Rush Limbaugh has passed

Husky_Khan

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"office of i used to be the president" isn't a thing. Look at the date.

It says the 'Office of Donald J. Trump' and he identifies himself in the title as the 45th President of the United States.

As for the "Office of I Used to Be President"




 

ReeeFallin

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It says the 'Office of Donald J. Trump' and he identifies himself in the title as the 45th President of the United States.

As for the "Office of I Used to Be President"




You'll note that your listed sites don't issue statements such as the one trump has from his own. They're for requesting them for speaking engagements and press inquiries.
 

Battlegrinder

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Ok, so the guy that emblazoned his name across the top of his hotel with 15 foot tall letters, and then used gold mirrored windows on that same hotel, and then went on to become the most powerful person in the world, has a bit of an ego. What a shock.
 

Husky_Khan

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Ok, so the guy that emblazoned his name across the top of his hotel with 15 foot tall letters, and then used gold mirrored windows on that same hotel, and then went on to become the most powerful person in the world, has a bit of an ego. What a shock.

Except there's no ego. He's saying using the term "Office" is somehow aberrant when former Presidents have offices... and they issue statements calling themselves President in a pretty normal manner.

Arguing about Trump using the term "Office" is like the most pathetic red herrings in a while.

Like if any previous President used the term "Office" in their press releases it would be a literal non-story by everyone. Here it's still barely a story, except by those Leftists are literally 'ree'ing' about it here.
 

Cherico

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Back in the mid-90s a lot of what Limbaugh said made no sense whatsoever. I'm probably a liberal today because of the nonsense he spouted way back then.
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You were not his target audiance, people forget just how little voice conservatives had in america back then, for many years Rush was like the only guy actually speaking for people.

Liberals had newspapers, CNN, multiple channels and most of the media speaking for them Conservatives back then basically had a few derided newspapers, and Rush and that was it. Asking him to conform to your sensibilities when his job is to reach out to people who don't have a voice period is incredibly selfish and misses the entire point.

Rush was the start of the power of media being opened up to the masses rather then having powerful people impose their views on society as a whole.
 

ATP

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In Poland we have only few of his books - but i still liked them.Pity,USA need him.Why Bidens and Soros is alive,and people who actually are useful are dying ?
Well,God must have HIS reasons.
 

S'task

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Oh? What kind of 'nonsense' was he spouting back then?
The 90s was his heyday of minimizing the impact that addiction had on people. Before his own struggles with pain killer addition, he actually was kinda stupid on the topic, and really did change his approach to those issues (with more sympathy for those caught in addition). Other than that though, most of his 90s takes were pretty accurate from what little I remember.
 

LordsFire

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I don't really remember the details because that was over 25 years ago. All I remember was thinking along the lines of "this asshole is full of shit and really needs an enema".

Frankly, this sounds pretty typical of leftist takes on conservative... anything to me. While Rush was not a perfect man, and there were a couple things I disagreed with him on, he was excellent and explaining the core principles of conservatism.

Which have been proven correct again, and again, and again...

Would you care to explain to me which of the core principles of conservatism you think are wrong, and why? Do you even know what they are?
 

bintananth

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Frankly, this sounds pretty typical of leftist takes on conservative... anything to me. While Rush was not a perfect man, and there were a couple things I disagreed with him on, he was excellent and explaining the core principles of conservatism.

Which have been proven correct again, and again, and again...

Would you care to explain to me which of the core principles of conservatism you think are wrong, and why? Do you even know what they are?
The way I see it: both conservatives and liberals agree upon personal freedom for all.

The major difference is that conservatives like things the way they are and are sceptical of change while liberals think things could be better and do want change.

The far edges of both sides wrap around to the same thing: here's how it's going to be and if you don't like it then you deserve to rot in a prison cell.

Limbaugh was towards that end of the spectrum from what I remember before I tuned him out.
 

LordsFire

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The way I see it: both conservatives and liberals agree upon personal freedom for all.

The major difference is that conservatives like things the way they are and are sceptical of change while liberals think things could be better and do want change.

The far edges of both sides wrap around to the same thing: here's how it's going to be and if you don't like it then you deserve to rot in a prison cell.

Limbaugh was towards that end of the spectrum from what I remember before I tuned him out.

1. Conservatives agree upon personal freedom. Leftists do not. A chunk of people who used to be left-aligned have broken off and start defining themselves as classical liberals; they agree on personal freedom, and they're also not welcome in the Democratic Party right now.

2. No, Conservatives aren't skeptical of change. They want different changes, towards less intrusive and controlling government, more personal freedom, and people behaving in less destructive ways.

3. You can make an argument that horseshoe theory is correct; there's never been a substantial extreme right movement in the US though, so it's hard to know.

4. Limbaugh was about as far from an extremist as you can get.


On the whole, it's clear you either weren't actually listening to him, or you lacked the mental faculties to understand his points and positions at the time.
 

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1. Conservatives agree upon personal freedom. Leftists do not. A chunk of people who used to be left-aligned have broken off and start defining themselves as classical liberals; they agree on personal freedom, and they're also not welcome in the Democratic Party right now.

2. No, Conservatives aren't skeptical of change. They want different changes, towards less intrusive and controlling government, more personal freedom, and people behaving in less destructive ways.

3. You can make an argument that horseshoe theory is correct; there's never been a substantial extreme right movement in the US though, so it's hard to know.

4. Limbaugh was about as far from an extremist as you can get.


On the whole, it's clear you either weren't actually listening to him, or you lacked the mental faculties to understand his points and positions at the time.
I would ask what kind of humor he enjoys, and what kind turns him off. Rush Limbaugh had a style, especially in the 90s, that was like nails on a chalkboard to some people. You loved what he did or how he did it, or you hated it regardless of whether you agreed with him.

"But Rasq! Wasn't that Rush's fault? Maybe he should have mellowed out. He was too provocative!"


Hell no. He had the biggest audience in talk radio or daytime television, and that audience consistently ranked as the most knowledgeable on national and international politics in the world. Clearly he was doing something right.
 

Captain X

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Sometimes people are laughing at you rather than with you. ;)

As for me, I never much cared for him, and found him really disagreeable in his heyday. He had that same sense of smug superiority I hate about leftists. Other than that, I couldn't tell you specific points I disagreed with him on because I honestly just ignored him and basically forgot about him as much as I could. The only thing I really remember is disagreeing with him on the nature of homosexuality and gay rights.
 

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