LISTEN: Rush Limbaugh Attempts To Defend Himself Against Accusations Of Selling Out

[Machiavelli]

Is that old windbag still on the air?

 

[Machiavelli]

@TomSea
@jpsb
@roamer_1
@Frank Cannon

This is not an editorial by RedState. It is an article by one Susan Wright who, to me, has a blind hatred of Trump.

I don't know if she is representative of the overall attitude at RedState.

[LilLamb]

I still listen to Levin.  He's been very even-handed and consistent.

Mark Levin is the best.  I listen to him regularly. He gives Trump credit when its due. He gives much more information than the normal talk show hosts.

[the_doc]

@Sanguine
@LilLamb

Mark Levin is the best.  I listen to him regularly. He gives Trump credit when its due. He gives much more information than the normal talk show hosts.

Ditto that.  (I used to say ditto to most of what Rush said, but not so much anymore.) 

I also have to confess that Rush's over-the-top support of Trump did not surprise me--same with Hannity's occasionally poor judgment in that regard.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon

You might enjoy this follow up to the Shapiro piece.

@Cripplecreek

Rush is a fraud.  I remember the day during the campaign when a caller asked him why he refused to talk about Trump's undeniable liberal history, and he began to detail it.  Rush's response dripped with sarcasm and condescension.  He laughed at the caller, pretty much mocked his opinion, and cut off the call without ever responding to the guy's points.  At the time, I was doing something in the bedroom, folding clothes or something, and I recall stopping and listening, fascinated.  I never tuned in again.  I didn't listen every day because I found him stale and boring at times, but that was it for me. 

I was told here that one call doesn't mean anything.  Well, yes, it does.  Rush got called on his refusal to address Trump's progressivism, he responded like someone who was caught, and didn't address the issue.  How many more calls would it have taken to make it plain?

My husband listened at work for a while longer, but then he told me he couldn't stand it anymore.  Husband said that every show was one long cheerleading session for Trump, and that he constantly repeated his "you don't understand Trump, let me explain him to you" crap, over and over and over.

I keep in touch with a former TOS member who worked with Rush at times.  He said Limbaugh, in his own mind, was still the unpopular fat kid who was entranced by having an "in" with the guy who might be president. 

[Silver Pines]

Don't see why anyone listens to any of the talking heads. They add no value. 

@EC

I enjoy Dana Loesch, but she's the only one I listen to.  I like her because she agrees with me on things outside the political sphere and because her show is drop-dead funny. 

[Silver Pines]

Yes conservatism is  a false theory right.    It doesnt work.   its evil

Thats what they teach up there right?

@driftdiver

@Cripplecreek didn't say it was evil; he said it isn't an over the counter miracle drug.  There's a vast amount of territory in between those two, right?

Besides, is he wrong?  If politics were the answer to everything, we wouldn't need Jesus.

[Silver Pines]

the NTs need their safe spaces.

@TomSea

Safe space...you mind like the one Trump supporters ran to on this forum during the election?

Like that?

[Silver Pines]

The liars that write for Red State are vile people.

@jpsb

Are they?  Why?

[driftdiver]

@driftdiver

@Cripplecreek didn't say it was evil; he said it isn't an over the counter miracle drug.  There's a vast amount of territory in between those two, right?

Besides, is he wrong?  If politics were the answer to everything, we wouldn't need Jesus.

@CatherineofAragon
Just wondering, do you seek me out to disagree with me?

[Silver Pines]

I still love Rush for many reasons, not the least of which is that he makes lefties' heads explode.  They literally HATE him.   They have that in common with quite a few Trump-bashers here.  And Rush is, as usual, laughing all the way to the bank.... as his bashers continue to flail blindly at him.  That's the reality.  Suck on it, lefties.  Suck on it good and hard.

@XenaLee

Like Steve Deace. Ben Shapiro, and others have said, at some point we have to move beyond "he insults liberals so he's great" and really expect something more.

[Cripplecreek]

@Cripplecreek

Rush is a fraud.  I remember the day during the campaign when a caller asked him why he refused to talk about Trump's undeniable liberal history, and he began to detail it.  Rush's response dripped with sarcasm and condescension.  He laughed at the caller, pretty much mocked his opinion, and cut off the call without ever responding to the guy's points.  At the time, I was doing something in the bedroom, folding clothes or something, and I recall stopping and listening, fascinated.  I never tuned in again.  I didn't listen every day because I found him stale and boring at times, but that was it for me. 

I was told here that one call doesn't mean anything.  Well, yes, it does.  Rush got called on his refusal to address Trump's progressivism, he responded like someone who was caught, and didn't address the issue.  How many more calls would it have taken to make it plain?

My husband listened at work for a while longer, but then he told me he couldn't stand it anymore.  Husband said that every show was one long cheerleading session for Trump, and that he constantly repeated his "you don't understand Trump, let me explain him to you" crap, over and over and over.

I keep in touch with a former TOS member who worked with Rush at times.  He said Limbaugh, in his own mind, was still the unpopular fat kid who was entranced by having an "in" with the guy who might be president.

I've never paid a lot of attention to Rush but I noticed during this past election just how similar Limbaugh's speech patterns are to Trump's. Sentences that trail off into nothing. Subjects change mid sentence. Questions "answered" with more questions. Its all the same incoherent BS.

[XenaLee]

@TomSea
@jpsb
@roamer_1
@Frank Cannon

This is not an editorial by RedState. It is an article by one Susan Wright who, to me, has a blind hatred of Trump.

I don't know if she is representative of the overall attitude at RedState.

And.... oddly enough.... I can't find any info on her at all.   This Rush-hating blogger seems to be invisible, other than a twitter account - @sweetiewalker.   Strange.  She could be anyone IRL.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon
Just wondering, do you seek me out to disagree with me?

@driftdiver, yes, I do...I'm busted.  I've hardly been on here in two days, but I couldn't wait to get back so I could hunt you down and continue my vendetta. 

[Silver Pines]

I've never paid a lot of attention to Rush but I noticed during this past election just how similar Limbaugh's speech patterns are to Trump's. Sentences that trail off into nothing. Subjects change mid sentence. Questions "answered" with more questions. Its all the same incoherent BS.

@Cripplecreek

I don't know what he was like prior to 2004 or so, but I think he's way past his sell date. 

[XenaLee]

@XenaLee

Like Steve Deace. Ben Shapiro, and others have said, at some point we have to move beyond "he insults liberals so he's great" and really expect something more.

I don't. 

I detest lefties... and as long as Rush stands against them and continues to combat them via his radio show.... I'll stand by Rush.  I'm just funny that way. 

Rush is an entertainer.   When I listen to Rush, I am entertained.  It's not complex.  And I don't listen to or give a damn what people like Steve Deace or Ben Shapiro tell me "we have to do".
I do what I want and listen to who I please.

[Machiavelli]

@jpsb

Are they?  Why?

@CatherineofAragon
I posted this upthread:
@TomSea
@jpsb
@roamer_1
@Frank Cannon

This is not an editorial by RedState. It is an article by one Susan Wright who, to me, has a blind hatred of Trump.

I don't know if she is representative of the overall attitude at RedState.

From Wikipedia:

In August 2015, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was disinvited from the annual RedState gathering following controversial statements he made about American journalist Megyn Kelly; Kelly was invited to the gathering instead. RedState was then one of the main centers of conservative opposition to Trump's campaign for the Presidency, with most of its writers and editors vocally opposing Trump

[Silver Pines]

I don't. 

I detest lefties... and as long as Rush stands against them and continues to combat them via his radio show.... I'll stand by Rush.  I'm just funny that way. 

Rush is an entertainer.   When I listen to Rush, I am entertained.  It's not complex.  And I don't listen to or give a damn what people like Steve Deace or Ben Shapiro tell me "we have to do".
I do what I want and listen to who I please.

@XenaLee

I'm happy for you.

Wanting to move beyond the game of insult politics doesn't mean a person likes liberals. 

[Machiavelli]

Rush is a fraud.  I remember the day during the campaign when a caller asked him why he refused to talk about Trump's undeniable liberal history, and he began to detail it.  Rush's response dripped with sarcasm and condescension.  He laughed at the caller, pretty much mocked his opinion, and cut off the call without ever responding to the guy's points.  At the time, I was doing something in the bedroom, folding clothes or something, and I recall stopping and listening, fascinated.  I never tuned in again.  I didn't listen every day because I found him stale and boring at times, but that was it for me. 

I was told here that one call doesn't mean anything.  Well, yes, it does.  Rush got called on his refusal to address Trump's progressivism, he responded like someone who was caught, and didn't address the issue.  How many more calls would it have taken to make it plain?

My husband listened at work for a while longer, but then he told me he couldn't stand it anymore.  Husband said that every show was one long cheerleading session for Trump, and that he constantly repeated his "you don't understand Trump, let me explain him to you" crap, over and over and over.

I keep in touch with a former TOS member who worked with Rush at times.  He said Limbaugh, in his own mind, was still the unpopular fat kid who was entranced by having an "in" with the guy who might be president.

@CatherineofAragon

I loved Rush for years but his best years are behind him, far behind. I had hoped that he would retire after his contract ran out last year, but I knew that his ego would not permit it.

[musiclady]

I don't call Limbaugh or others "sell outs" because I don't believe they're conservative in the first place. They've made a living pitching conservatism as if it were some kind of miracle over the counter drug when its clearly not.

I realized that late in the game, @Cripplecreek .   I actually thought Rush WAS a conservative until the spring of 2016 when he revealed that he truly is no more than an entertainer, choosing the populist side.

Everything he said he believed in, he threw out the window when he fell in love with Trump.

He's not a 'sell out'........ he was a complete phony before.


Now I know.


And have three lovely hours in the afternoon where I do anything but listen to the radio.   He's lost a lot of listeners, but he doesn't give a rip because he probably picked up some faux conservatives who love Trump too.....   

[XenaLee]

@XenaLee

I'm happy for you.

Wanting to move beyond the game of insult politics doesn't mean a person likes liberals.

Wanting to and actually doing so are two entirely different realities, however.   As you should know (by now).....most of the insults are coming from the rabid left.... NOT from Rush Limbaugh.   So good luck with that.... since the left will never ever quit with their "insult politics" strategy.  It's who and what they are and have always been.

[musiclady]

@XenaLee

I'm happy for you.

Wanting to move beyond the game of insult politics doesn't mean a person likes liberals.

 

Actually, I dislike liberals more than before, because so many of them are claiming to be on "our side."


But aren't.

[EC]

And have three lovely hours in the afternoon where I do anything but listen to the radio.   He's lost a lot of listeners, but he doesn't give a rip because he probably picked up some faux conservatives who love Trump too.....   

I usually have Classic FM on. Peaceful.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon
I posted this upthread:
@TomSea
@jpsb
@roamer_1
@Frank Cannon

This is not an editorial by RedState. It is an article by one Susan Wright who, to me, has a blind hatred of Trump.

I don't know if she is representative of the overall attitude at RedState.

From Wikipedia:

@Machiavelli

I'm not familiar with Susan Wright and you could be right about her.  I remember when Erick Erickson disinvited Trump to that gathering; he did so after Trump made the "blood coming out of her wherever" remark about Megyn Kelly.  TOS went wild with hate for Erickson, and it was one of the earlier indications to me that they were going nuts over there.  I think Erickson did the appropriate thing.

I'd still like to hear why @jpsb thinks Redstate is vile.  They're not a Trump fan site, so I'm guessing that's it.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon

I loved Rush for years but his best years are behind him, far behind. I had hoped that he would retire after his contract ran out last year, but I knew that his ego would not permit it.

@Machiavelli

I expect you're right.  How long has he been doing that show, do you know?