Friends, all of us, I'm sure, are united in conveying our condolences to the family of Rush Limbaugh, who passed away today of lung cancer. I haven't been a regular listener of Rush's show since the 90s, but I happily concede that Rush had a formative impact on American politics and the conservative movement. Simply put, as mainstream media bias escalated in recent decades, conservatives had one and only one hope of remaining relevant: they needed to develop alternative media outlets and new ways to get out their pro-America message. Rush was on the front lines of that transformation of the media environment. Many others have taken the ball and run with it, but Rush was among the first pioneers. In a very real sense, therefore, Rush saved America from leftist conquest and tyranny. We all owe him a debt of gratitude, and we must hope that many more journalists and commentators will follow in his footsteps. Godspeed, Rush!
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Rush is dead, but his brother David Limbaugh lives! That other Limbaugh is an attorney in Cape Girardeau, Missouri with his own site on the internet. He writes articles and books to include "Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama" and "The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the Republic". Check him out. He is also a practicing Christian, which in itself should turn Leftists (most of whom are atheists) purple with rage.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy et al from Jack: Ray, I have read David Limbaugh in Conservative Chronicle and online; you are right about him. Dr.Waddy: When I first heard Rush I thought he was a parody but eventually,until Donald Trump came along and wrought the miracle of 2016, I thought him the single most influential politician in America. In '88, the Dems thought they had slapped down the insolent Luddite Reagan wavelet, with the Iran-Contra "scandal". " Why just keep throwing Watergates at'em, we've got the media after all! "
ReplyDeleteDr.Waddy et al fromJack: So the Dems were emboldened to run the criminal loving Dukakis, who's deserved humiliation and Bush I's apologetic patrician "conservatism" opened the door for the Clintons. But by then Rush had pioneered the unapologetic expression of real American opinion on airways previously unavailable to us!
ReplyDeleteDr.Waddy et al from Jack: In doing so he inspired me! He became the bete noire of the presumptuous Clintons and source of encouragement to some, like me, who thought it unendurable that a commmie draft dodger and his manhating consort could pollute our White House
ReplyDeleteDr.Waddy et al from Jack: He stood us in good stead during the trying years of leftist pollution under " Puff Daschle" and the ultimately toothless Obamas. His influence on Trump's style is obvious: "Crooked Hillary" etc. I do very much mourn his passing! He stood for the real America, with indoMitable courage and moral integrity!
ReplyDeleteDr Waddy et al from Jack: Do you lefties decry Rush's crudeness? You, who excused the consummate obscenity of the Clintons'occupation of OUR White House: with Slick Willie's carnal outrages and Hillary's power seeking promotion of a disbgraceful image of marriage as an infinitely malleable institution, you task Rush doyou?
ReplyDeleteRush Limbaugh was a racist and a misogynist. I certainly am not happy Rush the person is dead, but I am very glad that he is no longer spewing his garbage on the airwaves.
ReplyDeleteHey Rod,
DeleteWhen you accuse someone of being a racist, you should say why he/she is a racist, and present proof. Why should people accept that Rush is a racist just because you say so? Either make a case, or shut the hell up!
You want some evidence. Here is some of the racist garbage that came out of Limbaugh’s mouth:
ReplyDelete“Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?”
“Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it.”
“The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.”
“I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve.” [Never mind that McNabb led the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl]
"I think it's time to get rid of this whole National Basketball Association. Call it the TBA, the Thug Basketball Association, and stop calling them teams. Call 'em gangs."
“In Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the Black kids cheering.”
Then, there is also his playing of the racist parody, “Barack, the Magic Negro,” a song about then-Sen. Barack Obama’s popularity with many white voters.
Good Job Rod. I'm recommending you for the Iron Cross.
ReplyDeleteRay, I'm sure David Limbaugh is a fine man, but he ain't no Rush... We'll never see Rush's equal.
ReplyDeleteJack, I know what you mean: sometimes Rush's bombast seemed like self-parody. The key to success in modern America, though, as Trump AND the Democrats have proved, is to abandon any sense of shame. Confidence will open almost every door imaginable.
Was Rush guilty of "crudeness"? Jack, you would know better than I, but it strikes me that, while Rush got in trouble for his remarks occasionally, given the oceans of verbiage that spewed from his mouth, he actually attracted relatively little outrage -- in an age when outrage is mass-produced. Trump could have learned a thing or two from Rush! He knew how to entertain without stepping over the line (and of course liberals, as always, get to decide where the line is.)
Rod, we're used to casual accusations of racism, misogyny, etc etc. You'd be better off crying "Wolf!" There are a lot more wolves left in America than there are (white) racists or woman-haters. Did Rush occasionally use racially tinged humor? Sure. Big deal. Family Guy does it all the time. So do many leftist comedians and social critics. No one minds, though, because their hearts are in the "right place". Why can't we just accept that a "racist" is someone who hates people of a certain race CATEGORICALLY, and that obviously didn't describe Rush.
Dr.Waddy from Jack: I should have put crudeness in quote marks. It was the reflexive response of leftists who could not counter his insight and wit. The left embraced the exemplar of real crudeness, Slick Willy. Paula Jones can attest to that!
ReplyDeleteBill Clinton is not anywhere near Donald Trump in the moral depravity league. Trump cheated on all three wives, and has seen over two dozen women charge him with sexual assault (including two suing him in civil court).
ReplyDeleteRod,
DeleteMy hero in the "moral depravity league" was that serial fornicator and adulterer, JFK. He must have screwed more women in his lifetime than any other president, and I have never heard any women charge him with sexual assault, not ever. Frankly, I think women were lined up to get poked by the "King of Camelot". And best of all, he was a Democrat.
"Crudeness" can be defined in so many ways!
ReplyDeleteRod, I agree that infidelity isn't a badge of honor, but every single one of those two dozen accusations of sexual assault came AFTER Trump ran for President, and most of them within a week of one another, when accusing Trump was all the rage. You don't find that a tad suspicious? Nah. Your brain goes on strike whenever Trump is accused of something. I get it.
Ray, you've figured out the moral calculus, I see: adultery is charming when Dems do it. At the very least it's irrelevant. Personally, I think a president's performance in office and his performance in the marriage bed (let alone the beds of motels that rent rooms by the hour) are not meaningfully correlated.
Good point Dr. Nick. Of course I was being sarcastic about JFK, but basically a president's sex life is really his/her business. On the other hand, he/she is a public figure, so what can you say. Actually, in JFK's case, I think his sex adventures made him more appealing to the public. He was a good looking guy with a lot of power, and a lot of women were attracted to that, in my opinion.
DeleteRay, I semi-agree. JFK had charm and sex appeal, and that never hurts, but probably virtually no one outside of the Beltway knew about his extracurricular activities, because in those days the media would happily cover them up. The rules changed in the Watergate era, when "nailing" public figures (and not in the good way) became fashionable.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: It is one of the salient effects of the casual, irresponsible and reflexive iconoclasm of the boomers, this disgraceful attention paid to the private lives of some Presidents. But when a President is taken to law for having forced his carnal intent upon another and then lies about it under oath, that IS the public's business and its what sets Slick Willy apart from others of his randy inclinations.
ReplyDeleteTrue, Jack. Paula Jones had every right to pursue her allegations in court, and Bill Clinton perjured himself and obstructed justice in order to frustrate her efforts. That justified his impeachment and would have justified his removal from office. Even the Dems didn't dispute his guilt: they simply didn't care about it.
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