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Why does Rush Limbaugh....
Myself | 07/12/2010 | SeekAndFind

Posted on 07/12/2010 10:54:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

This is not an important question and you can ignore it if you wish.

I have been listening to Rush Limbaugh since 1998 ( only when I can of course), but for the life of me cannot understand why he does the following ( I am sure he has reasons but I've never heard him explain it ) :

* When he mentions Jesse Jackson, he never used the name : "Jesse Jackson", but almost always says -- The Reverend Jackson, in a very strange tone, as if trying to sound very respectful ( I can't quite describe it. Experienced listeners will understand ).

* Where on earth is Rio Linda and why does he refer to that place everytime he mentions some important FACTOID that we all should know...

* Why does he mock the Former Secretary of Labor's name everytime he uses it as in ROBERT REICHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ( lasting about 10 seconds ).

Let's start with the above 3 first and I'm sure I have other Limbaugh mannerisms I'd like to ask about later.

Thanks.


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To: SeekAndFind

He is imitating the way William F. Buckley used to say “the rverrund...Jack...suhhhnnn!


21 posted on 07/12/2010 11:01:45 AM PDT by gr8eman (Gore Blimey!!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

If you ever read “Shakedown” about his odious money-grubbing career, you would know that the good “Revrrruuuund” never attended a seminary and was never ordained a minister by anyone but his own self.


22 posted on 07/12/2010 11:02:05 AM PDT by sinanju
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To: DManA

RE: I have NEVER understood “Open Line Friday”.

As I understand it, Monday to Thursday, callers only discuss topics he brought up in his monologue. Open Line Friday is the day where you can bring up ANY topic you wish.

His show is unlike Bob Grant’s where everyday is OPEN LINE day. Bob Grant has only one rule -— You cannot violate the once a week rule ( i.e., callers are only allowed to call once a week ). Of course Grant is semi-retired with only a Sunday Afternoon talk show on WABC (770 AM in NY).


23 posted on 07/12/2010 11:02:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
* When he mentions Jesse Jackson, he never used the name : "Jesse Jackson", but almost always says -- The Reverend Jackson, in a very strange tone, as if trying to sound very respectful ( I can't quite describe it. Experienced listeners will understand ).

Because that is the way William F. Buckley said it.

* Where on earth is Rio Linda and why does he refer to that place everytime he mentions some important FACTOID that we all should know...

Rio Linda is a suburb of Sacramento. It comes from his days of broadcasting there. The residents of Rio Linda aren't always the most stellar graduates of the public school system.

* Why does he mock the Former Secretary of Labor's name everytime he uses it as in ROBERT REICHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ( lasting about 10 seconds ).

IIRC - Rush is making fun of the Reverend Jackson (/WFB) by pronouncing it the way he does.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

24 posted on 07/12/2010 11:02:24 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: DManA

I think open line friday is when callers can call in about any topic under the sun, vs. the other days when he mostly just takes call about certain topics he is currently speaking on...


25 posted on 07/12/2010 11:02:32 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: SeekAndFind

He pronounces Jesse Jackson’s name IN the way he does - I’m surmising here - because that’s the way Wm. F Buckley, Jr., would have sounded pronouncing it.

Rio Linda is a suburb of Sacramento where Rush did his show in the early ‘80’s...not a particular great place to be from - cars parked in yards, on cinderblocks etc., pretty run down town....

Not too sure about the other pronounciation but perhaps that’s the way Robert Reich pronounced his own name. Or Rush may pronounce it that way to make the name larger than the individual who is a pretty short man.

Probably someone else will have further explanations.


26 posted on 07/12/2010 11:02:48 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: SeekAndFind
You need to pay more attention to life.

JJ claims to be a rev. R is mocking him.

Reich pronounces his name in a similar weird way that R just exaggerates.

Rio Linda is a suburb of Sacramento near where R started the talk show biz. Likely had dumb callers who lived there who were not paying attention to life (sound at all familiar?).

27 posted on 07/12/2010 11:02:54 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: steelyourfaith

I was about to post the same thing. Here’s the link:

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_113007/content/01125112.guest.html

He explains it on his site.


28 posted on 07/12/2010 11:03:03 AM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: llevrok

You may be correct. I have not heard this before, and always heard he was lampooning the speech. What you say makes sense, though, as I recall Buckley’s voice in my head.


29 posted on 07/12/2010 11:03:06 AM PDT by day10 (Integrity has no need of rules.)
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To: humblegunner

Bumper sticker on conservative site: “Even On Drugs...Rush Is Right”


30 posted on 07/12/2010 11:03:16 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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He does the names because he is mocking a lib on how they said it. The Rio Linda is for people who are not so bright and need explanation....he used to use another city, I forget which one....its just a way of clarifying....


31 posted on 07/12/2010 11:04:00 AM PDT by texan75010
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To: DManA

“Open Line Friday” is the day where the caller gets to name the subject, and talk about anything s/he wants. All of the other days, Rush picks the topics and lets the callers comment only on thr topics he chose.


32 posted on 07/12/2010 11:04:09 AM PDT by FrankR ( If we don't stand up to tyranny, the tyrants win, and we're enslaved.)
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He does the names because he is mocking a lib on how they said it. The Rio Linda is for people who are not so bright and need explanation....he used to use another city, I forget which one....its just a way of clarifying....


33 posted on 07/12/2010 11:04:09 AM PDT by texan75010
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To: SeekAndFind

Da Reverend Jacksuun desvere dat RESTECP.


34 posted on 07/12/2010 11:04:17 AM PDT by chris37
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To: DManA

I assume it’s so that he can take occasional Fridays off and have guest hosts that can take calls? That’s why I’d pick Friday to have that theme.


35 posted on 07/12/2010 11:04:36 AM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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To: llevrok
He said many think so but that he really is imitating how Wm. F. Buckley said the Most Reverand's name

Bing! Bing! Bing! We have a winner!


36 posted on 07/12/2010 11:05:05 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: SeekAndFind
The Reverend Jackson and ROBERT REICHSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS names are pronounces that way to mock them and thier own self importence...

( I belive he pronounces “The Reverend Jackson” in a Bill Buckley imitation

Rio Linda is a small place in the sticks out side of Sacramento, in goes back to Rush's Sacramento... it short hand for the “not to sharp”

37 posted on 07/12/2010 11:05:34 AM PDT by tophat9000 (.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
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To: llevrok

We have a winner!


38 posted on 07/12/2010 11:05:34 AM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: SeekAndFind

You haven’t actually listened enough.

JACK-sun is how JACK-sun pronounces his own name. Rush is simply respecting JACK-sun’s choice of pronounciations.
ReisssssssssssCH is how Reisch explained on television the way to pronounce his name. See above.
Rush once got lost in Rio Linda, and couldn’t believe places like that actually existed.


39 posted on 07/12/2010 11:06:17 AM PDT by Excellence ("A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.")
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By the way, if any of you have access to KFI online or in California, you should listen to the game show “What the Hell Did Jesse Jackson Say” on Thursday nights. 8:00-9:00 PM Pacific if I’m not mistaken.

It’s really even funnier than it sounds.


40 posted on 07/12/2010 11:06:24 AM PDT by lainie (The US congress is full to the brim of absolutely disgusting thieves who deserve humiliating ouster.)
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