Rush Limbaugh Exposed?

[Vulcan]

They won't destroy him; he'll simply fade away. Believe me, they've already tried countless times.

I have some very liberal family members who hate Rush and have signed and circulated every petition the could find over the years to try to get him off the air.

I asked them, if they don't like Rush, why can't they just not listen to him.  Ever heard of the First Amendment?

Their uniform response from two was to unfriend me on Facebook, i.e., shut me down. 

Such is the liberal way.

[JustPassinThru]

And Limbaugh?  He's going to be destroyed in Billary's America; and I'll shed no tears at this point.

First off, he survived eight years of it already. Second, he's already on his farewell tour. He can comfortably retire on the hundreds of millions he's made so far without batting an eyelash. They won't destroy him; he'll simply fade away. Believe me, they've already tried countless times.

It's going to be far more substantive than that.

First, Free Speech is going away.  The pieces are in place; they just have to pull the lever.  Radio; cable TV, the Internet...all are going to be censored for political content.

It took lo these eight years to put those pieces and pawns in place.  Lord Barack Hussein couldn't have just done it; he had to have the FCC people onboard; various court rulings; the very Court itself reconstituted in his own grotesque image.

Second, Limbaugh's money will mean little when the dollar collapses; and when this tyrannical government controls the movement of money.  When it taxes assets and outlaws cash.  Once we're all dependent on magnetic cards linking us to a database, it's a REAL simple matter to turn off the accounts of those who have been "banned" or whatever jargon they choose to use.

There is no longer any assured protection even of wealth or of money earned and possessed.

[rodamala]

Cheerleading for Trump at every turn? Limbaugh was definitely a Cruz guy before Trump became presumptive nominee, and he was reticent to support him. Once he gave him his support though, he has been staunch and unwavering.

I think the rest of the posters trashing Rush were not actually listening... I listened a couple times during and after the primary season, and I am inclined to agree with your statement.

[Sanguine]

I think the rest of the posters trashing Rush were not actually listening... I listened a couple times during and after the primary season, and I am inclined to agree with your statement.

I listened to him almost daily and I'm inclined to disagree.  But, I just have first-hand evidence to go by.

[Emjay]

Music lady:  "I'm not happy either.  But doesn't it mean that he wasn't genuine in his conservatism to begin with....... all those years we counted on him?   With as deeply as he's in the tank for Trump, and with as much as he pumped him up against Cruz during the primary, I don't see that his earlier conservatism could have been that genuine.

I dunno......... maybe he was just an entertainer who picked an audience and fooled us for a couple of decades like some people have accused him of being.

Whatever it is, I think he's done now because he's cheerleading a hard core liberal without a moral fiber in his being.  It doesn't jibe with the last 25 years.
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I don't vote for degenerate liberals.  No matter what letter they have after their names."

Totally respect you but disagree on some of your points.  Rush did not pump Trump up against Cruz.  He was very much more for Cruz... that's why he's hated over there on TOS.

Why should we expect Rush to do our job for us and to agree with us on every single issue.  It was our job, not his, to nominate a decent human being. 

Yes, he's gone a little defensive on Trump since Trump is the nominee but Rush is not an evil person.  I think he genuinely believes that Trump will be better for the country than Hillary and he may be right.

[txradioguy]

I think the rest of the posters trashing Rush were not actually listening... I listened a couple times during and after the primary season, and I am inclined to agree with your statement.

Really?   I've been listening to Rush since 1989. Listened to his podcasts while I was in Germany.

Your belief that Rush was for Cruz or that he didn't cheerlead for Trump is 100% bovine excrement 

[Vulcan]

Your belief that Rush was for Cruz or that he didn't cheerlead for Trump is 100% bovine excrement

That's not how I remember it at all.  While he doesn't endorse, Rush defended Cruz and was tepid on Trump.   And for good reason; Trump is a flaming New York liberal.



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[JustPassinThru]

Really?   I've been listening to Rush since 1989. Listened to his podcasts while I was in Germany.

Your belief that Rush was for Cruz or that he didn't cheerlead for Trump is 100% bovine excrement

Correct.  He was remarkably tepid for Cruz; he did talk about him but not much. 

First he tried to gin up excitement for Walker.  That happened, as is usual with Limbaugh, after Walker met him.  A golf outing, IIRC.

Second, he had his moment when he was overly impressed with Rubio.  Came with a personal audience.

And Rand Paul spent time with Rush as well, laying out his plans - which he did not want discussed in detail.  Rush was less enthusiastic about Paul; and I have my suspicions why.  Not that I disagree with those.

But the guy who got the LEAST time being discussed/shilled for, was CRUZ.  I don't know...was Cruz too busy to waste a day playing golf with Rush?  I can see how he would be.  Was it that he didn't beg for an audience with Mister Conservative?  Maybe he just wasn't that impressed with Limbaugh and his format.  I can see THAT, too...I loved Rush, years ago; but he's definitely past his prime now.  And Cruz with several full plates, doesn't have the TIME to spend kissing the ring in ceremony.

So when Trump gets in, Limbaugh went gaga like a groupie.  It was all over.

Including, in the future, Limbaugh's own future.  Kaput.  Finis.  DOA, RIP.

DILLIGIF.   

[Bigun]

Really?   I've been listening to Rush since 1989. Listened to his podcasts while I was in Germany.

Your belief that Rush was for Cruz or that he didn't cheerlead for Trump is 100% bovine excrement

I was also a Rush listener for decades and my recollections comport with yours!  He did toss Cruz a bone now and then but went all in for Trump early!  No longer a listener!

[elhombrelibre]

I listened to Rush Limbaugh for 26 years and stopped when he became a Trump cheerleader over real and loyal solid conservatives.  Rush went with the clown, the orange cheeto, when he could have done much to stop him and the subsequent harm he is doing to the Right.  I also gave up on Hannity, who apparently is in love with Trump to the point that he cannot see any of his faults.   And some elements of The American Spectator have also lost credibility with principled, limited government conservatives who have their roots in a Judaeo-Christian worldview.   Instead, they've made a Faustian pact and believe principles don't matter much as long as they can dupe people into voting for Trump to stop Hillary.  So much for honesty and integrity on the Right.   A true conservative is dismayed at a choice between Hillary and her recent funder, praiser, and promoter.

[jmyrlefuller]

It's going to be far more substantive than that.

First, Free Speech is going away.  The pieces are in place; they just have to pull the lever.  Radio; cable TV, the Internet...all are going to be censored for political content.

It took lo these eight years to put those pieces and pawns in place.  Lord Barack Hussein couldn't have just done it; he had to have the FCC people onboard; various court rulings; the very Court itself reconstituted in his own grotesque image.

Second, Limbaugh's money will mean little when the dollar collapses; and when this tyrannical government controls the movement of money.  When it taxes assets and outlaws cash.  Once we're all dependent on magnetic cards linking us to a database, it's a REAL simple matter to turn off the accounts of those who have been "banned" or whatever jargon they choose to use.

There is no longer any assured protection even of wealth or of money earned and possessed.

This is the same government that can't even phase out the one-dollar bill and still mints pennies, JPT. The American people are a stubborn lot on certain things.

[goatprairie]

I have some very liberal family members who hate Rush and have signed and circulated every petition the could find over the years to try to get him off the air.

I asked them, if they don't like Rush, why can't they just not listen to him.  Ever heard of the First Amendment?

Their uniform response from two was to unfriend me on Facebook, i.e., shut me down. 

Such is the liberal way.

I've got a very liberal younger brother who demanded that Limbaugh and other conservative talk shows should be required to have a liberal on their show given equal time to counter everything Limbaugh or other conservative talk show hosts say. I told him the first amendment does not oblige people to have other people counter their  comments.
Of course, he was being totally hypocritical because he didn't say anything about all-liberal talk shows having conservatives counter their speech.
If he were honest he'd would have admitted he simply didn't like the idea of conservatives speaking openly.  To them it is all "hate speech" and must be censored.

[goatprairie]

Music lady:  "I'm not happy either.  But doesn't it mean that he wasn't genuine in his conservatism to begin with....... all those years we counted on him?   With as deeply as he's in the tank for Trump, and with as much as he pumped him up against Cruz during the primary, I don't see that his earlier conservatism could have been that genuine.

I dunno......... maybe he was just an entertainer who picked an audience and fooled us for a couple of decades like some people have accused him of being.

Whatever it is, I think he's done now because he's cheerleading a hard core liberal without a moral fiber in his being.  It doesn't jibe with the last 25 years.
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I don't vote for degenerate liberals.  No matter what letter they have after their names."

Totally respect you but disagree on some of your points.  Rush did not pump Trump up against Cruz.  He was very much more for Cruz... that's why he's hated over there on TOS.

Why should we expect Rush to do our job for us and to agree with us on every single issue.  It was our job, not his, to nominate a decent human being. 

Yes, he's gone a little defensive on Trump since Trump is the nominee but Rush is not an evil person.  I think he genuinely believes that Trump will be better for the country than Hillary and he may be right.

The proper phrase is "less worse" rather than "better for." Trump has a lot of very nutty, anti-conservative ideas he wants to implement. Which is why there are NeverTrump people, of which I am NOT!!! one.
 But that doesn't mean I'll be happy with a Trump presidency. I just hope he won't do as much harm as Hillary.

[goatprairie]

I listened to Rush Limbaugh for 26 years and stopped when he became a Trump cheerleader over real and loyal solid conservatives.  Rush went with the clown, the orange cheeto, when he could have done much to stop him and the subsequent harm he is doing to the Right.  I also gave up on Hannity, who apparently is in love with Trump to the point that he cannot see any of his faults.   And some elements of The American Spectator have also lost credibility with principled, limited government conservatives who have their roots in a Judaeo-Christian worldview.   Instead, they've made a Faustian pact and believe principles don't matter much as long as they can dupe people into voting for Trump to stop Hillary.  So much for honesty and integrity on the Right.   A true conservative is dismayed at a choice between Hillary and her recent funder, praiser, and promoter.

Rush did a little too much misdirection regarding Trump. When a listener would call in questioning one or more of Trump's stances, Rush would quickly start yammering about something Hillary was going to do or had done. He never bothered to discuss in detail some of Trump's wackier ideas or his past indiscretions. 
It was not so much what Rush said about Trump as what he didn't or wouldn't say about him.  What he didn't say said volumes.

[Suppressed]

Rush did a little too much misdirection regarding Trump. When a listener would call in questioning one or more of Trump's stances, Rush would quickly start yammering about something Hillary was going to do or had done. He never bothered to discuss in detail some of Trump's wackier ideas or his past indiscretions. 
It was not so much what Rush said about Trump as what he didn't or wouldn't say about him.  What he didn't say said volumes.

I think Rush knew that Trump could succeed in getting the nomination, and anything perceived as not worshipping the Orange Glorious would result in vicious revenge both from the thin-skinned malignant-narcissist thug and his cultists.*

*Note, I'm not saying all Trump voters are cultists. I'm just referring to those who are.

[Emjay]

If anyone thinks Rush's career is over, that person should read this thread.  No other news personality could generate this much interest.

I guess people hear what they want to hear but I remember Rush as one of the first media voices for Ted Cruz.  Remember, Ted Cruz did not start out as a major player.  He was virtually unknown outside of Texas and Rush was savvy enough to be well aware of him and like him.

If I ever get a radio again, I shall continue to listen to Rush and I wish him well.

[Vulcan]

I guess people hear what they want to hear but I remember Rush as one of the first media voices for Ted Cruz. 

He was.  And while it is being ignored by many the quote I provided proves it.

[XenaLee]

If anyone thinks Rush's career is over, that person should read this thread.  No other news personality could generate this much interest.

I guess people hear what they want to hear but I remember Rush as one of the first media voices for Ted Cruz.  Remember, Ted Cruz did not start out as a major player.  He was virtually unknown outside of Texas and Rush was savvy enough to be well aware of him and like him.

If I ever get a radio again, I shall continue to listen to Rush and I wish him well.

Why would you have to get a radio (again)?  You can stream and listen to him online.

[JustPassinThru]

This is the same government that can't even phase out the one-dollar bill and still mints pennies, JPT. The American people are a stubborn lot on certain things.

Look at all the transactions now that people use plastic on.

JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.  The Food Stamp government card has gone a long way in pushing this forward for people on the low side of the Bell Curve.

And we won't be given a choice about it.  And we won't have a place to vent our opinions on it, as the Internet becomes censored for content.  As Google weeds out searches.

And when cash is onerous and liberal social-engineer courts hold that holding cash is evidence of criminal intent...THEN they've won.  We're all on plastic; and they can create their inflation with impunity.

AND they can punish their enemies with a switch - turn OFF all their cards and access to funds.

[JustPassinThru]

Why would you have to get a radio (again)?  You can stream and listen to him online.

I don't think you can stream his program without paying for it.

And I for one, cancelled my six-year-long membership two months ago.  I don't intend to renew...EVER.

Whether he intended to or not, Limbaugh irrevocably damaged the conservative movement with his joining the trumpies' cult.

[Sanguine]

I don't think you can stream his program without paying for it.

And I for one, cancelled my six-year-long membership two months ago.  I don't intend to renew...EVER.

Whether he intended to or not, Limbaugh irrevocably damaged the conservative movement with his joining the trumpies' cult.

He's available streaming on a number of local stations.  Of course, you have to listen to him in real time.  I don't remember which one I used to listen to him on - probably KLBJ 590AM.

[LadyLiberty]

I don't think you can stream his program without paying for it.

And I for one, cancelled my six-year-long membership two months ago.  I don't intend to renew...EVER.

Whether he intended to or not, Limbaugh irrevocably damaged the conservative movement with his joining the trumpies' cult.

There are two ways to listen to him in real time without a radio:

1. Pull up the website of any station while they are airing him and click on "listen."
2. Use the free iheartradio app on a smart phone and pull up any station while he is on air.

[JustPassinThru]

Not blocked on free-streaming radio?

I dunno.  I haven't tried to access a radio station stream in nearly ten years.  I stopped when there was some question about whether bumper-music and commercial producers were entitled to extra compensation or extra billing for a web-stream.  They got that issue sorted; but by that time I'd moved on.  Most of commercial radio, including radio yakkers...most of it is just noise.

[Rivergirl]

Rush would say one thing and then put callers on who thought tRump was the Lord and Savior of the world.

[kevindavis007]

You must not have listened much in the primaries.  Cruz barely got a mention.  Trump got ceaseless praise.

I stopped listening to Rush after decades because he proved he never meant what he said about conservatism's being the answer.

He was cheerleading for Trump at every turn LONG before he became the nominee.

Well in all fairness I have stopped listening to Rush way before this election..