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Re: Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?
« Reply #50 on: April 18, 2014, 12:37:20 pm »
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Rush not only provides the facts but gives his interpretation of what those facts mean.  What more can we ask for?

Fair comment. But what more can we ask for?

A population that thinks about the facts - actually thinks - and comes to conclusions on their own.

Rush has two big things going for him - he has a totally solid research team, and his callers provide not just talk fodder, but additional information. Yet, should we as a whole blindly accept his judgements? He'd be horrified at the thought of that.
He does op-ed journalism at it's finest. "Here are the facts. Here is what I think. What do you think?" He never insults the listeners intelligence. He challenges it.

I listen to him - sometimes - prefer music than talk. I'll read the transcripts more often.
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Re: Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?
« Reply #51 on: April 18, 2014, 01:18:06 pm »
Fair comment. But what more can we ask for?

A population that thinks about the facts - actually thinks - and comes to conclusions on their own.

Rush has two big things going for him - he has a totally solid research team, and his callers provide not just talk fodder, but additional information. Yet, should we as a whole blindly accept his judgements? He'd be horrified at the thought of that.
He does op-ed journalism at it's finest. "Here are the facts. Here is what I think. What do you think?" He never insults the listeners intelligence. He challenges it.

I listen to him - sometimes - prefer music than talk. I'll read the transcripts more often.

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Re: Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?
« Reply #52 on: April 18, 2014, 01:46:17 pm »
I think Rush is just as relevant as ever, especially in these times.
His analysis of events is beyond any other person that I know and is always based on facts. I don't understand the statement that listening to Rush no longer gets a person "the facts". As Sherlock says, "it's not just the facts but the interpretation of the facts in which we are justified".
Rush not only provides the facts but gives his interpretation of what those facts mean.  What more can we ask for?

Again, I think most people who listen to Rush have superior analytical skills.  What's that he says about the "Ditto"?  It's not mindless agreement, it's an expression of how people enjoy the show, great to be on, etc..
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Re: Has Rush Limbaugh Finally Reached the End Of The Road?
« Reply #53 on: April 18, 2014, 01:52:36 pm »
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