Rush was bordering on arrogant and condescending with his response, given that Raila Odinga's favorite cousin has stolen 1.7 million US taxpayer dollars to prevent society from seeing his birth data, school records and other historical information.
Who steals 1.7 million from the taxpayers for his own personal legal defense if there is nothing to hide?
Raila Odinga's cousin has A LOT to hide, and the fact that Rush was rude about this story really was irritating to me.
The guy lied to get on the air. He told Snerdley he wanted to talk about Hillary, but launched into Larry Sinclair instead.
I could tell Rush knew exactly what the guy was talking about, but he obviously doesn't want to get drug into the fringe conspiracy stuff.
It's his show.
And liars never prosper.
Wow. He’s truthfully never heard of either of these people? The thing that gets me is the pompous way he says it, like the caller is a fool for talking about two people that he (and I think he thinks that, by extension, nobody else) has ever heard of before. Granted, if the caller did lie to the screener about the purpose of his call, then that’s one thing, but still, I’m amazed that Rush claims to have never heard of these people. Makes me wonder how much else there is that we FReepers know, that Rush has no clue about.
I’ll be dollars to donuts that Obama’s FCC has literally threatened Rush’s licence if he talks about the BC.
Rush has never appeared to me to be an issue dodger until now.
They have his nuts in a sling for sure.
Rush said himself that “They” could shut him down tomorrow if they wanted to.
Why should he? Rush has more important things to do than waste time on debunked fantasies.
I would bet my entire 401K plan that his listeners by the THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS have e-mailed him about both Berg and Sinclair. I certainly have sent my share of e-mails to him.
How Obama’s eligibility and homosexual outrages have been ignored by Rush and the other conservative media has destroyed my trust in them. I will **never** fully trust them again. The guys and gals are posers and users. They are mere entertainers.
When tyranny comes Rush and the rest will spit shine the jack boots crushing our necks.
I was listening when that caller called. He lied to Snerdly to get on the air. Rush’s response was very disappointing. He never heard of Larry Sinclair? All you could do was groan. The first thing that came to mind was Charlie Gibson never having heard about the ACORN scandal.
It’s understandable if Rush just wanted to steer clear of the subject, but a trained broadcast professional like Rush needed to ad lib a more tactful way to dismiss the caller than to claim he never heard of Larry Sinclair. I call BS on that.
Sorry Rush didn’t meet your expectations.
Caller lied. Maybe he thought he wouldn’t have gotten on if he’d told the truth.
So, that makes it okay to lie? Not in my book.
These two sources are fringe and iffy. I would not get into either one of them if I were Rush. We have real, very real issues with Obama.
Well Larry is running for Congress and he has got a book out so why not have El Rushbo interview him?
I sent Rush this thread.
I LIKE RUSH, AND I’M NOT JUST SAYING THAT GRATUITOUSLY:
But the reality is... Rush is no longer the “maverick’ he once was.
He is a big success and perhaps his cushy life takes precedence — from time to time — over principle.
This is human nature and the last time I looked Rush was as human and liable to err as much as the rest of us.
Having said that: we have every right to to express are disappointment and displeasure from time to time.
We expect Rush to be a bellwether of the time.
I don’t know what is more disconcerting:
(1)That he had never heard of Burg or Sinclair?
(2)That he felt it necessary to lie in order to avoid the subject?
If one believes number 1 then the logical conclusion is that Rush is not doing his homework.
If number 2 then more questions arise as to why he would lie to millions of his listeners?
Was he caught of guard and in a moment of weakness draped the ball — so to speak?
Or is it something more nefarious at work?
HAS HE BEEN THREATENED BY OBAMA THUGS TO NOT BROACH “CERTAIN” SUBJECTS?
Frankly, I hope it is something more benign than the above.
However, if Rush has been cowed into silance... now THAT is both scary and unacceptable!
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Rush doesn’t talk about the birth certificate controversy for the same reason practically every big name conservative talk show host doesn’t talk about it: they think the controversy is ridiculous and most of the birthers are touched. They won’t say that, but that’s what they probably believe. They know that a large part of their listening audience is composed of birthers, but they don’t want to alienate them. So they don’t talk about it.
So? What's the big deal?
Haven't you ever been disappointed with somebody you greatly admire from time to time?
Nobody can agree with another person 100% of the time.