Posted on 04/16/2014 12:00:15 AM PDT by Pinkbell
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At long last, it appears that Rush Limbaugh has run out of steam.
I have to acknowledge that I have sensed Rush getting by on fumes for some time now (yes, I tune into his show from time to time to enjoy his broadcasting skills if not his message). However, it was only recently that the world of Limbaugh crossed that thin red line from partially serious to total self-parody and audience deception—a line crossed from which there is often no return.
It happened on the occasion of Stephen Colbert’s appointment to fill David Letterman’s soon to be vacated chair on the CBS late-night set.
By using this occasion to create a political narrative designed to stir up his listeners, Limbaugh telegraphed to his loyal followers that he is now dependent upon feeding fully faux political nonsense that his audience instinctively—or explicitly—knows is a bunch of baloney.
To be sure, this is hardly the first time Limbaugh has fed his audience a diet of twisted information and bizarre, conspiratorial memes. However, it may well be the first time that he attempted to shove a diet down the throats of any semi-rational listeners still living in the real world made up of nonsense that even his most loyal listener could not possibly swallow.
That’s a problem for Rush.
A show like Limbaugh’s is wholly reliant on his listeners’ willingness to believe—or suspend belief—no matter how ‘out there’ their guru’s arguments may be. While it is one thing for me to sneer at much of what Limbaugh may present, it is quite another when he attempts to sell his loyal audience on stuff they already know, through personal experience, to be false and fraudulent hokum.
Upon hearing the news of Colbert’s new gig, Limbaugh pronounced— as only Limbaugh can pronounce—
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The world might be a little different that when we were 18 watching Carson.
Free Republic killed talk radio for me. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, I listened to talk radio constantly as it was my only source for "non-lamestream" media news.
Now I'm much better informed than just about any talk show host. In fact, it appears that many talk show hosts get their material and talking points right here on Free Republic.
The writer wrote his own epitaph..... he knows not of what he speaks. He is merely a rider on the band wagon
Rush survived a drug addiction which left him hard of hearing, the NFL flap and numerious other things and each time the left had the grave dug.
Long Live Rush
I used to wonder about this since the older demographic has more money to spend on advertisers products. But then I realized that they are thinking long term—if buying habits, brand loyalty and do forth are established when a consumer is young, they will still have them when they’re old and presumably with more money.
I’ve listened to Rush since 1992. I quit listening to him about a year ago.
I usually spend about 45 minutes every morning reading news from FR, Weasel Zippers, Breitbart, NewsBusters, The Blaze, etc.
I find that I am normally 24-48 hours ahead of Rush on any given issue. Then when he says something about any issue, I already know what he thinks about it because I’ve heard it all for 22 years. Combined with him pushing his overpriced, gimmicky tea and his goofy kids’ book and golf stories and refusal to use his pulpit to actually change anything, I get nothing of value from listening to him any more.
Sorry, Rush. It was fun while it lasted. I have moved on.
I’m convinced that they do.
He’s been on Hannity. Pretty effective leftist mouthpiece. Too many lies to bat them all down.
I have been done with Rush Limbaugh for a long, long time, because he is a scoffer and scorner, profiting on inflating and rolling in others' errors. After listening to his radio fare a few times, I made sure I never read his books or his comments that have been posted here verbatim.
The Spirit's Holy Scripture has convinced me that God cannot bless one who makes Limbaugh's ungodly radio fare a daily lust. Why?
Psa 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Prov. 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Prov. 3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (Here "he" is Jehovah G0d; see Ps. 2:1-4)
Prov. 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Prov. 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
Prov. 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Prov. 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Prov. 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Prov. 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Prov. 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Prov. 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Prov. 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Prov. 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Prov. 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Hab 1:9-10 They** shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. (** "they" are the Chaldeans=Babylonians whom God allowed to enslave and deport the Judeans for a generation for their idolatry.)
Jud 1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignit(ar)ies.
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I believe God will punish us just as much for listening to commentators like Limbaugh as He will for our bowing to the objects of Liombaugh's ruthless mockery.
Rush pretends to be moral, but he is merely a profiteer of moralism, not as a Christian. Those who swill his stirred-up fecal matter are just as stupid as the liberals that create it, IMHO.
And as I expect, because of saying this, his worshippers will now throw a lot of that fecal matter my way also, won't they?
Don't expect me to respond.
Sounds like he’s hoping his little opinion gets some air time.
I hope Rush ignores this person and advises his screeners not to let this topic through.
It’s true. Just when I get disgusted with him or write him off as having jumped the shark, he has a barn-burner show of the kind that only he can do with the insights only he can provide.
It’s a mystery to me why he hasn’t spent any time on the Bundy affair. By this time I think it’s deliberate, not just an oversight. But here’s a reason that he (or other hosts)might not be entertaining birther theories: they’re bullshit. Aren’t there enough real problems with Obama and his administration to be pursuing this foolishness? Put it in the same dustbin with 911 trutherism, moon landing hoax stories and half-baked stories about the Kennedy assassination and move on. Believing crap doesn’t make a person a “true” conservative. Other conservatives don’t avoid this stuff because they’re “scared”. They avoid it because its stupid.
It happened rather suddenly. One day I realized I already knew all about every story Rush covered.
While we’re trashing Rush, I wish he would stop this: He plays an “audio sound bite” and immediately after, recites the entire sound bite word-for-word.
I figure Unger wrote this to get attention. He probably knows Rush can’t resist answering to it.
Rush has a penchant for any “mention” be gets in any media of note, so unfortunately it will probably make it to the show.
I would take your opinion of “birthers” seriously if I had not seen the hard evidence that the “birth certificate” is crude forgery.
I won’t deny what I’ve seen with my own eyes just because “there are other issues.”
They all offer the excuse: “We will never get him out of office with that stuff.”
How about this?-—Broadcast the truth, and the evidence, and let the chips fall where they may.
AMEN Brother!
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I think you're on to something here. Rush has to sit on any breaking news or information until his 3-hour broadcast window arrives. Meanwhile, Drudge and everyone else has been talking about the story for as much as 21 hours. It's not that much different than how a newspaper operates.
Considering that Colbert has mostly been seen by viewers ‘in character’, there is a good chance the unmasked Colbert will flop.
Many will tune in to see him ‘in character’ and may be disappointed to find someone else.
Its mighty presumptuous to contend to be a better “marketer” than Rush, who has been able to carve out the most popular and lucrative niche in the radio land of Impossible.
As much as we all as more than sure nobama is not Constitutionally qualified, because of PC reality, nothing foreseeable is going to remove him from office before his time expires in Jan. 17. That IS reality. Regarding continually preaching it, go ask Savage how well “let the chips fall where they may” is working out.
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