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Limbaugh's Fans Are Certain They're Right
Newsday.com ^
| November 12, 2003
| By Paul Ginnetty
Posted on 11/15/2003 11:50:52 AM PST by vladog
Edited on 11/15/2003 11:53:16 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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The coming return of Rush Limbaugh to the famed "golden microphone" of his national bully pulpit invites us to ponder the reasons for the remarkable success of his kind of radio programming. Liberals have made numerous unsuccessful attempts to create an equally popular propaganda vehicle for the other side of the ideological spectrum. What they may lack is the element of simplicity.
Limbaugh's message is usually resoundingly and blessedly simple. (One should not assume that simplicity and truth are synonymous here.) His genius lies in reducing rather complex issues into deceptively straightforward terms. For example, the challenge of crafting environmental policies that balance legitimate economic considerations with a responsible awareness of the finitude of natural resources is dismissed as the neurotic hand wringing of tree hugging "environmentalist whackos."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: catholiclist; rush
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To: ConservativeMan55
BTTT!!!!!Folks, I've learned a lot more from Rush about current events than any of the big three netowrks or CNN or any established media organization. Some people just can't accept the fact that this is a conservative majority nation.
These news reporters and eggheads seem to find dreamland a far more conveinet place than the real world.
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11/16/2003 3:14:49 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: RightWingAtheist
Arthur C. Clarke once defined an intellectual as someone educated beyond their intelligence. Also known as the "Peter Principle" in business?
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11/16/2003 3:18:26 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Don't believe every prophecy you hear: especially *** ones........)
To: oopimrehs
Camille Paglia, "..Even though he went to college.."
She shouldn't confuse attendance with learning!
To: vladog
Sorry, couldn't get past the second paragraph.
To: TonyRo76; cyborg
"A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone" It works for me.
My favorite is still this short and sweet one:
No Guns, No Rights!
Be Well ~ Be Armed ~ Be Safe ~ Molon Labe!
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posted on
11/16/2003 8:18:54 AM PST
by
blackie
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To: oopimrehs
When I listen to Hannity, which I do a lot, I feel like I'm being swept back to the rigid, conformist 1950s of my youth."
**
That would be a good place for Camille; maybe she'd jump in the closet.
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posted on
11/17/2003 11:26:02 AM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Never again trust Democrats with national security!)
To: vladog; All
Hannity is goint to have this putz on today!
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posted on
11/17/2003 12:07:52 PM PST
by
StriperSniper
(All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
To: StarFan; alisasny; cyborg; holdonnow; Exit148; Doctor Raoul; Cacique
...Many of them probably also derive a sense of inclusion and pseudo-intimacy via this electronic fraternity of kindred spirits.
Consider the somewhat pathetic character, Marty, who checks in daily with his radio "buddy," Sean Hannity, a Limbaugh clone. There are plenty of other Martys out there who regularly light up the call boards of right-wing talk jocks - among them G. Gordon Liddy, Matt Drudge and Laura Ingraham - who unabashedly mimic the Limbaugh formula of ideological simplicity...
By Paul Ginnetty
Paul Ginnetty is a professor of psychology at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue.
Alright! Sean is riled up about this a**hole professor and his idiotic comment about WABC listener Marty. Said he'll go into detail about it later in the show. I will probably not be here when he talks about it... I'm hoping another FReeper can fill in the details here for us. Anyone listening?
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posted on
11/17/2003 12:15:45 PM PST
by
nutmeg
(Rush Limbaugh: The Voice of Sanity during 8 years of the Clinton Reign of Terror)
To: since1868
Why all the Hannity bashing? Sean has done much for the cause. Remember Reagans 11 commandment? Spoken with as much insight as normally Sean offers.
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11/17/2003 12:19:30 PM PST
by
Half Vast Conspiracy
(If the Rapture is coming, should I insist on a non-Christian pilot?)
To: nutmeg
Anyone listening?I am, and will be, but may be away from the computer when he's on. Good job with the pings, I was going to get started with a list. I'm sure I wasn't the only one, but I know SBJ got my e-mail flash on this. It just goes to show that it is important to let the media, mainleftstream or other, know what we're thinking!
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11/17/2003 12:23:00 PM PST
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StriperSniper
(All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
To: StriperSniper
goint = going
That's long fingers, not an accent. ;-)
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posted on
11/17/2003 12:32:50 PM PST
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StriperSniper
(All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy
How much insight do you need?
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