Rush Limbaugh & Ann Coulter: Why does Anyone Listen to T

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Apparently, the Republicans are circulating some racist trash

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/us/po ... ?th&emc=th"

which comes from the present leader of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh

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I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh, but about 10 million of my compatriots do, and if he told them all to go and jump in the lake, they would do it. He has more power over his followers than the Pope has over Catholics.

I read somewhere a while ago that the Democratic primary went on as long as it did because Rush Limbaugh was telling his people to cross over and vote for Hillary in the Democratic primaries, to try to keep the Democrats fighting as long as possible, so that they would emerge weakened. The end result backfired--the Democrats came out of the primaries quite strong.

And Ann Coulter readily admits that she is an ignoramus who has no idea what she is talking about.

Why does anyone pay them any heed?

Wait, what?

Limbaugh doesn't hold any official position within the Republican party.

Limbaugh doesn't hold any official position within the Republican party.

Fun fact: I recently had a dream where my father and Limbaugh got married. Both were in bridal attire. I spent most of the rest of the dream trying to get to a computer terminal so I could upload the video to youtube.

Limbaugh & Colter

Sounds like one of those men's clothing stores over near skid row in downtown Los Angeles.

I would never listen to - or buy a suit from - those two losers.

I had the misfortune of having to listen to some talk radio while doing laundry once.

Those two sounded *significantly* more sane than some of the others...

Best line ever.

well, the idea that a conservative could be funny is rare enough to peek in (in my defense, I also listen to Stephanie Miller and Randi Rhodes... on.

Ann Coulter, is just a flake, however...

You mean the two losers with the multi-million dollar media empires? I don't agree with them either, but I can respect their business acumen.

That is just plain untrue. People listen to Rush Limbaugh for 1) entertainment value, and 2) because it is nice for those of us who pay the bills for society to hear someone who reflects our political philosophy instead of listening to how greedy we are because we are tired of paying 50% of our hard earned salary to countless groups who believe they are entitled to even MORE of our wealth.


The democratic primary went on so long because the democrats had across the board proportional distribution of delegates instead of the mostly winner take all primaries that the Republicans had. The result was the Republican primary was over by half way through Super Tuesday while the democrats were still fighting it out (and thus staying in the news cycle) until pretty near the end.

The little that I've listened to Rush Limbaugh--he presents himself as the big expert loudmouth on absolutely everything, and anyone who disagrees with him even mildly on any topic is a "stupid wacko liberal."

And, if he did tell his followers to go and jump in a lake, they would all do it, to avoid being labeled a "stupid wacko liberal."

That is part of his shtick. The whole "I'm not going to make apologies nor feel guilty for being who I am." He has extremely logical arguments behind every one of his opinions.


Pardon me for saying, but that is just a laughable assertion. Overly simplistic, and blatantly untrue. People I know who listen regularly to Limbaugh are extremely intelligent and independent.

Oh really?

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

Why would anyone who is "extremely intelligent and independent" want to listen to this gibberish? Rush Limbaugh is a sloppy, ignorant fabricator.

Limbaugh is an entertainer. Everything he says should be taken with a grain of salt. His political views are rooted in sound philosophy, and all of his opinions are just that: Opinions. This is America. We have the right to say whatever we want. All of the "extremely intelligent and independent" people I know who listen to him view his opinion as one of many sources of information. This picture that many on the left try to paint of talk radio listeners hunkering down in their survival bunkers waiting for marching orders and to be told what to think is just ludicrous and overly simplistic.

Furthermore, FAIR.org is a leftist organization (they present themselves as "progressive," which means leftist) known for taking things out of context. While it is true that Limbaugh is occasionally wrong, he is far more often right on the money. After all, we don't dismiss absolutely everything President Elect Obama says since he once said he had been in 57 states now, do we?

The biggest reason I've ever listened to Limbaugh is because I love how much liberals are self-tortured by him.
Anyone that can dispense so much mental suffering just by voicing an opinion is okay with me.

I think that Stephen Colbert is a lot better--he is right wing, without being nasty, just funny.

Uhh, you are aware that Colbert is a parody, right? He's not actually a conservative commentator, he just plays one on TV...