the writer of that article is full of BS and a partisan HACK. Rush did not attack Fox, in fact Fox admitted in his book about altering his meds to fit the occasion. Rush railed only against the callous political hacks who used Foxs affliction, and LIED about the Bill, to fit their GREEDY POLITICAL purposes. LIAR LIAR LIBERAL LIAR
I absolutely agree.
Buth the MSM twisted Limbaugh's words into meaning something entirely different.
I found myself having to explain this to at least three people who thought that Limbaugh was an a**hole for what he said about Fox.
When you fill people in on the facts, they look at something different. All three people I talked to said "Oh, I didn't know that" after I explained it to them.
However, the MSM counts on the real facts not being looked at in a situation like this. And to some extent, I believe that Limbaugh's comments (taken out of context) may have marginally hurt the GOP at the polls.
I listened to Rush and I agree with your post. However, with such a narrow defeat for Talent, as well as such narrow races around the country, even if 1 in 20 listeners beleive that Rush was objectionable, that would be enough to swing races. The discussion of Fox, as accurate as it was, may better have been left undisturbed by our esteemed host simply because even a tiny fraction of controversy could swing the election. When things are that close, you don't want any intensification of controversy. Or if the controversy came from someone who is very good at spearheading controversy. Anne Coulter would have been a much better conservative point-person against Fox. She is very good at breaking the ice on cotroversioal, sensitive subjects so other people can more openly talk about them.
Yes, and not only that, but Fox stated in an interview the same week as Rush's comments that the shakiness in the ad was due to overmedication.
It doesn't much matter what Rush did or did not say. What is important is how it was PERCEIVED by liberals and how it was REPORTED by the liberal press.
That's all that matters.
Rush did blow the argument.
Instead of focusing on the evils of embryonic experimentation, Rush sidetracked the discussion to focus on the medical condition of Fox. This played right into the hands of pro-abortion, embryo vampires' agenda.
Rush allowed his irritation with the strategy of putting up sympathetic spokesmen to divert attention from the real ethical and political issues. He fell right into the trap.
Maybe Rush should stop tying half his brain behind his back. The stakes are too high for him to grandstand his "wit" when crucial moral and survival questions are facing us.
Notice how quick so many people here jump on the Bash Rush bandwagon without all the facts? Easy to see why we lost.