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Rush Limbaugh: The Definition of Mind-Numbed
EIB Network ^ | February 16, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 02/16/2011 3:40:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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RUSH: Columbus, Ohio. This is Kevin. Welcome, sir, I'm glad you waited. It's great to have you on the program.

CALLER: Thanks a lot. And I just wanted to thank you for all you do. You, um... You expose every day to me how racist and seditionist, anti-government, domestic terrorists, all of that... You guys, man, it's unbelievable. It really is. That you can have so much hatred for a president that just happens to be black, but I think that even makes it that much more delicious to you guys.

RUSH: Okay, let's... For the fun of it here. Racist, seditionist, anti-government, domestic terrorist, I expose every day.

CALLER: You expose people that --

RUSH: Who are we talking about? Who am I exposing?

CALLER: You're exposing all the people that listen to your program with some of their comments, some your com -- actually most of your comments are that way. Even with your little I guess you want to call it "satire." You guys hide behind that line when it's racism, actually. You'll say satire. All of the commercials on --

RUSH: Like what? Give me an example. Give me an example out there, Kev. What are you referring to?

CALLER: Okay. All of your little commercial breaks or whatever, all your little songs, it always seems to be some Negro dialect you got going there, and it's not even that funny.

RUSH: That's why I say, "What 'Negro dialect' and what satire?"

CALLER: Well, you just played three or four in a row. You got whoever supposedly is Obama saying those things, whatever -- and I only heard McCain in there, and that's only because you don't like him. But I never hear anybody from your side doing anything. I mean, I don't ever hear that. You don't ever pick with them. You're just always one-sided.

RUSH: Really?

CALLER: How is somebody supposed to believe you're "fair and balanced," ummm, when it's that way? I mean, I listen to you a lot, and that's all I ever hear.

RUSH: I've never said that I'm "fair" or "balanced."

CALLER: Well, you know you never say it because you couldn't say that, but --

RUSH: Well, but you just said I --

CALLER: -- supposedly you are. I mean --

RUSH: No, no. There you go. You suppose --

CALLER: I guess -- I guess Fox must be the same way. They're not really, either, right?

RUSH: Kevin, what is...? Let's see if we can isolate this.

CALLER: Okay.

RUSH: 'Cause you I really want to know. Do you read the New York Times? You sound like the people that post comments there.

CALLER: No, I'm not from New York, and I don't read the New York Times, no.

RUSH: You don't have to be from New York. You can read the New York Times in Oshkosh if you want to It's called "the Internet." Do you read and post comments there?

CALLER: No, sir. I never have.

RUSH: You wonder why I don't criticize people I like?

CALLER: No, I didn't say that at all. I said even whether you like 'em or not, if they do something that maybe is not right or whatever, I never hear you criticize 'em.

RUSH: Like who?

CALLER: Well, that's what I'm saying. That's why it's, "Like who?" You don't do it. You have people messing up all the time. What about Sarah Palin? What about Michele Bachmann? What about some of the crazy statements they make?

RUSH: What do you want...?

CALLER: You never say a word.

RUSH: Give me an example of some crazy things. Just give me a crazy thing Sarah Palin said.

CALLER: All you gotta do, uhh, is pull her up. Anything she says, to me, really is kind of crazy.

RUSH: No, no. No, no, no, no. You're gonna have to tell me. Give me an example.

CALLER: You know... You know, and... You know what? I've noticed this tactic, too. Whenever I talk to a right-wing person, the first thing they want to do is deflect the question you ask them by asking you a question.

RUSH: I'm not deflecting anything. I'm trying to find out exactly what it is that you think Sarah Palin said that is stupid.

CALLER: (laughing) Oh, so you don't think anything she said is dumb, huh? Okay. I see. This is what I mean. You don't have anything. Everything she said is very intelligent and -- and is correct. That what you believe, right?

RUSH: Uh, this is --

CALLER: What about...? Okay, let's go back, when she first came out. What about seeing Alaska from -- or seeing Russia from -- her backyard? Do you think that was stupid or not?

RUSH: She never said it. See, this is --

CALLER: Oh, my God.

RUSH: He's my God, too, so watch it.

CALLER: Well, you don't act like it.

RUSH: And I'm going to tell you something: She never said it.

CALLER: She never said it? Okay.

RUSH: This is the problem. Kevin, the audience would agree here that I have been very "fair and balanced." I have given you so much opportunity to be specific about your complaints, and you can't do it. I mean, you want to call me racist. I think it's amazing. The president proposes a budget. Even the Washington Post is saying the president punted on the budget, even members of his own party question the budget, foreign governments are questioning the budget because it's an outrageous run on our Treasury, a threat to future generations, and you call here and tell me that I saying it is racist! It's a shame. We've lost you. You're a walking cliche.

You are partly responsible for the problem this country's in, because you are willingly ignorant. You willingly keep yourself stupid and ignorant and uninformed, and you run around and live in your political cliched world, and you unwittingly are contributing to the problem that we've got by not getting up to speed and understanding what's really going on. The people that I assume you support are actively destroying whatever opportunity you might have to make something of yourself someday -- if that opportunity still remains for you. That's an open question. (sigh) Anyway, Kevin, thanks for the call. I appreciate it.

He waited an hour and a half, ladies and gentlemen, to use his EIB broadcast time in this fashion. He waited an hour and a half. Now... (interruption) No. He doesn't have a point. His point is that I mean-spirited. His problem is I'm right. It bothers him I'm on the air being right because it challenges his worldview, so he's gotta call in and try to Darrell Issa me. That's what he's trying to do. Now, keep in mind I have questioned Pelosi, and over the years I've questioned Kennedy, Kerry, Cuomo, on and on. I've questioned the policies and philosophies of whomever holds office, whomever is proposing policies that conflict with my views of freedom, the Constitution, the rule of law.

But this caller insists on making this racist! He has nothing substantive to say about anything -- which is to be expected, because whenever the left is faced with a direct confrontation on their views, they don't have any. They can only resort to deceit and lies and all these cliched accusations: Racism, ageism, sexism, starving children, hating aliens, on and on and on. He said not a single substantive thing. Not one. Despite my compassion. Despite my guidance. I attempted to guy guide him into something substantive. But you just heard the definition of "mind-numbed" on this program.

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RUSH: You know, in all candor, folks, it's callers like this last guy who make me question the whole concept of evolution. How can there be evolution? It doesn't logically compute with me. But now and then it serves a purpose for this kind of stuff to happen. I mean, this budget, this president's actions are going to harm the country -- and that means everybody in it, regardless of race, regardless of sex, regardless of party, regardless of IQ. The only blessing, I guess, to having no IQ is you won't know how screwed you've been.

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RUSH: Mike in Dallas, you're next on the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER: Good afternoon, Rush. Mega dittos. I started listening to you 21 years ago on KRNV in Tulsa.

RUSH: Thank you very much, sir. I remember our first week there.

CALLER: Yes. I have some information for that caller in the last hour that you tried to pin down on issues, and he could not do anything about it. He needs to stay off of those hate sites like Media Matters, MoveOn.org, and Daily Kos and Huffington Post because he's not gonna get any factual information.

RUSH: Or the New York Times. You know, folks, you really ought to do something. The New York Times likes to think that they're the upper crust. I mean they've got the smartest readers, the smartest citizens. You ought to go to any New York Times website story and read the comments. I guarantee you'll run a gamut of emotions, from hilarity, laughter, to outright shock.

CALLER: And none of it is going to be the actual truth, Rush. None of it is.

RUSH: No, I know. It's all agenda oriented. But the comments, the comments are just... like I said earlier, folks, that caller made me question the whole concept of evolution, and I think anybody with just a modicum of intelligence would agree. Read the comments. You know what you're gonna get at Democrat Underground, Daily Kos, all those places. Go to the New York Times and read the comments there and then send a note to "Charles Darwin's full of it."

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Politics; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: obama; palin; rushlimbaugh; sarah10pissant0; talkradio
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let me ask you.... Would you sell out your conservative principles for cheap political gain?

I’m afraid the problem is she actually believes McCain is a conservative, which he is not. And if she actually believes he is, then she’s just giving conservatism lip-service, just like he does. Just saying the things she thinks us tea party people want to hear.

I’m sick and tired of this and I want someone who will actually do the job when they get there. Not someone who quits and walks away because some stinking liberals turn the heat up on them.

Anyway, the Palin folks have their minds all made up and I just don’t yet. And therefore I get attacked and called all kinds of crap just because I dare to bring out a few questions.

Some people on this site are really making me sick today.


61 posted on 02/16/2011 8:35:26 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: Disambiguator
The Tina Fey thing was priceless - the crown jewel on a steaming pile of militant ignorance.

I heard it too. His only example was a skit from Saturday Night Live. Colossal ignorance and epic fail. It was painful to listen to. There has to be some type of slow virus that deteriorates the brains of liberals.
62 posted on 02/16/2011 8:47:18 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: Bullish
"Some people on this site are really making me sick today."

You said a mouthful there.

63 posted on 02/16/2011 8:47:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (We need more Democrats in the Senate --Like Custer needed more arrows.)
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To: Bullish

Who’s your candidate?


64 posted on 02/16/2011 8:55:36 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: 3niner

Well said!


65 posted on 02/16/2011 8:58:28 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Bullish
I’m afraid the problem is she actually believes McCain is a conservative, which he is not.

Do you have a link or is this just your unsubstantiated opinion?
66 posted on 02/16/2011 9:00:12 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: 3niner
Let's look at it another way. Who did you vote for, McCain, Obama, 3rd party, or nobody? If you voted for McCain, you supported somebody awful because he was still better than the alternative. If you voted for Obama, you helped push America toward destruction. If you voted 3rd party or nobody, you are just tilting at windmills.

Very well said, however I think those that did not vote were actually votes for Obama.
67 posted on 02/16/2011 9:07:38 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: PA Engineer
Do you have a link or is this just your unsubstantiated opinion?

Am I allowed to have an opinion?

Sheesh! I've spelled it out here haven't I? I've been a member of FReerepublilc through 4 presidential campaign seasons now, right here posting. This will be the 5th one.

This Palin stuff reminds me of the old Buchannon brigade and the Ron Paul weirdos who would attack anyone that didn't support their guys. They never had much good things to say about their guys but sure were ready to attack anyone who wasn't totally in the tank with them.

Now here we go again, anyone who isn't in the tank with Palin isn't even a conservative but wants to turn everything over to the left.

HOW UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!

It's embarassing to think so called conservatives on a debating forum have no clue as to how to have a civil debate.

68 posted on 02/16/2011 9:18:40 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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through 4 presidential campaign seasons now, right here posting. This will be the 5th one.

Correction, I meant the 3rd and 4th. But you knew that.

69 posted on 02/16/2011 9:23:01 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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Come to think of it.... it is the 4th and 5th pres election.


70 posted on 02/16/2011 9:26:54 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: Bullish

BFD how long you have been here. You have stated nothing of fact. Everything you scream about is based on some emotional issue you are having. How about stating facts rather than emotional vomit.


71 posted on 02/16/2011 9:29:48 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Who’s your candidate?

Well, if you can find someone with the foreign policy knowledge and experience of a John Bolton, the economical acumen of a Paul Ryan and the political savvy and balls of steel of a Ronald Reagan you'd pretty much have my candidate all wrapped up.

72 posted on 02/16/2011 9:33:30 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: PA Engineer

And of course, you missed my point completely.


73 posted on 02/16/2011 9:35:21 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: Bullish
Well, if you can find someone with the foreign policy knowledge and experience of a John Bolton, the economical acumen of a Paul Ryan and the political savvy and balls of steel of a Ronald Reagan you'd pretty much have my candidate all wrapped up.

I think we'd all love to have that candidate, but he/she doesn't exist except in some fairy tale, or if we're lucky we'll find out after they are president for a while.

If Palin runs, she'll have to convince the GOP voters she should be their nominee, if she can't do that, she won't be. It's simple.

If you find someone better than her, then vote for them. If you don't, then vote for her.

*Shrugs*

74 posted on 02/16/2011 9:39:17 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Bullish

Ah.

So, yet another Palin-basher who offers Mr. Nobody as an alternative.

I’m not in the Church of Palin, but it is amazing how often her detractors have no one to offer.


75 posted on 02/16/2011 9:45:07 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Lakeshark
I agree with everything you just posted.

Palin is not my candidate yet. But hey, I couldn't stand friggin’ John McCain either but I ended up voting for that idiot.

Heck, I voted for Bob Dole too even though I thought he was unelectable.

It just blows me away how so many people here go ad-hominem just because someone doesn't support their candidate. As I said earlier, I've seen all this before here.

All the sudden I'm some kind of leftist troll just because I don't see the magic ultra conservatism and brilliance of Sarah Palin?

Unbeleivable.

76 posted on 02/16/2011 9:56:54 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: Mr. Silverback
So, yet another Palin-basher who offers Mr. Nobody as an alternative.

I haven't bashed Mrs. Palin one bit, just pointed out some inconsistencies from my perspective. If you can't handle that, well sorry.

Speaking of bashing, it seems everyone wants to get in their nifty little one line insults like yours.

77 posted on 02/16/2011 10:00:58 PM PST by Bullish (Obama's obviously drunk at the wheel and should be taken off the road before he gets people killed)
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To: Bullish
Not being for Sarah Palin is not the end of the world, but I noticed you did say some things that were pretty negative about her that simply don't ring true.

Maybe that's what brought the reaction.

If she runs, I think she could use a good voice coach, if she runs she will need to come out with some convincing policy position papers and prove her acumen in the (R) debates.

I'm betting I don't get hammered for saying those things here.

78 posted on 02/16/2011 10:04:23 PM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Bullish

Have you read “Going Rogue” yet? Please do before you make up your mind.


79 posted on 02/16/2011 10:08:01 PM PST by Loud Mime (No, my liberal friend; you are not modern; you are old-style foolish)
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To: Bullish
I haven't bashed Mrs. Palin one bit, just pointed out some inconsistencies from my perspective. If you can't handle that, well sorry.

Hmmmm...interesting how you equate me delivering some mild criticism of your position to be unable to "handle" the fact that you have a mind of your own. Sensitive much?

Speaking of bashing, it seems everyone wants to get in their nifty little one line insults like yours.

Where was the insult?

80 posted on 02/16/2011 10:36:49 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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