Limbaugh Blasts Colbert Hire [re For Letterman]: CBS Declaring "War on the Heartland"

Natiional Review Online ^ | April 10, 2014 | Josh Encinias

[Biggirl]

CBS’s decision to replace David Letterman with comic Stephen Colbert is an open act of contempt toward ordinary Americans, Rush Limbaugh says.

[basil]

I can’t imagine watching or listening to see BS…..

[2ndDivisionVet]

I haven’t really watched Letterman since his NBC show back in the old days, so this won’t change anything.

[freeangel]

So, just don’t watch him. Until obama pens it into his ACA, we are free to watch or not. The ratings will decide if he stays or leaves.

[skinkinthegrass]

who? ..and whom?

[TomGuy]

I watched maybe 10 minutes of Letterman the entire time he was on. I know I will cut back on my viewing time with Colbert as host.

[miss marmelstein]

And Letterman is the heartland? He hasn’t been the heartland since 1979.

[Steely Tom]

I thought Letterman was kind of funny back in 1987.

[RIghtwardHo]

Oh please. The only people that will watch are those that like nighttime TV. It’s an entertainment show. A bad one, but one nonetheless. What politics there will be will preach to the choir.

Most will just ignore the crap.

Limbaugh is King of Hyperbole. I haven’t taken him seriously in many many many years. Just another news entertainment blowhard.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

It’s pricks like Colbert who has contributed significantly to the dumbing down of America and helped create the low-information voter. These young people lap up everything he and Jon Stewart says, and then when they’re called on it, they get to hide behind the clown nose.

[irishjuggler]

Letterman, who has held his late-night slot with CBS since 1993, was known for having a subtle liberal slant to his comedy.

Letterman is a 'subtle liberal' like Genghis Khan was a subtle invader.

[Tzimisce]

You made him a millionaire America.

Boy does Colbert hate you. :)

[Lorianne]

I can’t see how Colbert is much different than Letterman.

[Ted Grant]

Colbert likely won’t do his new show in character, so it’s a wash.

[tje]

The last thing I watched on a Letterman show was a canned ham in a 90 ton press.

[PghBaldy]

One problem I just thought of -pols not “must” go on shows like this when running for President. I assume he is an obnoxious leftie, but given I’ve never seen him out of his character he plays, I don’t know just how bad he’ll be.

[dforest]

Letterman, Colbert, ugh, I wouldn’t watch either one.

[NewHampshireDuo]

I still miss Jack Paar.

[nickcarraway]

Aren’t they declaring war on Asians, too?

[x]

To fit into the 11:30 time slot Colbert will have to tone down his act a lot.

Like Letterman, he'll be left-leaning, but he most likely won't try to rub Middle America's face in it.