guy.
You would like more economic arguments. Social conservative arguments and pro-military arguments would get on your nerves at the level of John Bolton.
He's a hate figure for the left because he's influential and almost singlehandedly advanced the right-wing presence in the usually left-wing dominated media since the 80's. The change in discourse is more crude now because the competition is very heated. The landscape is much more fun now that people have a media voice they can turn to if they feel the typical ABC/CBS/NBC coverage is too biased.
Recently some Democrats tried to silence him with the "Fairness Doctrine" which disallows "controversial" topics unless equal time is given to callers. His 3 hour runtime would be cut in half with spam. Currently they are trying to do local content rules to force more variety on talkradio stations which would presumeably cut on his runtime as well. To me this is Hugo Chavez lite. With upwards of 20 million listeners the demand speaks for itself. He's a tycoon now from the loyal subscriptions. He's currently setting himself up as a freedom of speech martyr so as much as Obama would comment that people shouldn't listen to him and to try and divide and conquer the conservative base versus the centerist Republicans, he's probably having a career high right about now.
He's also one of the few voices on the right that was against the stimulus packages (TARP and such) and still is with Obama. Both Obama and Clinton are irritated with him because of his stance on the stimulus packages.
In regards to race he is not a racist (why would he work with Bo Snerdley?)and almost all attacks on him are quotations taken out of context (especially TV reports). The online transcripts are available so people who keep track will see through the bull. Eg. If he jokes in third person the media will sometimes take it as a verbatim quote from his personal point of view.
His views on women? Well he's okay with Sarah Palin being allowed to be president and has no problem with Margaret Thatcher so I doubt he would stop women from working. He hates feminists (calls them FEMINAZIS) because he feels they are Marxists first and feminists second. He would look at some of them as sexist and hating men. He also coined the term "Drive-by media" for left-wing media when they partake in character assassinations (Eg. Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill).
He's very confident and likes to act egotistical to tweak the liberals and irritate them so he has a style of "I know the truth" and has a great sense of humor.
His personal relationships with women are a trainwreck. His constant devotion to politics at work poisons his relationships. I think he's a workaholic. It must be toxic to be in a job like that constantly in a war-room mode.
He has a herniated disk in his back (probably from overweightness) and he got addicted to pain medication. The media went wild on him hoping to see the end of his career. He got cleaned up and came back.
Bottom line you would like half of what he says and probably hate half of it. The show is so entertaining that many liberals listen in anyways, even if they hate his guts.
On his radio show, Limbaugh said President Barack Obama's proposed health care revisions will be championed by "the liberal lion Teddy Kennedy."
"Before it's all over, it'll be called the Ted Kennedy Memorial Health Care bill," Limbaugh said.
You sound like a real ditto head.
Is this a 3rd person remark about Ted Kenendy?
Nevermind that he wants Obama to fail at left-wing policies.
But I agreed with most of it, and don't really understand why this guy is some kind of hate figure for some.
Even at the expense of the common good. That's Rush for you in a nutshell.
Bloviating fool with the approval rating that is roughly the same as that of George W. Bush. Must be everyone else is crazy.
Then why stop him from voicing his opinion with the "Fairness" doctrine or local content rules? There is a demand for his service why not compete with it?
My favorite hypocrisy is when Barbara Walters was trying to equate Limbaugh's financial success with Wall Street corruption totally ignoring her own financial success. Face it. What ever hypocrisy is on the right there is plenty on the left to exploit, and that's what Rush does.
Biden mentioned 7-11 with Jindal. Why does he still have a job?
Then why stop him from voicing his opinion with the "Fairness" doctrine or local content rules?
Limbaugh represents the Grand Torino wing of the American populace, they are a dying breed.
They will never be able to muster any real clout again.
Have you ever seen Rush actually debate someone of intellect? Ask yourself why you haven't...
The Fairness Doctrine was in effect between 1949 and 1987.
Somehow, the world continued to spin on its axis.
It's not "Hugo Chavez lite". That's just silly, like the hysteria of "socialism" being the top tax rate being raised 3% to 39%, despite the US fighting the Cold War with a ~90% tax rate.
It's not surprising that you're taking Limbaugh's jokes as fact. Please, find an actual quote from Joe Biden linking 7-11 and Bobby Jindal.
Oh I think he should be allowed to speak, and as loudly as possible. The vast majority of people hate him and his approval ratings among the under-30 crowd is dismal. Same goes for women.
This leaves the impression that you don't understand what hypocrisy means. Barbara Walters has not made her fortune by claiming that she is the "common man", and that she channels "real" America and people like Joe Plumber. This is a woman who has embraced financial success and happily lived on 5th Ave. How that has anything to do with Rush Limbaugh is beyond me.
She gets richer and richer and so does he. Why would it be a problem for him?
Yeah it spun left.
I laughed when I read that "defenders of media freedom" are warning of the dangers of localism. Clear Channel's looking out for me!The unfairness of a Fairness Doctrine - Los Angeles Times
It's divide and conquer tactics to try and marginalize real conservatives from the flim-flam Republicans going left. Chavez targeted opposition media much more forcefully because he has more power to do so. The difference is in degree.
What Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have been telling their audiences is that any talk about the Fairness Doctrine is actually about trying to "silence" them. But of course, no one's interested in "silencing" anyone on the right: all we're talking about is creating a level playing field on the public airwaves so that a broad range of viewpoints can be heard instead of just one narrow bandwidth of ideology. This notion, naturally, is what they fear most, since their ideas don't compete well outside the vacuum they've created.
Frankly, even though at one time I was a full advocate of simply reinstituting the Fairness Doctrine, I no longer believe that's the wisest course. For one thing, the Doctrine didn't actually achieve what it was supposed to do, which was making for a rounded and robust political conversation; mostly it stifled it, in large part because it didn't address the structural defects involved.
The core problem is ownership: Radio station ownership in the past twenty years has been decidedly conservative. And anyone who's worked in media can tell you that ownership sets the tone and direction of what you do. After the Fairness Doctrine was removed, these wealthy right-wing owners effectively proved right one of the fears that drove the creation of the Fairness Doctrine in the first place: That the wealthy can and will dominate the political conversation on the public airwaves by simply buying up all the available space. Since the wealthy in this country are overwhelmingly conservative, the end result was not only predictable, it was in fact predicted.
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Rather than bring back the Fairness Doctrine, though, it might be better simply to reform the structure of how FCC licenses are distributed and make diversity of ownership a priority. That was the conclusion of a 2007 report from ThinkProgress that took a hard look at the issue and concluded that serious reform indeed was needed -- but that the Fairness Doctrine was not the way to go:
Along with other ideas, the report recommends that national radio ownership not be allowed to exceed 5 percent of the total number of AM and FM broadcast stations, and local ownership should not exceed more than 10 percent of the total commercial radio stations in a given market.
Though there are others who can't resist though:
Michelle Malkin � Helen Thomas said what about Bobby Jindal?
In re: lots of Thomas questions - I overheard taping by a film crew fr Barcelona, & didn't get exact quote and don't know when taping, sorry
The point being that looking at Rush as racist is exagerration when the left can get away with similar comments being brushed off. They would get away with more if right-wing talk radio was diminished. I hope that if any muzzling of talk-radio is allowed that it will be equally enforced on Oprah.
Because nobody wants to.
You've got to be joking...
He's avoided it like the plague...
You've got to be joking...
He's avoided it like the plague...
I don't know about that but Rush is asking Obama to debate him right now:
It's been well documented that Rush has avoided and bowed out of real debate during his career. Why do you think he's so scared of the fairness doctrine? Of course the President isn't going to debate some am radio talk show host, and Rush knows that...I don't know about that but Rush is asking Obama to debate him right now:
Rush Challenges Obama To Debate
Anyways, why would Obama tell conservatives not to listen to Rush unless he's using divide and conquer tactics? Obama doesn't want to compete, especially when it comes to the stimulus subject.
Why doesn't he tell conservatives "Rush is wrong because "x" reasons"? That would be at least a debate in the arena of ideas even if it's not a formal debate. These tactics are the same as Saul Alinsky tactics of community organizers. They are bullies. Obama reeks of entitlement therefore we shouldn't question him. Just look at mainstream media and their defense of him. There are some in the media that don't want to criticize and lampoon Obama because they don't want to be seen as attacking their own. If Rush Limbaugh's point of view is so useless and irrelevent then the left will want Rush to talk more and more because he would be his own worst enemy.
I don't know about that but Rush is asking Obama to debate him right now: