Ok little boy hondo,you’ve been having a hissy fit long enough. Get up off the floor of your padded room, dry your bloodshot eyes and wipe off the “limbaugh” seeping from your nostrils! Try to understand that a ratio of 36 dissenting comments to one agreement (yours) against your defense of your overstuffed hero russie, should have even you starting to form an original (gasp!!...that’s a real scary word isn’t it hondo??) thought. Your infantile clamoring for attention only proves how insignificant limburger really is...NO ONE MORE INTELLIGENT THAN A SCREWDRIVER GIVES A DAMN ABOUT HIM!! It’s obviously too late to save you from rabid russ, but there might, just might, be one person out there, fresh out of “right-wing rehab”, that reads your comments praising limpburger, and will run toward the light screaming, “Oh my gawd, how could I have been so unfree-thinking!!” Also hondie baby, why do you say “liberals are dishonest”, when after reading quotes about fat-boy’s broadcast, we respond with candid intelligent opinions. Being accused by inferior pinheads like you, that we don’t have the intellectual capacity to understand the pig-boy’s humor is rather saddening, for you, not us. Number 1...HE’S NOT FUNNY!! Number 2, to communicate with you, russie and the rest of the ditto-heads, we have to dumb-down to your level. It’s not something decent people get much reward from. I’m proud of the non-replies you are getting from highly intellectual liberals who have better things to do with their lives...like laughing at you and your buddy rus limpid. Me? I guess I had enough pity for you, down there on your knees crying and begging for intercourse. And now that I’m done with you, I’ll wipe myself off, zip my pants back up and toddle off to another anti-bushy rally. I know you’ll understand why you’ll never hear from me again...you bite!!

I have been waiting patiently, and I still haven’t seen anyone respond directly to the facts that I layed out in my original comment (#57703). Limbaugh was ridiculing liberal hypocracy and dishonesty.

So far, I have seen nothing on this thread except for potty talk, personal insults, and, generally, a pretty infantile level of discussion. Is this what passes for “intelligent debate” on the left? It sounds like a bunch of second grade boys who just learned their first curse words.

Please, can just one of you “intellectual” liberals respond directly to my comment? I’m starting to lose hope of ever finding signs of intelligent life on this thread.

C’mon you old hooligan (#58106). The fact that you’re laughing out loud, means you can probably identify pretty well with ol’ Rush.  That means you probably got a lot a of anger and hate in you that ol’ Rush tickles. I hate to rain on your party, but I read someplace that harboring hate and anger every day can seriously shorten you lifespan. Anyway, Rush is obviously doing you some good. But better send him that thank you card at 65 just to be safe.

Rust Linburger...the favorite son of the uninformed from coast to coast! Rust is to talk radio what Gobbels was to Nazi propaganda film.

The rapture cant come soon enough to relieve me of listening to his ditto heads. May he be spirited up soon!!!

How pathetic it is that even one person believes a microscopic speck of the incoherent bullshit that a homophobic, pathetic, momma’s-boy, sissy, drug-addicted, holier-than thou, gay-bashing, under-educated, right wing pandering, piece of human garbage that is russel limbaugh. He appeals to the lowest common denominator of those barely human beings responsible for the dumbing-down of America; those pathetic individuals that have to be told when, where, what, why, and how to accomplish anything during their insignificant lives, including asking someone for permission to relieve their bowels!! Those that do, forward the contents on to russie, and he uses that for the centerpiece of his daily hate-filled diatribes directed at his cult of listeners. His audience consists of the patiently-waiting, I.Q.-challenged minority of brain-dead, subserviant, religious-conservative robots that must be spoon-fed everything their brain-washed belief system must have to even operate at a sub-par level. How wonderful it would be to speed up natural selection to it’s ultimate destination; that of purging the world of those useless followers of the beliefs espoused by David Duke, Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Pat Robertson, Al Sharpton, Newt (now there’s a name to really get behind!!) Gingrich, and a comprehensive list of all those who believe in the same ideals; “You are crap, and we are god, and no matter what you do or say, we will always call the shots, because we learned a long time ago, we can control a nation of sheep that only votes 50% of the time!!” The most disturbing aspect of this whole deplorable situation is that you can almost visualize the brain-dead group of worthles individuals that absorb this diet of mis-information, and cheer for george shrub as he tells them that we must “stay the course, and we will pervail in Iraq, even it takes another 100 years!” Most elected officials measure their popularity by how history treats their time in office, and how many people visit their dedicated library after they die. People visitig the Shrub library will have a selection of two volumes to read and absorb. Unfortunately one of them will not be completely colored inside the lines yet!! But I digress. I want to give readers as complete a picture of the bush legacy as possible; in case there are 6 people who just emerged from a cave in New Guinea, and didn’t receive a copy of any right-wing, conservative, “I’m better-than-you” rag in the last few years!! For anyone else, you should be “willing to commit suicide in the most disgusting manner possible”, if you admit to being a shrub devotee; but you won’t, because that is the miracle of the conservative right; “we don’t care how out-of-touch our belief system is, we’re satisfied that 15% of the population is as ignorant as we are; after all we got more votes than the communist party, and that’s something that any freedom-loving brain-dead robot can hang his beliefs on!! And now for this week’s pop quiz: (Registed voters only!), Give me a dissenting opinion, if you dare! Don’t tell mne about puncuation or grammar; just defend your beliefs. I will embarass you as much as possible. Bye!!

Does anyone NOT understand that Rush Limbaugh is what happens to you when you grow up being bullied and beaten up on the playground every day of your childhood.

We should all pitty the Pig Man! His scars will never heal.

Hondo 57703. You are a “teacher” and can no doubt testify to the sad state of our schools. Do you see the connection? I believe it was during the introduction of guest speaker President Clinton at an NAACP award dinner during his final days in office that the black woman MC slyly remarked Clinton was the US’s 1st black president because of the efforts he made on behalf of minorities. He was quite popular. When asked about it later Clinton said he considered it an honor. Limbaugh spins it to appear as though Clinton calls himself the 1st black president. The truth does not make for broadcasting excellence (or ratings).

What part of Al Franken’s, Big Fat Idiot don’t we get? Charley

Zero Tolerance. Professor Carter, an African American Principal taught me a valuable lesson. Zero tolerance.  When Mr.Carters’ son was called the N-Word at a predominately, quality Caucasian High School, Mr.Carter took action.  Mr.Carter called 911, filed a protection order and relentlessly pursued legal consequences against both school and parents.  Simple lesson? action and severe consequences. Continue to sanction these blowhards will reduce us to just blogging away.  Even a dummy like me gets it.

The basic technique of right-wing jerks is always the same.  Insult your opponent, speak down to him, and then preach.  THIS IS A FRAMING TECHNIQUE!  The thing to remember is this.  If they smear you, you have every right to reach for a baseball bat.

Thank you d.alon a previous commentor.  It could’t have been said better. That people tune in to this hatefulness and contemptuous commentary everyday and revel in it doesn’t say much for our society . . . especially anyone who identifies with Limbaugh’s rambling.  Must be time for a little druggy poo Rush.  You are way over the line.  Take a little time to go out shopping for some character and conscience, compassion for anyone different than yourself is not a favorable trait you possess.

Hondo,

There is no “humor” coming from Limbaugh - just mean spiritedness and attacks relayed with sadistic glee.  I recall in some past thread you mentioned that you are a Christian.  What would Jesus’ take be on the efforts afoot to crush the poor and middle class, the politics of vitriol and character assasination, lying daily to billions of people to advance the cause of greed and material wealth, divide and rule politics that are designed to make the citizenry hate they neighbor, torturing, and murdering hundreds of thousands of people?  Oh yea, I forgot, Jesus’s whole message focused on the supression of abortion rights, and hating “faggots” - Love had nothing to do with it. I guess as long as you go to church on Sundays and can put idol on display in the mall in December, all’s well in heaven and on earth! I’m sure Jesus was actually tight with Roman imperialist rulers, and was completely subservient to the orthodoxy of church without question as well.  The level of hypocrisy coming from these charlatans makes me wanna vommit.

All Rush fans must burn their bibles. You cannot worship Rush and worship Jesus. Their philosophies are completely contradictory.

I listen to Rush for one excellent reason: he always makes me laugh out loud. I read someplace once that enjoying a good laugh each and every day is highly beneficial to your health and overall sense of well-being.

I intend to send a really nice “Thank You” card to Mr. Limbaugh when I turn 100, just 40 short years from today.

As a liberal female head of household--who also happens to be JEWISH--I can’t help but laugh at the idiot.  Perhaps he’s jealous because--he needs to grow himself a pair--and lacks the testosterone.  In any case--he couldn’t win a real debate if he tried--after all that would take an intellect.

Limbaugh relates to backwoods hillbillies with matted hair and one tooth.

Limbaugh and Coulter are demagogues of the first rank. The hatred and venom they spew is reminisicent of the tactics of the Nazi Brown Shirts or the Black shirted Fascisti of Mussolini. In both latter instances, these people romanticized masculinity and virility, demeaned opponents as feminine and weak. All of this is reflective of the authoritarian pattern set in motion by the Conservative Republican regime of Bush and Cheney. these people have no respect for the democratic process, the rule of law, the Constituional system of checks and balances. They scoff at Congress. They bully and intimidate the press. The claim unlimited power for the president under the rubric of Commande in Chief. They stack the judiicary with ideologues. They are attempting to stack all US attorney positions with compliant party ideologues. They have centralized presidential control over the federal agencies. They are closet authoritarians. It is too bad,people like Limbaugh, Coulter and throw in Hannity and O Reilly to boot along with this legion of right wing tv and radio talk show hosts---could not meet the fate of Lonesome Rhodes in the movie The Face In the Crowd. Exposed for the frauds they are.

Jerry Kerns

Hey Hondo, comment #57730, the nation saw what your hero George W. Bush “accomplished for blacks” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

My, my, such vitriol. Maybe you should stay tuned to Bill Maher and MSNBC. Nothing much there to offend your leftist sensitivities, I promise. Just curious though. How many of you screamed in outrage when Condolisa Rice was portrayed as a gap-toothed ninny in an obviously racially stereotyped “cartoon”? Depends on whose ox is gored, doesn’t it? Pay attention to the vile abuse that’s heaped daily on your president and vice-president if you want something to gripe about. When trial lawyers can fly.

Hondo-you macho man you:

This particualr article is so typical of how dishonest most liberals are.

(As opposed to say-someone who would condemn an entire group of people he doesn’t know anything about on the basis of Limbaugh talking points ?
That’s not a soap box your standing on-it’s the gutter.)

I was listening to the Limbaugh show when he made these comments, so I know what he said. I don’t have to rely on the intentionally distorted story written above.

(I was unfortunate enough to be forced to listen to a few hundred hours of Limbaugh’s show on a job-the man says much worse on a daily schedule.)

Limbaugh was ridiculing the liberal habit of distorting reality to suit their cockamamie agenda.

(Unlike pseudo-cons who lie to get us into genocidal wars for oil and call deregulating corporate polluters the “clean air act”.....
I don’t know why I’m bothering talking to you-maybe just your particular brand of empty headed regurgitation of talking points offends me more than most.)

Bill Clinton, a rich white man, was called “America’s First Black President.”

(and you say liberals don’t have the capacity to understand Mush brain’s Humor-ROTFLMAO.)

This, in spite of the fact that he didn’t accomplish doodley-squat for blacks compared to George Bush.

(97% of the black population of the US disagree with you. You’re an idiot.)

Now we have John Edwards being called a possible “First Woman President” by a liberal newspaper columnist

(There are genuine liberals
with newspaper columns ? Not very many and I suspect not this one. Did you swallow another Limbaugh camel/talkingpoint/lie ?)

and a liberal pro-infanticide feminist.

(A liberal feminist-oooo-run and hide. Pro-infanticide ? Do you have any idea how stupid you sound ?)

Memo to liberals---Edwards is a man (kind of).

(Bite me wimp.)

Clinton is white.

(And winger fools have a sense of humor-not.)

The sky is blue. The grass is green.

(Childish-like most Oxycontin man listeners.)

If you don’t have the intellectual capacity to understand Limbaugh’s humor (which isn’t that advanced, come to think of it) then just stick with Sponge Bob cartoons.

(So-uhm-Mush brain-the viagra using sex tour thrice divorced serial liar-is a comedian now ?
Not intentionally.
Get a clue.)

Apparently, I stepped over the line with comments and a question I offered. I posted on this topic, and my post never got here. Let me restate my supposition, and see if this gets through.

Is Rush Limbaugh a self-loathing, closeted gay man?

If he is, he wouldn’t be the first Republican far right extremist who was. This to me, is not a controversial question, it is quite reasonable in the face of who this man is, who he appears to hate, who he attacks on a regular basis, and historical precedent.

Could this three time loser in the field of marriage, who is once again single, and remains childless, be a self-hating gay man? If he were to find another woman to marry, and make her Mrs. Limbaugh IV, would that prove he is not? Or is it possible that marriage is only a means to an end, a tool to hide that which he fears most being revealed? And if it were proven, how would his ditto-heads react?

Considering the whithering hatred he offers every day on his radio show, it is a virtual certainty that this is for him, along with being a calculated career decision, a purging of inner demons. In my experience (and I am certainly not a psychiatrist) most people who reveal this much hatred toward others, are usually consumed with hatred for themselves and the life they desperately attempt to hide.

It’s certainly possible that this supposition is wrong, but considering the nature of this man’s hate filled, and sarcasm-soaked attack methods, I think it at least fair to ask the question.

In the end, I see him as a similarly hateful individual to Karl Rove, in that in their youth, they were not exactly the captain of the team types. Clearly, they were more the outcasts who couldn’t get a date to save their lives. And being the smart guys they were, took it very personally, and have been exacting one form of revenge or another, ever since. It’s fairly well established now that the “free love” attitudes of the 60’s have driven a lot of the extremism of the 80’s to the present. And this extremism doesn’t just rise from the vacuum...there are reasons. Judge for yourself, don’t go by me.

p.s. Oh, and by the way, who in their right (no pun) mind listens to a serial divorcee giving advice on family values? Who really believes that it’s gay marriage that threatens marriage? Divorce, and especially serial divorce, are the things that truly threaten the “sanctity” of the marriage institution. Serial divorce shows nothing but contempt for the institution.

Whenever the GOP cannot find effective criticism, they resort to what they perceive as funny and put it out, via media, for the masses of brain-dead Republicans who repeat it ad nauseum until everyone swears it is true. They are done- and Limbaugh and Coulter are becoming too controversial for even them. I couldnt be happier. John Edwards is so far above this form of slander and I love that they are afraid of him. Notice he is currently on the bottom in the polls- typically, the Repubs always go after the weakest.

You kind of have to really feel for Rush.

In the past few years he’s had to defend Bush and his vicious band of neocons as they wage war against a soverign nation that had nothing to do with the so-called “War on Terror.” Next he had to make light of torture in Abu Grabe, even printing up T-shirts,which mocked the outrage of Americans at home. Limbaugh has had to defend the deterioation of our civil rights. The so-called Patriots Act, which we have read about in recent days, was ripe for abuse, but Rush still says,"It’s worth it.”

There are other examples, such as the recent Walter Reed fiasco. Rush wants to downplay the disclosure as politically inspired,taking the side of this administration over the well being of our wounded troops.F

Finally Rush has given talking points that defends sending troops back into Iraq for second and third tours, many without proper equipment.

So, take it easy on the ol’ boy. He’s been through three marriages, just barely beat a drag rap, and is now in the unenviable position of having to call his fellow Americans traitors if they speak out against this vile war.

If Limbaugh had a conscience he would be in real trouble.

The pigman and his constant spewing of hate and division among the american people is one of the reasons I left the republican party , which was a family tradition dating back to the birth of the party. He is a totally dispicable excuse of a human being. It is amazing that ditto heads like Hondo still exist.

Rush exemplifies the worst in human beings. There is nothing to admire or aspire to in this man. Those that listen to him ought to ashamed that their standards are so low.

He must be back on his meds...Hasn’t he done enough to be officially been written off as a buffoon yet? If not, this might do it. The ‘ahem...Wang...ahem’ thing is completely juvenile. That must be what’s left of his listeners--15 year old boys.

Why is his face always so red?  This guy’s already popped his cork once, why he’s still around courtesy the immaculate deception is something we should all be ashamed about.  We are, after all, a spineless bunch when it comes to thinking for ourselves; thinking outside our frenzied consumer driven microcosms is too threatening for most people.  If you’re not scared thenya damn well should be.  I myself have a very nice cave in the mountains picked out.  The color scheme my decorator has come up with for it is another matter altogether.

Why would this outburst by “Mr. Potato Head” surprise anyone? I guess he’s as starved for attention as “Man Coulter”.

THat man is sickening,,He is a hateful human being.

What has always made “F” student, drug addict and serial divorcee Rush Limbaugh such a success on the radio is his consummate skill of playing to all his bigoted “dittoheads” while skillfully pretending that he doesn’t HATE anyone except WASPs, chickenhawks, and the filthy rich - you know, folks like himself.

I first heard Limbaugh in Sacramento, CA many moons ago. I disliked him then; he doesn’t improve with age. I have never met a woman who liked the guy; most all the men I’ve met who professed an affection for him were certified gun toting rednecks. I think he’s ignorant and the fact that he’s got an appreciative listening audience makes me ill. Perhaps Bush can hire him as a publicist when he leaves office. They deserve each other.

I tried to listen to it.  These conservative pundits evidently didn’t get enough attention as children.  The things they say about people that come off as incredibly bigoted and inappropriate are their sad attempts at humor.  At some point in their lives they discovered that in order to be heard, they must say outrageous things.  Even bad attention to them is a good thing.  They never got over that phase in childhood when you got a laugh just by saying out loud those potty words you were taught not to use.  It doesn’t help that they get paid to act out in such a fashion.  The only thing that will make them stop is to ignore them, just like when a four-year-old says poop.

Limbaugh, the man who made fun of and tried to make light of a chronic and progressive disease that leads to long periods of lost physical independence and death of its sufferers, is not a man that I have any patience with.

The list of his lies and hypocrisy is long and known. And, yet he has a large audience. The few I have known who quote Limbaugh are poor pathetic want-a-be macho crapos. We really need to return our countries education to a balanced and well rounded education. A truly educated person would not listen to this so called “man”, except possibly for a low level of comedy.

When the tide turned against the Dems, I don’t remember anything like the petulant, vicious reaction that has clearly become the stock in trade of the Right.  Clearly, hatred and name-calling has a great appeal to the folks out here, but that is only because we now fear that as one “we’re-the-good-guys” American myth after another unravels, the hens are coming home to roost.  We are turning to the phoney bravado of demagogues like Limbaugh to make us feel a little less afraid.

I used to listen to ‘pills’, but no more. To me, these days, he’s just another opinionated right-wing blabbermouth whose major function is providing an advertising bed for whoever is dense enough to keep advertising with him. (D)ann lost a bunch of her sponsors, and newspapers are dropping her column, good riddance there, now if only they’d flush Rush…

Rush himself has admitted that his show is not particularly political (it is commercially sponsored). He is a mouth-piece for corporate sponsorship, no true media journalism can come of this.

Yet I understand that many Americans prescribe to his programmed ideology, which is a shame because it seems as if some people subscribe to his blow-hard attitude as “truth”, when in fact what he projects upon the radio waves is not journalism at all, but opinion. Like an Op Ed in your newspaper. That’s all it is that he puts forth, someone who expresses an opinion piece.

Ever read William Burroughs “Naked Lunch”? It’s the drug-induced fantasy pipe dream of a long-time heroin addict who happened to be brilliant.

And it sounds sane and logical when compared to the lunatic ravings of ANOTHER opiate-addict with no talent whatsover.  Of course, I mean Rush Goofballs.

Rush is such a dick!

One little point that illustrates Limbaugh’s general ignorance and essential feeble-mindedness is the parting of his fat, horizontal ‘golden arch’ shaped lips.

No surprise at all ! He offends everyones including his mother and sister but not his King George.

This particualr article is so typical of how dishonest most liberals are. I was listening to the Limbaugh show when he made these comments, so I know what he said. I don’t have to rely on the intentionally distorted story written above.

Limbaugh was ridiculing the liberal habit of distorting reality to suit their cockamamie agenda. Bill Clinton, a rich white man, was called “America’s First Black President.” This, in spite of the fact that he didn’t accomplish doodley-squat for blacks compared to George Bush.

Now we have John Edwards being called a possible “First Woman President” by a liberal newspaper columnist and a liberal pro-infanticide feminist.

Memo to liberals---Edwards is a man (kind of). Clinton is white. The sky is blue. The grass is green. If you don’t have the intellectual capacity to understand Limbaugh’s humor (which isn’t that advanced, come to think of it) then just stick with Sponge Bob cartoons.