Posted on 07/21/2010 11:05:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
This morning I asked Rush Limbaugh what he thought of references to him on the private left-wing journalist discussion group JournoList. As reported in the Daily Caller, Sarah Spitz, producer* of the KCRW public radio program “Left, Right and Center,” which is heard on a number of NPR stations across the country, wrote on JournoList that if she witnessed Limbaugh dying of a heart attack, she would “laugh loudly like a maniac and watch his eyes bug out.”
“I never knew I had this much hate in me,” Spitz wrote, according to the Daily Caller account. “But he deserves it.”
So I asked Limbaugh: What do you make of the fact that people in positions of influence on the Left don’t just want to see you fail, don’t just want to see you marginalized, but would actually like to witness you dying a painful death?
“Not having wished anyone dead, nor having fantasized about watching someone die, I cannot possibly relate to this,” Limbaugh responded.
I can only surmise. I think most people on the left live in a world where merit is irrelevant. Theirs is a world in which connections, networking, kissing ass and obedient sameness are rewarded. I am the antithesis of all that. I am a legitimate, achieved and accomplished Number One and I’ve made it on my own and without them and without having followed their proscriptions. I think they are also jealous that I just sold my NY condo for a 125 percent profit while their homes are worthlessly underwater.
Funny thing….a number of my friends sent me the Daily Caller piece and the most shocking thing to them in the story was the advocacy of having government shut down Fox News. That the left wants me dead was not a big deal to them because it was nothing new to them. I think that’s hilarious. And about that: how about the LAW professor who thinks the FCC can pull Fox’s license? Fox does not have a license. The FCC does not grant Fox its right to exist. And this guy teaches law.
A few minutes later, Limbaugh emailed an additional thought. “And it is not just that they hate how I became who I am,” he wrote. “They literally hate ME. They hate me because I am the most prominent, effective and unrelenting voice of conservatism and they have not been able to stop me.”
Limbaugh will certainly have more to say about this on his program, but his response does point to a central dilemma for some on the Left: Would they rather see Fox out of business or Limbaugh dead? That, for the journalists of JournoList, would be a very hard call.
UPDATE: Not long after this was posted, Limbaugh wrote to add a more complete statement:
And it is not just that they hate how I became who I am. They literally hate ME. They hate me because I am the most prominent, effective and unrelenting voice of conservatism and they have not been able to stop me. These people and their tactics are not new, we’ve seen them before in other countries and other times. They want to destroy contrary and opposition voices and views. They will climb over the law and the people to achieve their aims. Earlier in this administration, the president and his hacks targeted me, his party targeted me and their groups targeted me. They are all the same. They are leftists, disguised as lawyers, judges, scholars, professors, teachers, reporters, anchors, senators, representatives, legislative aids, congressional staff, federal bureaucrats, etc. There is NO Media. We know that now. There is just an incestuous relationship among all these various groups and a revolving door connecting them all.
If there were really journalism in Amerika, there would be investigations on this. However, the folks who should be looking into this already have a login to the system.
I hope we see more before they shut it down and destroy the backups.
I would also bet there is more than just one of these locations.
Indeed we do, but the idiots who voted for this arrogant pos are even more stupid
The NJ Teacher’s Union wished death upon the governor
Donna Brazile was the perp.
Sarah Spitz, producer* of the KCRW public radio program “Left, Right and Center,”
...I’ve heard it. Should be called “Left, Far Left, More Left”.
Exactly. So he uses braggadocio and swagger to rattle their cages, eh?
Very good.
Congratulations to Rush.
I've got the antithesis part down and I'm working on and teaching my kids the whole lesson.
Indeed
That leftwingtard professor in Alabama is a good example of the problem.
McCain made two mistakes when it came to the leftwingtards ~ first, he let them praise him. Always remember, if these people are praising you there's something wrong with you.
Secondly McCain spoke of reaching across the aisle and we all know that's always going to be more of a one-way "reach around" with those people.
Lesson Number 2 concerning RINO identification ~ do not assume that just because a given politician is particularly vain or stupid (e.g. like John McCain) that he or she is necessarily a RINO. Most of the time they're just vain AND stupid.
***The left is full of hate. I believe they hate themselves.***
We must not become contaminated by their disease.
Keep the faith and keep smiling.
I’m not like Rush...
Ed Schulz is known among American youth as “Special Ed” ~ short for “special education programs” ~ can you imagine how hard it is for an old fahrt like Ed to get a nickname among youth ~ virtually none of whom would bother looking at the cable TV news shows.
This is nothing new....from the end justifies the means crowd.
I've known people like this in my life...some were just attempting to climb the work ladder. Others were politically devious....
I have no time for either one of them....
Dittos to that!
Real humility (not just an act) would IMHO (heheh) significantly boost his power and influence.
When a person toots his own horn, it is not only off-putting but it actually lowers that person in the eyes of others.
It's as though the messenger is shooting himself.
That said, I think Rush is injecting hubris as a form of humor.
Exactly. What I have to remember is that Rush is an entertainer, for one thing.
And I know a lot of what he says is tongue-in-cheek.
He gets the crowd going, one way or the other.
e-mailed sara spitz last night. Let her know as a conservative I would not stand by while a lib was dropping dead.
What the *ell are they talking about?? This woman is so looooooopy.....
Hussein is *not* an idiot...nor is he stupid.He *is* utterly amoral.There's a difference and we must not confuse the two.
Here’s Sarah’s email address:
Enjoy telling this woman that she needs to be more tolerant of diverse people.
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