Posted on 08/30/2016 7:17:55 AM PDT by ToxicMich
For almost a decade, I’ve been angrily documenting the way that many right-wing talk-radio hosts betray the rank-and-file conservatives who trust them for information. My late grandmother was one of those people. She deserved better than she got. With huge platforms and massive audiences, successful hosts ought to take more care than the average person to be truthful and avoid misinforming listeners. Yet they are egregiously careless on some days and willfully misleading on others.
And that matters, as we’ll come to see.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Oh wow .. so you hate Rush and you hate Cruz .. Wellllll bully for you.
Get lost.
I don't recall any of them being in the lead on this. For better or for worse, Trump was a grassroots phenomenon, not something coordinated or manipulated or imposed from above.
It would be absurd for a listener to come away from the segment with any conclusion other than that Limbaugh believed Trump was taking an earnest, substantive position on deporting illegal immigrants; that other Republicans should follow suit; that Trump wouldn’t reverse himself; and that it is, in fact, an insult to Trump voters to even suggest they are being misled by the billionaire’s candidacy.
Whoever thought that? Wasn't it pretty clear that Trump was talking symbolically or in broad-brush terms and that he'd eventually specify and modify (and moderate) his view?
What Rush adds to that is a populist takedown of political elites -- a "they think you're stupid, but they're the one's who don't have a clue" approach. That's something he's been doing for so long that he can't stop it.
But I don't regard Rush as being deceptive, because I think it was pretty clear that DJT was going to "pivot" on some of his issues sooner or later.
I don’t hate Rush, per se, I just don’t trust or respect him.
As to Cruz, he was born in Canada to AT MOST one US Citizen, his mother. — Many people in my family (7 from my grandfather’s to my own generation, just off the top of my head) have sworn to protect and defend the Constitution, and I for one refuse to let that oath mean nothing by rationalizing away the harm that Cruz has done because “he’s on our side”.
BTW — Here's proof positive of Cruz's involvement with literal, hanged by the neck until dead
, as-defined-by-the-Constitution Treason.
His TV show was great..I used to record it, but it was constantly preempted by vacuum cleaner commercials and other garbage. I finally gave up and it was soon cancelled.
My favorite program for political humor now is the Greg Gutfeld show. Very well done and a lot of laughs.
Rush has been a GOP-E stooge for a decade.
actually, Rush is GOPc
Since when has that been a requirement for yapping on FReep? So many of our self-anointed FReep geniuses really don't know what the heck they are talking about, but happily jabber on. Rush Limbaugh has contributed more to the conservative movement than all his detractors ever will.
Not defending Rush, but what the heck is a "radar of needs"???
Sheeesh.
I tend to look at political things, people, and sources as my “radar.” What that meant was that Rush isn’t on my reference list anymore - because I don’t value his input as useful anymore. Sorry if that was stupid.
Frankly, any writer that includes tripe like this doesn't know that the hell he/she is talking about? Read the article? YES, I DID!
Rush tolerated Trumpism because he was hedging his bets. For all that Rush has been, thought of, respected and whatever else, he is still a clever elite (conservative or not) who has profited immensely off the Clinton and Obama debacles - BIG TIME.
From my perspective, he's completely blown the sentiment and support that surrounds Trump and he really doesn't understand it in the layman's vision. The reason is because he hasn't been a "layman" for over 30 years, IMO.
He's a multimillionaire with a good schtick, a G5/G6 living in a protected Florida compound with his latest of many wives smoking $100 cigars and jetting off to wherever for dinner and golf.
He doesn't have any connection with Americans out here in drive by land - not any more.
The all knowing all seeing ..must have poked himself in the eye?
Get behind Trump 100% or you support Hillary!
this whole article belongs in the fake news....meant to stir up and belittle and increase self doubt...
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