“But since you implied that Kenny Bunk was plagiarizing Limbaugh he deserves to be given credit instead of having his name tarred.”
I did not mean to say that Kenny Bunk was plagiarizing anyone. I don’t have time to read all the posts on FR, so I’m sure to miss a lot. I do get to listen to Limbugh most days though.
It was brought to my attention that what I thought to be a startlingly brilliant original aperçu, had been aired at sometime in the past by one Rush Limbaugh, to whom I have not listened for some years.
"Why?" one might reasonably ask. Well, I'll tell you some of the reasons:
Limbaugh is a brilliant broadcaster. I have experience in the business and he is among the greats. No, make that The Immortals.
However, as a member of the choir, there is only so much preaching that I can handle; so many blinding glimpses of the obvious.
I know just how bad the Democrat Party is. Knew that in the '50s.
I know that Obama is a Marxist ... even if not a very bright one.
I know the massive harm he has already wreaked upon the nation and fear what is to come.
But what I now expect from "Right Wing Radio" is not a further discussion of personalities and symptoms, but some hint of solution. I also blame "right wing radio" for disseminating a miasma of despair among certain blocs who, although they listen to right wing radio all gd day, have been discouraged from even voting! Perhaps the right wing hosts, IMNVHO, are now the "nattering nabobs of negativity," whom Spiro Agnew decried.
Specifics:
During that long period when Rush claimed that "illegal immigration was merely the sign of a strong economy," and California among other states in which I operated began their tragic descent into the Third World, I became suspicious. This was only one of the areas in which Rush seemed to be an establishment wannabe ... and as it turns out, that was during his addiction to prescription drugs and resultant deafness ... both since openly and sincerely rectified, much to his credit. But for me, the damage was done.
In 2007 and 8, Rush Limbaugh NEVER managed to cover the constitutional objections to Obama's first candidacy ... not that I sought his advocacy. He is not alone in this, of course, but I found it bizarre that not one talk show host, especially he, would not even mention it as an item of interest. Ditto the work of the Cold Case Posse.
I can accept Rush as a necessarily cautious, and fabulously successful businessman. But slap my butt and call me Snobby, former rock'n'roll disc jockeys ain't never gonna be my first choice for go-to political philosophers.
Now I am given to understand that Rush Limbaugh is brilliantly re-branded as a staunch anti-establishment conservative sympathizer.
Cool. But we don't need sympathy, boys. We need a Program, a Plan, and a Leader.
BTW, speaking of the Constitution, Mark Levin has somewhat atoned for his past sins (which are similar to those enumerated above) by actually recommending a positive step: A Constitutional Convention of the States. Program? Plan? Leader?
Let's all take a grain of salt here and realize that these entertainers have done some good. But, let's own up to the fact that as capitalists ourselves we can realize that they are in the business of selling radio time, not saving our Republic. That's our job. Entertainment may well be a distraction.
Well said! I agree with your comments except for the following:
“I also blame “right wing radio” for disseminating a miasma of despair among certain blocs who, although they listen to right wing radio all gd day, have been discouraged from even voting.”
If I followed your logic, then I shouldn’t even be reading Free Republic. We had two pitiful candiadates in 2008 and 2012, yet the choir here at FR said they were staying home. I agree neither were worth voting for, but look what we got by default.