Rush betrayed us. He lost me today. I’ve listened and been informed since 1991. Rush was by far our most influential advocate, until now. Today, we lost the election, and the country.
Very, very disappointed.
Move on to Andrew Wilkow. I did 5 years ago and never looked back.
I feel like I've been stabbed in the heart by my best friend. Didn't think I'd ever see the Day Rush would loose his spine. Listener from 1990.
Dude, get a grip..
Anyone can make an error when speaking, especially when one has a microphone for 15 hours a week.
The instant that I read that Rush ( who I've admired since '84) that he called some woman (who I believe is a compunction-less liar) a "slut", I knew it was an error. My hope was that he would back-track rather than double-down.
Option b came before option a, I'm afraid.
The left will use this brief error in judgement tirelessly, and for anyone to be disappointed that he recanted does not do justice to the political hay to be baled here.
It's not about the woman, it's about the comment. (And yes, I know about what the fungus Bill Maher said. It's a double standard, it's not fair, yet we must navigate the mine-laden waters successfully if we want to win in 12.)
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He is not a political figure, he exists to sell ads, nothing more. If he gets so hot that the ads stop selling, he is done.
Look at how fast Dr Laura was destroyed. Look at Glen Beck. You anger enough advertisers, you don't have a show.
I just hope Rush will survive this, but to be honest I don't know if he will.
Tell me. about. it. And considering this woman is a complete fraud, NOT a student, NOT 23 years old but a 30 years old radical leftist baffles me even more why he is sinking this low. WTF is going on here anyway? Did we suddenly move into a parallel universe where things are slightly askew? Ann Coulter endorsing Romney? Ted Nugent “The NUGE” endorsing Romney? WHAT? What’s next, Mark Levin demanding his listeners vote for Nancy Pelosi?
What? .. .Calm down!
Very well said. Rush shot himself in the foot, but shot his core listening audiance in the head. The life boat was leaking water, and Rush threw us overboard, I wonder what Mark Levin has to say about this? Defending Rush, and then getting shafted, too. Limbaugh dosen't need me anymore.
A true conservative listens to Rush to educate...not as a daily bread.
I was a liberal back then and listened to Rush. I was CONVERTED and listening to him everyday was like preaching to the choir.
You get it or you don’t. Have not listened to Rush for an entire hour for the past 10 years because I get conservatism and right-wing-ism (if that’s the word)
It’s amazing to me how many have missed the brilliance of what Rush did here.
Had he not said anything, the narrative would have been “Rush called her a slut.” End of story. A distortion, but Rush would have lost in the court of public opinion.
As it is, he retracts NOTHING but that word “slut.” And in his apology, which will be read by possibly millions of females who would never tune into his show, he gets to reiterate his brilliant points once more, and again devastates the arguments of Nancy Pelosi and the feministas.
Read the apology again. it is basically a synopsis of everything he said in his show, which was AWESOME.
It is a master stroke of genius, which has eluded those who aren’t nearly as smart as El Rushbo.
DON’T doubt him. ;-)
Here’s the headline:
RUSH SURRENDERS!
If Rush’s apology is enough for you to close shop on our beloved country—you are anti-Rush and anti-American. You may as well sign up with Media Matters. If you care about your country you should get up off your A$$ and put the heat on those sponsors, help the GOP candidate of your choice and vote Republican no matter which one of the three wins. You are one that is helping things fall apart!
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Evidently, the left-wing’s coordinated assault against Rush’s advertisers was having a detrimental impact as a half dozen sponsors were either pulling their ads or threatening to do so. I posted a news article about this under the “Breaking News” and “Front Page News” sections earlier today hoping to get enough of us to contact Rush’s advertisers and voice our support for him. I must say, I’m HIGHLY disappointed and in disbelief that Rush caved and issued an apology to that slutty idiotic law school student. If he would’ve only held firm for a few more days as more and more of us were contacting his sponsors, then this whole thing would’ve probably blown over. Now, you can bet the left will only be more emboldened by this... These sharks smell blood in the water and are going to continue assaulting Rush more than ever over this incident and will be screaming for him to be taken off the air. I never thought I’d see the day when he of all people would capitulate to left-wing pressure. Never!
Meanwhile, I can honestly say I have come to truly DESPISE liberals/progressives/socialists/Marxists and I’m now even more energized and determined to defeat them more than ever!
Rush could have retired fifteen years ago; he doesn't need any of this garbage. Every notable conservative needs expensive security. He/they put up with daily threats. Rush has an airport quality scanner for everything addressed to him. I am not aware of any Leftist who pays for personal security from rabid Tea Partiers.
Too many pubbie pols have relied on Rush and others to do their work, to get into the Left’s faces and call them out.
So you don't like Rush's business decision? Tough.
“Today, we lost the election, and the country.”
No we didn’t. No one with a reasonable point of view is going to think that contraceptives should be free to those who can afford to pay for them. It’s just a matter of how you put the argument. Rush made a strategic error by name calling. He didn’t need to.
The left plays divide and conquer. It’s one of the most effective plays in their playbook. We need to do the same. Make the point that if insurance companies have to pay for contraceptives for sexually active university ‘students’ they may have to cut back on coverage for grandma’s cancer therapy. Talk about what’s been cut already. Show all the recent quotes that have been made about ‘end of life care’, and make the case that the left cares more about paying for the sexual activities of college students than it does about giving the elderly a chance to survive longer and see their grandchildren grow. Show the math regarding how much money it will cost insurance companies to provide ‘free’ contraceptives to students who found the money somehow to pay for tuition etc.
Oh get over yourself!
Good Lord. Yours must be a miserable existence. Thank God you weren’t around in the dark days of World War II. We’d all be goosestepping and speaking German today.
Many on FR have evolved into whining pantywaists. SMH...